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Jennifer Lopez Links Up With Inglot for a Makeup Collection!

Photo: Inglot via Allure.com.

The rumors are true — Jennifer Lopez is staging a BIG beauty counter comeback this year!

The star has partnered with the beauty brand Inglot to launch not only the bronzer that her makeup artist Scott Barnes had shared weeks ago on social media but also 69 additional SKUs guaranteed to help makeup mavens achieve that iconic J.Lo glow. And I can’t wait!

According to Allure, complexion, eye, lip, and even nail products (I mean, have you seen her Tom Bachik-crafted manicures?!) will comprise the collection with major must-haves like the Livin’ The Highlight, a champagne-colored loose-powder illuminator that comes with a fuzzy puff applicator, and The LipGlossy. Plus the brand’s Freedom System will be incorporated in the collab with a refillable palette that can you can add the collection’s five bespoke blushes, two highlighter trios, and 20 eyeshadows to totally customize it to your liking. And Huffington Post says that the products will start at $8.50 and go up to $49.

And we won’t have wait long to get our hands on the cool collab either, as Inglot noted on its Instagram on Thursday that the collection is slated to hit JenniferLopezInglot.com and InglotCosmetics.com on April 26th.

But I feel like this could be just the start of Lopez’s beauty empire. While she’s had previous experience from the fragrance perspective, the collab is likely a way for her to test the market and see if striking out on her own would work. After all, it worked for Rihanna, who had not only had fragrance as her foundation but also collaborated with a big beauty brand before developing Fenty. The Bad Gal served up not just one but three wildly successful collections with MAC back in 2013, including her ubiquitous Riri Woo lipstick (aka the proto Mattemoiselle Lipstick) that caused riots at merch tables during her Diamonds tour. So I’m sure they’ll be keeping a close eye on how successful these launches will be.

Now, all we need are a few sneak peeks at the products and packaging to tide us over until the end of the month. In fact, I’ve already signed up for the email list and set up notifications from @TrendMood1 just in case!

April 5, 2018 by Val

Beauty, Makeup

Here’s How to Channel the “Bartier Cardi” Beauty Look

A post shared by La’ Pearl Artistry ❣ (@erika_lapearl_mua) on Mar 31, 2018 at 6:37pm PDT

Everybody wants to party with Cardi, and there’s no surprise as to why! In her new “Bartier Cardi” video, which dropped Monday night, the rapper borrows a bit of vintage glamour (including the hazy look of old-school films) of from a slew of beauty icons. I was instantly mesmerized by how her glam squad channeled the likes of Betty Grable, thanks to the pale lingerie and throwback tresses that Tokyo Stylez created for the clip; Mae West, as she dabs on a bit of EOS lip balm before making out with her fiancé Offset in the backseat of a car; and even Lil Kim, who often called herself the rap Mae West.

April 3, 2018 by Val

Beauty, Makeup

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 Val

Beauty, Hair, Makeup

GTL: The Boldest Beauty Looks from the 90th Academy Awards

GTL – Get the Look, not Gym, Tan, Laundry, duh!
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The Oscars are pretty much the pinnacle of red carpet beauty. Not only is it Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, but it’s also the busiest night for any glam squad on the West Coast. Stars pulled out all the stops for award’s season’s big finale by embracing bright colors and shimmering details whether it was a gown or a tux. And while most tended to stick to more natural, yet utterly elegant, hair and makeup, there were plenty of bold beauty looks that everyone will want to copy.

Aside from the sparkling style on the red carpet, The Time’s Up and #MeToo movements were still going strong, as stars and Harvey Weinstein accusers Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra, and Salma Hayek took to the stage to introduce a montage of the year’s nominees rallying for continued inclusion in the industry. Something that Frances McDormand took to heart and shined a spotlight on during her best actress Oscar acceptance speech, asking all of the female nominees (regardless of category) to stand up, calling upon industry execs to not only meet with them but to finance their future projects, and concluding with two words: inclusion rider. Plus, there was also a slew of stars who shifted their focus from sexual harassment to gun control, sporting orange ribbons in support of the Parkland shooting victims in the fight to change federal gun laws (although states and individual retailers are making more strides.

And with the night’s mix of glamor, grit, and girl power, I wanted to share the details on the some of the most eye-catching beauty looks stars rocked on the red carpet, just in case you want to give them a try for any of your upcoming spring socials.

March 5, 2018 by Val

Beauty, Hair, Makeup

GTL: The Boldest Beauty Looks of the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards

GTL – Get the Look, not Gym, Tan, Laundry, duh!

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Sunday’s night Screen Actors Guild Awards appeared to be an almost 180 of the Golden Globes‘ sea of solidarity in the form of black gowns. The sentiments of the #MeToo movement still reverberated throughout the evening with Marissa Tomei saluting Rosanna Arquette and the many others who spoke about the sexual harrassment they faced in the industry. But the 2018 SAG awards red carpet seemed to offer a hopeful look at the future, which might’ve been sparked by the high spirits after the second Women’s March just the day before, as actresses fully embraced color from the clothes to the cosmetics.

As such, I decided to dig for the details on some of the vibrant beauty looks from the stars’ hairstylists and makeup artists should you want to snag the look for a date night look, a festive formal, or anything else on your social agenda.

January 22, 2018 by Val