Beauty Maverick

Shake It, Alber

Happy ending.

Pre-Party Pick Me Up

Revive tired, sullen and sun-damaged skin with Ole Henriksen’s firming ice cube treatment:

• 5 oz. fresh lemon juice
• 5 oz. strongly brewed rose hips tea
• 5 oz. strongly brewed mint tea
• 5 oz. vodka

Blend ingredients together, and pour into an ice cube tray.  (One ice cube can be used several times, simply return to freezer after each application.)  

Once frozen, place an ice cube in a thin cotton handkerchief, and allow the active ingredients to melt through. Glide across the entire face and throat for at least 2 minutes, then leave to absorb 100%. Finish with a collagen-boosting serum.

Use as needed, or as much as 3-4x/week for prolonged effect.

Pinkwashing

Brands that tout their support for breast cancer research are often the same brands whose products may be causing the disease, reports Fast Company.

Caqui

My go-to hue for the season is now available for purchase online whilst supplies last. (Complimentary standard shipping w/code CS108LIVECHAT).

Happy shopping! x

UPDATE: Caqui has officially sold out, sorry! If you weren't able to get your Bloggers' Obsessions fix, there's still hope. M.A.C has just approved a second run, with a wait list set to launch in the coming weeks.

Pinterest.com

Browse everything from hair and makeup tutorials to the latest/greatest in art, tech or literature on this brilliant site.

Mix Masters

Nylon's Holly Siegel shares her top picks from M.A.C Bloggers' Obsessions.

BeautyMaverick x M.A.C

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Back in late February, M.A.C tapped 80+ beauty bloggers to submit their ideal eyeshadow/lipglass formulation for an upcoming capsule collection, which was to be curated by top execs including SVP and Global Creative Director James Gager. Naturally, I had to place a bid.

Fast-forward to April, when 9 of us were gifted with a golden ticket to the brand's original, highly-secure Ontario production facilities. Over the course of two days, mood boards and personal trinkets were transformed into the industry's first-ever consumer-driven collection, Bloggers' Obsessions.

As you might imagine, each M.A.C enthusiast worked alongside an established chemist to create their ideal finish. For Caqui, my aim was to achieve a lip color that's not only original and on-trend, but also buildable and universally flattering.

The result? A juicy, shimmer-free persimmon orange with a subtle, smile-brightening blue-red base.

Available exclusively online, my go-to hue launches June 21 on MacCosmetics.com.

Hope you'll enjoy! xx


Pics of Caqui, my inspiration, the production process & complete collection above. (Interviews, additional images & more available 06/21/11 - 08/02/11 via MacCosmetics.com.)

Beauty CULTure

A new exhibition at LA's Annenberg illuminates the burden and blessing of beauty.

Back to the Future

In 1968, a highly sexualized, Elnett-encrusted Fonda journied into the future to seek and destory an evil villian in a little film called Barbarella. It's now clear the then-unknown date was actually spring 2011, and that she arrived looking perfectly on-trend.

'11 Met Costume Institute Gala

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