Trend Alert: 24K Gold Lip Gloss


Updated 09/09/07 10:49 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 20 comments

Trend Alert:  24K Gold Lip Gloss

When you can't afford pink diamonds, go for the gold! These gold lip glosses are scorching hot for summer and fall. They can be worn alone or over your favorite lipstick to create a warming and glittery effect. To check out gold lip glosses from last season, click here, for more beauty products with bling, click here and to check out this spring's silver lip gloss trend, click here. Benefit Read more

How to Choose a Red Lipstick For Spring


Updated 05/02/12 4:20 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 5 comments

How to Choose Red Lipstick

Spring's juicy lipstick shades of gold-red, season-perfect maraschino cherry, and coral-red look fresh and bright on everyone. Orange-inflected reds just look happy and new, and they're extremely easy to wear. So to find out how to get your perfect match and see shades for every skin tone, just keep reading. Read more

What We're Sweet On: The Goes-With-Everything Lip Gloss


Updated 03/12/12 11:45 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Make Up For Ever's Pantone Lip Gloss

Pantone's color of the year may be tangerine, but there are a few other shades the color forecasting brand has identified as being hot for Spring 2012. And the folks at Make Up For Ever have ingeniously come up with a 10-piece collection reflecting the runway's trendiest hues, one of which is Starfish, a khaki, sandy tone that's more versatile than you might expect. While it may sound a little 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

What We're Sweet On: Tinker Bell Gets a Perfect Palette


Updated 02/23/12 10:17 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Tinker Bell Makeup Pixi Palette Review

If you were the rogue Disney girl who chose Tinker Bell over the long list of available princesses, you aren't going to want to miss the latest cartoon/makeup collaboration. Pixi Beauty, the aptly named brand known for its sweet, girlish packaging and shimmery shades, just teamed up with everyone's favorite foot-stamping little fairy. Putting Pixi and Tinker Bell together was a stroke of Read more

Your Complete Guide to Wearing Bright, Bold Lip Color


Updated 01/04/12 3:27 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Wear Bright, Bold Lipstick

We're thrilled to present the following post from Brett Freedman, BellaSugar guest writer, celebrity makeup artist, and founder of Vanitymark Cosmetics. The bright lip trend is in full throttle. Are you on board? Still feeling like it's not for you? Here's my insight into dipping your toe in the bold lip pool! The other night I went to a friend's for dinner and a screening of My Week With Read more

How to Wear Glittery, Shimmery Makeup Like a Grown-Up


Updated 12/31/11 7:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Wear Glitter and Shimmer Makeup

New Year's is the perfect time to experiment with shimmer, but too much glisten can look a little tacky and/or immature. So for a more grown-up approach to sparkle and glamour, check out the two great tips below. Go for the gold: Apply metallic pigment or shadow to your eyes, suggests Ana Cruzalegui from UK-based lash brand We Are Faux, and pair it with fluttery falsies like their Kitsch lashes Read more

Create 5 Gorgeous Holiday Lip Looks With a Single Lipstick


Updated 01/26/12 7:40 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

How to Wear Holiday Lipstick

YouTube star and beauty guru Michelle Phan knows makeup, especially when it comes to the holidays. This week, Michelle shares five great holiday-perfect ways to repurpose one lipstick: Hi everyone, No holiday look is complete without great lip color! With a single shade of lipstick, you can create a variety of beautiful lip looks fit for the holidays; all it takes is a little technique. Can Read more

Bright Idea: Light Bulb Nail Polishes For Holiday


Updated 11/29/11 6:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Light Bulb Nail Polishes For Holiday 2011

We've seen beauty products that light up (such as tweezers and lip gloss), but it's rare to see beauty products inspired by lights themselves. Enter Jessica Cosmetics' Shine On Collection ($20). The three-piece set includes Starry Night (a sparkling red), Lucky Star (a gold glitter), and Superstar (a silver glitter) polishes, packaged up in bottles that look like a trio of colorful holiday light Read more

One Star, 3 Makeup Looks: Rachel McAdams at Cannes


Updated 05/14/11 9:47 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Rachel McAdams Makeup at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival 2011-05-13 12:30:00

There's no denying Rachel McAdams has been looking as beautiful as ever during her various 2011 Cannes Film Festival appearances. Good, clean living plays a part (as well as some enviable genetics), but it's also thanks to the work of her talented makeup artist (and sister), Kayleen McAdams. Learn how Kayleen created three of Rachel's Cannes red-carpet looks below: "For the Midnight in Paris Read more