Summer Beauty
Summer Beauty features the editor-approved recommendations you need for summer skin care, makeup, hair care, body care and fragrance. Explore the latest trends in summer beauty, celebrity inspired looks and product reviews.
What I’m Loving Now: Jane Iredale Forever Pink Just Kissed Lip and Cheek Stain
I have long been a fan of lip and cheek stains. I mean for years. However, now lip and cheek stain formulas have grown up, evolved and taken on techie features that have improved them exponentially. I recently was sent…
Friday Find: DERMAdoctor MED e TATE
My daughter gave me a key chain with an attachment that says, "I'm still hot. Now it just comes in flashes." I thought it was funny. But, oh so true. There's nothing like breaking out in a sweat at the…
What I’m Loving Now: Tarte Glow Your Way To Gorgeous 8-pc Set
The problem with makeup sets is that you rarely does everything in the kit “fit”. If you are like me, there is one item in that set that you just have to have and the rest of the contents are…
- Beauty, CoverGirl, Illamasqua, Josie Maran, Katerina Graham, NYX Professional Makeup, Summer Makeup, YSL
Summer Stunner Makeup Look #1: Orange Crush—Bold, Bright Lips
With summer in full effect, who wants to pile on a face of makeup to look fabulous and stunning? Not me. And the fact of the matter is that you don’t have wear full-on makeup to turn heads during these…
Keep Your Sexy Cool at the 10th Art and Soul Festival in Oakland
Are you going to the Art & Soul Festival this weekend in Oakland? I think almost everyone I know is checking it out one day or another. And why not, look at the lineup: WHO: CAKE, MC Hammer, Tony! Toni!…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Carol's Daughter, DuWop, Illamasqua, NARS, Peter Thomas Roth, Philosophy, Scott Barnes, Summer Makeup, Too Faced, Trends, Vapour Beauty
Faux Glow: Best Head-to-Toe Glowgetters
Lost your glow? Stressed out? Too much work and not enough sleep? Maybe too much partying and not enough sleep? New baby and not enough sleep? Or maybe age has crept up on you and robbed you of that youthful…
Bite Me: Best Lip Stains for Just Bitten Lips
What’s sexier than juicy lips with just a hint of color from within? Lips that look like you just polished off a bowl of fresh berries. The look of “just-bitten” lips is a key to summer cool. For luscious summer…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Clinique, Illamasqua, Josie Maran, Perfekt, Smashbox, Summer Makeup, Tarte, Trends, Wet n Wild
Avoid a Meltdown: Summer’s Best Waterproof Makeup
Don’t lose your hotness to the hot weather. Makeup can run and look downright pathetic if not “weather-proofed”. Check out my favorites for preserving your makeup during the hot days of summer! These multi-tasking beauty products will take you from…
- Beauty, Black Opal Beauty, IMAN Cosmetics, Maybelline, Rimmel, Spring Beauty, Summer Makeup, Trends, Wet n Wild
Budget Beauty: Best Bronzer for Brown Skin
Who said that bronzer was only for those of the fairer persuasion? Not me! Bronzer can cure a world of evils for brown skinned babes. Not only is bronzer your go-to for your “bronzed goddess look”, but a matte bronzer…
Simple Sexy Weekend Makeup
Do you ever dread putting on your “face” on the weekends? Facing makeup is not always what we care to do on an “off day”. Rather than going bare-faced, try simple sexy! Choose double, even triple duty items that made…
Sexy Summer Smoldering Eyes: Illamasqua Liquid Metal
So you love to rock the smokey eye, do you? Well, it’s summer, so you need to rock it with a lighter touch. Instead of deep grays or blacks, try a shimmery light metallic silvery gray. Check out gorgeous Ciara’s…
Color Theory: Sizzling Summer Pinks
Step up your summer sizzle with HOT pink. A sheer flush of pink on cheeks is the sweetest way to blush. A flash of hot pink on toes or lips can perk up your mood and attitude. Check out my…
- Beauty, Beauty Advice, Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Cargo, Cover FX, Halle Berry, L'Oreal, Laura Geller, NARS, Physicians Formula, Smashbox, Summer Makeup, Urban Decay
Beat the Heat — Water Resistant Makeup
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area — Oakland to be exact. I guess we are just spoiled when it comes to weather. Recently our temperatures have reached nearly 100° and the complaint level is has too. For us,…
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