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Improv leopard areas or liner trick? You be the judge… This one’s just a very quick makeup tip, but I wished to mention it before I forgot. To make lining your water and lash lines a bit easier, and your application smoother, try warming up your liner first on the back of your hand. just run the suggestion of the pencil back and forth a few times to get that warm friction going, which somewhat softens the product. ADVERTISEMENT I always do this before I apply liner. It’s just a easy thing, but it makes a visible difference. ADVERTISEMENT Your...

OK, so I’m enjoying an Amy’s Mexican Casserole bowl and viewing Gilmore girls last night when I kindasorta FREAKED THE EFF OUT. one of the main characters in the show, Lorelei Gilmore (the mother half of the Gilmore duo), was getting her best friend Sookie ready for a date, doing her hair, putting on her makeup — all of that good stuff a charm BFF does for her gal pals. Anywho, when she’s ready to apply Sookie’s lipstick, she calls out to her daughter Rory (the other half of the Gilmore Girls) downstairs to bring up “Viva Glam.” Yes! THE...

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Paul & Joe Smudgeproof Mascara ($26, available in four shades — Noir, Brun, Blue Hibiscus and Pink Samba) Generally speaking, I have a high bar when it pertains to the cuteness of mascara wands. Like, I’ll gladly gush over cute compacts and cute lipsticks, but cute mascara tubes? Not normally enough to get me to go batsh*t cray. ADVERTISEMENT What I really want are mascaras that work well, but if the packaging is also cute, like I think it is with the Paul & Joe Smudgeproof Mascara in Noir I’ve been wearing lately, then that’s an extra bonus. Barring disasters...

I am totally that woman who opens every compartment in an advent calendar in one feel swoop. Perhaps it’s my impatient curious nature. ADVERTISEMENT It’s not even December yet, however I couldn’t wait to unlock the hidden treasures in this from Benefit, the Candy-Coated Countdown advent calendar ($99). You’re “supposed” to open one compartment at a time, one per day, beginning on December very first for 24 days. “Supposed” to. ADVERTISEMENT Cats & makeup Sweatshirt ?? $42 Shop Now Tucked within each compartment resides a different beauty treasure… But, uh, someone, as well as I’m not naming any type of...

Cray for coral! Some people go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. I go crazy for coral…lips, which I will totally wear any time of year, but fiendishly in summer. This time of year I wear coral lips. A lot. practically every other day! I mean, coral as a color in summer? That never goes out of style. ADVERTISEMENT And when it comes to coral lips and permanent colors, here are seven of my faves… 1. MAC Amplified Lipstick in vegas Volt Vegas Volt. Something must be powering all those slot machines and lights. maybe it’s vegas Volt. It’s the coral I...

Win a $50 Sephora e-gift card from makeup and charm Blog Black Mirror. OK, damn… I don’t even… Holy! That show… To put it mildly, I am freaked out. Every. Episode. So far. and I’ve only seen five of the seven so far! — but I can’t stop thinking about them. ADVERTISEMENT My goodness, how cynical and/or twisted does a person have to be to come up with stories like those? Haha! That second episode, with the bicycling and the talent show (Hot Shot!), what a sad, sad world…and yet I can see something like that existing. fantastic sci-fi in...

NOVATO, Calif. — this week in an interview with Feline E-News, kitty supermodel Tabs the cat, also known as the Heidi Klum of project Runway: Novato, discussed his new low-carb wet food lifestyle. “I want to continue contributing to the world of kitty modeling in my golden years,” says Tabs, “and my personal veterinarian says that a low-carb, high-protein carnivorous lifestyle will keep me sharp.” ADVERTISEMENT According to Tabs, he used to do all of the hunting himself, but his creative team encouraged against it due to the demands on his time. “I’m focussing on wet food,” he says, “and...

The new Beautyblender Red Carpet ($19.95), coming exclusively to Sephora next month Who knows? stranger things have happened. If I ever get to walk another red carpet, I’m bringing two things with me: 1) the Red Carpet Beautyblender (but only if I can squeeze it into one of those annoyingly tiny purses that ladies carry to gala events and awards shows) and 2) candy. ADVERTISEMENT Handfuls of candy. I’ll just have to squish the Red Carpet Beautyblender in next to my mini Snickers, because if I learned anything at the Emmys last year, it’s to bring a sh*t-ton of mini...