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The best stay-put lipstick I’ve tried. Kiss me, Nars!

I am always looking for a good stay-put lipstick, which means it uh, actually stays. Plus, it can’t be too drying, it has to distribute the pigment evenly, and it uh…actually has to stay put. Within reason of course. Well hallelujah for Nars Powermatte Lip...

An honest review of Glossier Balm Dot Com Universal Skin Salve | Damn You, Facebook Ads

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

I can’t be the only one seeing Glossier ads all over my Facebook feed. Those videos of dewey-skinned young lovelies applying their skincare products and popular lip balms were too much for this beauty product fan to resist! So in our latest installment of Damn...

A dad created this awesome makeup brand to empower his daughter. And all of us too.

by Lexi Petronis | Beauty + Cosmetics

It’s not often that you’ll find a makeup brand that celebrates who women already are instead of making promises as to what women should be. But when Bill Xaing’s daughter was born, he realized that he could do something to change that. So he created...

5 spellbinding Harry Potter cosmetic collections — for muggles and wizards alike.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Beauty + Cosmetics

By now you know we fell in love with the Harry Potter wand brush set from Storybook Cosmetics (currently sold out). So if you’re in dire need of more Harry Potter makeup goodness to tide you over until you can make it to Ollivander’s, here are some other...

An honest review of Kylie Lip Kits and Glosses from the rare person who did not get them for free.

by Stacie Billis | Beauty + Cosmetics

So, yeah, I went there: I bought me some Kylie Lip Kits. As in Kylie Jenner. (Heard of her?) And even better, I bought them after being alerted about a restock of the sold-out Lip Kits via an email that I willingly signed up for. Because that’s how badly I...

8 of the best, most wearable bold lipsticks for fall from savvy steals to super splurges.

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

With Fashion Week here in New York (yeah, try getting a cab these days), it’s a signal to me that it’s time to put away my favorite pale pink glosses (sniff) and make way for the bold lipsticks for fall that are popping up in every fashion magazine right...

Go nuts for the new Yes to Coconut skincare collection

by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics

It’s safe to say that I’m a Yes to Carrots junkie, so I was excited to try the brand new tropical-inspired Yes to Coconut skin care line from this CMP favorite. It’s right on time with the recent buzz about the super-powers of coconut oil and coconut...

When is a lip gloss not a lip gloss? When it’s Mally’s High Shine Liquid Lipstick

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

It takes a lot to impress me in the lip gloss department, and I have a graveyard of half-finished tubes lying around to prove it. But after trying out the High Shine Liquid Lipstick as part of the Perfois Pink Lip Kit from celeb makeup artist (and mom of three) Mally...

Our lips are sealed…and safe from the sun.

by Melissa | Beauty + Cosmetics

I’m a sunscreen addict. I won’t leave the house unless I’m slathered with the sunscreen. (And you wouldn’t be mistaken if you saw two kids leave my house in the mornings looking like they were dipped in white paint.) But finding moisturizing...

Chinatown: the lip gloss that reinvents lip gloss

by Liz Gumbinner | Beauty + Cosmetics

I’m going through a lip gloss phase. It happens around this time each year, when it feels too hot to be sporting some heavy, matte lipstick, but I still want to look polished. So I’m really happy to discover a not-so-new but new to me option that’s...