When most of us talk about beauty, the focus is usually on the feminine. The thing is beauty is for everyone, as we’ve seen the community become much more inclusive in recent years. But whether it’s because of gender stereotypes or just a general lack of awareness, we think many of our dads might’ve missed the memo. Sure, they have a few shave products and maybe cologne lining their medicine cabinets, but there might not be much else stocked inside. Throughout my career, I’ve witnessed the talents of amazing male makeup artists and hairstylists and learned so much from them, including how important pampering your outside helps to take care of your inside as well. So to celebrate his big day, I’ve rounded up a few pearls of beauty wisdom to pass along to our dads to help them to look and feel amazing like they deserve. Happy Father’s Day, and if you can, give your dad a big hug for me!
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Becca Wants to Send You On a Sweet Escape — But You Have to Find a Glow Ticket First!
Ever since we first watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, we’ve all dreamed of opening up a treat to discover we’ve won a golden ticket to win an amazing opportunity. And Becca Cosmetics’ newest makeup must is helping all of us to fulfill that childhood dream!
The brand recently released a limited edition highlighter exclusively available in-store and online at Sephora, aptly called Dreamsicle. The powder swirls peach and vanilla shimmer to create a warm glow. But that’s not all! Housed inside of 100 of the boxes are Glow Tickets — our Golden Tickets, if you will — that makeup mavens can exchange for a special gift from Becca Cosmetics, a brand rep exclusively revealed to Bustle. And two of those ticket holders will be chosen to win a trip with the company, so don’t be so eager to toss the box as soon as you get your hands on the highlighter. Though the location of the trip has yet to be revealed, I’ve got my fingers crossed for somewhere with surf, sand, and sunshine, so that highlighter can really pop!
So how do you score this trip for yourself? According to the above Instagram post, all you have to do is snap a selfie with you holding the Glow Ticket, explain what your Glow Mantra is and what it means to you, using the hashtags #BECCAGlowTicket and #BECCAContest, and tag who you’d want to be your +1 on the trip of a lifetime. But keep in mind that the contest is only open to US and Candian residents and submissions need to be received by 11:59 pm EST on May 31st, 2018 when the contest ends.
While I’m rooting for everyone vying for the incredible excursion, it’s not like you’re totally losing out even if you don’t win the trip. The tangerine-toned highlighter looks gorgeous on a variety of skin tones, but it looks especially beautiful on dark skin tones who often struggle to find highlighters that suit their shade. Plus, the citrus-inspired shimmer is the sweetest way to kick off your summer beauty routine whether you decide to rock it on your cheeks or even your lids. To those on the hunt for the Glow Tickets, may the odds be ever in your favor and let the games begin!
Photo: Marvel/Disney via YouTube.
Hold onto your popcorn, kittens! In the week leading up to the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Besame’s throwing down the gauntlet on cosmetic collaborations with a mini Marvel collection!
The brand made the surprise announcement in a livestream of its Agent Carter collection launch during Disneyland’s Dapper Day celebration. It’s an annual celebration at Disney parks where guests are invited to show off their “refined style from yesterday and today with fun accessories and events.” (Which my pal Misti, who also runs CousinsWhoDisney, told me about) The collection is modeled after the highly coveted Infinity Stones that we’ve seen pop up throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe that are tied to different aspects of the universe. And with Thanos having all of those all-powerful and brightly colored gems in hand, the universe is in for a world of hurt unless the Avengers and the Guardians of The Galaxy can save it.
Photo courtesy of Susie Wang.
I know I’m not the only one curious about celebs and influencers’ favorite beauty buys as well as who and what shape their view of beauty in the biz.
I’ve always believed in happy accidents — you know, those seemingly innocuous events that become the catalyst for something bigger, something that sets you on a completely different path from what you originally thought. It could be a product with an unexpected benefit or (unfortunately) a bad reaction or a beauty look that you might’ve questioned while you played but makes a splash on social media (or IRL). That’s essentially what happened to Susie Wang, founder and chief creative officer of 100% PURE. She famously purchased a Vitamin C serum when she was a freshman at UC Berkeley that oxidized, lost its potency, and converted to free radicals — the very thing the serum was meant to prevent!
It set her on the path to several patents to help stabilize those vitamins to prevent that oxidation from occurring, which led to a slew of job offers from a number of beauty brands. But it also led to another happy accident when she knocked over a chemical that corroded the table she was working off of and was meant to be part of an eye cream! The incident not only pushed her to look into product development practices and eventually launch the brand. The brand has become an authority when it comes to natural beauty, thanks to its effective plant-based formulations, like their fruit-based color cosmetics, but also its cruelty-free commitment. Plus it’s even received a dose of star power thanks to the likes of Big Little Lies’ Shailene Woodley (I can hardly wait for season two, can you?!).
I’ve already fallen in love with the brand’s new Tomato Lycopene SPF 20 Moisturizer that offers a physical blocker without the same grey cast that I’ve experienced with other formulas. KillaCrystal also introduced me to their natural base and top coat polishes! And after getting a chance to chat with Wang to learn more about her beauty journey and her brand’s latest array of innovations, I had to ask her to be the latest to show her stash. Not only to help everyone clean up their act (hey, it’s Earth Month, after all) but also to discover the people who inspire her (and 100% Pure’s) purpose and swipe a few of her natural beauty secrets.
On her approach to style: “My approach to beauty is all about healthy, glowing skin and minimal makeup. My fashion style is very casual, classic and easy. I’m pretty low maintenance but still prefer mostly high-quality products.”
On her idols: “I don’t necessarily have any beauty idols; however, I have a huge passion for helping animals, which is why 100% Pure is entirely cruelty-free, and I’m inspired by women who are doing great things for animal rights. For example, I’m a big fan of Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA. I also admire a woman named Yang XiaoYun who rescues dogs from the Yulin Dog Meat Festival in China.”
On her first beauty memory: “My first beauty memory was wanting to buy a vitamin C serum so desperately that I skipped eating lunch for a week to buy it; however, once I did, the vitamin C serum oxidized. This was so disappointing but inspired me to figure out how to stabilize vitamins from oxidizing in skincare. My patent for this is what launched my career in the beauty industry.”
Photo: lola lenska via Pinterest
On her first beauty buy:“I bought my first beauty item when I was five years old, and it was a Rachel Perry strawberry lip balm. I was a child so I loved the fruit scent.”
On the best beauty advice she’s received: “Apply facial oil on damp skin to increase absorption.”
On her favorite beauty tip to share: “Visit steam rooms frequently and apply a facial mask while in the steam sauna.”
On her favorite beauty buys of 2018 (so far): “My favorite beauty buy has been the 100% Pure Retinol Restorative Overnight Balm. It gives me intense age correction plus deep moisture. We also have two great products coming out this month that I’m excited about — a purifying Charcoal Clay Cleanser and Tomato Lycopene SPF 20 Moisturizer.”
Check out Susie’s favorite beauty buys below:
Courtesy of Sallia Goldstein.
I know I’m not the only one curious about celebs and influencers’ favorite beauty buys as well as who and what shape their view of beauty in the biz.
Social media has totally transformed how we make and consume art. Whether your media of choice are inks and oils, shadows and glosses, or a plethora of pixels, there is a slew of platforms designed to showcase the works of novices and professionals alike. While Instagram has become a home for personal style bloggers and YouTube has become a haven for beauty influencers, Snapchat has become the app of choice for a slew of artists to show off their skills, interact directly with their fans, and even Snapchat storytellers by creating brand-sponsored doodles. In fact, it was a brand sponsorship that led me to meet Sallia Goldstein, aka the Bill Nye of Snapchat.
I had learned about the engineer-turned-Snapchat artist after she was quoted in a Refinery29 article on the platform’s budding artist community, in which she uses the platform to not post her art but also educate followers through some science-based stories as well. Plus, she recently branched out into animation (I still can’t get over the cute little corgis she shared earlier this year). But I got to meet her face to face when she partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to cover the premiere of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and post doodles featuring the stars straight from the red carpet. We quickly became friends, bonding over our appreciation of great concerts but also of beauty. I even helped Goldstein quickly curate a slew of amazing drugstore beauty buys during one of her recent trips to the Big Apple!
With Goldstein gearing up for Coachella this weekend (so jeal!), I wanted to discover what she packs in her bag for big trips like the upcoming music festival, how her fellow artists inspire her style, and the one palette she can’t get enough of.
Courtesy of Sallia Goldstein.
On her approach to beauty and style: “I feel like I normally have terrible style, but I strive to be a mix of Babs Tarr and Hayley Kiyoko. Recently I’ve been trying to go for @Zephanijong eyeshadow look for going out. Overall, I guess I’m consistent: Blond hair, jacket, and strong eyes. Baggy on top and tight on [the] bottom.”
On her beauty idols: “I used to have the biggest crush on Shay Mitchell in high school. I had a few blond streaks in my hair. I was on swim, so I was constantly tan. I wore a lot of shorts and shirts since it doesn’t get too cold in SoCal. Plus, it’s easy to strip for when you get into the pool.
“These days, thanks to social media, I can pick from a variety of beauty gurus and celebs. I love drawing inspiration from ‘celesbians’ (celebrity lesbians) on Instagram. They have this ‘I’m comfortable but I’m still fly’ thing going on that’s like my stylistic white whale. They always wear hats, some kind of fitted jeans/pants that look like they’ve gone through a food processor, and a pocket tee of some kind. Also, I’ll always idolize Babs Tarr.”
Babs Tarr Photo via @babstarr on Instagram
On her first beauty memory: “My mom was a fashion designer, so she’d always bring home scraps of polyester fabric in all kinds of ridiculous, bright colors. My sister and I would wrap ourselves them and pretend we were wizards.”
On her first beauty buy: “Throughout high school, I would always try on sample makeup at Sephora with my friends and walk out. I wasn’t really a makeup person in high school. My first distinct memory of purchasing makeup was my first week in college. You can’t really go to your local Sephora, throw on some samples, and walk out. That first week, in one trip, I went to a Sephora and just bought an entire makeup routine. Foundation, concealer, bronzer, eyeshadow, everything. I spent a decent amount of money.”
On the best beauty advice she’s received: “I don’t know if this counts, but I’m a fan of Roald Dahl’s advice on beauty: ‘A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.’”
On her favorite beauty tip to share: “Put tape (like scotch tape) from the corner of your eye to just below the end of the eyebrow. It stencils in this sharp line that makes your eyeshadow look like it was done by a pro.
“Application matters. Good makeup can look like crap on your face throughout the day if you don’t use the proper application tools like brushes or sponges. Brushes always outlive palettes and creams, and you don’t have to splurge on them.”
On her favorite beauty buys of 2018, so far: “Last year I backpacked through Europe on a nimble makeup kit. The clutch was an Hourglass foundation stick. It was small, travel size. I cannot stress how much I used it and how well it got the job done. I also got the Anastasia Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette for my birthday. I used to not care about eyeshadow, [but] the AMR pallette changed that. It’s kind of incredible how many looks you can get with one palette. I can gush for paragraphs on how much I love the AMR palette.”
Check out Sallia’s clutch beauty buys below!
Photo courtesy of Fenty Beauty.
We might be in the middle of preparing for April showers, but Rihanna already has her sights set on summer with her latest launch.
While most other brands are curating seaside inspired shadow palettes — like Tarte and Urban Decay — for the season, Riri decided to skip the shadows and glosses for a head-to-toe glow that is slated to hit shelves in about a week. Aptly called Beach Please!, the collection includes the new Body Lava Luminizer, a gel-based highlighter that blends light-diffusing micropearls with a touch of color for what the brand calls a “drenched in light radiance” that the songstress and beauty mogul showed off on her Instagram on Tuesday and sent beauty buffs into a frenzy over the upcoming launch. After all, who wouldn’t want to look like they just spent the day lounging on the sand like her?! The Luminizer comes in two hues: Who Needs Clothes, a radiant rose gold that can work well with paler skin tones and those with cooler undertones, and Brown Sugar, a lustrous bronze that looks incredible on darker skin tones and those with warmer undertones (and kind of gives me Chocolate Geode vibes, which just hit shelves as well).
But the glow is just getting started! Fans of Urban Decay’s classic Marshmallow Body Powder will delight in Fenty’s upcoming Fairy Bomb Glittering Pom Pom in Rosé On Ice. But instead of swirling the puff in the box of powder, the super finely milled shimmery stuff is housed in the fluff. It delivers a rose gold sheen that flatters most skin tones with a delectable vanilla coconut scent that screams summer. And if you don’t want your hand coated in iridescence, the brand is also unleashing a face and body kabuki brush that’s cut to fit your body’s curves to help you easily buff on any liquid or body highlighter so you can speed your way to sparkling skin.
The collection will drop on April 6th and is already expected to sell out in an instant — so set your reminders now before you miss out! But in the meantime, check out all of the goodies below!
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Show Your Stash: Rachel ten Brink’s Best Beauty Buys, Fragrance Finds, and More
Photon Courtesy of Rachel ten Brink
I know I’m not the only one curious about celebs, influencers, and industry insiders’ favorite beauty buys as well as who and what shapes their view of beauty in the biz.
Whether we consider ourselves a makeup maven, mane master, nail art authority, or fragrance aficionado, most of us have our pick on what we like to focus on or get the most excited about when it comes to beauty. But Rachel ten Brink likes to dabble — it’s pretty much the premise behind both of her brands she co-founded (and currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for both). Scentbird, a monthly subscription sampling service, offers users a chance to find a fragrance they’ll fall head over heels for by taking their tastes, mood, and occasion, via a quick quiz, into account or simply select a scent they’re dying to spritz. Deck of Scarlet works similarly by offering users a new full-sized palette every other month, which comes complete with liners and lip colors, and partnering with influencers like Roxette Arisa to curate the colors.
That cosmetic curiosity has been instilled in ten Brink since she was small, playing with the products on her mothers’ dressing table and flipping through magazines for the latest launches. And it has served her well throughout her 15 years as a marketer in the beauty business, working for big brands like L’Oreal, Estée Lauder, Procter & Gamble, and Elizabeth Arden before launching both of her own. After playing with Scentbird’s plethora of perfumes and swatching some of the shades from Deck of Scarlet, I reached out the beauty mogul to get her take on how she balances her beauty looks, her biggest influences, and some of her current makeup musts.
On her approach to style: “My approach to beauty is a combination of classic with a pop of color. I grew up in Latin America so I am definitely not afraid of color! A bold red lip, a swish of blue liner, a little glitter here or there, I love all of it. I find it so important to integrate a little bit of the unknown, to not be afraid to try something new; which is one of the reasons my co-founders and I launched Deck of Scarlet.
“For fashion, I like to mix more neutral pieces with bold statement pieces. I love accessories, necklaces, rings, earrings, shoes — I change it up every day. I think when it comes to both beauty and fashion, it’s all about balance and not overpowering one trend with another but instead, utilizing one focal point whether it be a bright lip or a bright red shoes.”
On her beauty idols: “First of all, I would say my mother. She has always been incredibly glamorous and beautiful. She’s always put together, always enjoys beautiful clothes, fun makeup, and gorgeous fragrances. Her beauty is framed by incredible warmth and empathy; she is truly the person that lights up the room when she enters. I love that she’s always experimenting with Deck of Scarlet makeup and trying out new shades!
“Also, I worked for Estee Lauder earlier in my career and I truly admire her. She was a mother, a wife, and an entrepreneur. I love that she was in her 40’s when she started Estee Lauder and never stopped challenging herself and her company to do better. She understood the power of women, ‘confidence breeds beauty.'”
On Her first big beauty moment: “My first beauty memory is of my mother’s dressing table. She always had gorgeous perfume bottles —Opium, YSL Paris, L’Air du Temps —as well as boxes and boxes of gorgeous makeup. I remember the smell of the Clarins skincare she used at night and YSL Paris when she was going out.”
YSL Lipstick in Prune Avenue.
On her first beauty buy: “I have always been obsessed with beauty. I remember getting Seventeen magazine when I was growing up in Costa Rica. I would study the articles and ads and make a list of stuff I wanted — none of it was available in my local stores, only in the U.S. My dad would travel for work to the U.S. and I would send him with a huge list of items to pick up for me at the drugstore. Poor guy had no idea what he was shopping for!
“Later on, I remember buying myself a YSL lipstick in a deep chocolate brown when I was in college abroad in England at Harvey Nichols in London. It felt incredibly glamorous.”
On the best beauty advice she’s received: “When you’re feeling a little tired or a little beat up, wear red! A bright red lip can totally transform your face and your mood. Confidence goes a long way in making you feel and look beautiful.”
On her favorite beauty tip to share: “Dare to be bold. If you want to try that dark blue lip or holographic highlighter, do it! Just always remember to wash your face at the end of the day. Your skin will thank you later.”
Photo via ApotheCARE Essentials.
Whether its a whiff of a significant other’s conditioner or the smell of your favorite meal, we all know how scent can instantly transport us to some of our most treasured memories. It can often be the defining factor in whether your pick up a certain product or leave it on the shelves. That’s why perfumers like ApotheCARE Essentials‘s Lead Perfumer Frederique Terranova work so intensely to craft fragrances that not only delight our senses but also stay top of mind when we go to restock our beauty buys. The fragrance phenom has spent 30 years working with some of the biggest brands in the business to stir up memorable aromas, blending her love of nature with her precision in perfumery to create the new bath and body care line’s soothing scents.
In fact, a slew of beauty editors and I got to sniff her hard work and even try our hand in stirring up our own scent at a recent masterclass helmed by Terranova where I also got to chat with Terranova to learn which fragrance note was the catalyst to kicking off her career, how the industry has evolved since her start, what notes she’d blend together for her very own signature scent, and how to know when you’ve found your own go-to perfume.
Somebody call Jarvis because Agent Carter’s got a new mission: makeup!
Besame Cosmetics shared a cryptic message on its site and a teaser on Instagram on Tuesday to announce that its upcoming collection inspired by the old-school spy will drop during the week of April 23 (the same week Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 is slated to hit theaters), offering 24-hour notice to those who subscribed to the brand’s email list. The release date comes after months of eager anticipation since the brand initially announced the collaboration last year with no details on what would be included in the makeup menagerie.
It’s a pretty big deal for Marvel fans who have missed seeing the agent’s weekly adventures since the show’s cancellation in 2016. Peggy Carter first shined on screen alongside Captain America in his first solo film in the Marvel Universe franchise, subsequently popping up in Captain America: Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and ABC’s Agents of Shield before landing her own show that lasted for two seasons. But the show’s “canceled” status didn’t deter fans, who aside from working to decode the clues surrounding the upcoming collaboration have petitioned Marvel to revive the show (hey, everything is getting a reboot lately). And with the frenzy surrounding the upcoming cosmetic collab, it might offer more incentive for the comic book company to bring the secret agent back to the small screen.
Via Vogue Runway
Chloé’s got a thirst for adventure thanks to its newest scent, Nomade.
Hitting shelves in February, the scent taps into the more audacious side of the brand with a focus on openness, empowerment, and traveling the world (and its different cultures) as a way to explore the self and gain perspective.
“With Nomade, we want to answer to a very strong insight, which is a newfound desire for openness, encounters, surprises and the unknown — a reaction to the lack of [in-person] interaction,” Simona Cattaneo, chief marketing officer for Coty Luxury, told WWD.
To evoke the fragrance’s idea of adventure and movement, Givaudan perfumer Quentin Bisch offered a chypre take on the brand’s penchant for purely floral fragrances, blending notes of oak moss, Mirabelle plum, and freesia. As for the bottle (which I’ve only spotted on Now Smell This), it’s shaped like Chloé’s signature Drew bag and will be available in 30-, 50- and 75-ml for $75, $105 and $132, respectively.
Ariane Labed, who you might’ve seen in The Lobster, Assasin’s Creed, or the “Men Against Fire” episode of Black Mirror, will be featured on screens big and small as the face of the new perfume. In the clips to come, she’ll be shown venturing into different landscapes and learning about other cultures, connecting with new people along the way.
The scent’s concept is a pretty fitting idea for 2018, where that understanding of different viewpoints has been instrumental in the start of a slew of important conversations on gender, race, and more. Though we won’t have to wait long to get a sniff ourselves, I’m curious to see how the ad campaign plays out!