February 05, 2024

13 Things That'll Make you Blush, Pout, or Chill for Valentine's Day

February 05, 2024/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, your list could involve a significant other, your besties, or hey, one for yourself. How can you resist a heart-shaped cheek balm, a vampy lip liner by icons Lady Gaga or the one and only beauty icon Charlotte Tilbury, or a luxurious pure silk set designed to enhance your beauty sleep. We’ve put together our top list for the V-day reckoning that will surely make anyone recipient on your list happily surprised.

July 24, 2018

How Crayola Beauty Came Out With The Ultimate Makeup Throwback

July 24, 2018/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Who doesn’t love a good walk down memory lane like when you were a kid playing around with your 64-count Crayola set laboring over whether to use burnt sienna or fuzzy wuzzy brown. The luxury of so many colors choices to choose from was almost overwhelming. Fast forward to your adulting years, and Crayola is back but with their very own makeup with the namesake Crayola Beauty.

February 28, 2017

How To Get Plump Lips – The Pain-Free Way

February 28, 2017/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

If you’re squeamish around needles, and the thought of them coming anywhere near your face is a little scary, then we have an alternative treatment to give you that Kylie Jenner pout. NIOD’s Bio-Lipid Concentrate ($60) is a topical serum designed to increase visible lip redness quickly, minus any pigments or dyes. This scientific formula was designed to trigger collagen, hyaluronic acid and lipid production. It also causes the lips to retain water, so they appear fuller and more plump.

October 05, 2016

Burt’s Bees Will Give You The Perfect Pucker For Fall

October 05, 2016/ Nancy Himmel

Looking for a lip product that gives you that ideal hint of color and cares for your lips at the same time? Look no further. Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balms ($5) are everything you've been looking for. These balms come in six modern shades, provide wearable sheer coverage and don't break the bank. Packed with moisture-rich ingredients such as Vitamin E and Shea Butter, they go on smooth to reveal your healthiest looking lips. Our go-to colors: Pink Blossom and Sweet Violet. Perfect for that natural pop of color this fall.

September 09, 2016

Vice Lipsticks From Urban Decay Are Like Velvet

September 09, 2016/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

“100 new shades and so little time,” said the Beauty Junkie NEVER! We’re dying over the new Vice Lipstick ($17) collection from Urban Decay. With brand new colors as well as some of your old-school faves, this lippy line-up comes in six different finishes such as: mega matte, comfort matte, cream, metallized, sheer and sheer shimmer.

August 15, 2016

An Oldie But Goodie That Now Protects You From The Sun

August 15, 2016/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Carmex has been around for 79 years, and is a staple at every drugstore checkout counter. Immediately recognized by its yellow packaging (in a jar, tub or stick), Carmex has added Lip Balm Sticks with SPF 15 ($1.59) to their lineup. Now you can have even more fun in the sun, knowing you’re getting those smackers protected from damaging UVA and UVB rays. With this water-resistant formula, go ahead and swim or surf to your heart’s content; the coverage lasts up to 80 minutes! These lip balm sticks come in super fun summer flavors such as cherry, strawberry and original.

March 27, 2015

Perfect. Hydrate. Glow. And That’s Just For Your Lips.

March 27, 2015/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

A new, fresh spring season is bringing together the perfect combination of pastels and rosy pinks. Time to slough away that old, scaly winter skin on your lips and get your rosy pucker on! Clarins’ Garden Escape spring collection offers an array of new lip products that is bound to get your smackers perfected, hydrated and downright flirty.

October 02, 2014

Studded Lipstick? Sounds Dangerous…We Say YES

October 02, 2014/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Kat Von D is back this fall with a super hot and rocking collection of lipstick. It’s the Kat Von D’s Studded Kiss Lipstick, and not only will your lips look great, but you’ll feel like a rock star, flaunting the edgy, rock-and-roll studded lipstick tube. With 30 shades to choose from, pucker up, because these shades last for 10 hours! Using top-quality ingredients and Color Cushion Technology, Kat developed a formula that delivers long-lasting color while avoiding dried-out lips with its powerful antioxidant, vitamin-infused complex.

August 29, 2014

MAC x The Simpsons – D’oh!

August 29, 2014/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Who’d have thought we would be getting beauty inspiration and advice from a cartoon character?! There seems to be nothing more fitting than celebrating a 25th anniversary with the ever-so-popular, blue-haired bouffant, wearing Marge Simpson herself and MAC has embraced this quarter of a century celebration with an exclusively beautiful collection. With eyeshadow quads bearing names such as “Lisa’s Spikes” and “Beehive Blue,” you will fall in love with these bright colors that glimmer and shimmer.

August 29, 2014

Rose-Inspired Lipsticks for Fall from Lancome

August 29, 2014/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Lancome’s L’Absolu Rouge lipstick collection now has six gorgeous new colors coming out this fall, and they’re all inspired by their emblematic flower: the rose. Lancome launched L’Absolu Rouge nearly 20 years ago, and to celebrate the anniversary, they created six one-of-a-kind colors extracted directly from each flower. From a dangerously seductive red Rose Grand Amour no 160 to a striking Persian pink Rose Damascena no 342, there’s no doubt that you’ll find the perfect lipstick color for that pout of yours.

August 28, 2014

Fall Makeover for Jane Cosmetics

August 28, 2014/ Lorna Soonhee Umphrey

Fall is a great time to debut a new makeover, and Jane Cosmetics has done just that with their new Fall 2014 Collection. With a positive message around inspiring creativity and empowerment in young women, Jane Cosmetics is stepping forward with a bit more of a sophisticated look to their packaging. Featured products include Satin Split Sticks (two-shades-in-one lipstick), Shimmering Suede Shadow, Blushing Bronze Duos and Crushed Velvet Volumizing Mascara (offered in shades of purple, burgundy and blue).

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