Raging Rouge Beauty Blog: For Makeup Lovers Everywhere!
In Honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, TINte Cosmetics will be donating 40% of the proceeds from each sale of Nikki Pink Shimmering Face Pearls, Double Bubble Flavored Lip Shine and Bubble Gum Flavored Vintage Lip Color to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for both research and to raise cancer awareness.
Head over to TINte to make your contribution! Don’t forget that you can also still get 20% off of your purchase until the end of September! Enter "Gloss" at checkout.
As a teenager, I owned a salon-style hairdryer. That’s right… the kind you wear like a motorcycle helmet! I kept it in my parents basement, and fired it up as needed to heat my hair while wearing a deep conditioning treatment. I would spend 15-20 minutes, flipping through my beloved Sassy magazines and waiting for my hair to soak in all of that moisturizing goodness.
As the mother of a very busy toddler, I no longer have time for this kind of luxury. Someone should explain this lack of time to my dry, brittle hair– it demands an occasional deep conditioning treatment. When I get an opportunity to deep condition, it needs to be as fast as Paris Hilton on a third date. Alterna’s Ten Hair Masque absorbs deep into the hair shaft in under five minutes, so a minimal time investment left my hair looking shiny and smooth, and feeling soft as silk.
To use, apply Alterna’s Ten Hair Masque to damp hair after shampooing. Use a wide tooth comb to evenly distribute the conditioning treatment, and leave on for 3-5 minutes.
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Alterna Ten Hair Masque comes in a 5.1 oz. jar, and retails for $55 at Beauty.com and other fine beauty retailers.
Ladies, ladies, ladies! Mark your calendars now… in mid-October, Lola Cosmetics will release its 2007 holiday collection. These luxe palettes can NOT be missed!
I had the honor of previewing these palettes recently, and I’m still giddy. Lola’s new "Joy" laptop colors are a collection of metallic shadows, a brick red gloss and a clear gloss with a golden shimmer. I applied each shadow in a haphazard manner to test the colors and was floored that despite my imprecision I still looked holiday-party ready. The shadows are extremely high-pigment, and glide smoothly onto the lid. The gloss shade is an excellent compliment to the eye color: a decadent brick red that can also be applied lightly to look more like a stain. Top it off with the golden shimmer gloss for show-stopping New Years Eve lips.
Lola’s holiday season Spellbound Color Clutch contains 18 shades of shadow (you read that right– 18!) conveniently organized into 6 color-coordinated trios to make selecting colors a snap. The shadow colors included range from white to deep gray, some matte and some sparkling. Three nourishing gloss shades (with a hint of mint), two creme blush colors to enhance your cheeks and a generously-sized mirror make this elegant palette all you’ll need for the boardroom or the ballroom.
Lola Cosmetics Laptop in "Joy" will retail for $36. Spellbound Color Clutch will retail for $38. Retailers include Sephora.com, Ulta and other fine beauty stores.
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Personally, I am clinging to summer with a death-grip. But I suppose it's time to face facts… Fall is rapidly approaching! To celebrate Fall style, Raging Rouge will be publishing a feature each Friday in September about products that will help you achieve the look that is Fall 2007. Welcome to feature #1!
The easiest way to embrace Fall 2007 beauty trends is a simple change of lip color. The red lip, my personal favorite Fall beauty trend, is perhaps also the most intimidating for those used to seeing their lips dressed in a glossy pink. Do not fret! There are options for everyone this Fall. Read on!
 What collection of red lipsticks would be complete without Poppy King's creation, Lipstick Queen? Without question, Poppy knows lipstick. Ten dramatic opaque "Sinner" shades and ten watercolor-sheer "Saint" shades satisfy even the most demanding beauty aficionado. I'm a sinner, and this fall my indulgence is Lipstick Queen's intoxicating Wine shade. Lipstick Queen retails for $18 at Barney's and other fine retailers. |
 Chanel Rouge Hydrabase Creme Lipstick wears extremely well, even in the face of obsessive coffee drinking! This lipstick applies smoothly, and resists feathering. Lotus Rouge is a brick red shade that imparts urban sophistication. Chanel Rouge Hydrabase lipstick retails for $25 at Macy's |
 Jane Iredale and Sarah Jessica Parker go way back… thus Jane selected the name "Carrie" for this sassy red shade of her PureMoist LipColour, paying homage to SJP's character in the HBO series Sex and the City. As a fan of the show I must confess this sexy lush shade of red reminds me more of the brazen Samantha. PureMoist LipColour by Jane Iredale can be purchased at Jane Iredale Direct for $19. |
 Benefit Cosmetics Silky Finish Lipstick in "Frenched" is part of the Betty Look makeup collection. This delicious cherry-red shade provides sheer color that the experts at Benefit describe as "buildable". Apply one coat for a sheer stain of red, or multiple coats for a darker shade. Silky Finish Lipstick retails for $16 at Benefit Cosmetics, Macy's |
 David Scott, founder of the Makeup Lounge in Toronto, will soon launch the David Scott Collection here in the USA. A collaboration with top chemists and his own clients, David's current lipstick collection contains 40 high-pigment long-lasting shades. His traffic-stopping "Orange-Red" lipstick is the glamorous shade worn by every fearless fashionista this fall, and the formula is enriched with grapeseed oil and natural minerals to keep lips kissably soft. Snag one for $26.95 at the David Scott website (under construction at time of publication)! |
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Lip liner is crucial when wearing dark lip colors. When red lipstick bleeds into the skin surrounding the lips, it accentuates fine lines, adding ten years to your appearance.