Mother's Day Gift Ideas From Memebox

Need some gift inspiration for Mother's Day?
Check out some of these cool ideas from Korean Beauty purveyor
Memebox.

Chocolate and Wine Box

Memebox beauty boxes make gorgeous gifts. Each box has it's own assortment of skincare and /or makeup products, all in full sizes (instead of sample sizes).
Memebox carries Korean skin care products, all of which are at the absolute forefront of skin care technology.

Here's a look inside the Chocolate and Wine box

Chocolate and wine for every occasion! Whether you’re getting ready to go out, or set on being cozy by the fireplace, we can’t think of a better combination. Especially after a long week when all you want to do is wind down and relax.

All About Eyes Box

$74 value for $35 + FREE shipping

Get ready to have all eyes on you, with our All About Eyes box! 

We’ve got the products to prep, prime, and bring out your eyes to the fullest.

Whether you need a quick morning touch up, or a bold look for night time- we’ve

 got you covered. 

This box is the perfect mix of our very own private label XO Memebox products

for beautiful eye makeup and several skincare products to pamper the delicate eye area! 

Perfect Crease Set

This set includes: ($26 value for $16) 

• I'm Brush #01 Eyeshadow Blending Brush ($11)
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• I'm Series #13 Ginger Cookie Eyeshadow Mono ($5)
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• I'm Series #14 Earl Grey Cookie Eyeshadow Mono ($5)
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• I'm Series #17 Friday Night Eyeshadow Mono ($5)
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What it is:

When it comes to eye makeup, it's all about the perfect crease! 

To do that you will need the perfect transition color and a good blending brush. 

So this value set is the way to go- it's like you get those two and you get two eye shadows for free

How to use: 

Ginger Cookie is a versatile sandy beige shade you can use to contour your eyes or even your face!

Earlgrey Cookie is a cool-toned pink beige shadow that's perfect as a blending color. 

Apply on your crease as a transition color.

Add a little sparkle with Friday Night, a gorgeous shimmery copper that's flattering on every skin tone. Apply all over the lid.

I don't normally blog about myself, but today my inbox was full of magazine pieces I have either done or contributed to, which is fun!

This one is in the Daily Makeover (linked here)and is all about figuring out when it's time to make changes in your beauty regimen: 

3 Signs It Might Be Time to Break Up with Your Makeup

by Aly Walansky

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Photo: Milena Boniek/PhotoAlto/Getty Images

Take a glance at your phone. Do your last ten selfies all look exactly the same, down to the same lip shade? Go back a little further—do they look the same as they did six months ago? A year ago? Six years ago? We all know the old adage that if it’s not broken, don’t fix it, and while that’s certainly true in some cases, it’s not always the best way to go when it comes to our makeup. It’s possible for your beauty look to go stale, which means it may very well be high time to freshen it up.

Break out of the rut.
Wearing one particular color can be your signature, like if you’re the type of girl who always wears red lipstick, but if you only wear one particular brand and shade of lipstick, then it’s a beauty rut, not a signature, says celebrity makeup artist and brow expert Ramy Gafni. One sign of a rut is when you overwhelmingly tend to stick to the same colors rather than trying something new. A good way to shake things up is to have your makeup done by a makeup artist, and don’t hinder them by insisting they only use certain colors. You may not like everything they apply, but you may discover a color or product that looks amazing on you that you had never considered. Another good way is to experiment with sheer formulas—for example, if you always wear neutral lipsticks, try applying a sheer bold red gloss on top. It looks bright in the tube, but will add a subtle pop of color when applied. The most important beauty tool is an open mind.

Accept that you may have outgrown your former self.
You’ve definitely purchased new clothes since high school, and it’s pretty likely that your overall style and taste has changed a lot, but some people are wearing the same makeup they did a decade or more ago. “We often ask clients if they are using the same brands of foundation, mascara, and lipstick that they used in high school. If the answer is yes, it’s time to move on. Your skin changes as the telomeres shorten [with age], the skin gets drier, the lips change in color, and the makeup needs a little refresher,” says Nancy Reagan, a master esthetician and makeup artist. In addition to getting older, the formulas for makeup are getting better. There are killer ingredients with botanical extracts, vitamins, liposomes, micronized minerals, and even kosher glycerin. Updating your makeup is not only about updating your look when it’s time—it’s also about getting better quality products that look and feel natural on the skin.

Your makeup has changed, but so have you.
As your skin changes over time, you need to change your makeup, too. These changes can be seasonal, like when skin gets drier in the winter and oilier in the summer, but as you age your skin needs different formulations of foundation, concealer, powder, says makeup artist Corinna Cooke. As you get older, you may want—and even need—to make changes, too. For example, your dark lips may not look as good now as they did ten years ago, and those ultra glossy lips that look fun on a teen look immature on a girl in her twenties. “You need to evolve your look so that it’s always fresh, current, and age appropriate. Think of Madonna—she’s always evolving,” says Cooke. If your complexion starts looking flat or lifeless, or if your eyeshadow now makes your eyes look heavy or lackluster, it’s definitely time to change things up.

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Holiday Gift Guide ~ Eyeshadow Palettes

Are you going holiday shopping this weekend?
I love all the eye shadow palettes that come out for Christmas. 
In fact one of my absolute favorite gifts that I received last year was an eye shadow palette set that looked like chocolate bars, by Lorac. It was given to me by a former makeup student of mine, and I can honestly say I have used it almost every day for the past year.

So here is a look at some of the holiday palettes in the stores right now. Where possible I will put online shopping links with them.

Happy Shopping!

From Lorac

The Lorac Unzipped Palette
This is actually part of their normal collection, but is a fabulous combination of neutral mattes and shimmers that you will literally use year round. At $40 it's a bargain.

 The Pro Palette.
I have 2 of these, one in my pro makeup kit and one for use at home. Again it's a wonderful combination of colors, the top row is matte and the bottom row is shimmer. Only $42

From MAC

The MAC Keepsakes Limited Edition Smoky Face Palette

Three eyeshadows, one Iridescent Pressed Powder, a cream color base and 2 lipsticks.

The Keepsakes Natural Face Palette

Three eyeshadows, one iridescent powder, two lipsticks and a cream color base, all in neutral tones.

MAC Keepsakes

Gold Lip And Eye

This is just a really lovely color combination.

I would love one of these, and I think it makes a beautiful gift too.

From Trish McEvoy

Power of Makeup Collection ~Simply Gorgeous
This one is a super versatile collection of eyes, lips and cheeks that is great fro everyday makeup looks.


FromMakeup Forever

The Makeup Station
Makeup Forever simply cannot be beaten on quality. Their line is designed for makeup artists, and as such is all about quality, truth in color and longevity.
This case has 30 amazing products

A makeup artist’s set for creating backstage looks and glamorous holiday style with 30 iconic bestsellers for eyes, lips, and the complexion.

This ultimate Makeup Artist’s collection lets you create infinite looks for the holidays—and beyond. Featuring 30 professional must-haves for the makeup love, this set lets any artist explore and indulge in all the backstage essentials. Housed in a reusable, professional backstage Makeup Artist’s Case, this set includes primers, powders, eye, cheek and lip favorites, and Artisan Brushes.

This set contains:
- 1 HD Primer : 0 neutral
- 1 HD Blush : 210 cool pink
- 1 HD Pressed Powder
- 1 Mist & Fix
- 10 Artist Shadow eye shadows: ME-108 steel, I-544 pink granite, M-500 ivory, M-100 black, D-320 golden khaki, I-414 yellow ivory, ME-216 electric blue, D-236 lagoon blue,

M-630 sweet chestnut, ME-728 copper red
- 2 Artist Shadow blushes: S-748 coral, I-922 electric purple
- 1 Graphic Liner : vinyl black
- 2 Aqua Eyes : 21L dark grey, 25L matte brown
- 1 Smoky Extravagant mascara : black
- 1 Star Powder : 926 iridescent beige
- 1 Glitter : 3 iridescent white
- 1 Aqua Seal
- 1 Eyelashes : 156 Nude
- 2 Aqua Lip : 8C true red, 14C muted dusty rose
- 1 Rouge Artist Intense : 43 vibrant red
- 1 Aqua Rouge : 14 light rosewood
- 1 Precision Blush Brush 150
- 1 Precision Blender Brush 216

Reusable case that stores these 30 must-have products. Large mirror included.
 

From YSL

The Yves Saint Laurent "Wildly Gold" Palette
$95 from Nordstrom.com
Order link here

3 Quick Ways To Brighten Tired Eyes

There's no need to walk around looking sleep deprived.

Here are 3 quick tricks to wake up your tired looking eyes in an instant,

and leave you looking vibrant and gorgeous!

1. If you're the girl who likes to wear beige/taupe or neutral shadows:

abandon the flat mattes and use a shimmery version instead.

Or add a shimmer product,  

such as Makeup Forever Star Powder in #926

to the inner corner of the eyelid, and sweep it across

the inner 1/3 of the lid.

The tiniest touch of champagne beige shimmer

under the inner 1/3 of the lower lash line will wake your eye right up too!

2. If you're the girl who normally wears black or brown eyeliner:

Try a navy blue liner instead.

 

When you run a little navy blue under the lower lashes (and blend it) it will make bloodshot tired eyes look brighter

3. If you're the girl who prefers vivid eye shadow colors:

Try lavender eyeshadow.

Lavender is the most universally iris-brightening shade.

Avoid purples with a very deep blue base, stay lighter and fresher instead.

 

Makeup At Christopher Kane Fall 2012

NARS created the look for the Christopher Kane runway show F/W 2012. 
LEAD ARTIST: Lucia Pieroni for NARS Cosmetics at Christopher Kane. 
MAKEUP TREND: Glowing, luminous skin and bold brows. 
MAKEUP LOOK: “The look is quite androgynous,” said Lucia Pieroni for NARS Cosmetics at Christopher Kane. “The skin is really glowing and luminous with bold, defined brows and a touch of nude lipstick on the lips.”

How to get glowing, luminous skin and bold brows makeup look

Christopher Kane Fashion

 FACE

· NARSskin Aqua Gel Oil-Free Luminous Moisturizer (NEW for Fall 2012!)
· NARSskin Optimum Brightening Concentrate (NEW for Fall 2012!)
· Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer SPF30/PA+++
· Copacabana Multiple
EYES
· Himalayas Single Eyeshadow
· Eyelash Curler
BROWS
· Eyebrow Pencil
· Bali, Blondie, and Bengali Single Eyeshadows (depending on coloring)
LIPS
· Cruising Lipstick

All products, except where noted, are available at narscosmetics.com.

How To Look Good With A Hangover

Woo hoo!! Its party season.

Endless fab outfits, endless fun to be had.

And hangovers to wake up to.

charming...

Before we go any further you have to know that there is nothing hot, sexy or cool about a drunk girl.

She's just a drunk girl.

And to everyone who's not drunk, she looks stupid. 

Stupid drunk girl.

However...

There are times that you wake up on the wrong side of a good time, feeling the pain, looking like the devil, and you still have to get up and go to work/meeting/a shoot 

and you need to look good, fast.

I've done about a million early morning shoots/breakfast TV segments

with girls who've partied their hearts out the night before, 

and now need a high speed trip to gorgeous-land,

and I've got the roadmap for you.

So here's the recipe:

How To Look Good With A Hangover

1. Drink water and poweraid.

Tons of water and poweraid.

You absolutely have to get your system rehydrated. 

Otherwise you will look like a worn out old bag all day. 

2. Exfoliate.

Even if you did it yesterday, do it again.

You need tons of moisturizing, and the extra exfoliation will help your face to absorb it.

3. Hydrating Face Mask & Eye Gels

Take 10 minutes to lie down (you probably want to anyway) and get a mega infusion of help.

Skyn Iceland skin care products are solutions for stressed skin, and believe me, work wonders.

4. Shower

You're smelly, so make it a good one.

5.Use Eye Makeup Remover

Get rid of last night's mascara and liner before you go even one step further.

Trying to pull off a slick eye makeup maneuvre over the remnants of last night's products just looks skanky.

Not the look we're going for.

6. Eyedrops

You need them. Clear your bloodshot, itchy eyes with a dousing of drops.

Blue eyedrops will make your eyes look super white again

7.Hydrating Serum or Grape Seed Oil. Or both.

Your skin will need it, and will soak it up like crazy.

8. More water, more poweraid. B12 if you have it.

9. Depuffing Eye Cream

In my kit I carry Kiehls Facial Fuel Eye Depuffer just for clients who've been on the boogie the night before.

10. Moisturizer.

Your liver and your brain will have soaked up every available drop of moisture in your body, so you have to keep adding more in.

A moisturizer with caffeine and menthol will get your skin invigorated again. Try Nickel Day Spa Morning After Recovery Gel. Designed for dudes who played it too hard the night before, it works wonders on the ladies too.

11. Drink More Water and Poweraid.

12. Use A Good Primer. A Really Good Primer...

Give yourself a couple of minutes to sit down (you'll want it) while your moisturizer soaks in, then apply a really good primer, such as Makeup Forever HD Primer. (the violet one will cancel out that sallow, hungover look). Your skin will be thirsty and will eat off your makeup, so you have to help it out all you can.

13. Don't Use A Matte Foundation, Or A Powder Foundation, Or A Crushed Mineral Foundation

Instead use something dewy and light reflective. All of the above will make you look like an extra tired version of the Crypt Keeper. You have to pull out every trick possible to make your skin look luminous.

14.Use A Cream Blush

I recommend them everyday anyway, but for the girl with the hangover a cream blush will help infuse love and light into your cheeks and your complexion. Powder blush will make you look old and hungover.

15. Use Bronzer

Preferably a lightweight rose champagne that is slightly reflective. 

You need to warm your complexion and help it to glow. 

Otherwise you will look half dead. 

Especially if it was a big night out...

16. More water, More poweraid

17. Flesh Roned Liner Along The Waterline

Don't be fooled into using a white liner. It looks ridic.

Flesh toned liner will open the eye and make it look lighter and brighter.

Assuming you worked wonders with your color correcting concealer, we now need to lift and open your eyes.

Avoid lining the lower lid if possible, and focus liner on the outer corner of the upper lid.

Curl your lashes, and go all out with a ton of mascara. As in, create a major diversion with it.

18. Use A Juicy Gloss

Hungover lips look less than luscious. Frequently they look parched and cracked, so a heavy lipstick looks awful. Instead opt for a colored gloss. 

Choose one thats good and juicy, so that your lips look alive. 

But don't go for a porno-gloss. 

Anything too glossy will make you look like last night's good time. 

Which maybe you were.

19. Perfume.

You smell. Put something good on. 

That fresh out of the shower loveliness will have worn off about, oh, 5 minutes after you dried off. 

Opt for something fresh and lively. 

This isn't one of your sexy, spicy moments.

20. Breathmints

Even if you brushed your teeth 20 times, be advised that she who is hungover has raunchy breath.

Chewing on a wad of gum not only makes you look bovine, but it also looks so cheap and tacky. Which is the exact opposite of the look we're going for.

Most importantly, whatever you did last night, own it.

haha!! As if she tied one on last night???Left Bank Chic...

Walk tall, head held high. You can get away with almost anything with a good lip gloss and a sexy slice of confidence.

Go girl.

Olga Maliouk for Pulp Magazine #4

So loving this!

Fallen 

Beautiful Olga Maliouk 

shot by Geoff Barrenger 

for Pulp Magazine.

Focusing on autumn beauty trends, 

make up to die for 

by Hung Vanngo.

source: fashion gone rogue