Tonight at the Met Gala, perhaps one of the most high fashion events of the year, the biggest names in the industry along with Hollywood’s most talented walked the red carpet donning their most glamorous attire. One beauty trend that couldn’t go unnoticed was the plethora of dark lipstick that coated the pouts of Jessica Alba, Camilla Belle and Lana Del Rey. They were all sporting a vampy lip look to compliment their metallic gowns. Here’s how to get the look.
Yep, that’s me in the pic above. As a former tanning bed addict, I cannot stress enough how important it is to protect your skin from the sun. Before my first job at Cosmopolitan I laid in a tanning bed every single day. Everyday for years. My job in the beauty department probably saved my life. Now, I’m still practicing what I preach, because it’s no joke – it’s a life or death situation. As a matter of fact, according to the AAD, one person dies of melanoma every hour in the US. Shocking? Read on, because as a former addict, if you’re still baking, I get it, but it’s time to get it through your head. Better late than never. Here’s my story…
Ashley Greene recently shot several ad campaigns at Milk Studios in NYC with Mark cosmetics that won’t be released until October, but I got the behind the scenes scoop from her makeup artist, Mai Quynh on the days activities, which included creepy, yet laughable tweets from a fake account created by a fan for one of her dogs and Ashley’s customized playlist to set the vibe.
Liesa Goins of DailyGlow.com, Me and Wendy Rodewald of BeautyBlitz.com
When my college roommate, Melanie, would tell me about her microbiology experiments dealing with Botchalism I used to make fun of her as I sat at my desk and wrote trend pieces for my journalism classes. Today, if I could switch jobs with anyone I know it would be her as she’s now the brains behind many of the products that I test and write about daily. I really got to see what she does yesterday when I visited the L’Oreal Research and Innovations Center in Clark, NJ on an editor trip. Exploring the labs where many L’Oreal and L’Oreal owned brands products are developed, I got to play Mel for the day!
If there’s one eyeshadow palette you need it’s the Urban Decay Naked2 Palette. Last week when I received a mailing from the brand with all of their latest launches I anxiously focused on the palette and opened it to see what the upgrade was because their first Naked palette was a huge hit.
