Sephora and Pantone have partnered together to become beauty's leading authority in color. Together, they've created a color collection that celebrates Tangerine Tango, Pantone's color of the year. The 12-piece collection includes a blush duo, a brush set, lipstick, eyelash curler, eyeliner set, lip gloss set, makeup bag, nail polish set, false lash set, and eyeshadow quad.
Pantone describes tangerine tango
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We spent the past week researching for the Global Watch: Japan report. Tokyo-based MAC Sr. Makeup Artist Mariko Tagayashi was kind of enough to answer some of our questions about Japanese women's attitudes and trends towards beauty today.
1. What do Japanese women consider beautiful? How do they approach beauty?
Japanese women like to highlight their skin and add dimensions. This can
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We're here in Bologna for the next three days to cover Cosmoprof Bologna, the beauty industry's most important trade show. Each day, we'll highlight the most interesting finds of the day. Here are some notable products from day one.
1. Seecret by Hapro
Although this machine may look like a tanning bed, its actually an anti-aging bed. It uses red light therapy
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Makeup: Kabuki, MAC
Hair: Eugene Souleiman, Wella
Nails: Pattie Yankee, Dashing Diva
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"The makeup is inspired by Jeremy's collection. It's rave revisited, like 21st century rave. It's funny because I remember it from the first time around. It almost has to do with early computers as well, like the internet... kind of like the current generation who has the party online. Some of
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Makeup: Dick Page, Shiseido
Hair: Guido Palau, Redken
Nails: Elisa Ferri, Zoya
http://youtu.be/Uy_TX0c4y14
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"We're keeping the girls as simple as possible. It's really pretty, clean skin, we're just taking out any red bits and rough parts, little emphasis on the eyebrows but a natural emphasis. There are a few light highlights around the eye, maybe gold or white depending on the skin tone. There's
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Makeup: Tom Pecheux, MAC
Hair: Peter Gray, MoroccanOil
Nails: Deborah Lippmann, Deborah Lippmann
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"The inspiration comes from the amazing collection, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. When I saw the collection and the amazing accessories, I was so in love with it, but I wanted to bring a bit of fantasy, I always need to twist something. So I was thinking Egon Schiele and
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Makeup: Daniel Martin, Lancome
Skin: Eileen Harcourt, Intraceuticals
Hair: Nick Irwin, Catwalk by TIGI
Nails: Ana-Maria, Lancome
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"The look for Chris Benz is quirky androgynous. We had this inspiration of Dolly Parton in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Liza Minelli in Cabaret. So we have this shape of Dolly's hair in the movie and what we've done is painted down the brow
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Makeup: Tom Pecheux, MAC
Hair: Eugene Souleiman, Wella Professionals
Nails: Sunshine Outing, Zoya
http://youtu.be/oR2C9lhGO9U
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"I created a matte finish makeup. It's very fresh with no drama. It's a sophisticated young woman. To create that matte finish, you have to moisturize your skin very well. Use your fingers to apply the foundation because after that you will need powder to mattify your entire face and
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Makeup: James Boehmer, Nars
Hair: Odile Gilbert, Kerastase
Nails: Ana-Maria, Essie
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"The idea was this contrast between the real world and the magic world. It's a little bit about fairies and we very intentionally did not want to do anything that was really colorful with the makeup because the collection is so colorful and full of patterns. The way they combine patterns and
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Makeup: Lisa Butler, MAC
Hair: Nelson Vercher, Rene Furterer
Nails: Tatyana Molto, Essie
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"There's not really an inspiration. It's really nice dresses, they're wearable they're not conceptual, so the makeup is designed to go with the dresses. It's like, this is a nice dress and this makeup looks really nice with it. So its the usual nude makeup with a bit of sculpture
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Makeup: James Kaliardos, MAC
Skin: Dr. Jart+
Hair: Kevein Ryan, Aveda
Nails: Elle Gerstein, Essie
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"It's kind of like a Peter Lindbergh photo where the girls are androgynous. We're doing an androgynous look for Richard's collection based on masculine separates that he did in beautiful heavy fabrics like tweeds in grey and taupe tones. We wanted to put that into the
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There are many words to describe Michele Lamy - Rick Owens' muse, wife, gypsy, eccentric, Queen of the intergalactic fashion galaxy. Whatever the word, she's clearly an independent, marching to the beat of her own creative drum.
Another Magazine created this film for the Rick Owens furniture line. Towards the end, at 4:18, she addresses her famously stained, black fingertips.
"Who said
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Backstage at makeup brand Make B's F/W 12 show at Sao Paulo Fashion Week, model Marcelia Freesz was kind enough to share some of her beauty tips.
"My beauty tip is to clean and moisturize very well, not only your face but your whole body. For me it's just that. I moisturize and clean, especially my face.
I use a Biotherm soap,
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The Look: Artistic Drama
Makeup & Hair: Marcos Costa
Nails: Risque
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"Lino's collection was inspired by the painter Francis Bacon and its one of the most beautiful of all time. It's an exquisite job, a real work of art. When he showed me the clothes, I thought of watercolors. So, the eyes have a burnt orange, almost terracota color, in the inner corners of
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The Look: Sensual Women
Makeup & Hair: Robert Estevao
Nails: Risque
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"She is a sensual woman with a glamorous red mouth," explained makeup artist Bruno Cardoso. Skin was moisturized, corrected and set for a lovely satin finish. Although eyelids were left bare, lashes were curled with several coats of mascara to open up the eyes. Eyebrows were shaped with brow gel, providing a polished
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