As we expected, Makeup Forever’s new waterproof Aqua Creams stole the show. These are versatile WATERPROOF colors that are so multipurpose that they’ll transform your entire face single handedly. We’re talking color for the eyes, lips and cheeks!

The pigments are so rich that pros and consumers alike will love these smudge proof and tear-proof colors that won’t crease or run. The formula contains evaporating oils that make the pigments really adhere to the skin. We love that it comes in 21 shades. Shown above is the shade #21 for eyes and cheeks.

Three Custom Color debuted their Getaway Collection of lipsticks in a brand new formula that lasts and yet is highly emollient. Formulated and fortified with vitamins and oils, these lipsticks moisturize yet provide rich color. The shades evoke the tropics: Bora Bora is a vivid fuchsia, Santorini is a rich raspberry with a silver shimmer, Copacabana is a bold coral with gold shimmer, Majorca is a warm paprika with a soft bronze shimmer while St. Tropez is a sandy peach-beige with champagne shimmer. The Getaway Collection will debut in June at www.threecustom.com

Our favorite airbrush foundation has long since been Temptu Pro. The brand is launching new blush colors for summer that is inspired by nature in bloom and by fruits and flowers. The shades include Nectar, Peony, Guava and Raspberry.

Other brands that debuted at the show include our favorite lip tars by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics , versatile eyeshadow pigments by Dinair Cosmetics and body art by Mehron.

- Charu Suri

Another one looms on the horizon, and it’s Smashbox Hyperlash Mascara, which is exclusive to Ulta.com until March 31st. It has a plastic bristle, and promises to deposit the good stuff evenly over your lashes. It is supposed to “lift, lengthen, volumize and define” like no tomorrow.

Oh, that might create some serious wand-erlust, what says you?

Her hair was done in a super chic updo, created by TRESemmé Celebrity Stylist Mara Roszak. Roszak wanted ”an editorial look because she was wearing Givenchy. We also didn’t want the hair and make up to compete with the dress so we created an elegant but effortless look.”

Here’s how you can recreate Saldana’s Oscars 2010 red carpet ‘do:

1. It’s all about prepping the hair with mousse! I am a huge fan of the TRESemme Naturals line, and was pleased to find that Roszak had prepped damp hair with TRESemmé Naturals Lightweight Mousse. Then she blow dryed her hair upside down.

2. Roszak separated the crown from the rest of the hair and pulled back the sides into a tight pony. Then she pulled the hair almost all the way through but left the ends tucked into a ponytail holder. Note that it wasn’t a PERFECT ponytail, with a few pieces left outside the bun for a slightly messy look.

3. Then she teased the top part of the hair and criss crossed bobby pins to hold the hair in place securely. She also sprayed Saldana’s updo with TRESemmé TRES TWO Extra Hold Hair Spray.
4. Here’s a stylist secret! Spray hairspray on finger tips and gently pull the hair around the face with your fingers to loosen the hair, giving it an organic effortless look.

Oscar 2010 Beauty Trend Prediction #1: Classic Beauty and Old Hollywood Style Glamour

Celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine says, “I think the most popular/prominent look on the red carpet this year will be classic beauty statements. If we see color, it will be blush tones and soft roses instead of deep shades of red or vibrant shadow statements. I think this beauty speaks directly to the recession and reflects a more subtle beauty that many women can relate to.”

Anna Hendricks at the 2010 SAG Awards

Brett Freedman (celebrity makeup artist to Vanessa Hudgens, Kelly Clarkson, Reba McEntire, Emily Blunt, Sienna Miller, and Jessica Lucas) thinks we will see Old Hollywood glamor with lots of edge. He predicts paler lips, and lots of eye liquid liner. There won’t be too much tan, and “dewiness for the body will take center stage, with a more subtle look.”

Freedman thinks the eyes will be about lashes and liner, and not really about a “smoky eye.” “I’m thinking Sandra Bullock will buck the trend, I predict a dramatic eye and pale lip. Hair up and with a mix of structured and unstructured waves. She’ll want to have a touch of edge and sex appeal.”

Oscar 2010 Beauty Trend Predicton #2: Heavy Eye Makeup/ False Lashes

Hellen Mirren at the Rome Film Festival for “The Last Station”

Christina Smith, a celebrity makeup artist who has worked with Julia Roberts, Giselle Bundchen, Reese Witherspoon, Helen Mirren, Jane Krakowski, predicts heavy eye makeup. “False lashes will be in full force,” she says.

Oscar 2010 Beauty Trend Prediction # 3: Pretty and Feminine Hair

According to Stylesight’s New York Trend Director, Andrea Praet, “For hair, expect to see pretty, feminine loose styles continuing. For eyes, expect to see subdued metallics, in shades of pewter and lavender, with accents of shimmering white that highlight the brow and cheek bone.”

Anthony Dickey, creator of the line Hair Rules, says, “People think that Hollywood and the Oscars are synonymous with glamor, recession or not, and we’ll all be watching to see how this plays out on this year’s red carpet. I think that a lot of what you will see on the likes of Sandra Bullock and Julianne Moore will be looks taken right off the runways of Dior and Oscar de la Renta. I predict lots of Lauren Bacall inspired shapes – upsweeps, glamorous period looks that are touchable, not hard or stiff. If I’m right, it means a lot of styles that can be worn by all women off the red carpet, which is great.

- Charu Suri

The dark blue Electric Boogie (inky blue with teal glitter) gives you a memory trip back to the 1970s; dance your summer evenings with your significant other by wearing Slow Motion (light metallic lavender); let it all down with Freestyle (metallic mint with silver glitter); swirl ballet-style in Passionate Pirouette (a grape metallic purple); unlease your inner party animal with Night Moves until dawn (sparkling metallic silver); and go limbo with Belly Dance (nude taupe with shimmer).

We will post swatches as soon as we get the actual polishes, but for now, I’m digging Freestyle and Belly Dance and cannot wait to see how they salsa on my digits.

Barielle’s polishes are all formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate free and each retails for $8.00 at Barielle.com.

The shades sound great and look glinty:

Zoya Flash Collection (Six Cream Shades)

I’m digging the shades Dana and Jancyn.

Robyn (ZP513) – perfect turquoise cream
Perrie (ZP514) – soft lavender cream
Dana (ZP515) – american rose cream
Jolene (ZP516) – summer pink cream
Maura (ZP517) – electric crimson cream
Jancyn (ZP518) – soft tangerine cream

Zoya Sparkle Collection (Six Sparkling Metallic Shades).

I’m digging the shades Mimi and Ivanka.

Ivanka (ZP507) – mermaid green sparkling metallic
Charla (ZP508) – tropical blue sparkling metallic
Mimi (ZP509) – royal purple sparkling metallic
Alegra (ZP510) – fuchsia pink sparkling metallic
Nidhi (ZP511) – rich red sparkling metallic
Gilda (ZP512) – fashion pink sparkling metallic

What shades are you dying to try?

To help you wade through the masses, I’ve come up with a Red Roundup that has a little something for everyone…

e.l.f. Cherry Bomb Lip Gloss

For the budget-conscious, and just a twinge of redness- e.l.f. cosmetic’s $1 Candy Shop lip gloss in Cherry Bomb.

L’Oreal Colour Juice lipstick in Cherry Freeze

Love haunting the drugstore beauty aisles? L’Oreal Colour Juice Stick in Cherry Freeze is a cool-toned red that can go on super sheer, or be layered for a much deeper red.

CG’s OutLast lip stain in Berry Smooch

If your V-day plans involve kissing the night away, a lip stain is the only way to go. It’ll last and there’s virtually no transfer. Affordable and accessible suggestions- Cover Girl’s OutLast lip stain marker in Berry Smooch, or Sonia Kashuk’s lip and cheek stain in Sheer Bliss (at Target stores). Top them both with a lip balm or gloss for shine and moisture.

Chinatown Thriller “liquid” pencil by Lipstick Queen

Ease of application and superior moisture – Lipstick Queen’s Glossy Pencil in Chinatown Thriller combines lipstick and lip pencil in one. The chunky, stylish black pencil applies like a dream. It’s quite sheer, but can be layered with a few coats for a richer color; and unlike most pencils, it will not dry out your lips!

Bette lipstick by Three Custom Color

Three Custom Color’s Bette lipstick was named after the powerful and passionate character on TV’s “The L Word”. It has a slightly warm tone: a classic creamy tomato red.

Whatever color you choose, remember to take your skin’s undertones into consideration. If you’re a warm toned individual (yellow or olive tones), stick with reds that have a orange or neutral base. For cool skinned women (blue or even rosy undertones), look for berry or blue based reds. However if the lip color is sheer, it’ll usually work for any skin tone!

- Jami Neville, Editor and Founder, Bionic Beauty

Jami is the editor and founder behind the “Achieve Powerful Beauty^TM with the Bionic Beauty blog!” which features beauty advice, cosmetics free samples, product reviews, and women’s issues to help you “Achieve Powerful Beauty!”.

Take a look at the colors and let us know if you’re loving them:

Who the Shrek Are You: a truly Shrek green that I can only truly see in the summertime.

Funky Donkey: A dark purple that’s positively psychedelic and my kind of shade.

OPI Ogre The Top: Seriously not sure if this is more Ogre or seaside, but it’s a cobalt blue.

What’s with the Cattitude? Is a lovely pale blue – the color of a soft summer’s sky. Not sure what it has to do with Shrek or the cat (Banderas).

Rumples Wiggin: This beautiful pastel lavender is something I have my eyes on.

Fiercely Fiona: a pale yellow that seems light and frothy but deliciously haunting.

These shades will launch before the new Shrek Movie hits the U.S. theatres in May, so stay tuned for actual swatches. The OPI Shrek Forever Collection will be available online and on Amazon.com.

- Charu Suri

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(From left to right: Natural Brown, Natural Purple, Orange Brown, Orange Brown, Orange Red)

The Delight Your Lips are $26.50 and would make a terrific stocking stuffer (it’s a $72 value; $13 each).

Korres Delight Your Lips in Orange Red

Korres Delight Your Lips in Natural Purple

Korres Delight Your Lips in Orange Brown

Korres Delight Your Lips in Natural Brown

What I found were these are moisturizing lipsticks, for sure, but I still needed to apply a coat of Vitamin E or Smith’s Rosebud Salve before these went on, especially right now when the weather is dryer than a brittle matchstick.

I also like the really warm colors (the Orange Red stood out well with my skin tone), but if you’re going for something a lot more understated (and if you’re fair), the other three colors will suit you well.

- By Charu Suri