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Fenty’s Ready to Get Your Summer Glow Going!

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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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March 29, 2018 by
Beauty, Hair

New York’s Newest Hair Color Hot Spot: The Loft by Clairol

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Whether you shift your hair shade according to the season or simply step out of your color comfort zone now and then, there’s no denying the power hair color has to change our appearance. But, hey, even hair color brands need to shake things up, and Clairol is giving everyone in New York City a chance to check out Nice n’ Easy‘s new look.

The Loft by Clairol, located at 579 Broadway, will be open from March 23 (aka today) through April 1 where Soho shoppers can not only learn more about the brand’s revamped formulas but also discover their shade they should rock this season with help from Clairol’s MyShade app. Though no product will be available for purchase, guests will leave with a one-of-a-kind box featuring their photo and the selected from the app so they can #ColorFearlessly at home. If you have any hair color questions, Clairol Color Director James Corbett and Clairol Color Ambassador Shirley Gordon will be making appearances at events during the pop-up. Plus, a group of influencers called the Fearless Femmes will also step into the Loft during its 10-day stay in the city.

Another amazing activity taking place at the pop-up? According to Women’s Wear Daily, visitors will also have the option to play perfumer by crafting their own aromas using the new formula’s scents. It’s all meant to make the at-home hair coloring process feel more like a spa day rather than a smelly chore. “While other beauty treatments have come to be appreciated as healthy indulgences, hair color has been seen as maintenance grooming for far too long,” Anna Vorrias, vice president Clairol Global and U.S. marketing, said at a panel discussion about confidence and female empowerment during the press preview for the event on Thursday. After all, if #SkincareSunday can make sheet mask selfies a social media sensation, then why couldn’t at-home colorist start contributing to a #ShadeShiftSaturday hashtag to show off their before and after hair hues?

March 23, 2018 by
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Jackie Aina Teams Up With Too Faced to Expand Born This Way’s Shade Range

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Sephora better get ready to make more space for Too Faced (and restock as soon as possible), as the brand is bolstering the shade range of its uber-popular Born This Way foundation with help from Jackie Aina.

The beauty vlogger linked up with the brand back in 2017, which she had initially announced in a post on Instagram last year, to deliver a wider array of shades of the best-selling foundation for darker skin tones. But Aina confirmed the good news in a Get Glam With Me video posted on her channel on Sunday,  telling fans as she reached for her foundation, “I can’t show you the foundation that I’m using—well, technically I can…It’s Too Faced Born This Way. BUT it’s my new shade — that I created!”

Aina has always made it a point to call out brands that either don’t include or only offer limited shades for darker skin tones, even uploading an “I Don’t See Color” tutorial earlier this year. And she made a note to mention that while the Too Faced foundation has received rave reviews from across the web for its lightweight, oil-free, yet hydrating, formula and buildable coverage, she couldn’t really fall for the foundation because she couldn’t find a color match. “I was using Mahogany. I wasn’t happy with it because it was way too red,” she explained in the clip. “Now that I have this new shade, for the golden realness, it does exactly what I want it to do in a foundation.”

Needless to say, the announcement sparked a firestorm of excitement from fans and even Too Faced Co-Founder Jerrod Blandino, who shared a photo of Aina on his Instagram. “This means the world to me, it’s so important to me that everyone feels included and knows they’re seen and loved, and this is the perfect partnership to do just that!” he said in the post’s caption. While the YouTuber and the founder haven’t disclosed any additional details like how many hues will be added to the cosmetic collection or when they’ll finally be available for purchase, according to Aina, they’re coming “soon, soon, soon.”

At a time when brands are getting roasted on social media over skimpy shade ranges, it’s great to see a company getting the message and making real efforts to offer inclusive options — not just pandering to people of color, as Aina herself has mentioned many times. And by working with the influencers who actively advocate for inclusivity and also have a close connection with their fans ensures that inclusivity becomes intrinsic and not an afterthought.

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March 22, 2018 by
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Bite Beauty Unleashes Its Aries Zodiac Lipstick for the Start of Spring

 

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Sure, my birthday (aka the vernal equinox) is tomorrow, but there’s another celestial event taking place this week that begs every beauty buff to go bold.

Bite Beauty’s latest launch in its limited edition Astrology Amouse Bouche lipstick collection, which will hit Sephora stores on March 21st, takes the signature traits of each sun sign and applies them to a particular hue. While February’s Pisces lipstick offered makeup mavens a chance to get mutable with pretty peachy nude, this month’s Aries addition turns up the heat with an “in-your-face…fiery red,” according to the brand.

There’s no question why this bright and bold red was chosen to represent that Zodiac’s resident ram. According to astrologer Tara Greene, who helped the brand select the shades, Aries is the sign of “winners and wonder women,” like the newly-announced candidate for Governor of New York Cynthia Nixon, Dolores Huerta, Victoria Beckham (who’s slated to launch her own skincare line this year — so psyched!), Maya Angelou, Robert Downey Jr., and Selena Quintanilla-Perez, just to name a few. Greene says those born under the feisty sign are considered to be the take-charge type in any situation whether they’re “sitting front row at spin class (if they’re not the instructor already), saving lives in the ER, or nabbing a round of funding for their hot new startup.”

Aries are also known to be pretty impatient, so don’t expect this shade to sit on shelves for long. In fact, the first two hues released in the collection each sold out within two days of release! This rich, orange-toned tomato red is just as fresh as the start of spring, and would work for a slew of skin shades planning to slick on a layer or to polish up their beauty looks throughout the season and even into the summer. With the shades sticking close to the signs’ most significant aspects, I expect to see an earthy, terracotta Taurus lip color arriving in a few weeks.

March 19, 2018 by
Beauty, Makeup

What Beauty Buys Will Be In Besame’s Agent Carter Collection?

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.

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March 15, 2018 by
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Is Jennifer Lopez About To Debut Her Own Bronzer?

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Is J.Lo about to deliver her own signature glow to Sephora shelves? Definitely, if you ask her makeup artist Scott Barnes.

After posting a picture of the star on the set of World of Dance on Monday, wearing a full contour with a peachy bronzer, Barnes let it slip in the snap’s comment section that the beauty buy to create the look was actually J.Lo’s own bronzer! He said, “I’m using a bronzer that @Jlo is making it’s pretty amazing!! Shhh ?.” But it wasn’t until @Trendmood1 caught onto the comment that the news spread like wildfire with beauty buffs and Lopez loyalists alike speculating on whether the bold bronzer would stand on its own or accompany a full collection, and regardless of either option, who was she working with to bring the beauty buy to market.

The major multihyphenate has remained mum on the news — let alone any disclosing additional details on the upcoming release — but it would be a natural next step for her. She’s a serial entrepreneur who’s dipped her toe into fashion and fitness, but she also has serious beauty cred to boot aside from her radiant complexion. Lopez found her way to the fragrance counter in 2002 with her first and most iconic scent, J.Lo Glow. The perfume was a huge success, becoming the second highest seller in the American market that following year, spawning 18 additional flanking fragrances (the final one was released in 2012), and subsequently setting off a wave of celebrity fragrances that dominated the industry for the rest of the decade.

While the bronzer would be a great launching pad for Lopez, I have to agree with Macaela Mackenzie at Allure, who’s hoping that the star will eventually branch out into skincare to really score that trademark glow. Either way, I’ll be keeping a closer eye on Instagram comments going forward for any additional details.

March 14, 2018 by
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Frida Kahlo’s Beauty Secrets Behind Her Unibrow Revealed In New Exhibit

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Some might argue that Frida Kahlo’s beautiful braids — accented with vibrant blooms, of course — were her signature beauty look, but you really can’t argue against the bold unibrow she proudly sported in her seminal self-portraits and IRL. And now an upcoming exhibit at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is slated to give a peek at the beauty buys she had on her vanity.

According to The Guardian, the museum will put over 200 of her personal items on display, including clothes, jewelry, her prosthetic leg, and a sampling of her cosmetics which up until now had been sealed in the Mexican artist’s home following her death in 1954, thanks to her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera. Kahlo was clearly a fan of Revlon, as the brand’s blush, bullet lipsticks in “Everything’s Rosy” (Kahlo’s favorite shade), nail files, and even the ebony eyebrow pencil she used to fill in her monobrow will be showcased in their original packaging. And in case you were curious, Refinery29 discovered that the brand’s Soft Black ColorStay Pencil serves as a great substitute for the original product that has long been discontinued.

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March 13, 2018 by
Beauty, Body, Hair, Makeup, Skin

Serena Williams Is Launching Her Own Beauty Line

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She’s conquered the tennis court and slayed the style game, but it looks like Serena Williams is ready to serve up something new: her very own beauty line!

TMZ recently reported that the all-star athlete filed legal documents to trademark the name “Aneres” (which, while it sounds like the name of  Game of Thrones characters, is actually Serena spelled backward) for a cosmetics line back in January. She had previously applied for a trademark on the reversed version of her name for a clothing line back in 2003 that fell through and reapplied for it again in 2016, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. While she hasn’t announced anything regarding the line, the filing details that she’ll be using her moniker to bring the beauty line, which will include everything from skincare to cosmetics to fragrance to bath and body care to even hair care and styling products, to life.

Given the fact that Williams loves to look glam on and off of the court ( I still can’t get over this gilded pony she rocked at the 2017 Glamour Women Of The Year Awards), I could easily see a makeup collection and maybe even a dry shampoo, which was also listed in the filing, designed to stand up to serious sweat in the near future. In fact, big beauty brands like Tarte and Clinique have already released their own gaggle of gym bag goodies in recent years to much fanfare. But I feel like Williams could easily smash the cosmetics competition by taking a 360-degree approach to her athleisure array of beauty buys, delivering easy and effective solutions whether you’re a barre babe, a busy mom, or both!

So while we’re all keeping our fingers crossed for more details on the upcoming launch, I’d start saving my pennies now so you can snag every items on your wishlist once it’s finally served up!

March 12, 2018 by
Beauty, Body

Madeline Poole Finally Scores A Sally Hansen Nail Color Collection

Photo: Sally Hanse via The Cut.

To call Madeline Poole a mani maven would be a complete understatement. The Insta-famous nail artist stepped into the spotlight on the platform, and it led to becoming Sally Hansen‘s global ambassador. Throughout her tenure, she’s not only shared her insight during the brand’s color curation process but has also crafted eye-catching manicures that have rocked the runways at New York Fashion Week. She’s even helped beauty editors (like myself) customize their own colors. But she’s never had a collection to call her own…until now.

The Complete Salon Manicure Madeline Poole Collection features six shades inspired from Poole’s own childhood during the late ’80s and early ’90s, with each bottle topped off with Poole’s MP Instagram logo wrapped around the silver cap. Color cues in the collection range from Say It Lycra You Mean It, pulled from the reddish-orange plush velvet interior of the family Dodge Aries to the metallic pink sheen of her mother’s aerobic leggings that to sparked the shade Material Pearl to even an electric lime, aptly called Slime Scene, inspired by the era’s obsession with the green-hued goo (which you can thank Ghostbusters and everything on Nickelodeon’s The Splat for). Plus, there are a few subtler shades you can rock no matter the atmosphere, including Vinyl Tap, a pale blue-gray; Mallratz, a hunter green hue, and Call Me On My Shellphone, a bisque with a mauve undertone (whose name goes well with this phone case from Valfré).

But regardless of which shades you decide to snap up, you won’t have to worry about your mani getting messed up. The Complete Salon Manicure boasts a wide brush for a streak-free application that won’t breed any air bubble and a formula that stays put for up to 10 days — as long most gel manicures but without the danger of UV lamps or the acetone-soaked removal process.

I’ve already got my eye on Mallratz, Say It Lycra Mean It, Slime Scene, and Vinyl Tap — all awesome shades as we (slowly but surely) transition to spring. Want to get a closer look at the colors? Check them all out below and let me know which ones are your faves in the comments!

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March 7, 2018 by
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Tarte’s Be a Mermaid and Make Waves Palette Is Making A Splash At Sephora!

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Tarte is ready to dive head-first into spring with a siren-inspired palette that already has makeup mavens dreaming of a sweet seaside escape.

Exclusively available at Sephora (for now), the limited-edition palette comes in the form of an iridescent clamshell-shaped compact that would be perfectly at home inside of Ariel’s underwater grotto of untold treasures. Inside, you’ll find scales featuring 14 matte and metallic shadow shades that are perfectly suited for the shore that are designed to stay put, thanks to the Amazonian clay-infused formula. The hues offer an amazing array of makeup looks ranging from soft and subtle neutrals to vibrant bolts of bold color. Some of the standout shades that the brand swatched on its Instagram page include the deep blue teal of Lagoon, the shimmering sea green of Splash, the bold bronze of Shell Yeah, and the rustic red of Beach Please.

It’s no surprise that we’re having a bit of a mermaid moment as, according to Popsugar, sirens are slated to make a big splash this year — and it’s not just because of those fishtail blankets that everyone added to their holiday wish lists last year either. In fact, there are already at least two The Little Mermaid remakes heading to theaters soon, a new tv show called Siren coming to Freeform this month, and even mermaid-inspired fitness classes popping up throughout the country designed to get you to flip and flex your fins. And I’m sure there will be more mermaid must haves to come!

And with this new pretty palette, beauty buffs won’t be able to stop themselves from Instagramming it with a cluster of clamshells as soon as they get their hands on it or whipping it out at a pool party as they channel their inner Ariel (after all, was she everyone’s favorite Disney princess when they were growing up?). I say you can totally lean into the look even further by pairing the palette with your go-to texturizing spray — John Frieda’s Beach Blonde Sea Waves Sea Salt Spray would be perfect in this instance — and a lip gloss that delivers a wet-shine finish, and consider yourself set to stun whether by land or by sea.

March 2, 2018 by