Jennifer Herrema ranks pretty high up there on our girl crush list. Besides the impressive music résumé (she started the alt-rock band Royal Trux when she was just 16 and has gone on to front RTX and now, Black Bananas) and the fashion moments (there were the Calvin Klein ads at the height of the [...]

Counting ourselves amongst the makeup minimalists of the world, we rely on three beauty essentials to get through any given day: concealer, lip balm, and mascara—mascara being the key to the trifecta. A few swipes of a good lash-enhancing wand can make you appear instantly put-together and glamorous, no matter how hard, say, those many [...]

As we idle in seasonal transition—our monstrous heating bills say winter, but retailer inventories are already screaming spring—a single makeup staple is quietly making its annual re-entrance: blush. Possessing the ability to give the appearance of both a cold-weather flush and a warm, sun-kissed glow, the pink powdery compacts have just started flooding our desk. [...]

The holidays are here; now’s the time to break out your glitter eye shadows. Later this week, we’ll post our first-ever face-painting video tutorial, complete with a special guest and yuletide-appropriate beauty looks. In the meantime, get a load of these four new shimmering shades from Benefit’s highly wearable Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liners. The sparkly lilac [...]

Leighton Meester is doing for blush what Blair Waldorf did for the headband; the perfectly pink cheek is becoming her signature. At last night’s Swarovski-hosted book launch for Gossip Girl costume designer Eric Daman’s You Know You Want It: Style-Inspiration-Confidence, the show’s star placed the happy hue on her apples and dragged it outward toward [...]