DeShawn Hatcher, makeup artist with FACE atelier (clients include Beyonce Knowles, Tom Cruise, and Vanessa Williams) shares some of his favorite tips for keeping your smile hot during this cold season:
· Reds, deep corals, and deep browns enhance the size of lips so use those if you want bigger lips. If you want smaller lips, the less color the better so use a lip color very close to your natural skin tone. Then you can adjust the color to your liking by adding a hint of pink or brown.
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I have temporarily escaped to warmer climates (re: hanging with my gal pals…I mean…work colleagues in sunny California).
However, after just a few gleeful days, I will have to (mournfully) return to the winter chill of New York.
As the temperature drops, my favorite cosmetics company, M.A.C., has released a new beauty barometer sharing the season’s hot new cool. It shows the light snowflake lips of Naked Frost. Eyes sculpted in Arctic Grey, warmed with deep black velvety strokes of new Penultimate Eye Liner.
It’s pretty awesome. This season’s hottest runway looks show us graduated smoky eye (a gradient of silver/gray to black) …read more

Some hot lip tips from Andrea Claire, senior makeup artist with FACE atelier (clients include Alanis Morissette, The Veronicas, and Kelly Rowan)
· If you don’t want your lips to be the first thing people see, limit your use of gloss! Go for a neutral lip shade such as FACE atelier’s Wheat or Latte lipstick.
· For fuller lips, stretch your lips (aka super fake smile )when applying your lip color as this will fill color into every nook and give a plumper look. Top …read more

Inspired by Fashion Week, Bobbi Brown’s new Brights collector’s edition palette is perfect for a gal like me who never outgrew playing dress-up and experimenting with her makeup.
The palette includes 35 soft matte shadows in shades ranging from pinks and greens to blues and purples. All the shades are new and exclusive to this palette, which features a unique, fold-out design and full-sized mirror.
I do tons of work-related travel – and this baby will take all the guesswork out of beauty product packing! (Well, as far as my eye lids are concerned, at least.)
Image: Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

At first I thought the MAC-Dame Edna combination was ever-so-slightly weird. I mean, when was the last time any of us looked at Dame Edna and thought beauty icon????
Follow my beauty regime possums, and you’ll never be cosmetically challenged.
- Dame Edna
Well, that’s high promise: I am a beauty editor, and I’m cosmetically challenged just about every time I ready myself for a hot night out!
That said, I am a little fearful of embodying the beauty advice of a drag queen.
It’s a pretty comprehensive line though, all in mystical fairy-dust-like shades in a very retro lavender casing that is topped off …read more

Tis’ the season to get festive and glamorous for those endless holiday soirees! But, when juggling two or three parties a week, it can be tough to keep up with a fresh and festive beauty routine. “This is the time of year when everything has that extra finishing touch, hair, makeup — the whole ensemble,” says William Hall, a recent graduate of Empire Beauty Schools, the largest chain of beauty schools in the country. “Makeup and hair should change depending on the formality of the event, but here are a few goods things to keep in mind when heading out …read more

This weekend, I capped off my Thanksgiving turkey fest with a fabulous 80s-style ball.
Though much can be said for our current era of plums and metallic grays (more on that soon), one can’t help but miss and love the 80s era of pink and black punk couture. (Check out my dress, at left!)
With that in mind, I think you must pick up Disco Lights, a limited Holiday 2008 edition high-shine lip gloss with built-in, multi-colored flashing disco lights on the lid and a mirror on the case.
This is so adorable, and already a season-long implant in my purse. It’s …read more

Black Friday is almost upon us, and a lot of us will be waking up at arse-crack of dawn to pile our way through the masses.
I remember all through my younger years (and possibly to be repeated this year), I’d hook up with my mom at around 4 am, get coffee to go, and hit whatever random sale was tickling our fancy – and often leave disappointed.
Whether or not it is a worthwhile excursion is not my right to say – but I can help you be prepared when you get there!
I have eight $5 gift cards to the Coffee …read more

In a depleted economy such as ours, embracing quality drugstore products can go a long way toward stretching that dollar.
In fact, many products that cost a few dollars at a clip are as good as the high-end brands, and are ideal if you want to experiment with new shades and looks. Some great such lines to get acquainted with are Tropez Beauty and Black Radiance.
Three readers will win a fabulous gift basket of these two brands that includes: Tropez Creme To Powder Foundation, Tropez Flirty Eyelashes, Tropez Irresistable Illuminator, Black Radiance Perfect Tone Lip Color, Black Radiance Fine Line Liquid …read more

Since as far back as high school, each month, like million of girls (and many of my friends), I’d scour the pages of Cosmopolitan for advice on everything from my lukewarm love life to my frazzled hair.
To me, Cosmo was sort of my beauty bible — and now they’ve published a comprehensive bible of their own. COSMO’S SEXIEST BEAUTY SECRETS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LOOKING GORGEOUS (Hearst Books; November 4, 2008).
The book offers hundreds of insider tips and tricks on everything from scoring a flawless complexion to creating a ton of hairstyles to working the latest make up trends. There’s …read more