Valentine's Day Beauty Part I: Luscious Lips


Updated 01/30/08 8:20 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 14 comments

Valentine's Day lipstick

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, you'll want to prepare your pout with some provocative products to pucker up with! These love-inspired lip treats are perfect for the big day. This marks the first part of my four-post series on Valentine's Day makeup, so come back tomorrow for more lovey ideas. Benefit Cupid's Bow Lovely Lip Shaping Set ($28) contains all the goodies you need to Read more

New Product Alert: ModelCo Gloss Ring


Updated 06/02/07 7:54 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 14 comments

New Product Alert: ModelCo Gloss Ring

Australian beauty brand ModelCo recently came out with a super cool fashion-meets-beauty accessory, the Gloss Ring Jewel Ring with Colourbox Gloss ($30). This fun and flashy over-sized ring houses a pot of sheer, ultra-shiny lip gloss underneath a flip-top faux jewel. The non-stick, long-lasting gloss comes in three colors to match the brightly colored stones. You can choose from a sapphire Read more

400 Meter Diva Natasha Hastings on Running For Olympic Gold


Updated 03/13/12 7:33 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Olympian Natasha Hastings the 400 Meter Diva Interview

Finishing a quick tour once around the track with times hovering at the 50-second mark, the potential US Track Team is deep with female talent ready to conquer the 400-meter event at the Summer games. The women's relay team will most likely have a shot for a repeat gold medal performance, too. A member of the winning relay team in Beijing, Natasha Hastings told us in a recent interview that she Read more

Downton Abbey Beauty: No Mascara, Please, We're Edwardians


Updated 01/14/12 9:08 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Downton Abbey Beauty: How The Crawleys Lived

We're excited to present this story from our friends at Allure: Fans of the PBS blockbuster Downton Abbey don't need us to tell them that season two has arrived, ending a painfully long wait for the return of the period drama set in a spectacular English country house stuffed with spoiled aristos and scheming servants. How ever did we survive? One bright spot was the video parody that appeared on Read more

Desire/Acquire: Modern Circular Painted Artwork


Updated 01/03/12 6:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Modern Circular Artwork

Painted in 2002 by Gary Lang, Circle Ojai #1 ($65,000) is a gorgeous, massive — at five feet square— work of art. I was immediately struck by the movement and colors in this piece, and while I covet it (immensely), it's quite likely that its price point will eliminate it from finding a place in my home art collection. Luckily, you can replicate this painting's look for only a few hundred Read more

The Easy Tip That Ends Awkward Lipstick Fade Forever


Updated 12/02/11 5:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

The Easy Lipstick Line Fix Trick

Lip color can be gorgeous, but lots of women avoid it because of how it can wear. Without reapplication, it's easy to end up with a ring of color at the edge of your lips and almost none in the center. But it doesn't have to be that way. The culprit? Conventional wisdom about how you're supposed to line lips and apply lipstick. To see the easy way to make your lip color, whether it's gloss or Read more

Glee-Ful Highlights From Season Three Premiere "The Purple Piano Project"


Updated 09/21/11 12:52 PM · Posted by · 11 comments

Glee Season Three Premiere Recap of "The Purple Piano Project"

Glee is back for season three, and the brand new school year has brought with it a few shakeups: several characters have quit the glee club, a few are off the show entirely (Sam, we hardly knew ye), and since it's senior year for a few of the students, we're starting to see plans form for when the year ends. The season opener set up some arcs for the next few months, but it also glossed so Read more

Get Kelis's Pretty-in-Pink Makeup Look


Updated 04/15/11 3:36 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How To Wear Pink Eye Shadow

If you're stuck in a makeup rut, look to Kelis to bring you back around. Yesterday at Matthew Williamson's Macy's launch in New York, Kelis sported a seriously fun and edgy makeup look, featuring bright pink eye shadow with coordinating, highly pigmented lip gloss and lots of ebony liner on the lower lash lines. A black bowler hat gave it a certain Molly Ringwald à la Pretty in Pink kind of Read more

Kate Spade and Poppy King Make a Cool Lip Color Frankenstein


Updated 08/24/11 8:01 PM · Posted by · 6 comments

New Kate Spade Supercalifragilipstick Lipstick/Lip Gloss Hybrid

Kate Spade and Poppy King teamed up for new Supercalifragilipstick ($24), a capsule collection of vividly hued, shiny lipstick/lip gloss hybrids. "The formula holds various polymers that have a high reflective index and allow for maximum shine with hours of wear," King explains, adding "[we] wanted to do something hyper-maximum rather than minimal." Lots of lipstick formulations made to resemble Read more