NARS' Dolce Vita Lipstick

I'm a bit of a lipstick junkie--confession time. I like to experiment with different lip shades and textures and brands. For the past...I don't know, week I have been obsessed with NARS' lipstick in the color Dolce Vita. I recently got this in the store but when the lady suggested this color I was a little hesitant.

But don't let the darker color intimidate you! The NARS website describes this particular shade as a sheer lipstick. The consistancy makes this color extremely wearable. When I apply it in the morning it looks like a beautiful, rosy flush to my lips. It looks very natural. This lipstick is very glossy, very easy to apply. It glides onto the lips beautifully. If you don't want to carry around a lipstick AND a lipgloss all day, try this product. But I do warn that it comes off very easily whenever I drink or eat. The gloss also disappears throughout the day but the rose color stays. So if you want the dewy look to last then you'll have to reapply.

I'm extremely glad that I purchased this. Dolce Vita is the third NARS lipstick that I own but at the moment it is my favorite! Like all NARS products it is quite expensive. So I would not reccomend buying online only to recieve a product that you thought looked differently in a picture.

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Keira Knightley's Makeup

Good morning. I'm obsessed--again. But what else is new? I was glancing through the Instyle website, as I'm want to do when I have a free afternoon and I came across this up close of Keira Knightley's makeup at the International Rome Film Festival and I fell in love.

Her tousled tresses are perfection. I have been lusting after Keira's hair ever since she cut it short. It looks messy, like she just rolled out of bed, but not at all greasy. Her skin is soft and smooth. Her lashes are long and full. But what I really love is her lip color--a soft peachy color that emphasizes her delicate lip shape. She might not have Angelina Jolie lips but that doesn't mean she can't show them off.

Even though I am a blogger, and I should be able to, I can't put into words how much I love this look. If anyone knows what lip products she is using, please leave them in the comments below. I'm sure there are others who want to know as well.



Photo courtesy of instyle.com

Models Without Makeup

Semi-recently Harper's Bazaar decided to present pictures of supermodels without makeup to their readers. Click here to read all about their anti-aging techniques and to see more models without makeup. :)

I loved this idea because it shows that even the most beautiful women in the world have flaws. They're all beautiful women, even without the makeup, but it shatters the idea that women have to be perfect. There is no way anyone on Earth is perfect, not even these women.

I commend them for their courage because its hard being in the public eye and being photographed without their makeup on is like opening up the door  for critism. People can, and do, tear these people apart for not being perfect. It's sad but true.

End of PSA. Sorry. :)

Claudia Schiffer

Amber Valletta

Shalom Harlow

Cindy Crawford

Helena Christensen

This kind of reminds me of the Marie Claire photoshoot that Jessica Simpson did without makeup and without photoshop. I think that is the coolest. :) Go Jessica! I've been watching her new show on Vh1 lately, The Price of Beauty and it isn't too bad.

It isn't Newlyweds but its still good. Did anyone see that episode from Uganda and there was this thing called the fattening hut? A woman could spend two months jsut sitting in a hut trying to get fat. They can't move a lot (because it would burn calories) and the only time they can leave is to use the bathroom.

I would be sooo bored. :) But the women seem to want to be there and think that spending time in the hut is an honor.

Off to help my mom set up for her Girl's Night In party. :) Bye!