Dita Von Teese: "Make-up needs practice"

Dita Von Teese is adamant that anyone can perfect a flawless beauty look if they practice “everyday".

The burlesque star is famed for her classic beauty look, and is never seen without a perfect crimson pout and a slick of black eyeliner.

Dita denied she has a very involved beauty routine and says it has become quite simple for her to create her iconic appearance.

"On a normal day, I get up and I do Pilates first thing in the morning. I splash my face with water, put on some sunscreen, a little bit of powder, lipstick and sunglasses," she revealed to Refinery 29. "The key to my success is everyday practice - I can put on my red lips on in under a minute - consistency, and being devoted to certain things that make me feel good about myself. A lot of people think I have a high-maintenance look, but that's not my everyday thing. I don't wear my full drag every day."

Dita isn't fussy about her skincare and will use cheaper beauty brands if they work for her. She is always on the lookout for new effective products, and is more than happy to stray from her usual creams if they take her fancy.

"I'm always looking for things that are going to shorten my get-ready time. I've heard a lot about BB Creams lately, and I have one I love called Miracle Skin Transformer. I'm also excited by L'Oréal's new Miracle Blur,” she explained. "I use a retinol at night before bed a couple times a week with a moisturiser, but I flirt with a lot of different brands."

Dita says a signature red lip is her beauty must. She insists there are many options available for those who are might be afraid to wear the shade.

"For lips, I don't wear beige - I feel naked without colour. I feel like I look dead. I wear orange in the summer, or dark pink a lot. I like something that looks like there are rose petals on my lips," Dita revealed.

"There's more than just one type of red. I've done fuchsia, bright orange, burgundy red and a blue red. People think a vibrant lip colour has to be red, but it can be anything just as long as it's vibrant. It's still elegant and impactful [even if it's not red]."

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Emmy

Celebrity Trend Alert: Deep Citrus Lips

Nude lips may be the makeup trend du jour — but Miley Cyrus, Solange and Bella Thorne are starting their spring with tangy tangerine pouts.

Even though nude lips were the beauty trend to beat during this year's awards season and on the Paris runways in February, nothing makes spring feel official quite like a bright tangerine lip. And though a color-saturated pucker isn't exactly a warm weather revelation, the look happens to feel extra modern at the moment because of spring's graphic black, white and neutral clothes that make the feisty cosmetic color pop especially hard.

Miley Cyrus paired her striped Chanel jumpsuit with blood-orange lips at a Ryan Seacrest Foundation event on March 22, while Solange performed the next day at the Diesel and Edun Studio Africa L.A. Launch Party in a softer citrus hue. Even redheaded actress Bella Thorne broke standard redhead rules by opting for orange lips, which provided a perfect accent to the white and navy Alice & Olivia dress she wore to The Host premiere on March 19.

While most complexions can pull off the look, remember that less is more — unless you want to look like a clown.
“Keep the rest of your makeup slightly defined, but not too done,” says celebrity makeup artist Mai Quynh, who works with Ginnifer Goodwin, Chloe Grace Moretz, Reese Witherspoon and Jessica Chastain. She swiped MAC's Morange lipstick across Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s pout at the AFI Fest in November. “With such a bright color, you want the lips to be the main focus and to make sure nothing else is competing with it.”

It may feel like an unconventional shade for black tie events, but orange works for formal occasions, too. Jessica Alba’s makeup artist used Hourglass Cosmetics Opaque Rouge Liquid Lipstick in Riviera on the actress to complement the melon-colored Oscar de la Renta gown she donned at the Golden Globes in January. The highly pigmented shade stood out despite sitting next to a $5 million Harry Winston diamond necklace strewn across Alba's neck.

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Emmy

Leona Lewis’s Body Shop Collection

A year after The Body Shop’s successful partnership with actress Lily Cole, the cruelty-free beauty retailer has tapped another Brit “it-girl” to be its brand activist: X Factor winner Leona Lewis.

As part of her partnership, Lewis has teamed with the brand to create her own limited-edition makeup and fragrance collection, launching in the U.S. on April 15 — and we’ve got a first look here.

Lewis’s line includes four high-shine lip glosses, two shimmering blush palettes, a blush brush and a sweet adaptation of the brand’s cult classic white musk scent, called “White Musk Libertine.”

While the product range is small, picking a favorite has been hard for Lewis. “I adore them all,” she admits. “I am a huge fan of The Body Shop’s shimmer palettes, so I couldn’t resist adding them to my own collection. [And] shiny lips continue to be a big trend, so lip gloss was definitely a must-have.”

In addition to helping create her own line of products, the singer will also lend her voice to the brand’s campaign to end animal testing. The long-time vegetarian joins The Body Shop in celebrating the European Union’s ban on animal testing, which goes into effect Monday, and they will continue to work with NGO Cruelty Free International to advocate for a global ban on animal testing.

“I’m really conscious of where the products that I use come from,” Lewis has said of choosing to partner with The Body Shop. “The collaboration is a natural fit.”

Visit Cruelty Free International to learn more about the Body Shop’s campaign against animal testing; to shop Lewis’s collection, check out The Body Shop starting April 15.

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Emmy

Lady Gaga's Fame Fragrance Perfume Bottle Photo!

Fashion magazines around the world have been receiving samples from Lady Gaga’s upcoming perfume ‘FAME’ to be reviewed and critiqued for it’s upcoming release in August. The fragrance is a black liquid, that apparently changes color when applied to skin.

"It was taken out of my own blood sample so it’s a sense of having me on your skin, I wanted to extract sort of the feeling and sense of blood and semen from molecular structures, so that’s where [the rumours] came from. That is in the perfume but it doesn’t smell like that, Actually the perfume smells like an expensive hooker." says Gaga. (source)

will you be purchasing a bottle? The fragrance will be available at retailers worldwide in September 2012.

Macys: Truth or Dare by Madonna GWP: Deluxe Container and Cosmetic Case.

Today I went to Macys and bought a Madonna perfume, these were the gift with purchases:



A cosmetic case, this can double up as a clutch on a night out!


the container, perfect to keep your underwear/personal items separate from your other stuff in your luggage or just to have to keep supplies in. Its pretty big, so it can double up as a mini-storage as well!

Lady Gaga's "Reel Cool" Lyrics & Video

Rob released an old interview with Gaga as well as track she recorded titled "Reel Cool"!

The song is here below, it reminds me a lot of Disco Heaven (another unreleased track from the same era)

Lyrics

"Reel Cool"

Reel cool
Reel, reel cool

Hey there, weatherman
What’s your name?
Hey, hey
In this corporation
The prediction’s a high roller’s game.

Put your hands together for the pony scene
There’s a boat with a sail and some real whip cream
Ladies on the winning team
Yeah, all the boys karaoke scream

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ooh ooh
Reel cool

Put your cute thing out of my flow, joke
Baby, watch yourself and the records and no
We don’t mess around when it comes to being fabulous
We are reel cool
Keep it reel cool

Reel cool
Reel, reel cool
Reel cool
Reel cool
Reel cool
Reel cool

Put your hands together for the pony scene
There’s a boat with a sail and some real whip cream
Ladies on the winning team
Yeah, all the boys karaoke scream

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ooh ooh
Keep that shit reel cool

Put your cute thing out of my flow, joke
Baby, watch yourself and the records and no
We don’t mess around when it comes to being fabulous
We are reel cool
Keep it reel cool

Hey there, weather guy
What’s your name?
She’s some kind of trouble,
Fuzz your hands and the smoking chain

Put your hands together for the pony scene
There’s a boat with a sail and some real whip cream
Ladies on the winning team
Yeah, all the boys karaoke scream

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ooh ooh
Keep that shit reel cool

Put your cute thing out of my flow, joke
Baby, watch yourself and the records and no
We don’t mess around when it comes to being fabulous
We are reel cool
Keep it reel cool

Reel cool
Reel, reel cool
Reel cool
Reel cool