For the oily-skinned masses, finding skincare products that won’t exacerbate greasy tendencies is often a lifelong struggle. Harder still is finding makeup that stays in place, blends to a seamless finish, and won’t intensify shine. But Hourglass is promising all this and more with its new Immaculate Foundation. Billed as a “liquid powder,” the California-based [...]

The lash category has seen a tremendous amount of innovation over the past few years, with growth serums and all manner of tricked-out mascaras hitting the market. And the new developments just keep coming. The latest way to get long, thick, fluttery lashes comes from Hourglass Cosmetics and involves painting, rather than brushing on, pigment. [...]

Being Madonna’s makeup artist sounds both amazing and totally daunting—after all, Madge is arguably one of the world’s most recognizable faces, and someone who is known to have pretty exacting standards. But for Gina Brooke, it’s a task that she has embraced for close to a decade. Besides readying “her muse” for all manner of [...]

When we reported at the end of last month that the makeup arm of the much-loved Japanese beauty brand Shu Uemura would be shuttering its U.S. operations save for an online store, we wondered aloud what would become of its artistic director, Gina Brooke. This weekend, we found out. Brooke, a.k.a. Madonna’s personal face painter [...]

Bad news for Shu Uemura’s American acolytes: L’Oréal USA, its parent company, has decided to close all U.S. operations, based on a desire to “focus on growing the larger brands in the Luxury Products portfolio.” Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, and Kiehl’s are all cool, but, like, this is Shu we’re talking about—home of [...]

Those who know us well know that we are marginally obsessed with Gina Brooke. The Shu Uemura Artistic Director known for her dedication to great skin above all, Brooke is the only person Madonna lets tend to her increasingly youthful complexion for personal appearances and live shows. We got word a few weeks ago that [...]

It’s conventional wisdom that sparkles and glitter makeup are strictly for the middle school set, but Shu Uemura artistic director Gina Brooke, who also doubles as Madonna’s personal makeup artist, is anything but conventional. “There are no rules to makeup,” she says. “A little sheen helps enhance the eyes and gives an instantly younger appearance.” [...]

To those of you who are obsessed with the Material Girl’s perfect complexion, a big FYI: Madonna’s makeup artist and Shu Uemura artistic director Gina Brooke will be giving free makeovers and step-by-step at-home application tips at Barneys tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. To book your appointment, call (212) 833-2007 stat, since we’re [...]

In support of her most recent album, Hard Candy, Madonna Ciccone Ritchie—the Material Girl in all of her 50-year-old glory—kicked off the “Sticky & Sweet” tour on Saturday night in Cardiff, Wales. Her yogafied biceps and “New, New Face” won’t be making stage appearances in the U.S. until October, and tickets are harder to come [...]