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The holidays are right around the corner — and red lips always make a statement! Personally, I love red lips all year round, but feel even more inclined to wear the hot color during the holidays, — it’s just so festive! If you are shy about wearing red lips, take the holidays as a perfect opportunity to wear the sensational color. Red lipstick can scare some people if they have not found the perfect red for their skin tone and undertone. Today, I have quite a few budget-friendly lip colors …

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 …

I have often stopped in my local drugstore and recently saw an article where the ever so talented makeup artist Molly R. Stern shows the readers how to wear Kate Moss’ lipstick in number 15 (front center pictured above). I have been wearing Rimmel London‘s bronzer for years, as I remember it being mentioned in Allure magazine in the ‘Drugstore Beauty Finds’ section… and Rimmel London is a beauty find for sure!

Black Cab

Green Park

English Rose

Royal Blue

Bringing the “London look” stateside, Rimmel London is edgy and energetic, just like London gals. Channel your …

I love London… the city, the style and of course THE MAKEUP!! I was excited to get products from Rimmel. As I opened the box there were so many goodies for me to try. Any brand that has Kate Moss as a spokesmodel definitely gets my attention.
Speaking of Kate Moss, I will start with the lipsticks (pictured above). Lasting Finish Lipsticks – Kate Moss Collection ($5.19) to be exact. I love the funky packaging, with Kate’s signature on the tube.  I received three shades to try: a “Kate Moss” red, …

So many of you submitted wonderful looks for our Sally Hansen Nail Polish Competition! Our celeb judge TracyLee has reviewed all of the submissions and narrowed them down to the top twelve finalists!
Now it’s your turn to vote!
This year was all about colorful, textured, and definitely unconventional nails! TracyLee’s favorite spring nail trends encompass a variety of styles, patterns, and unlikely combinations. Enhance your opaques with bright aqua or tangerine designs, or try a new take on a French manicure with statement making reverse moons mani, in an unlikely color …

The buzz word this season? PRIMERS! Every brand from Proactiv to Vera Wang has one. Last time, I reviewed the Proactiv Smoothing Primer. Next primer to try on my crusade for the ‘holy grail’ of all face primers is the Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro Primer — this primer claims to deliver 5 in 1 results that claim to:
- Smooth and Resurface Skin
- Hydrate any dryness and protect skin
- Mattify to reduce shine
- Reduce appearance of large pores
- Even skin tone
I have tried so many primers in the past I …

There are honestly so many mascaras on the market that claim to do this and that, but Rimmel’s new trifecta of offerings is interesting for several reasons.

One of the brand’s new fall 2011 mascaras includes a “cup runneth over” promise: Sexy Curves Full Body Mascara ($7.49). The promise is actually a little bit outrageous! 70% more voluptuous curls that last for up to 16 hours. It is also a volumizing mascara, and promises to plump up the lashes. With Sexy Curves Mascara, the spiral brush brushes against the lashes and gives them a …

Sticky lip glosses vex me and usually require me to use Carmex before I apply them on. That is not how lip gloss is supposed to work. When it comes to texture and finish preferences, some women like a bright gloss; others prefer a frost, but I prefer a pearly finish. Rimmel’s new Stay Glossy 6-Hour lip gloss is product that does exactly that.

Rimmel’s Stay Glossy 6-Hour lip glosses have an applicator that softens the lips and an ingredient that makes them last up to six hours. I’ve done swatches …

Bride to be this spring/summer 2011? Take a look at some of the hottest bridal hair trends from New York City’s 2011 Bridal Fashion Week and tips from Redken.
End of the Day Waves, as seen at Christos
This is hair with edge, and Redken’s hairstylist Giuntoli says, “The look is down, when it is typically up, resulting in a youthful, casual after-wedding look that’s flattering and flirty.” We think this look would look ravishing on Kate Middleton.

To achieve the look, prep hair to add texture and extra hold with Redken …

We’ve had a few contests on BeautyStat to date, and love to see your beautiful faces. No, we really mean it! By now, we’re so grateful for the participation levels in our recent HTC HD7 Windows Phone contest and, of course, our first makeup contest.

Our second makeup competition is on!
We picked finalist based on the 2 categories below:
1) Full Face with makeup: this includes lips, foundation, eye shadow…the works.
2) Eyes Only (creativity and artistry encouraged – remember,
Highly pigmented eye shadows will leave your eyes looking attractive.
We narrowed down the field …