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No doubt that this summer’s hottest nail polish color is YELLOW! Whether you want to rock a mellow yellow or a neon citrus shade, BeautyStat has compiled a list of the best yellow nail polishes to wear this summer.
Your favorite brands including Dior, O.P.I., Deborah Lippmann, NARS and more offer some bright and sunny shades for you to paint your fingers and/or toes. Surely to put a smile on anyone’s face!
Read on to see which yellow nail polishes are our favorite! Not a fan of a full-on yellow nail look? …

I have always been obsessed with the ‘50s and ‘60s glamour icons Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly…The list goes on and on. I never quite felt comfortable with bright red lips.

Dorothy Dandridge
Since I’m not blonde, I didn’t quite like bright pinks either. Tomato reds, corals — that is where I found my comfort zone. When I discovered these glamour queens of old, I felt like I had acquired a different beauty look.

Grace Kelly

Marilyn Monroe
I’ve compiled a list of the ultimate glamazon-inspired lip shades! These shades range from the palest …

“The Paranormal Collection was inspired by unbridled kinetic energy, spectral light and transcendental emotional forces. The things we can’t explain, that we can only feel, the place between dreams and reality: the door of perception is open and is beckoning you through, step to the light!” — Alex Box, Illamasqua Creative Director
Available April 30th, this collection for Summer ’13 at first glance made me wonder, “Can someone my age wear this?” Bright neons, fuchsias , limes and pinks? Illamasqua has a way of making the latest shades for every woman. Including …

It’s no secret that Illamasqua is one of my favorite cosmetic lines! From lashes to lipsticks, their texture, color selections and quality are top-notch. Their New Speckled Nail Varnish ($16.00) being no exception. This particular collection is so pretty! It is perfect for spring, as the speckles in the polish resemble a bird’s egg.
There are five shades in the entire collection: Speckle (purple), Mottle (mint green), Fragile (blue), Scarce (rose) and Freckle (taupe).

I will admit, I am not great at doing nail art. However, this polish makes me believe that …

No blizzard can keep New York Fashion Week from happening! BeautyStat braved the arctic chill to report on some of the bright (and unexpected) Fall/Winter ’13 makeup trends!
Revlon and NARS Cosmetics were onset to provide pops of color for a 60′s mod effect, extreme eyeliner, muted grey/glitter eyes and hooded lids for designers such as Altuzarra, Alexander Wang, Lisa Perry, Thakoon and Rag & Bone. Read on to see which products were used backstage to get the look for yourself.
Who: Revlon Global Artistic Director, Gucci Westman, backstage at Lisa Perry
What: Revlon Global Artistic Director, Gucci Westman, captured …

 We’ve just discovered the science to looking your best! Plum Perfect is the latest in cosmetic app technology that takes the guesswork out of your endless trials and tribulations with finding the correct foundation to match your skin tone; the right eyeshadow color to make your eyes pop and the best lipstick to take your look from natural to glam! Plum Perfect allows you to search out the right products based on your unique color signature just by simply taking a photo of yourself – within seconds the app will …

Photo Courtesy of Allure.com
Here at BeautyStat, we’re pretty excited about Halloween! An excuse to dress up as someone completely different and wear over-the-top makeup and accessories? Count us in! After Wigs.com sent us some Halloween costume ideas with their latest LUXHAIR wig collection, we wanted to create some looks of our own using the new LUXHAIR line! Read on to see what senior editors Nicole Gordon Levine, Erin Sutera and managing editor Theresa Romano come up with in this three part Get The Look Halloween Series.
I had so much fun creating …

‘Tis the season for the beautiful holiday palettes to start appearing and Chanel is no exception to this rule. Intrigued by the alchemy of precious metals, Creative Director of Chanel Makeup, Peter Philips, debuts a Holiday 2012 Collection: Eclats Du Soir De Chanel, that has bronzes, golds and sparkle at every turn. I have been witnessing over the past year a lot of palettes with gold in them and this is one of the prettiest golds I have seen thus far. I know that rose gold is trending yet these colors are softer, with …

Here at BeautyStat, we’re pretty excited about Halloween! An excuse to dress up as someone completely different and wear over-the-top makeup and accessories? Count us in! After Wigs.com sent us some Halloween costume ideas with their latest LUXHAIR wig collection, we wanted to create some looks of our own using the new LUXHAIR line! Read on to see what senior editors Nicole Gordon Levine, Erin Sutera and managing editor Theresa Romano come up with in this three part Get The Look Halloween Series.

I knew I wanted to be Queen Ravenna for …

Halloween is all about channeling your alter ego, and of course, cult British beauty brand Illamasqua has just the touch to get you in the spooky spirit… we’re talking nail art, of course! Illamasqua US Nail Art Ambassador Fleury Rose created three easy DIY nail art designs to get your talons ready for the most creative holiday there is. Featuring Illamasqua’s highly pigmented, long-wearing Nail Varnishes ($14.00), these designs will have you counting down the days to October 31st… one perfectly manicured finger at a time.

Evil Eye
Illamasqua Products Used: Nail Varnish in Scorn, Scorch …