Welcome to Beauty Blogs Backstage, this month I interviewed Rachel from Retro Urban Rainbow: 1. What is your favorite brand of makeup and why? I have been a strong fan of Urban Decay for years. All of their products are bold and glittery…so me! 2. How did you come up with you blog name? I…
Summer Trend: Can You Wear Orange Lips?
Some trends just look so complicated on paper. And of the colors that are a challenge to incorporate into a look, orange is pretty high up there. It might actually be top of the list, maybe topped only by canary yellow on the difficult-to-apply charts. But the flip side of orange is that when it’s…
The Makeup Show NYC 2011
The Makeup Show NYC descended upon the Big Apple for it’s 6th consecutive year bringing beauty professionals two days of lectures, workshops and the opportunity to stock their kits with some of the best products on the market. Some of the pro-focused brands present were Make Up For Ever, Stila, Face Atelier, Smashbox, Obsessive Compulsive…
Road Tested Self-Tanners, Perfect For Sundress Weather
By my calculations, it’s about two weeks and four days until the annual “oh, my God, I’m really pale” panic sets in. No matter what tone your skin is naturally, chances are around the start of June you just start feeling a bit pasty and wan. It seems the anticipation of summer blends with rapidly…
Waxing, Shaving & Depilatories: Best Hair Removal Products and Tools
One of the beauty school fantasies estheticians have is that working in a spa is all facials, all the time. But seasoned estheticians will tell you they usually spend the majority of their time waxing- brazilians came out of the closet as a hugely popular service more than a decade ago, but it’s still a…