Beauty Beat
Primer, do you really need it?
There are so many beauty products on the market these days, it is difficult to determine what they all actually do and which of them have real benefit and which are little more than cosmetic gimmicks. So where does that leave makeup primer? Well, a good makeup primer falls into the “gotta have” category, if you want your makeup to last longer and skin to be healthier, especially over time.
Missed Sephoria House of Beauty? Here are the details!
Last weekend, Sephora converted three stories and 25,000 square feet into 16 showcase rooms at The Majestic Downtown in Los Angeles to celebrate its 20th birthday. Dubbed Sephoria House of Beauty, the much anticipated, Instagram-worthy event, which featured 50 brands, dazzled its lucky guests . . . and then some! The rooms included the Foundation Closet, where attendees could get matched with their perfect shade from a variety of brands; the Custom-Palette Room, where guests could create their own palette from brands such as Make Up Forever and Urban Decay; and the Fragrance Bar Room, where party-goers could drink cocktails...
What's with the beauty fridges all over Instagram?
Instagram is a mecca for all things beauty, including upcoming launches, new releases, latest trends, and reviews. Oh, and also mini fridges as it turns out. These have been a thing for storing skincare and cosmetic products for awhile in South Korea, and only recently have become more popular in the US -- including on the Instagram feeds of beauty influencers.
So why would you ever chill a cosmetic product, and which products in particular should be stored this way?
Multi-purpose products: getting the most out of your beauty purchases
Seeing so many new releases and must-haves daily in colorful, beautifully crafted photos on Instagram, it's easy to accrue quite a collection of beauty products. Besides the dilemma of finding a place for everything, it's hard to find time to use each product, often creating a lot of unused items, and eventually waste.
Enter multi-purpose products such as Face Tea and So, So Coco.