Well done @MACCosmetics! What a buzz you have created around your #MACSelena product line celebrating the beautiful life of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez! The line today outside of the MAC Cosmetics store at New York’s Grand Central Station was 200+ people (women and men) long at 8:00 a.m. this morning. That can…
Beauty begins the moment you start to be yourself. - Coco Chanel A friend of mine posted a gorgeous photo of her daughter today, with the note, "I wish she knew it." Do you know a Real Beauty who doesn't know it? Tell her today! Tag your real beauty with #loverealbeauty and...
It may not have made it onto your radar screen today, but we found this cosmetics, makeup and beauty industry news item interesting. China, the world's largest buyer of cosmetic products has announced a dramatic decrease in consumption taxes on cosmetics. Until now, most cosmetics were taxed at close to...
I have a picture on my desktop of a girl dressed in a helmet with a rocket on her back. It’s captioned, “Believe in yourself. If you don't, who will?" And that’s why I joined LoveRealBeauty. When Jeremy told me about LRB, I understood that this concept could bring real women into...
The big news in cosmetics, makeup and beauty products today was the absence of everything. No eyeliner, no blush, no foundation and certainly nothing on those lovely lips. In case you missed it, accomplished actress and domestic diva, Gwyneth Paltrow, decided to go makeup free for her birthday. In the...
What’s the most underrated and valuable part of your makeup? No, it’s not great foundation. No, it’s not a certain color that can only be had by spending exorbitant amounts of money. And, no, it’s not an organic scrub that leaves your face in a state of bliss and ready...
Pink is a color that can be very divisive. That may sound somewhat silly, but it is (mostly) true. How many friends do you have who either “love” pink or do their very best to distance themselves from the mere reflection of the color? Pink is meant to be a soft...
The logic and philosophy of normalized or consistent beauty can be easily refuted. That means there is no such thing as “model perfect.” It goes like this: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; thus, Beauty may come in, or be of, many different varieties; thus, Anyone who uses...
