Eyeshadow

Wearing a true purple lip is no easy feat, but Solange Knowles pulled it off nicely while attending a recent Range Rover party in LA. Gold eye shadow and bronzer complemented the bold color, while black liner and sculpted brows gave a dramatic effect. Deeply hued plum lips are a sexy beauty accessory, so to find out tips on how to do it right, just keep reading.

Hi gang, an extremely rueful Blondie Bella here. After a weekend of Halloween revelry, I'm currently laid up at home with a corneal abrasion. Apparently, all the Taylor Momsen glittery black eyeliner I kept rubbing on was seriously scratchy, despite its claims to the contrary, and got stuck under my contacts.

I feel like a huge stereotype (I mean, a beauty editor scratching her own eye out with sparkle liner? Seriously?), but to help you avoid my sad fate, I got some tips from my doctor on preventing common eyeliner-related injuries. So to find out if your liner could be leading you to a distinctly unromantic date with the opthamologist, just keep reading.

• Glitter is not your friend: Don't make my mistake. Even if a product claims to be safe for eyes, particulate glitter isn't a good thing, especially if you wear contacts. Microglitter can easily get caught under them and irritate your eyes for hours. If you want shine, opt for shimmer liner instead.
• Keep your liner pencils extra sharp: A soft, smudgy line from dull eye pencils may look good, but the closer your eye is to the wooden pencil casing, the more likely it is that tiny pieces of wood or paint flakes will fall into your eye. This can result in allergic reactions and scraping your cornea and eyelids.
• If you wear contacts, order is important: It's just common sense to put your contacts in before you apply your makeup, but you should also always take your contacts out before you remove it. So remember: Lenses out first, then makeup remover.

If smudging, creasing, caking makeup's got the best of you, don't give up just yet. I've got tips for keeping your makeup smooth all day — all the way from your foundation to the finishing touches. Check out my roundup below:

7 Steps to Keep Your Lipstick From Flaking	How to Keep Concealer Smooth
7 Ways to Stop Eye Shadow Creasing	5 Ways to Prevent Cakey Foundation

Gareth Pugh and Rick Owens will both show menswear collections during the January shows in Milan--Popsugar UK explains how menswear just got a whole lot darker (in a good way). 

How is New York Fashion Week going to roll out this season? Style It Online considers the domino effect about to take place in February. 

Cuffington considers metallic eyeshadow for New Years Eve with one stellar example from Christian Lacroix. Hey, these things are important too. 

Fashion Nation feels the highs and lows of a busy December schedule. Check out two perfect fashion photographs to demonstrate those emotions. 

We've got something for everyone in today's Must Reads, from makeup to fashion week--it's all out there.

Girl Woman Beauty Brains tested out some instant eye shadow and gave her readers the do's and don'ts of application. Only Avon would come up with something so, well, Mad Men-era. We're dying to try it out. 

Final Fashion gives her readers the run-down on L'Oreal Toronto Fashion Week, with Project Runway background info and comparisons to years prior. Check out her informative post here and also our runway galleries here.

Fassonaburu scoped out some toastie gloves for fall where proceeds help women in need. We declare this post the sweetest in our Network today.

Kingdom Of Style, as usual, is scoping out fashion's most promising young designers. These ladies also have a penchant for leggings, tights, and other body-hugging fashion items. Today, check out their post on designer Brian Lichtenberg.