Nars Orgasm Blush
A flush, a rush, a crush… we love this shimmery peach pink blush from Nars in a shade that takes your cheeks from pale to glowing as fast as you can grab your…brush.
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Benefit Dandelion Highlighter Powder
Benefit Dandelion Highlighter Powder
Like the first flush of romance or an unexpectedly sweet gesture, this pink powder brightens the cheeks with the same rush of shy excitement. We love this color for day, but have also been known to work it at night to balance a deep smoky eye. We recommend ditching the boxy applicator brush in favor of a 1.5″ synthetic round powder brush (from any art supply store), and applying a generous sweep on the cheekbones from apples to hairline.
BareEscentuals Mineral Veil SPF 25
BareEscentuals Mineral Veil SPF 25
Few beauty breakthroughs were as welcomed as this translucent setting powder from BareEscentuals. A true multi-tasker, this mineral-based compound minimizes fine lines and minor blemishes, keeps oil at bay, and provides an additional layer of SPF protection. We consider it so essential that we keep a mini vial and trial size brush in our purse for those moments in the late evening when our feet want to keep going but our face is about ready to start over.
Midnight Cowboy Rides Again Eye Shadow
Midnight Cowboy Rides Again Eye Shadow
Glitter is a dear friend of ours, albeit one that we won’t be keeping around forever. In the meantime, we like to reach for this champagne shimmer with reflective particles of pale gold. We recommend a swipe of creamy highlighter on the eyelids as a base, followed by a dusting of this glimmer powder.
For the full-on Bardot:
Line the eyes with black creamy pencil liner starting a third from the inner corner and ending just beyond the outer corner. Set the liner with a densely pigmented black eyeshadow heavy on the shimmer (we like Nars Nightclubbing). Blend the edge of the black shadow into the shimmery base starting from the outer corners with increasingly fine brush strokes. The result? A sultry, smoky eye with a streak of rock’n’roll glam.
Nars Eye Shadow in Galapagos
Nars Eye Shadow in Galapagos
There are brown shadows for days in the aisles of drugstores and clusters of Sephora product displays, but this selection from Nars has won our heart and a permanent place on our eyelids. Deep black coffee pigment is saturated with shimmering gold disco and punctuated with microscopic gold flecks (we won’t call it glitter). A little goes a long way here, and we love blending a dab over a base of smudged bronze eye pencil. Finish with black pencil liner set with a dark, dark brown, and you’re ready for a cameo in your next movie or a night taking the town.