Raging Rouge

What many don’t know about Fashion Week NYC, is that the cutting-edge makeup and designs are reserved for the models strolling around outside of Lincoln Center.  This is where–if you truly want a glimpse of the future–you need to be paying attention.

If you’re the type who wants to be on top of the trend (and the first in your city to rock it) you’ll be happy to read this roundup from the “Makeup Wars” team, filled with tutorials on how to achieve the future hot trends.

My assignment?  To teach you all how to create the perfect, almost-real, unibrow.  Yes, you read that right.  Frida Kahlo rocked it, and so can you!  The look imparts POWER and is distinctive.  Plus, you can finally abandon that pesky tweezing!  Isn’t that a relief?

Monobrow Tutorial Step 1:  The bare face.  Start the process after your foundation has been applied, but before your eyeshadow/pencil/mascara.  Eyes should still be mostly bare.

Monobrow Tutorial Step 2: Use a brow pencil.  Begin to pencil in the brows from where they end naturally, and inward toward the bridge of your nose.  Use light vertical strokes, to mimic the look of real hair.  You don’t want a solid line!

Monobrow Tutorial Step 3:  Continue Until the Brows Are Touching.  Ensure that the brows continue a natural slope downward until they touch in the center.  This look is stern, and fierce!

Monobrow Tutorial Step 4: Use Mascara.  This is the most important step to achieve this look.  Lightly brush your regular mascara shade over the top of the pencil.  This give the makeup a look of wispy hair, and people will think you just naturally look this fabulous!

What do you think? For more trends, be sure to click on the icons below…

Chubby Stick Alert! Clinique recently launched 8 new shades of this fan favorite! New colors available are: Heaping Hazelnut, Bountiful Blush, Two Ton Tomato, Oversized Orange, Mighty Mimosa, Curvy Candy, Pudgy Peony and Voluptuous Violet.

Care to know which shades customers love most?  Turns out, it varies widely based on where they live!

Brazil—> Whole Lotta Honey
China—> Woppin’ Watermelon
France—> Chunky Cherry
Italy—> Chunky Cherry
Japan—> Mega Melon
Korea—> Woppin’ Watermelon
Russia—> Whole Lotta Honey
Spain—> Chunky Cherry
UK—> Woppin’ Watermelon
US—> Super Strawberry

Clinique Chubby retails for $16.00.  Allergy Tested. 100% Fragrance Free.

Click HERE to shop Clinique.com

It has been a while since I’ve updated you all with some of the fabulous color stories hitting counters this Spring, so I’ll kick off some beauty news posts with this gorgeous little color collection from one of my favorites, Aveda.

Already available on counter, this collection harnesses the design prowess of mother nature herself, featuring the very shades you might spy while hiking through a meadow in the Spring.  Click through to read more about shades and pricing! [Read more…] about Catching Up With Spring Collections!

Among the many new products I’m dying to try is the latest from Lavanila! The Healthy Sunscreen contains skin-loving ingredients–rather than harsh and harmsful chemicals–and still provides the protection you need.

As I get older, my skin and scalp are becoming less tolerant of fragrance and chemicals, so anything from Lavanila is always eagerly embraced by me! I’ll be getting a sample in-house soon, and will keep you posted on how it works. But in the meanwhile, I wanted to be sure other sensitive-skinned gals know about this option!

The Healthy Sunscreen ($28 for face, $38 for body).

**I will likely receive a press sample of this product.**