Topic: Stila

Shopping Guide: The Best Holiday Beauty Sets Money Can Buy

Shopping Guide: The Best Holiday Beauty Sets Money Can Buy

The holidays are here! Beauty-wise, that means you can buy all sorts of fancy beauty gift sets for your friends but… let’s be honest, buying makeup as a gift seems kind of random and weird (and not dissimilar to buying them a gym membership). No matter, the real reason you’re buying this stuff is because “holiday beauty sets” is just another way of saying “all of your favorite beauty brands jammed their best and brightest into special palettes and fancy boxes at a lower price point than they would be otherwise.” In other words, it’s awesome. Here are our best bets. More »

Shopping Guide: 25 Excellent Ways To Wear Oxblood Right Now

Shopping Guide: 25 Excellent Ways To Wear Oxblood Right Now

If you’ve been paying much attention to the fashion press lately, you probably know all about oxblood. The dark, wine-ish shade of red has been dominating runways for a season or two now, at Gucci, YSL, Valentino, Alexander Wang, Alexander McQueen, Acne, Miu Miu and more (it’s also all over red carpets, especially as beauty). For those of you who can’t go out and drop a few grand on a trend-straddling McQueen frock coat, though, we’ve got a few more affordable options (and some aspirational pieces to oogle too). More »

BB Creams We Tried & Liked

BB Creams We Tried & Liked

As you may have deduced from my 2000 word BB Cream exegesis, I have tried dozens of different versions over the past few weeks. This has involved many lunchtime trips to Sephora, many beleaguered publicist friends I have harassed for samples, much slathering of more suspicious products on EIC Jennifer Wright and a blemish or two. I’m not kidding, though, I think I tested every BB Cream available in the states. These are the ones that stuck out. More »

Birchbox Monthly Deliveries Are Easier Than Begging At Make Up Counters

Birchbox Monthly Deliveries Are Easier Than Begging At Make Up Counters

I love mini make up samples. They’re cute, super portable, and don’t ever leave me with a huge amount of concealer that isn’t quite my shade. Birchbox’s monthly deliveries offer a whole personalized collection of beauty product samples mailed to you each month, without the hassle of explaining your epic journey to find the perfect eye shadow to someone at Sephora, hoping they’ll take pity on you and slip you a few mini-pots. More »

Great Beauty Buys To Help You Beat The Winter Blues

Great Beauty Buys To Help You Beat The Winter Blues

Fall/Winter may be the most exciting season for fashion, but it wreaks absolute havoc on your beauty routine. Just when you start thinking cool coats, boots and sweaters can provide all you need when the temperature drops…the cold air kicks in. Suddenly, your skin’s all flaky, your lips are chapped, your cuticles are dry, you’ve got hat head from that supposedly fashionable knit cap and, yup, you still have to slather yourself in sunscreen even though it’s dark before you leave the office. More »

Shopping Guide: 12 Fantastic Last Minute Gifts For The Make-Up Obsessed

Shopping Guide: 12 Fantastic Last Minute Gifts For The Make-Up Obsessed

The holidays are all about friends, family and… spending money like water. No matter how hard you try, you’re always astonished/horrified by the amount of money you burn this time of year. Lucky, cosmetics offer an easy out–many of the most opulent designer lipsticks, for example, hover around $40. If you plan on gifting some loved ones, here’s a guide with lots of options (in lots of universally flattering shades) but really, you should just be gifting yourself something nice before the money runs out. Good luck! More »

Ready-to-Click: Britney Spears’ Press Tour Rolls On

Ready-to-Click: Britney Spears' Press Tour Rolls On

Britney Spears did a leggy, revealing shoot for Out. SFW, but you can totally see her butt. -Celebuzz

Make-up secrets from the best: Barney’s beauty guru Jason Ascher shares some of his favorite products. -Styleite

Speaking of beauty, here’s a list of fabulous multi-taskers from Nars, Stila, etc. -Betty Confidential

A tolerability index for movie remakes, from True Grit to Conan the Barbarian. -The Frisky

Calling the accessory of the season: Miu Miu’s awesome, retro cat’s eye shades. -Fashion Indie

Relationship questions: how much fighting is too much? -MyDaily More »