Makeup
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Our Kelly Thompson Art Class with Maybelline
Read more: Our Kelly Thompson Art Class with MaybellineThread has long adored the artworks by New Zealander Kelly Thompson (www.kellythompson.co.nz) Her pretty girls, sexy women, nudes and detailed botanical drawings are incredible, and are in magazines, and she does fashion illustration colabs with Escada and many others. We met her for dinner in Melbourne earlier this year at her husband Christian’s Melbourne restaurant…
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Amber D’s MAC Lorde Makeup Demonstration
Read more: Amber D’s MAC Lorde Makeup DemonstrationThere are lots of celebrity how-tos out there and gazillions of Kardashian looks on Youtube. But how often do you get to hear from the horse’s mouth on how to create a celebrity’s look, from their own make-up artist? We attended an amazingly informative ‘tips and techniques’ live demonstration by Amber D, Lorde’s Makeup Artist,…
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Smile for the camera
Read more: Smile for the cameraImagine you showed up at an event and noticed fashion photographers in the room, and model Grace Owen – you’d get suspicious something was up, right? So it was recently for me, when beauty media were treated with a hair and beauty makeover and got to smile for the camera at the Macleans HD White…
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M.A.C Maleficent
Read more: M.A.C MaleficentHero, or villain? What we grow up thinking, is not always the case. In the vein of WICKED – another retelling of a classic story with a mistakenly-maligned woman – the iconic yet deadly beautiful Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty has oft been painted as the evil witch putting a curse on Aurora. But what’s her…
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Cheap and Colourful: ORLY Color Blast
Read more: Cheap and Colourful: ORLY Color BlastNow you can buy more ORLY colours, for less. In a retail-savvy move, nail lacquer brand ORLY has chosen its 72 most popular shades, and put them in smaller bottles at a cheaper price. These smaller sized bottles are rebranded as ORLY Color Blast, and retail for just $13.99 – instead of around $24.99 for…
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Benefit Push-Up Liner
Read more: Benefit Push-Up LinerThe perfect liquid eyeliner is something of a beauty Holy Grail. For makeup artists, the discovery of a liquid liner that doesn’t smudge or budge and is easy to apply is the horticulturalist’s equivalent of the blue rose. It just doesn’t exist. Until now. I attended the the launch of Benefit Push-Up Liner in Smith…
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M·A·C Proenza Schouler
Read more: M·A·C Proenza SchoulerProenza Schouler designers Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez know their fans. They love the brand’s downtown-chic and pops of bright colour against contemporary urban-sportswear-for-grownups. Which is why this new MAC colour collection is perfect for them. There’s no foundation or eyeshadow; instead, bright lips and neutral nudes that complement their cool garb. Below: Proenza Schouler…
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Lorde x MAC
Read more: Lorde x MACThe Royal visit may be fast approaching, but Royals star Lorde has some amazing news – she is doing a range with MAC cosmetics. Lorde will collaborate with M.A.C Cosmetics later this year on a limited edition collection for retail that we’re sure will sell out in New Zealand and abroad. Unlike some celebrity colabs,…
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5 Beauty It-Items
Read more: 5 Beauty It-ItemsWhilst some cosmetic bags may only carry a few things, and some a whole collection, I would fall in between. It is always interesting to see what is in someone’s cosmetic bag…
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MAC Make-up Artist Pro tips for SS14
Read more: MAC Make-up Artist Pro tips for SS14We had the pleasure of hearing the latest makeup trends from Nicole Thompson, a.k.a. Pinky, at the M.A.C SS2014 Trends presentation…