Author: Iskra Banović

Our review of Benefit’s brightener and concealer “Erase Paste” — does it live up to the hype and the $26 price tag? As you may have noticed, your fearless leader Sam has been trying out beauty products with great reputations and high price tags to see if they’re really worth the hype, and this week I got in on the action, trying out Benefit Erase Paste ($26). I’m prone to some dark circles and uneven coloring under my eyes and the occasional frequent blemish on the rest of my face (one day, I truly will stop squeezing them), so a product that touted itself as both…

Searching for the perfect foundation? These are the best-reviewed picks that you absolutely need to try if you want even, smooth skin! There’s nothing quite like finding the perfect foundation to truly complete your makeup routine by making sure it starts in the smoothest, most even possible way. I’ve been obsessed with beauty for almost two decades and working in the industry for eight years, and I still think finding a solid foundation is one of the most difficult things for an individual to do. Whether it’s a matter of finding one in your budget or in your skin tone, snagging a product that matches,…

These are the absolute best blush products and shades ever, according to those who have actually tried them! There are few things I love more in the beauty world than blush. It has the power to completely transform your appearance, making your complexion seem for energized and healthy with just a few quick swishes of a brush or blending strokes of a sponge. It can be tough to find the perfect product, though; as we talked about yesterday, there are so many on the market; how can you possibly try them all? To find out the best blushes, we asked our readers to…

We’re on the hunt for the best blush ever. What’s your favorite? Years and years ago, I picked up a copy of Bobbi Brown: Teenage Beauty at Barnes & Nobles. Within about a day, I read it cover to cover, and within about a week, I begged my mom to take me to Clinique so I could play with quality makeup that would let me recreate the tutorials in the book. One of the biggest lessons I learned then that has stuck with me still: blush has the power to change so much about how you look. It can take your face from flat to dynamic,…

If you think getting the perfect cheek color is hard, try out these 16 easy blush hacks to simplify it all! When it comes to makeup, blush is a highly underrated tool. We all know that lipstick looks all sorts of glamorous, and eyeliner is a ton of fun, but blush is the unsung beauty element that can both complete your look or be a look in and of itself. Still, just as with the lip liner we did a GIF tutorial on earlier, blush can be a difficult tool to master initially. To help prevent anybody from looking like Lindsay Lohan circa 2011, we’ve compiled some…

Finding the right foundation can be dubiously hard, particularly when you can’t try the products on in-store. But department stores and expensive makeup counters can be…well, expensive. And who really has the money to consistently pay for a $55 foundation that will last just a few months? There are so many amazing brands from the drugstore that you can try (as well as 1 from a pretty unexpected place)! (Related: How Ta Find The Right Foundation For You: 10 Tips From An Expert) Whether you are looking for a mousse, airbrush makeup, liquid, or a tinted moisturizer, this list has…

People everywhere rave about Too Faced’s Matte Soleil Bronzer, so we’re here to put it to the test. You know how Snow White had skin as white as snow? Well, my skin is whiter than snow, if that’s even possible. I’ve come to terms with my paleness, and have managed to find foundations and concealers that match my skin tone after a lengthy trial and error period. There’s one product. However, that has evaded me for years: bronzer. I’ve tried matte finishes, shimmer finishes, liquid formulas, powder formulas, and literally everything in between, and nothing has ever allowed me to successfully contour…

As many of you may recall, I’m allergic to mascara. That means that if I want to have anything resembling eyelashes, I have to either cook it up myself or wear falsies. And since cooking it up left me essentially with a pile of black goo in a cup that I then couldn’t re-use, I decided to go ahead and try some falsies. My first concern upon deciding to undertake this…undertaking was that I would spend the day looking either like Marnie from “Girls” or like a heavily made-up drag queen (not that there’s anything wrong with that, but it’s just not the…

The problem with my eyeballs began about three years ago. I was getting over an emotional phase that can be summed up as “rarely leaving the house and never putting on make-up,” and as part of my re-emergence into the world, I decided to return to my old cosmetic regimen. It wasn’t complicated – eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara. But within the first week of getting back into it, I realized that something had changed – my routine suddenly left me with a horrible, itchy red rash on my eyelids. Not wanting to accept the obvious, I visited an ophthalmologist. “I…

Razor burn sucks. Here are tips and tricks on how to prevent it and how to treatment it, if you get it after shaving. Razor burn is the worst. It’s itchy, and it doesn’t exactly enhance your swimsuit. Shaving is fairly quick and inexpensive, and you don’t need to master a specific technique like you do with DIY waxing. However, when you shave, you can end up with an annoying pink rash. Razor burn doesn’t need to be a part of your summer. And you don’t need to give up shaving to make it go away. (Related: This Hair Removal Product Is Saving…

Veet Natural Inspirations Hair Removal Cream has saved me from a summer of painful razor burn. I’ve got exciting news from Canada, y’all: it’s finally hot here! (Well, it’s hot in Toronto. I can’t speak for all of Canada. We’re a big ass country, after all.) Anyway, the temperatures are finally climbing in my little part of the world, and that means it’s time to pull out the cropped jeans and dresses that have been gathering dust in my closet since last May. Oh, and it’s also time to pay some attention to the forest that has sprouted on my legs since…

These tattooed eyebrows are so realistic looking, that you’ll swear you’re being trolled. Yesterday Reddit user snowbum1231 posted several photos of her recently tattooed eyebrows, and when I saw the photos, I audibly gasped. Everything I ever thought to be true about tattooed eyebrows was wrong, guys. I mean, these look incredible–and so, so realistic. Check out snowbum1231′s eyebrows before the procedure: Here’s what they looked like shortly after the tattooing (remember, they’re still in the early stages of healing): And the finished results: According to snowbum1231, what makes her eyebrows look so realistic is the scarification process involved in the tattooing: “It’s…