DIVA DOES… Making The Squad
Soooooooo makeup.com selected four bloggers for its brand spankin' new Beauty Squad and, you guessed it, I was chosen to be one of them ♥ Click HERE to find out who the other three beauty junkies are (I'm the downtown diva from NYC and the...
Diva Dish: Return of the MAC
You can't love MAC without experiencing heartache. Many times over. And I love MAC so I should know. Here's what happens... A limited edition line or non-permanent shade is introduced. For limited edition items, there's also the allure of to-die-for packaging...
DIVA DOES… Salma Hayek, Beauty Icon
For the second post in my Beauty Icon Series on makeup.com, I honor a personal fave who's back on the scene and looking as good as ever!! Some women look good for their age. Others just look good. I mean, hellooooooo 45!! Check out some snippets...
Daily Diva: Denise Day To Night
Miss Denise came by for a product playdate but was already lookin' super cute. See for yourself: Sooooo I decided to do a quickie day-into-night transformation, since I am asked about those a lot. I used only THREE brushes and FOUR products to layer over what she...
Daily Diva: Sexy Summer Sheen
While creating new gel liner looks for my next Cosmo video, I took some test pics to see how the color and texture translated. While I can't say much at this time about the eye products (except that I LIVE FOR THEM), I can say that instead of the usual video face prep...
Daily Diva: !EYE DE MI!
TEASER... Shooting my next Cosmo beauty video early July and spent yesterday testing products to create tips for an in-book page and design looks for the video itself. LOVING the goods! An innovation in mascara and a killer gel liner plus some light neutral...
Diva Dish: Makeup Math with Lil V
The Tried & Tested Formula… 5 Dual-Use Products + Mascara + 10 Minutes = 1 Effortless Summer Beauty Look It’s that simple. You can go from exhibit A to exhibit B on the quick and easy. Exhibit A Exhibit B Click HERE to find...
Diva Dish: The Right Makeup Shades for Your Eye Color
It is forever confusing to women of all ages but oh-so-simple once you understand this.... No seriously, it's pretty simple. Just click on one of the links below based on your eye-color and I'll drop science (and artistry) as I do best on makeup.com. BLUE EYES GREEN...
DIVA DOES… Electrified
For the ELECTRIC PICKS shoot, the beauty looks were pretty simple... Photo by Diana Levine My love Christopher obviously needed a LOT of work... he's real hard on the eyes ;) For him, I smoothed on some Embyrolisse Lait-Creme...
DIVA DOES… Electric Feel
Ooooh girl...shock me like an electric eel... Baby girl... turn me on with your electric feel. Without further adieu.... (**DRUMROLL**)... Select images from the 2012 ELECTRIC PICKS campaign shot by rockstar photographer Diana Levine. We totally tore it...
Daily Diva: Denise Unzipped
Oooooh la la... Miss Denise got UNZIPPED this week! We took the neutral eye quad and plum blush from LORAC's UNZIPPED The Nude Collection and swapped out its mascara and gloss with some of my other LORAC faves to customize her look. So instead of...
Daily Diva: Virtual Diva
My mind is not blown often... but it's kind of TOTALLY blown right now by the technology in the latest Virtual Makeover tool from Modiface - available online HERE and also as an iPad app HERE. You've got your basics of course, so you can...
Daily Diva: Dawn Del Russo
Our very own DIVALICIOUS CONTRIBUTOR Denise Del Russo recently glammed up her sister Dawn for an Oscar Red Carpet discussion for Hollywood Life with ENT TV. We got her all-access step-by-step on to how to recreate the sultry look here! To start I applied...
Daily Divas: In Vegas, We Wear Pink
Pink lipstick, that is! From the palest to the punchiest... here are our pretty painted pouts, direct from sin city. ON LIPS - Makeup Mixology Lipstick in Winter Rose, $22 ON LIDS - L'Oreal Paris Extra Intense Liquid Pencil Eyeliner in Black, $8.50...
Diva Dish: Glitterati
I'm like a 12 year old with a crush. Obsessed, infatuated, in love with this eye-candy of a palette from NYX. It's 21 cream glitters with virtually no fallout in gorgeous shades for face or body. For thirteen dollars. THIRTEEN!! I used the navy on Miss Nicole...
Diva Dish: Take It All Off
Forget hips and thighs, don't let party season wreak havoc on your face. So if you're gonna wear serious makeup to the office party, the funday brunch or the ball drop (and believe me, this is something I fully support this time of year), do yourself a favor...
Diva Dish: 27 Days Til Christmas – For those who’ve been naughty…
...give 'em coal!! And support their bad habits. As spotted in the December issue of Allure magazine, this blackberry flavored gum from uncommongoods.com (one of my most FAVE gift-giving sites ever) is only 5 bucks and may just be THE perfect...
Daily Diva: Christina Bambina… and Rachel Roy
When fashion hooks up with beauty, their love child is called style. And to be stylish is to truly understand head-to-toe image. One woman who consistently does it right: Rachel Roy. From the shoe to the outfit to the purse to the hair to the makeup. Impeccable. So...
DIVA DOES… Backstage at the Victoria’s Secret 2011 Fashion Show
The most beautiful Angels on earth... in black liquid liner and pouty pink lips, not to mention insanely hot lingerie... strutting past Maroon 5, Nicky Minaj, Kanye and (someone squeeze me!!) Jay Z - whose surprise performance evoked a standing ovation from the likes...
DIVA DOES… The Cool Click
Leave it to superfab pro photographer Marcy Maloy to get me liquored up, in a bathtub no less, and then go on to capture these amazing headshots and publicity shots. Girl did good! Look out for them in beauty/fashion magazines and on websites and...
Diva Dish: 55 Days til Christmas… Whole Lotta Lip
This Bobbi lip palette is my OBSESSION!!! The top shades are her original ten from 1991 - the year she popularized 'the nude lip' by creating brown-based pinks. The bottom shades are ten current and soon-to-be-classic colors - including a vivid violet, a cool...
Diva Dish: What Tatt?
Now you see it... Now you don't... Check out my TATTOO CONCEALING story on MAKEUP.COM! (Special thanks to Miss Christina Bambina for being my model and muse!)
Diva Dish: 5 Must Have Metallic Eye Shadows for Fall. Repeat: MUST. HAVE.
1. Get introduced to girl's new best friend - BLACK KARAT. A sexy black-gold baked powder by Laura Mercier. 2. Bring on the DRAMA. A shimmery pewter loose pigments by Bare Escentuals. 3. Cozy up in some SABLE. A...
Daily Diva: Jammin’
Everyone's having a jewel-tone makeup moment this Fall and, being such fans of color, we jumped right on that bandwagon. Christina Bambina's chocolate peepers were just begging for some amethyst... So we dusted on some Bare Escentuals Ecstasy loose pigments from...
Diva Dish: Love Me Long Time
Went shopping in search of a new lipliner and lipstick (or gloss) to last me alllllll day and night this Friday for my BFF's wedding. The shade requirement - pretty but powerful. Popped into MAC and within five minutes the search concluded. I am OBSESSED...
DIVA DOES… Fashion Hangover
The NY fashion week hangover has finally subsided and I've since traveled to LA with Victoria's Secret and DC with Latina & Macy's. And like with dog years, so works the fashion clock. Hence, these pics are SOOOOO last week. But I figured I post them anyway. We...
DIVA DOES… I Know You Seen Me On The Video (True)…
Playing some SERIOUS catch-up now that NYFW has concluded. While I upload my pics and review my notes over the next few days (before heading off to LA with Victoria's Secret for the Gorgeous Launch next week), here are some fun videos from Fashion's Night Out one week...
Diva Dish: How to Wu A Woman
All it takes is this spicy orange pout to make me putty in your hands. (I know, I'm that easy.) Diane Kendal for MAC for Jason Wu - Brilliant! And perfectly aligned with Pantone's Spring 2012 Top Shades Forecast (aka THE SEASONAL COLOR BIBLE)....
Daily Diva: She’s No Angel
The latest Victoria's Secret beauty collection is the antithesis to angelic. Instead it's glam with an edge. In stores this fall, we tested a rock 'n' roll look on Intern Katlyn using the FIERCELY SEXY collection samples. I mean... does she not look GORGE?!...
Daily Diva: Angel Face
Sammy SweetHeart - back in the ring for round 2! This time we tested brand new products and shades from Victoria's Secret that will be revealed at upcoming New York Fashion Week events. The hero item from the look is the VS Shimmer Eye Shadow in Whirlwind -...
Daily Diva: Sammy Sweetheart
Sammylicious was in town from Canada visiting our very own Christina Bambina and quickly became a core part of our crew, later renamed Team Irene. Some highlights of her NYC visit included makeovers... Little Italy restaurants... bbqs... Great Adventure...
Diva Dish: Seeing the Light
I hosted a mini-makeup par-tay on Monday at my little beauty studio in Nolita and tested a single product on all the females, and even one somewhat hesitant male who was spared the accompanying makeover... And guess what?? EVERY single person there was...
DIVA DOES… Birthday Diva Take 2
As promised, more birthday style! This time in the form of 'le weekend wardrobe' down the shore at Avenue in Pier Village, Long Branch NJ where we partied beachfront and poolside without regard to the occasional downpour of torrential rain... The weekend anthem: Give...
DIVA DOES… Birthday Diva
Soooooooomeone had a birthday last week and is now paying the price for 7 (yes, seven) consecutive nights of celebrating!!! The next few posts will showcase some birthday style... because as fellow Italian Francesco Rinaldi once said "as I got older, I got better."...
Daily Diva: It’s All Greek To Me
One classic look - two modern interpretations. Best of all - all shopping done in Le Closet at zero cost. Star Product - What else?? Victoria's Secret HyperGloss Eye Shimmer in Golden Lights for first look, Night Lights for second ($14 each)
DIVA DOES… COSMOlicious
Wednesday night was Cosmo's Summer Splash party at the Hudson Terrace in NYC and the Cosmo blogger girls (including yours truly) were all invited as VIP guests. I also had the privilege of giving mini-makeovers (lip & cheek) at the Clarisonic corner. So....
Daily Diva: Georgia Peach… with a Twist
GUEST POST BY DIVALICIOUS INTERN KATLYN TUFF Intern Katlyn again in the writer's seat... Been out of town and excited to be back! I had a blast visiting friends & fam in Georgia!! Lucky for me, I also had the chance to spend some QT with my...
Diva DIY: Bottoms Up
As someone swimming in beauty booty, I rarely reach the bottom of a lipstick before picking up a cooler color or newer formulation. But when you fall head over heels in love with a limited edition shade, you end up using it often but sparingly until sadly, it's...
Diva Dish: Smart Swabs
MAC PRO used to make a version of these and you can also find them at certain MUJI stores, but now Almay (a longtime leader in makeup remover products) has come out with their very own... These oil-free makeup remover sticks are pure GENIUS. They are perfect for...
DIVA DOES… MAC Hit the Pavement
When MAC hosts an event, best believe they do it right. And last Thursday's MAC PRO Hit the Pavement party under the NYC HighLine was no exception... In large part due to several key combinations: margaritas and music, food carts and street performers, body paint and...
Daily Diva: Intrepid
Not a day goes by that I don't ask myself myriad beauty/fashion questions... What bag to wear with what shoe. Pin-straight blowout versus beachy waves. Matte or satin lipstick. The tough decisions in life ;) But last week, things got a little more interesting. As...
Daily Diva: Mixed Metals
Was coerced by my good friend Lil V to go out last weekend. It was past midnight. And I was already home, in bed, cuddled up to my pillow, happily watching E! But the nightlife called, and I answered. So in the time it took her to get to my apartment, I threw on this...
Daily Diva: Soft & Serene
Between my ever-growing To-Do list, the upcoming LA trip, new business partnerships, chasing checks, reconciling the books and -oh yeah- my personal life, I've been a bit... out of it. Thank god I find calm in doing makeup. The brush strokes, the blending. And this...
Diva Dish: So TANtalizing
GUEST POST BY DIVALICIOUS INTERN KATLYN TUFF Hello hello beautiful readers! First of all, please allow me to introduce myself... I'm Katlyn, Divalicious' newest intern!! I am so excited to be a part of this amazing family and can't imagine a more perfect situation....
Daily Diva: Diva Does Dallas Take 2
For those who wanted to better see the makeup I wore in Dallas for the Victoria's Secret Summer Bombshell Tour - here are closeup pics of the recreated look with my hair pulled back, no bangs. STAR PRODUCTS: Victoria’s Secret Hypergloss Eye Shimmer in Golden...
Daily Diva: There’s a New INTERN in Town
Drumroll........................ Pretty pretty please welcome my SUPERcute, SUPERfun new intern Katlyn!!! She's not only new to the divalicious family, she's also new to NYC -- and best believe I'm giving her a fab introduction to both... For her first look, we...
DIVA DOES… Say No to Makeup Meltdown
...with my tips and application tutorial on how to smudge-proof summer eyes, appearing here on BeautyHigh.com!
Daily Diva: Pretty Pretty in Pink
Test look for my upcoming FOX TV segment... Thanks Miss Gill! xo STAR PRODUCTS: Victoria's Secret Lipstick in Hot Spot MAC Powder Highlighter in Light Sunshine Victoria's Secret Mineral Blush Duo Victoria's Secret Eyeshadow Quad in Sultry (olive gold shade...
Daily Diva: Color Cravings
Some makeup artists are all about all-black-everything, and there are definitely many pro situations that call for it. But when it's a free-for-all, I crave color. Especially in the summer. Go bold or go home! Here I am rushing out the door (metallic Carlos...
DIVA DOES… Diva Does Dallas
Here I am in Dallas last week doing press and makeup for the Victoria's Secret Summer Bombshell Tour! And I'm wearing none other than my obsession - Victoria's Secret Hypergloss Eye Shimmer in Golden Lights on the eye!!! Plus, my NEW fave, Victoria's...
Daily Diva: Sabine Feldmann
Had the privilege of doing makeup for the CFDA Awards last week on my dear friend and publisher of TeenVOGUE, Sabine Feldmann. The location - her corner office on the 10th floor of the Conde Nast building! The look - flawless skin and smoldering eyes! (Not...