Makeup

Coral seems to to be entrenched as a key trend with new season lipsticks from Karen Murrell, Smashbox, Clinique, and Clarins all sporting the orange-red shade in their latest collections for Autumn 2012…

Guerlain is not only known for perfume, but innovations including the first ever lipstick in bullet form back in 1878, and its famous ‘Meteorites’ coloured powder balls. Now, Guerlain has launched a refillable mascara, Le Noir G de Guerlain…

With names paying homage to designer handbags, the Autumn 2012 collection from essie and the gorgeous shades in retro shades of the 1940s and 50s, beautiful nails are in the bag…

Unlike many so-called "mineral make-up" brands, Australian brand Nude by Nature is free of irritating chemicals Bismuth, Talc and is totally paraben-free…

The first thing I noticed about SAX cosmetics was that it felt beautiful to hold and looked great. The second was the price. I was surprised at how reasonably the Australian make-up brand available from pharmacies is priced…

Thread.co.nz’s picks from M.A.C Spring Summer for practical, indispensible make-up and what’s new when you want to turn on the fun and shine…

Betsey Johnson is a remarkable woman. She is a dancer, fashion designer, and American style icon and now, her fragrance Too Too is here. It’s a pun on the tutu of ballet and being ‘too too much.’ It’s an ode to maximalism instead of minimalism…

You wouldn’t build a house on sand. And you wouldn’t marry without a good relationship. Yes, a solid foundation is the benchmark for most things in life. Except make-up. Here, I prefer the opposite: I’m more of a liquid foundation gal…

Start at the very beginning, it’s a very good place to start. So sang Maria in the Sound of Music about learning to sing, and so it is with learning most anything. Including make-up. So I attended M.A.C seminar, Back To Basics…

The recently-renovated historic dockside building Shed 10 filled with well made-up young women last night, as M.A.C Cosmetics held Femme to Feline, a cosmetics workshop for the public as part of New Zealand Fashion Festival 2012…