spring makeup trends
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Beach, Please! Jackie Aina Gets Frosted With Fenty (So We Don’t Have To)
Ever since Fenty Beauty’s latest drop, we’ve been trying to figure out the perfect way to demo Rihanna’s new line of glittery liquid-to-powder eye shadows; new, foiled Killawatt combos; and glittery lip kits. While the urge is always there to just go full unicorn with some reckless finger-painting in our local Sephora, a heavily iridescent…
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Bad Girl Blues: The Coachella Makeup Trend to Try Now
All praises due to fashion and beauty rule breaker Rihanna, our triple-threat superstar songstress, fashion designer and makeup mogul who redefined the makeup game again this year at Coachella. Thanks to her, blue eye shadow is officially a thing again this spring. The trend was kicked off back in B.C. times; think Cleopatra, when the…
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Fenty Body Lava: Love It or Leave It?
So, have you tried it yet? We’re assuming someone has, since Fenty Beauty’s newest release, Body Lava Body Luminizer, was sold out in both shades at our local Sephoras. (Y’all greedy.) But since sundress season won’t wait (whenever it finally arrives), we had to turn to the ever reliable—and reliably entertaining—Jackie Aina to give us…
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Spring Makeup? It’s Handled: Kerry Washington Curates New Palettes for Neutrogena
Here’s a not-so-Scandal-ous approach to easy spring makeup: Longtime Neutrogena campaign star Kerry Washington has applied her ever tasteful eye to a pair of spring palettes for the dermatologist-recommended brand. Offering five neutral, smudge-proof shades for eyes with a promise to last up to 12 hours (thanks to built-in primer) and three shades for freshly flushed…
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Baby Girl … Aaliyah for MAC Launches June 20!
Here’s some news that’s hot like fire: There is an unexpected new release inspired by the “princess of R&B,” Aaliyah, coming this June. MAC announced in August that it would be debuting a 2018 collection inspired by the late icon and has finally revealed the launch dates—June 20 online and June 21 in stores—in response…
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Pastel Makeup Trend: Do I Spring for It?
Trying makeup trends, at least once, is a lot of fun, but some makeup trends are a lot more difficult to pull off—I don’t care who you are. Pastel makeup is the latest trend for spring and, frankly, it scares me. Either I end up looking ashy because there’s not enough pigment in the makeup,…
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The Get List: Glamour Magazine Just Released Its 2018 Beauty Awards, and We’re Going Shopping!
As you know, we love a good beauty find here at The Glow Up, which is why we were seriously excited that Glamour magazine dropped its annual Beauty Awards list Monday. Aside from being one of the longest-running fashion magazines around (79 years and counting, to be exact), it’s also one of the more inclusive,…
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Crushing It Like a Diamond: How to Work Holographic Lip Gloss
I’m making unicorn moves in the makeup department. Yes, that trend is still holding strong, in everything from luxury fashion to pool floats. So why not have some My Little Pony Fun with your makeup before the proverbial horse goes out to pasture? The vegan and cruelty-free formulas from Lime Crime Diamond Crushers are my…