Molly Sims Wears NEW NARS Orgasm Illuminator: On January 27, Molly Sims attended the ‘Unforgettable Evening’ event to benefit EIF’s Women’s Cancer Research Fund. NARS International Lead Stylist Uzo used the Orgasm Illuminator to give Molly an amazing lit-from-within glow. “Molly best represents that Los Angeles ‘girl next-door look’. The Orgasm Illuminator was the perfect product to keep her skin looking fresh and polished.” says Uzo about Molly’s makeup.

GET THE LOOK:
Aside from the new Orgasm Illuminator, Uzo used the below products to complete Molly Sims makeup look.

COMPLEXION:
NARS Barcelona Sheer Glow Foundation
NARS Orgasm Illuminator (on cheeks and forehead for added illumination)
Laguna Bronzer
Desire Blush

EYES:
Golden moss side of Camargue Duo Eyeshadow (NEW for Spring 2010!)
Golden champagne side of Alhambra Duo Eyeshadow
Kyoto Eyeliner Pencil
Goddess Soft Touch Shadow Pencil (inner corner of eye and underneath arch of brow)
Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara 

LIPS:
Scarlett Empress Lipstick
Amazon Lipliner

The Orgasm Illuminator is available at Sephora.com. All other NARS products are available at narscosmetics.com

GET THE LOOK: Christina Aguilera wears NARS makeup at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The Look & Inspiration: “I wanted to create a soft natural look on Christina to compliment her gown and new haircut,” said Kristofer Buckle for NARS Cosmetics. “Her dress choice was a beautiful pastel peach with silver. I didn’t want the look to fight with her gown. The final look is chic and seamless, with a earthy colored smokey eye and glowing skin.”

Below is Kristofer’s step-by-step makeup tutorial on how to to recreate Christina’s makeup look:

Complexion
· Use the Balancing Moisture Lotion and apply the Makeup Primer as a base
· Apply Firming Foundation and set with Pressed Powder

Eyes
· Apply the vanilla side of India Song Duo Eyeshadow as a base, over the entire lid and up to eyebrow

· Next, use the shimmering walnut shade of India Song Duo Eyeshadow and apply to the outer corner and under the bottom lash line

· Then, use the warm rich brown side of Cordura Duo Eyeshadow just under eye rubbing into the lower lash line to create smokey eye

· Curl the eyelashes and apply a coat of Larger Than Life Lengthening Mascara to top and bottom lashes, following with 2 coats of Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara for full lashes

· Take Nuits Blanches Eyeliner Stylo and dot in between individual lashes [Kristofer’s tip:“I used the Push Eyeliner Brush to blend the eyeliner in between the lashes, which helped to apply just enough without looking to heavy.”]

Lips
· Use the Fantasia Lipliner Pencil and Niagara Lipstick
· Next, apply Easy Lover Lip Gloss (NEW for Spring 2010) over [Kristofer’s tip:“Applying a sheer pink gloss on top of a nude colored lip provides a nice modern pop of color.”]

Cheeks
· Generously apply Orgasm Illuminator (NEW for Spring 2010) to cheekbones, décolletage, and shoulders for an all over glow

· Use Malaysia Multiple Bronzer to contour cheeks by blending under cheekbones

· Apply the Mata Hari Blush to the apple of cheeks and lightly tap on browbone [Kristoper’s tip: “Lightly dusting a blush on the browbone gives life to the eye and melds the whole look together.”]

· Next, with short, back and forth quick strokes use Nico Blush to highlight cheekbones

Orgasm Illuminator will be available at Sephora on February 1 and all other NARS Cosmetics are available at www.narscosmetics.com

Introducing the Romantic Collection for Fall 2009 and the Golden Beams Collection for Holiday 2009: two new collections showcasing new colours, new attitude and new direction. Inspired by Dolce & Gabbana’s gravitation toward surrealism, each palette embraces a bold insouciance and a sexy spontaneity that challenges the archetypal face of beauty with the revolutionary Dolce & Gabbana aesthetic.

Created for the Dolce & Gabbana woman who seeks a look that’s at once disarmingly assertive and simultaneously seductive, The Make Up captures implicit femininity and explicit sensuality, specially designed for the woman who chooses a life of passion, full-on glamour and ultimate luxury. She aspires to perfection and achieves it; takes risks and succeeds.

The Romantic Collection – Fall 2009

Inspired by Surrealism, the Dolce & Gabbana A/W 09 runway collection echoes both revolutionary sensibility and rebellious spirit. Just as the Surrealists eschewed the conventional to embrace the unpredictable and explore the unimaginable, Dolce & Gabbana break the rules both on the runway and with a new collection of Make Up for fall, tracing the fine line between dreams and reality to create an innovative glamour that teases and provokes.

“We worship the surrealists; they pushed the limits-and proved that anything is possible,” says Stefano Gabbana, “With the Romantic Collection, the idea is to break away from the expected to transform beauty, creating a look that is about ultimate fantasy.”

“And the ultimate luxury,” adds Domenico Dolce, “After all, the ultimate luxury is to dream and, for the Dolce & Gabbana woman, the dream should always be a reality.” The Romantic Collection showcases tone against tone contrast via a rich new range of pinks-from delicate to vibrant to shocking – with a fresh shimmer to lend natural luminosity. Lustrous new shades share a balance of the sensual and the subversive to embody Dolce & Gabbana signature glamour. A key “Romantic” Look

Legendary make-up artist Pat McGrath collaborates closely with Dolce & Gabbana to create the beauty look with select Make Up classics paired with brilliant new shades. Explicit and ethereal pinks are imbued with light; deep neutrals are refined and distinctive. The look lends an air of romance and a sense of intimacy with lucid washes of pure colour and sensuality. A truly feminine aura that’s both suggestive and assertive; the look is exuberant with weightless layering of tone against tone pinks, that coalesce in a seamless elegance that is at once fresh and cool. Moist, voluptuous lips beckon and seduce – soft-sculpted and defined with Soft, a new shade of the classic lipstick and the lipliner. The same hue adds sophistication to nails, through the new Soft shade of the nail lacquer. are delicate, yet smoldering with the eyeshadow duo in Rose, enhanced with the mascara in Black. Cheeks appear lightly flushed with the blush in new Delight.

The Romantic Collection is intimate yet ephemeral with a glaze of pinks dissolving into a rush of strong femininity “The Rose palette brings the collection to a new level; Dolce & Gabbana wanted to take risks with colour, texture, mood – and at the same time capture the essence of each element,” says Pat McGrath.

“While the focus is on the eyes – very sexy, very daring – the soft voluptuous lips add an intensity that’s erotic. The rose look is very romantic, almost ethereal – yet very sophisticated.”

The Romantic Collection – Fall 2009

THE PRODUCTS

For the Lips Recommended Price the lipstick

Classic Cream Lipstick in Soft 65 (new) $30 USD
Shine Lipstick in Naked 60 $30 USD
Shine Lipstick in Drama 90 $30 USD

the lipliner
Precision Lipliner in Soft 6 (new) $30 USD

the lipgloss
Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Baby 75 (new) $29 USD

For the Eyes

the eyeshadow
Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Rose 90 (new) $36 USD
Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Dazzling 160 $59 USD

the mascara
Volumized Lashes in Black 1 $28 USD

the eyeliner
Crayon Intense in Platinum 6 (new) $29 USD

For the Face Recommended Price

the blush
Luminous Cheek Colour in Delight 35 (new) $44 USD

the foundation
Perfect Finish Powder Foundation in Creamy 80 $59 USD

For the Nails

the nail lacquer

Intense Nail Lacquer in Soft 205 (new) $20 USD
Intense Nail Laquer in Pink 100 $20 USD

DOLCE&GABBANA THE ROMANTIC COLLECTION is on counter from September 2009 at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores and saks.com.

The Golden Beams Collection – Holiday 2009

The Golden Beams Collection for Holiday 2009 captures the precious singularity of golden tones with a rare depth and an unexpected eroticism, celebrating three ultra femme variations on golden translucence, anchored by the drama and depth of surreal fantasy. Dolce & Gabbana use captivating contrasts to take beauty to a new level of decadence.

A trio of modern-minded golds – Yellow Gold, White Gold and Rose Gold – glaze, flicker and interact to reveal one sublime look that is at once sexy and glamorous.

“Gold has always been a Dolce & Gabbana signature,” notes Stefano Gabbana. “This collection, based on three shades of gold,” adds Domenico Dolce, “encompasses the sensual, natural and romantic nuances of surreal femininity.”

The collection includes supple textures to enchant and seduce with glints of gold from an exclusive palette of glistening to pearly tones. A harmony of effortless precision results in a look that’s irresistibly off balance – and daringly, distinctively Dolce & Gabbana.

A Key “Golden Beams” Look

A seductive shimmer informs a play of matte neutrals and golds to create a complete face of beauty for the Holiday season that is polished and luxurious. The look showcases precious yellow, white and rose gold shades to create provocative, atonal precision. The eyes are intense, illuminated with a warmth that appears to glow from within. A play of fine metallics lends an ephemeral shimmer and shine to a rich warm patina of matte brown with the new eyeshadow quad in Gold. Featuring the 3 golds gleam, the look is underscored by the mascara in Black while the eyeliner in Gold adds depth and definition.

Cheeks are suffused with soft light with a new shade of the blush in Caramel. Bold red lips in Sparkling, a new shade of the shine lipstick, mirror the luminosity of the eyes with a creamy intensity. The nail laquer in Royal add a subtle sexy finish.

“Golden Beams is full of drama, but it’s a discreet drama,” says Pat McGrath. “The play of opposites-the brown and golds, the matte and shine – is so key; the look is quite daring and evocative-yet also very ladylike, polished and elegant.”

The Visual

The Golden Beams Collection renders and reinterprets this fiery femininity anew with a poignant spectrum of colour that invites infinite possibilities – with ultimate golden girl, Scarlett Johansson. Johansson, who epitomizes the smoldering sophistication of the Dolce & Gabbana woman in all her many glamorous guises, is joined in the new Holiday campaign by David Gandy, the ultimate Dolce & Gabbana man.

The Golden Beams Collection

THE PRODUCTS

For the Lips Recommended Price

the lipstick
Classic Cream Lipstick in Fire 235 (new) $30 USD
Shine Lipstick in Sparkling 65 (new) $30 USD
Shine Lipstick in Gold 70 $30 USD

the lipliner
Precision Lipliner in Fire 5 (new) $30 USD

the lipgloss
Ultra Shine Lipgloss in Magic 145 (new) $29 USD

For the Eyes

the eyeshadow
Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Golds 125 (new) $59 USD
Smooth Eye Colour Duo in Gold 130 $36 USD

the mascara
Volumized Lashes in Black 1 $28 USD

the eyeliner
Crayon Intense in Gold 3 $29 USD

For the Face Recommended Price

the blush
Luminous Cheek Colour in Caramel 25 (new) $44 USD

the bronzer
Glow Bronzing Powder in Natural 10 $47 USD

For the Nails

the nail lacquer
Intense Nail Lacquer in Fire 125 (new) $20 USD
Intense Nail Lacquer in Royal 165 (new) $20 USD

DOLCE&GABBANA THE GOLDEN BEAMS COLLECTION is on counter from October 2009 at select Saks Fifth Avenue stores and saks.com.

Emmy Rossum wears NARS during New York Spring/Summer 2010 Fashion Week.

Emmy Rossum was spotted at multiple events this past week during New York Fashion Week. At Bergdorf Goodman for Fashion’s Night Out on September 10th she donned a bold lip and bright eyes. She loved the lip color so much that she took it from our artist to keep for herself.

At Marchesa’s SS 2010 presentation she opted for a more subtle approach pairing radiant skin with soft pink lips. “Emmy wanted a smokey-eye look suitable for daytime,” said NARS Makeup Artist Lenna Scarrot about the celebrity’s Marchesa look. “She wanted it to be more light gray- no black- like a seductive ballerina.” Her flawless matte complexion was complemented by a soft, seductive eye and a naturally glossed pout perfect for a day to night transition. She kept everything that was used on her, and especially loved the new NARS Larger Than Life Lengthening Mascara, telling Lenna “there’s no need for false lashes!”

Below is a step-by-step as well as product details to get Emmy’s stunningly bold look for her Fashion’s Night Out appearance:

Skin:

· Apply NARS Deauville Sheer Matte Foundation
· Dust NARS Flesh Loose Powder over the skin for an extra-mattifying effect
· Brush NARS Orgasm Blush on the apples of cheeks for a soft glow

Eyes:

· Apply NARS Indian Summer Duo Eyeshadow dusting the left side all over up to the brow and the right side within the crease for a soft sultry eye
· For a perfectly eye-opened affect, use the NARS Nuits Blanches Eyeliner Stylo to draw a line from the middle of the lid to the outer corner finishing by bringing it upward a bit toward the brow
· Finish by coating lashes with NARS Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara

Lips:
· Line lips with NARS Salsa Lipliner
· For an ultra long-lasting effect apply NARS Indian Red Lip Stain Gloss

Below is a step-by-step as well as product details to get Emmy’s sweet and innocent look for her Marchesa appearance:

Skin:
· Apply NARS Deauville Sheer Matte Foundation as a base
· Dust NARS Flesh Loose Powder over the skin for an extra-mattifying effect
· Blend NARS Madly Blush on cheeks following with NARS Amour Blush on the apples
· Highlight cheekbones with a soft blend of NARS Hungry Heart Blush Duo

Eyes:
· Dust the left side of NARS All About Eve Duo Eyeshadow onto the eyelids up towards the brow. Follow with the right side, highlighting the brow bone and inner corner of the eyes
· Apply the left side of NARS Bellisima Duo Eyeshadow to the center of the eyelid and apply a dab of the right side to the outer corner
· Along the lower lash line, apply NARS Corfu Cream Eyeshadow and trace over it with NARS Bali Single Eyeshadow
· Fill in the brows with NARS Bali Single Eyeshadow
· Coat lashes with NARS Larger Than Life Lengthening Mascara

Lips
· Prime lips with NARS Sabrina Lip Treatment SPF20
· Combine NARS Barbarella Lipstick and NARS Mitzi Lipstick
· Finish by blending a dab of NARS Striptease Lip Gloss in the center of the lip for a focused pout

NARS Cosmetics are available at www.narscosmetics.com

Thevi Cosmetics was founded by wife, mother and entrepreneur, Thevaki Thambirajah.

Thevi Cosmetics founder Thevaki Thambirajah.

With roots that reach deep into the Indian sub-continent, Thevi was born of Sri Lankan parents in New York State. As a young woman, beginning her career and enjoying a busy social life, Thevi could never find cosmetics in shades that suited her coloring. She felt a keen need for a prestige makeup brand with colors that were rich and vibrant without being harsh, and Thevi Cosmetics was born.

Thevi represents the New Ethnic Market: light-to-dark skinned woman of Asian, South Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean descent. And we think it’s brilliant! Because finding the right shade of foundation is a key to a flawless face. There is still a room for expanding the makeup color scheme, and thanks for visionaries like Thevaki Thambirajah for making it happen.

Talking Makeup tried few of Thevi products and we are impressed. The quality of ingredients is definitely there.

We particularly liked the following Thevi products:
Mineral Pressed Powder SPF 8, $30.
Liquid Powder Mineral Foundation SPF 15, $32.
Lush Mascara, $18.
Automatic Longlasting Lipliner (my favorite is in Heather, and I added it to my makeup bag), $16.50.