How to: Top Lip Tips, by Pout Expert Yishan Chan
The start of the new year is the best time for new beginnings, be it a fresh outlook on life, or simply setting your mind to completing that New Year’s resolution you didn’t quite get around to last...
View ArticleNewbies: A Gloss, Balm and Lipstick to Try Now from Maybelline
Whether you’re in the mood for a gloss, balm or lipstick, Maybelline’s swag of just-hit-counters January goodies have a little something for everybody. So much for my resolution and uh, general rule on...
View ArticlePeople’s Choice Awards 2013: Lush Lashes, The Night’s Big Beauty Trend
I might not be particularly blowing your mind when I tell you that statement eyes were, well, a statement at the People’s Choice Awards (see all the beauty looks here). After all, celebrities (and we...
View ArticleNew York A/W ’13: The Brilliant (and Budget) Eye Buy, Spotted at Richard Chai
Surely you’ve tried Maybelline Color Tattoo by now? We’ve harped on about this cream-gel eyeshadow enough that I bet you’ve at least been tempted to check it out on one of your Priceline perusal...
View ArticleSplurge vs Save: Cream Eye Shadows from M.A.C & Maybelline
SPLURGE: If you love your M.A.C Paint Pot – that little tub of creamy shadow that also works a treat as a primer for a smoky eye – you’ll be over-the-moon to know that she now has a very glamorous...
View ArticleHow to: Wear Cream Eyeshadow
Cream eyeshadow, when done well, is oh-so-pretty. Exhibit: image: Estée Lauder But thing is, it’s easy to get cream shadow wrong (read: messy) if you don’t first of all know a few key steps and tips....
View ArticleMBFWA ’13: ‘70s Glamour (And a Whole Lotta Colour) at We Are Handsome
Yep, you heard it Primpers … colour! In a fashion week filled-to-the-brim with natural, barely-there makeup, backstage at We Are Handsome was awash with rich colourful makeup, full, bouncy hair and...
View ArticleThe ‘Colour on Colour’ Makeup Trend (at Any Age)
When Lori Taylor, Global Pro Artist for Smashbox Cosmetics, was out here for the media launch of their new CC Cream (diary-date May 26, Primpers!), she ran us through her latest favourite red-carpet...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival 2013: Five Red-Carpet Celebrity Manicures We’re Loving...
If hair inspiration was what you wanted to see from the Cannes Film Festival, then you would know by now that we’ve spotted everything from swishy, silky strands to voluminous, moussed-up styles. But...
View ArticleFive Beauty Buys From the 1920s That we Still Love Today
Kat and I got treated to a preview screening of The Great Gatsby earlier this week, and if you couldn’t tell already – after all, I am sporting art-deco nail art – here at PRIMPED HQ, we’re in a dither...
View ArticleCosmetics Check: Five Ways to Update Your Coverage Choice
Are you looking older than you should due to an ill-fitting foundation? Is that matte foundation dragging down your complexion but shooting your estimated age up the charts? Foundation shades and...
View ArticleFive of the Best – Clear Skin Essentials
Ask any dermatologist what to do about spots and mild acne and they’ll rattle off a few secret ingredients to clear your skin right up. One of their favourite ingredients? Salicylic acid. This form of...
View ArticleLash Out: Extensions to Change Your Life
Okay, it’s time for true confessions: I’m obsessed with lashes. Everything lashes really. Mascaras, waterproof mascaras, false eyelashes, lash lifts, and lashes that make you look younger. J. Lo is...
View ArticleTop 5: Mascaras Under $25
It truly is magic: one minute your lashes are near invisible, the next they’re fat and feathery, tickling your browline with every fluttery blink. Case in falsies-like fabulousness…Kim K: Even if...
View ArticleAdriana Lima Spills Her Best-Kept Beauty Secrets
When you think bombshell beauty, you think Adriana Lima. Her pouty lips, smouldering eyes, glowing skin and ridiculously toned bod have made her one of the most famous Victoria’s Secret angels of all...
View ArticleHow to: Be a New York Beauty
Fashion Month has begun its bi-annual roll-out – starting off with the runways of New York (stay tuned for the must-try trends of spring/summer 2015). But here’s the funny thing about Manhattan’s most...
View ArticleCannes Film Festival 2013: Five Red-Carpet Celebrity Manicures We’re Loving...
If hair inspiration was what you wanted to see from the Cannes Film Festival, then you would know by now that we’ve spotted everything from swishy, silky strands to voluminous, moussed-up styles. But...
View ArticleFive Beauty Buys From the 1920s That we Still Love Today
Kat and I got treated to a preview screening of The Great Gatsby earlier this week, and if you couldn’t tell already – after all, I am sporting art-deco nail art – here at PRIMPED HQ, we’re in a dither...
View ArticleCosmetics Check: Five Ways to Update Your Coverage Choice
Are you looking older than you should due to an ill-fitting foundation? Is that matte foundation dragging down your complexion but shooting your estimated age up the charts? Foundation shades and...
View ArticleFive of the Best – Clear Skin Essentials
Ask any dermatologist what to do about spots and mild acne and they’ll rattle off a few secret ingredients to clear your skin right up. One of their favourite ingredients? Salicylic acid. This form of...
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