Ever sit on your bed with a head full of butterfly clips just wishing you could be Lizzie McGuire?
Well it might be a while since that’s happened but we’re sure any Hillary Duff fans will still be pretty excited to see this Lizzie McGuire-inspired makeup tutorial by LA based makeup enthusiast Stephanie Duran.
Awesome dress-up inspo? We think so!
Haters united against Teen Mom OG’s Farrah Abraham yesterday after she posted a modelling shot of her 7-year-old daughter Sophia in a bikini and makeup to her Instagram account.
Farrah’s followers were not at all happy with the photo and quickly began commenting that Sophia – who was pictured wearing a full face of makeup including pink lipstick and a smoky eye – is too young to be posing in such an adult way.
Commenting on the close-up of the seven-year-old, @esme_masias wrote: “This poor little girl will never know what being a child is…At such a young age you're already making her out to be older than she is…leave this cr*p alone and let her be a child!”
And @piggle_box said: “This disturbs me…all of it…there's major denial if you don't see the obvious tone, poor girl.”
This isn’t the first time Farrah has been questioned for treating her daughter like a teenager.
In 2013 the reality star – who recently sold her LA apartment for just under $900,000 – made headlines when she waxed then three-year-old Sophia’s eyebrows.
At the time the Farrah defended her actions on her blog saying: “If I can help my daughter in a little way by just plucking a few hairs…I think I did something right.”
The stars all killed it on the red carpet last night – and not just in the fashion stakes.
Make-up took on a whole new meaning at the Met Gala, with shimmering eyes and structured cheekbones taking to the main stage.
Beauty brand Physicans Formula have taken inspiration from the likes of Kylie Jenner, Jourdan Dunn and Zendaya and are here to tell you how to achieve the perfect shimmering smokey eye.
All you need are these few products:
1. Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Eye Enhancing Shadow and Liner €15.90
Sultry and smouldering shades create gorgeous Smoky Eyes. Wet & Dry application allow for two finishes: wet for dramatic, intense colour with ultra-long-lasting wear. Water transforms the shadow into a liner. Use dry for a softer result.
2. Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Eye Enhancing Eyeliner Trio €16.90
The perfect set of three eyeliners to enhance your eye colour and provide glamorous definition! Long-wearing, water-resistant and smudge-resistant formula for 24-Hour wear.
3. Physicians Formula Instant Lash Extension Kit €23.90
Experience a total lash transformation! 100% saw the most dramatic lash effect ever experienced with a mascara. 100% saw thicker, fuller, longer, more dramatic looking lashes after 3 weeks. 24 hour wear. Brush on lash extensions in 2 minutes.
Sweep lash boosting mascara on to upper lashes to prep for fibres & layer on lash boosting ingredients.
Brush-on extensions to upper lashes while mascara is still wet to instantly build lashes.
Reapply lash boosting mascara to seal and set extensions.
And there you go! You may look no further for the perfect red carpet look. Physicians Formula is available at Lloyds Pharmacies and independent pharmacies nationwide.
We all know make-up and tan is a multi-million business in Ireland – but we never truly realised how much we depend on it.
Skin care brand IMEDEEN surveyed women from all over the country and found some astonishing statistics on Irish beauty.
70% of Irish women wish they had better skin, yet 75% admitted they only spend a half hour or less on a skin care routine each day.
However, 94% think that other women look better without make-up, which we have to admit we understand.
How many times have you seen your BFF fresh-faced and thought she looked fab without a scrap of war paint on? Many times? Us too.
Yet, 40% of women feel more confident when wearing a full face of make-up everyday.
63% believe that the media are to blame for the pressure of women having look good all the damn time, but do we?
We won't lie, going without the usual cover-up can be hard, especially if you have issues with your skin, but knowing that we're all in the same boat gives us a little bit more confidence to reveal our real selves more often.
Now, put down that concealer!
We all know shopping for make-up can be a bit daunting. You stroll around boots for hours on end (well, minutes on end) trying to find the perfect shade of lipstick, nail polish and powder.
Mix all that up with sending your partner out and it can turn out to be a total mess. That's what this girl did, and her poor boyfriend hadn't a clue what to make of it all.
Here's their conversation below, and just wait until you reach the end, you'll be laughing out loud:
Winged black eyeliner, as many of us girls know, is the perfect, subtle day-to-night makeup look.
But as many of us also know, it is tricky as hell to get perfect and even trickier to get both eyes to match.
In fact, many of our expeditions into cat-flick eyeliner territory usually ends something like this…
For those of you have mastered this total ART due to daily practice, we salute you.
But we all know you haven't mastered winged eyeliner like Adele has (or at least like her make-up artist has).
Adele's eyeliner is a gift and she nails it every, single time.
Many of us have been demanding a Adele eyeliner tutorial from the people who know her best and it seems that our prayers have finally been answered.
"Product cocktailing is key to achieving the intensity and opaqueness of the eyeliner," says Adele's make-up artist, Michael Ashton, who is probably the master of this look.
"I always start by outlining the shape of the liner, working from the inner to outer corner of the eye with a black gel liner.
"I then work the product right into the root of the lashes and then build thickness gradually. Once I'm finished creating the desired shape, I use a waterproof liquid liner with a precision tip to intensify and refine the line, finishing by winging the end of the liner last."
Simples! Speaking to the Cut, Michael also revealed that it was this very look, that would become Adele's trademark, that brought the singer and her talented make-up artist together.
"We were introduced through a mutual friend in the summer of 2007 leading up to the release of her first album, 19. I popped over to her house to trim her fringe and she asked if I could do a quick bit of eyeliner for her before she went to meet friends."
"The eyeliner obviously got the seal of approval and the rest, as they say, is history."
Yes, winged eyeliner history.
Sure – the Urban Decay Naked palette is DIVINE! But, it's also a rather steep €47 a pop – which means it's largely consigned to Christmas/birthday present from your parents territory.
Fear not, however.
Because we have now laid eyes on the Penneys version: same gorgeous neutral shades of purples and browns with a gentle shimmer (it especially looks like the Naked 3 version), same great packaging – but all for a fiver.
Yup, €5.
Clearly we're not the only that have been oh-so giddy with excitement, however: when the PS range palette arrived in stores recently it sold out pretty much immediately.
At least this morning we've been given some good news: we've been chatting to Penneys and they've confirmed that more stock IS LANDING very soon.
Hallelujah!
Sadly, they haven't been able to give us an exact date – but we will keep you posted.
And in the meantime, keep your eyes peeled in Penneys because the second batch is sure to prove every bit as popular as the first.
So, picture this. It is New York City on New Year's Eve, 1979. Everyone who is anyone has rocked up to infamous nightclub of the stars Studio 54. Frequented by Michael Jackson, Diane Von Furstenberg and Andy Warhol, it was THE only place to be seen on the weekend.
This New Year's Eve party was packed to the rafters and as the clock struck midnight, four TONNES of glitter was dropped onto the dance floor as guests shimmied their way into 1980. For months after the now historic event, if you spotted a few flecks of glitter on the collar of your brunching partner, you knew exactly where they spent their NYE.
Here we have proof, ladies and gents, that glitter is NOT just for kids. YAY.
Don't be afraid to add a little sparkle to your makeup looks this holiday season in a slightly less messy (but equally as glamorous) manner.
1) Make glitter your focal point
Whether it is your eyes, your lips or even perhaps your hair (yep, glitter in hair is officially a thing), make one of these the focal point for your glitter obsession. By applying glitter heavily to the eye area, for example, it is important to leave the lips clean and fresh perhaps with just a light gloss. Glitter is intense to wear so try not to go overboard!
2) Use eyelash glue as adhesive
Eyelash glue is the ideal tool to apply glitter to your face and to make sure it lasts the entire night. Spread some adhesive on a smooth surface and use a tweezers to dip individual specs of glitter into the glue and apply any way you like. The more sparkle the better.
3) Play with colour
When people think glitter, they tend to think silver and gold immediately but this sparkly stuff comes in all different colours. Choose shades that compliment your make up look or highlights accents in your outfit. Looking this good means planning, ya'll.
4) Get Creative
Glitter does not have to dominate your look. Apply shadows and use specs of glitter to add some interest to the eye. Play around with different designs such as a cluster on the outer lid or a strip underneath the lash line. Cute!
5) If actual glitter ain't your thing, opt for intense shimmer
Okay, we get that actual glitter might be a bit too much for some but that does not mean you shouldn't sparkle. Shimmering eye shadows are a super popular way to add that eye opening glisten to the face without actually sticking glitter on it.
So indulge in a super shimmery shadow and apply to the entire eye lid crease. Remember darker shades create striking shadows to the outer corners of the eyes and white or nude shades open the eyes when applied to the inner corners.
It's by no-means a brand-new beauty technique. Still, when Kim Kardashian revealed that she relied on contouring to achieve her perfect red-carpet makeup look, just about everyone started similarly highlighting, toning and sculpting.
But while the Kardashian-Jenner clan remain firm-fans of the practice to this day – one makeup mogul strongly disagrees with its popularity.
“When I see contouring on people’s faces it looks like dirt,” Bobbi Brown told the New York Post.
“As a beauty expert, I believe in individual beauty, and it’s just not my aesthetic. We don’t need to be contouring like the Kardashians.”
Instead, the 58-year-old Chicago-native champions a natural, healthy and fresh face: she says we should all be highlighting our natural cheekbones with a creamy rouge, or else a moisturiser that gives a subtle glow.
“The contouring trend is so wrong because it tells women there’s something wrong with their face,” Ms Brown added. “There’s beauty in a full face, so I don’t like to paint in a cheekbone that doesn’t exist.”
That's not all: Bobbi went on to dismiss the big-lip look that Kim's little sister, Kylie Jenner, has made so famous.
“Lip-plumping and fillers never work,” she says. “We’re not all born with Angelina Jolie lips… and whoever said small lips aren’t beautiful?”
Ms Brown suggests lining lips with a soft purplish pencil – like the €22.50 Bobbi Brown lip liner in Bobbi, a shade she designed for herself – for a faint enhancement.
Why must updating your makeup bag involve a lotto win? Pish-posh, we say! In fact, there are a LOAD of killer products that – incredibly – come in at just a fiver or less.
Here, SHEmazing! rounds up the best budget buys that have caught our eye in recent times…
1) Pump Up Booster 24H Waterproof Mascara: €4.99 boots.ie and pharmacies nationwide
2) Collection 2000 Natural Matte Foundation: €3.99 Boots stores nationwide
3) New Look Pure Colour Nail Varnish: €4.49 newlook.com/eu
4) Carmex Cherry Lip Balm Tube: €4.49 available nationwide
5) Revlon Colorstay Shadow Links Eyeshadow: €4.40 asos.com
6) Zoella Beauty Tutti Fruity Kissy Missy Lip Balm: €4.11 feelunique.com
7) Barry M Lip Liner: €4.50 marksandspencer.ie and stores nationwide
8) Rimmel London Professional Eyebrow Pencil: €4.40 asos.com
9) Essence I Love Nude Eyeshadow: €2.99 Penneys stores nationwide
10) Rimmel 60 Seconds Nail Polish: €4.99 pharmacies and supermarkets nationwide
PS… OK so it's not quite a fiver, but it's mighty good value: the Lipstick To Lashes November GLOSSYBOX is worth more than €62 but it available for just €13 throughout November from glossybox.co.uk while stock lasts. Hurrah!
It was the statement that had us scratching our heads: Kylie Jenner – the same young woman who sparked a controversial online 'challenge' to plump up your pout by artificial means – said she wanted to tone-down her look.
"You know what’s weird?" she declared on her website. "I’ve been into small lips lately."
The accompanying clip shows trusted Kardashian-Jenner make-up artiste Joyce Bonelli applying an uncharacteristically natural MAC lip conditioner.
Those wise words got us thinking too – just WHAT on earth would 18-year-old Ms Jenner look like with a normal-sized mouth?
Here, SHEmazing! examines some of Kylie's trademark poses – all with a more natural lip-shape.
Often there is a constant struggle between wanting to have the most perfect cat-eye and contouring combination, but also wanting to stay in bed as long as possible. Often the snooze button can be the big winner there and we are left struggling with uneven eyebrows for the remainder of the day.
Finding inspiration in our favourite stars on the red carpet it great, but then we are reminded of the fact that they have a professional team of people to help them get ready and hours to do so.
However, there are some easy ways that you can manage perfect makeup in five minutes flat.
Sculpted cheekbones:
Sweep a flat rounded blush brush over your blush. Then, smile and starting at the apples of your cheeks, use light strokes toward the tops of your ears. This keeps the blush exactly where you want it (on the apples) and helps blend it out seamlessly.
Quick Contouring:
You don't need an expensive palette or an overly complicated face map. All you need to do is make sure you have a decent bronzer. then, suck in you cheeks (a lá the duck face pose) and sweep the bronzer from the sides of your face towards the side of your mouth.
The perfect cat-eye:
No messy liquid liner required. Hurrah! Take a brown shadow, not too dark, and sweep it over the entire eyelid. Then use a slightly pointed shadow brush to bring a darker brown or black shadow close to the lash line and flick it out to create the winged effect. You can build on the shadow to make it darker depending on how you feel.
Speedy lip lining:
Apply your lip colour. Then, only apply lip liner where needed, no need for hours spent getting the perfect outline. Just on the cupid's bow and towards the middle of your bottom lip.
