Renowned celebrity makeup artist Ariane Poole is too discrete to say exactly which celebrities covet this Under Eye and Face Brightener (£18), but she will say that it's a big favourite with her celebrity clients. The ultimate makeover product, it's a combination of matte pink and lilac powder which revives the complexion and illuminates the skin.
Ariane says, '
After concealer, sweep the lilac shade under the eyes and brush along the cheekbones to brighten. Then swirl the pink and lilac together and dust lightly over the face to add instant radiance'. Nicole Richie love Makeup Artist Ramy | Benefit You're Bluffing
Buy it if you want to dark under eye circles to magically disappear with a click click of its wand brush. Just like its more expensive cousin, it covers black circles, hides those awful blotchy
bits that appear round my nose, highlights my skin and generally makes
it look a darn sight better than it did before I put it on. This is truly a magic wand.
There are very few ranges available for Asian and darker skins, so although the Nubian Beauty range is rather small, little is better than nothing. The range consists of two blushers, five lipsticks and two two-toned concealers. Prices start from £14.99.
Now some of 4V00's range of makeup for men I can just about - at a stretch - imagine men using. The Confidence Corrector concealer perhaps, or the Shine Reduction powder. There's others though, without sounding stereotypical, that only the vainest and gayest would touch - Shimmer tint adds sparkles for goodness sake, and Luminous Lips purports to provide a 'desirable wet gloss'. In other words, it's a lip gloss, and if you know a bloke who's going to spend £18.55 on a 'man' lip gloss, you may as well just lend him yours.
Here at Kiss and Makeup we loveMaxFactor, and this video is a look ahead to next summer, showing how Max Factor was used backstage at the Oscar De La Renta show with Pat McGrath. Sadly we won't get these new look Max Factor products over here for a while yet, but US readers can rush to the shops and buy immediately. Don't you just get all the luck?
With the exception of Sarah Jessica Parker's Lovely, you all pretty much panned celebrity scents. So onto the next money spinner, I've hardly hidden my love of YSL Touche Eclat. But what do you think? Beauty breakthrough or a good for nothing cash cow? Yay or Nay and why?
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What to buy? Korres skincare products, Aveda hair products or Bare Escentuals make up - chances are, whatever you choose, it's money well spent. But the KMS Molding Paste is just one of their 5 star rated products and it's only £11.48 for members.
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