POLL – What do you do when you have a makeup catastrophe?

Red had a makeup catastrophe this morning. Being the ogre that she is, she went to grab her NARS Laguna bronzer, and it flew out of the drawer. When she tried to catch it, she hit it and it smacked on the floor and turned into dust and made a big ‘ol mess.

Pants pointed out to her that at least she had hit pan, so it wasn’t like she had destroyed a completely new one. But it’s still heartbreaking, no matter how much or little product there was remaining.

Red immediately ordered a new one, because like the girls of “Jerseylicious,” she can’t live without her bronzah.

RIP NARS Laguna bronzer. 10/3/2011 – 1/26/2012

xo,

Red & Pants

How NOT to Do a Smoky Eye

We’re big fans of “Jerseylisicous,” a reality show on the Style Network that follows the employees of the Great Gatsby salon.

These girls are not scared of big hair or dark makeup. But they need to tone it down.

Here is the Glam Fairy Alexa doing her signature smoky eye – which is basically just slapping some gray eyeshadow on this poor girl, and little else.

That woman is a professional makeup artist. She was the HEAD makeup artist at a salon, and branched off to start her own business. Could she have not at least put some foundation on the model first? And she’s only putting on concealer to hide her mistakes! Since she wasn’t wearing any other makeup, why not use makeup remover? There are just so many things wrong with that.

The comments may be the best part. If you have some time, check those out.

And because we can’t leave you with that, we wanted to show you how to actually do a smoky eye without ripping someone’s face off or getting gray shadow all over their face.

Here’s a real makeup artist, Lisa Eldridge. She’s awesome. Watch and learn.

Look at that! She cleaned up with a cotton swab! She didn’t try to rip her skin off with concealer!

xo, 

Red & Pants

Tried It Tuesday – Boots No7 Intelligent Balance Mousse Foundation

It’s Tuesday again, so that means review time!

Pants:

Boots No7 Intelligent Balance Mousse Foundation ($13.99, target.com)

I’m a tinted moisturizer girl. It’s what I started with, and it’s what I prefer on most days. One reason I held off on wearing makeup for so long was that I couldn’t stand the feel of foundation on my face. Over the last year or so, I’ve been searching for the perfect foundation for days when I want to look a little more… flawless? Put together? I don’t know, I just have foundation days sometimes.

I decided to give this Boots No7 mousse foundation a try after one of my favorite YouTubers, nvmakeuplover, did a review of it. I thought I’d give it a try since it wasn’t too pricey and I could actually go get it at Target and not have to order it.

The texture is very soft, and when you blend it in, if gives a matte, powdery finish. There’s no need for setting powder. However, I have combination skin and in the winter, my forehead and cheeks can look flakey. And this product seems to just make it worse. I’ve tried it several times since I bought it in September, and it’s only looked nice maybe twice.

I do moisturize before applying, but my forehead still looks flakey. And it seems like the more I blend, the worse it looks.

Flakes aside, I do like the coverage and lightweight feel of the product. I’m hoping to try it again when it starts to get warmer and my skin decides it’s going to be oily again.

If you have normal to oily skin, this product might be really great for you. Combination and dry skinned girls should probably avoid it.

I give Boots No7 Intelligent Balance Mousse Foundation 2 out of 5 sparkles.

xo,

Red & Pants

Poll Results – What colors do you wear to stay peppy in the winter?

According to our poll, it looks like 50% of our readers wear reds, while 50% wear bright pinks to stay peppy in the winter.

When winter started, Pants was wearing a lot of cranberry eyeshadows and blush. But as the cold and gloomy weather keeps going on and on and on, she’s gone back to coral and bright pink blushes to brighten things up. Pants’ favorite product lately to brighten up her look is Tarte’s Amazonian Clay blush in Tipsy ($25, tartecosmetics.com). Is it spring yet?

Red’s has been punching the winter blues up a bit with a brighter lip. She has been loving Benefit’s Ultra Shine Lip Shine in Spiked Punch ($18, Sephora.com).

 

Tell us, what products have you been using to spice things up this winter?

 

xo,

Red & Pants

POLL – What colors do you wear to stay peppy in the winter?

We. Are. Over. Winter. No mo’ snow, please. We’re tired of being cold, and itchy, and cleaning snow off of our cars, and being stuck inside. Bring us spring.

But since spring is still a while off, sometimes we have to wear bright colors to make us feel a little less gloomy. Luckily for us, spring collections are starting to pop up now, like MAC’s Shop MAC, Cook MAC collection (you can see the pretty colors at Temptalia!)

If you chose “other,” please tell us in the comments what color you wear!

xo,

Red & Pants