Essie nama-stay the night This cheerful new Spring shade has sold out on the Essie site but is on sale for $5.99 HERE....

  The legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath has a new highlighting kit, created based on her 20+ years of experience lighting up the faces of celebs and models. Skin Fetish 003 ($72, nude & gold) will be available HERE April 26 and HERE May 10.  The kit includes: a made in Japan brush, pressed gel pigment, and dual ended cream highlighter + clear aloe vera/argan oil. Her last new product sold out in hours....

NY Times Chelsea McNamara March 2016 image A friend recently asked me about color correcting makeup (which has been around a while but has become recently popular). Funny timing because I also recently viewed a video of someone diminishing under eye circles with turmeric. Turmeric likely added a natural yellow pigment and yellow is a brightening color. My friend has great skin so she doesn't need color correcting. Nor do most people. I think this is just a fad for most but for those who really need it there are some new options available. I love YSL Touche Éclat and their new $38 Neutralizers are my pick to try, click HERE. For today's New York Times article about...

The traditional white tip french manicure is officially dated. I am not crazy about bright or dark tips, so I tried using my two favorite Essie metallics: apres chic (silver), leggy legend (bronze) with tuck it in my tux (white, only 1 coat). I prefer the left silver tip on pink and the right silver tip on white. ...

Zara has some simple, pretty, affordable ($36) swimsuits if you like a one piece. The grommet espadrilles are also fun for summer ($70). Click HERE....

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