Shape Eyebrows To Perfection

-By Kylie Tang

Let’s have everything refreshed and re-planned to welcome the brand new 2017. Look in the mirror and call today the best day. What reflects your good look on that day? The key is your eyebrows.

Look Rested Every day

Not all girls have ideal eyebrows which they can flaunt proudly. Well-groomed and well-defined shapes let you look rested and even change your overall look. No matter what age you are, always prepare a tweezer and eyebrow pencils at home to prepare your daily subtle, modern and glowing look.

Avoid Tragic Eyebrows

Some girls love exaggerated eyebrows but their effects vary on different people.. Wrong colors, wrong shapes and over-filled brows would let people think that you look unnatural. On the other hand, unkempt eyebrows cannot create a good impression on others.

Perfect Your Makeup Finish

Eyebrow shapes enhance your beauty and makeup effects. When shaped properly, they bring out your eyes and highlight your best features.

Let’s find out the perfect eyebrow shape for your face shape.

Oval: The Ideal Face Shape

I will say you are lucky with such face shape as it is considered as the ideal shape! Flat eyebrows with a little arch will work best for you. Also, avoid dramatic and exaggerated eyebrows that ruin your nice face shape. 

Jessica Alba looks good with flat eyebrows.

Round Shaped Faces Need Arches

For round-faced girls, their face shape lack angles and they hope to make face look longer. All you need to do is to avoid round eyebrows as they make your jaws even rounder. Both high arched and soft arched eyebrows help create a slender face shape and a modern, intellectual look.

Kate Winslet 

Arches Also Suit Square-Shaped Faces 

Prominent jaw and chin and high forehead are the main features of people who have a square face shape. You will look great by balancing your jaw line. As arches slim down the face, you may create soft or high arches with defined and sharp peaks. And you may adjust the thickness according to your preference. 

Flat eyebrows do not fit Diane Kruger so she always picks angled brows.

Heart-Shaped Face, A Lovely Shape

Miranda Kerr has a cute, heart-shaped face.

To me, it’s a lovely face. Heart-shaped faces are wider at the brow and cheekbones but narrower at the chin. You may keep slightly thick eyebrows to diminish the look of your forehead. Round brow shape also softens your pointed chin. If you really love peaks, create a controlled arch could give you a feminine look.

Recommended Products

I like using brow pencil first and cake powder next. To me, those with good colors and multi-functional will be the ideal one. I recommend Kevyn Aucoin The Precision Brow Pencil as it helps define, shape and thicken eyebrows with colors I like. And I definitely need its spoolie brush to comb my eyebrows.

Kevyn Aucoin The Precision Brow Pencil

Clinique Instant Lift For Brows is a two-in-one automatic brow pencil. The pearlized highlighter creates a contrast and definition on eyes.  

Clinique Instant Lift For Brows

I like applying gel-cream on eyebrows. LANCÔME Sourcils Gel Waterproof Eyebrow Gel-Cream helps structure and fill in the look of brows. The gel formula allows easy application and a smooth, gliding texture. It’s great for building up a natural or more defined brow shape.

LANCÔME Sourcils Gel Waterproof Eyebrow Gel-Cream

I saw many girls having perfect face makeup while neglecting their eyebrows. From now on, care your eyebrow shape. Don’t follow any brow trends but choose one that is suitable for and flatters your face shape. Perfect brows make you look fresher, healthier and younger.

Clinique ‘Take the Day Off' Cleansing Oil Review with Angelica

- by Caroline Hastings-Brown -

Check out the bubbly Angelica as she puts the Clinique ‘Take the Day Off' Cleansing Oil through its paces with waterproof mascara, her drawn-in eyebrows and hair dye splotches on her skin! And after all that, she says it’s her ‘go-to’ cleanser, so it’s worth checking out. For a cleansing oil that melts off makeup and foams up if you need with a little water, Clinique has created a winner with this one.

Product: 

Clinique ‘Take the Day Off' Cleansing Oil

Holiday Gift Guide: Find Your Perfect Present Here

by Caroline Hastings-Brown

The Festive Season is here! A time for holidays, warmth and good cheer! A time to relax and take stock of all the happiness in your life, the beautiful people who make up your friends and family. And it is very true that to give is better than to receive. Finding the perfect gift for someone you love is an absolute joy. Seeing their face light up when receiving a gift that you chose with care is a treasure all on its own.

So, in order to keep those happy smiles on as many beloved faces as possible, COSME-DE.COM is discounting beautiful Gift Sets for men and women, from some of the most famous and best beauty, fragrance and skin care houses in the world.

Hoola Hotness

I have always been a major fan of Benefit cosmetics – I love their cool packaging, fun brand and innovative products designed to give you that little something extra. So, what gal pal or sister would NOT be happy with the Benefit Do The Hoola Beyond Bronze Kit? It is a bronzing kit for the complexion, lips, and eyes – featuring the soft-matte liquid bronzer. Bring on the most believable bronze so you can easily hoola your way to hotness! The set includes Dew The Hoola Sheer Soft Matte Face Bronzer, Hoola Bronzing Powder, They're Real! Beyond Mascara (Black), Benebalm Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm, Ultra Plush In Hoola Lip Gloss, a brush and the best Tips & Tricks guide for an incredible glow. 

Benefit Do The Hoola Beyond Bronze Kit

Travelling Queen

And for your hot-shot friend who travels all the time for work? Make her day with the awesome SK-II Facial Treatment Pitera Deluxe Set (Travel Exclusive), with a Facial Treatment Clear Lotion for perfectly conditioned and ultra-fresh skin and Facial Treatment Essence, also known as SK-II Miracle Water. This unique Pitera-rich product moisturizes to improve texture and clarity for a more beautiful, glowing complexion. It also helps restore the skin's natural beauty by enhancing the renewal of its outer layer. She will never complain about the drying effects of travel again! 

SK-II Facial Treatment Pitera Deluxe Set (Travel Exclusive)

Long-Live Luminous Lashes!

And your beautiful friend who just loves a little bit of luxury? Why not look at Clinique High Impact Lashes 3-Piece Set? The delicate set includes High Impact Mascara, Cream Shaper for Eyes and Take The Day Off Makeup Remover (for Lids, Lashes & Lips), for creating full, curled, defined lashes! You will bask in her appreciation for the whole of next year!

Clinique High Impact Lashes 3-Piece Set

Masculine Metal

For him? That special friend, brother or amore in your life? Check out the Men’s gift sets and fragrances on COSME-DE.COM to find the scent that suits him so well! Is he unique and dynamic? Then the Hugo Boss Hugo Red Eau de Toilette 2-Piece Set (Travel Edition) will suit him perfectly. This fragrance was inspired by the contrast of hot and cold metal. Whilst red hot metal conveys a clear signal of danger, solid metal feels cool to the touch and offers a reassuringly solid strength. Hugo Red is a dynamic fragrance for the man who wants to unlock his daring side. Top notes of Grapefruit, heart notes of Rhubarb and base notes of Cedarwood & Hot Amber. Absolutely irresistible! 

Hugo Boss Hugo Red Eau de Toilette 2-Piece Set (Travel Edition)

So, enjoy the warmth in your heart and the delight in their faces this holiday season, when you give the perfect gifts!

Top 5 Foundations for Autumn

Is that a slight chill in the air I feel? Yes, it is, as the seasons change once more to the beautiful, crisp days of autumn. Think crunching leaves and nature’s gorgeous palette of reds, brown, orange and gold. A change of season is time for a change in wardrobe, colours, and makeup, which is always fun!

When it comes to foundations, we all have different needs, at different times of the year. In the colder weather, you might want a little extra protection for your skin, without plastering on a layer of cakey foundation.

We’ve picked out five of the best foundations for autumn, whether you want a light, moisturising BB Cream or whether you are after some long-wearing, hard-working coverage, we’ve got the products you need to make sure your skin has a flawless finish and a luminous glow this autumn.

Terrific for touch-ups

For perfect coverage and ‘just-right’ touch ups on the go, give Yves Saint Laurent Le Cushion Encre De Peau Fusion Ink Cushion Foundation SPF 23 / PA++ a go. The all-day, shine-free finish, and weightless texture hydrate and protect in the colder weather. The stamp applicator really makes this product stand out, in that you can deliver the perfect amount for effortless touch-ups, only where you need them.

Yves Saint Laurent Le Cushion Encre De Peau Fusion Ink Cushion Foundation SPF 23 / PA++

Multi-tasking skin care and tint

If what you are after is perfect, natural-looking bare skin, then the bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 30 is perfect for you. Formulated with botanicals to replenish, hydrate, nourish and condition, you are treating your skin whilst imparting a gentle hint of colour to even out complexion and enhance radiance. What’s more, there are no chemicals – your skin will just love this nourishing and hydrating treat. For additional coverage you can layer up a little.
                                   

bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 30 

Be confident with the right BB

So which beauty balm is right for you? Combining moisturiser, primer, sunscreen, concealer and foundation in many shades so you can get the perfect match, we think Bobbi Brown BB cream SPF 35 / PA+++ is a total winner. Just one product to protect, hydrate, instantly brighten skin, cover imperfections and even skin tone. If simplicity and minimal time spent getting ready is your thing, this is the perfect foundation solution for you!

Bobbi Brown BB cream SPF 35 / PA+++ 

Light, luminous and long-lasting

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation captures the glow of perfect-looking skin with a velvety and natural finish. It blurs away imperfections without a mask effect. For extra coverage, you can gently build up with this lovely, lightweight formulation. A long-time favourite for many make up gurus, this product has been winning beauty awards for ‘Best Liquid Foundation’ for 10 years. So, if it is light and long-lasting that you want, look no further!

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

Perfecting concealer and foundation in one

A patented applicator that gives a perfect foundation in 90 seconds, smudge free, water and oil resistant and lasts for 12 hours? If you are saying “gimme some of that right now” then Clinique Beyond Perfecting Foundation + Concealer SPF19 / PA++ is the perfect match for you! The lightweight formula provides excellent, perfecting coverage without clogging pores, and no need for a separate concealer. 

Clinique Beyond Perfecting Foundation + Concealer SPF19 / PA++ 

Whatever your foundation preferences are, there are beautiful foundation products out there, waiting to enhance your natural autumn glow.

Join Us For An Amazing Tea Party – Where The Products Are Delicious And The Prices Are Mad!

Have you ever wished you could tumble down a rabbit hole like Alice in Wonderland, and join the Mad Hatter for a tea party? Would you like to sit at a table loaded with delectable treats, lots of tea in giant cups and some mad company? Well, tumbling down a rabbit hole might not happen to you, like it did to Alice, but we have the very next best thing in store for you at COSME-DE.COM for September.

It’s a lot easier (and less painful) to tumble and stumble upon some amazing discounts on beauty products on our website. We want you to have a September tearoom party on us – and with all the savings you will make, you can splash out on teatime treats for all your friends too! Starting on the 2^nd and ending on 30^th September, we present to you, our very own Tearoom Party!

Tea

We have all heard about the wonderful anti-oxidant powers of tea! The more you drink, the healthier you will be! It’s the same for your skin, so treat yourself to the divine Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Serum. Packed with powerful anti-oxidants, and enriched with Aloe Vera, Grape and Parsley Seed extracts, the serum can be massaged into your face to hydrate, soften and fortify the skin. So refreshing! 

Aesop Parsley Seed Anti-Oxidant Serum

Scones

Now, what is a tearoom party without scones? Just as tea and scones go together like Tom and Jerry, eggs and bacon, or Jack and Jill, you can enjoy our delightful Scone product, Clinique All-in-One Colour Palette. Arresting beauty and Clinique All-in-One Colour Palette go together like tea and scones, so get your hands on one. It contains everything you need for good-looking makeup on the go, including High Impact Mascara, 5 shades of Long Last Lipstick, Colour Surge Eyeshadow Quad, Superpowder Double Face Powder, Soft-Pressed Powder Blusher and all the applicators you need to look scrumptious!  

Clinique All-In-One Colour Palette

Macaroons

And what would any self-respecting tea party be without some beautifully coloured macaroons? We can’t imagine! We also can’t imagine not having one of the No. 1 beauty products in the world, Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch. This perfect concealer, highlighter and enhancer instantly gives your skin a radiance boost, hiding any dark circles and blemishes and giving skin a flawless glow. 

Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat Radiant Touch

Cake

Then, there is everyone’s favourite, some delicious cake! Soft and inviting, just like you will look when you wear Illamasqua Lipstick, colour intense and long-lasting, it is the secret weapon of make -up artists. Then, all you might need is rms beauty Lip2Cheek. A unique formula that combines hydration and protection with abundant mineral colour for a beautiful, natural finish on both lips and cheeks. Created with nourishing organic ingredients, each unique shade can vary from a youthful sheer to a more densely coloured stain. 

Illamasqua Lipstick

rms beauty Lip2Cheek

Chocolate

Now, we know what you are thinking. This all sounds delicious, but something’s missing? Ah, that’s it, chocolate! We all need some chocolate in our lives, so you are going to have to stay tuned to the Tearoom Party Promotion on our website in September, to find out what we have for you. Hint: it’s as addictive, as wonderful and as decadent as eating a slab of chocolate, all to yourself!

Enjoy the party!

Secret Garden Promotion: Final Week! Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!

Do you enjoy unravelling a bit of mystery? Are you delighted by the idea of hidden treasure? Because that is exactly what we have been giving over the last three weeks with our delightful “Secret Garden” promotion. Transporting you to a garden of sensory delight every week has been such fun. If you have missed it, do not despair, there is one last chance, for in week four, you can get your eagle eyes on and be part of the treasure hunt!

All you need to do is find the hidden codes on the COSME-DE.COM website, enter them into the search box and as if by magic, your treasure will be unlocked! Now, we all know that treasure for a COSME-DE girl comes in the form of the best and most exciting beauty products in the world, so you will instantly unlock either a cash discount on products or a free gift!

Spectacular Sunflowers

So, each week we have shone the spotlight on one of the exquisite flowers in the secret garden, from the delicate rose, the colourful tulip to the soothing, calming lavender. For this week, we cannot deny the happiness that the bright and beautiful sunflower brings to our lives! She brightens up the dullest day with her burst of yellow happiness. Close your eyes and think of a field of tall, proud sunflowers dancing in the breeze and tracking the sun across the sky – do this and you cannot help but feel happy – go on, try it! The sunflower is the symbol of goodness and hope, so we can never get enough of her!

Be Inspired

And speaking of our dear sunflower’s beautiful face, what about your beautiful face? If you want the face that inspires famous paintings like Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” then look no further than La Mer Genaissance De La Mer The Serum Essence. An immediate infusion of life, this age-transcending serum imparts lifted contours, refined pores and a plumper, more translucent look to the skin, as if you have been lit up inside by the sun, it’s magical! And worth treating yourself to!

La Mer Genaissance De La Mer The Serum Essence

And if that sunlight is getting a little hot and leaving you flushed, keep a fragrant spritz of Dermalogica Multi Active Toner nearby. Its refreshing spray gives the skin immediate and soothing hydration with aloe, lavender, mint and arnica.

Dermalogica Multi Active Toner

If dullness and dark spots are preventing you from taking your place in the sun, look no further than Clinique’s Even Better City Block Anti-Pollution SPF 40 to protect your skin against what the city takes out and boost your radiance with powerful anti-oxidants.

Clinique’s Even Better City Block Anti-Pollution SPF 40

And what about the fact that we might not have seen the sun for a little while, and need a bit of gentle colour to brighten our days? No problem, all you need is a few strokes of Dolce & Gabbana The Bronzer Glow Bronzing Powder on temples, hairline, centre of the nose, chin and under cheekbones, and instantly you have a sun-kissed glow!

Dolce & Gabbana The Bronzer Glow Bronzing Powder

With discounts, free gifts and solutions to every beauty dilemma, you cannot afford to miss your spot in the sun this week!

Summer Makeup Tutorial Video featuring Chelsea

Check this makeup tutorial out for the ultimate summer make up look, demonstrated by Chelsea. She used Chanel Les 4 Ombres Multi-Effect Quadra Eyeshadow to create a gorgeous summer eye makeup look with beautiful colours (especially the pink) that blend together perfectly. She also demonstrates the Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in a summery pink / coral shade for a look you will love and want to get straight away for summer!

Products Mentioned:

Clinique Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm 01 Curviest Caramel

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Multi-Effect Quadra Eyeshadow 204 Tisse Vendome

Lay The Right Foundation For Flawless, All Day Beauty

While I am an absolute fan of the ‘barely there’ no makeup look that has been popular for a long while now, there are some situations where it just doesn’t cut it! Like, when you need to take over the world, or get married, or win an Oscar, or globe trot from boardroom to boardroom. Or just get through a long, hot, rainy, cool, sweaty, busy day. You don’t really want makeup migration in all directions all over your face. You don’t need a little meltdown at the wedding. What you do need, is a handy long-lasting foundation, there for you through thick and thin, something with a bit of backbone!

Beauty Tech is our friend!

Some long-lasting foundations had a bad reputation in the past, for being cakey and drying out the skin. Well, technology in beauty and makeup is definitely our friend and the formulations are silky, smooth and lightweight, they don’t dry out the skin and yet last and last when you need them most!

So, whatever is on your skincare ‘be gone with you’ list – be it dark circles, scars, blemishes, pigmentation, redness, visible pores or any other gremlins, it’s worth finding yourself one of the foundation friends that does not abandon you after a paltry couple of hours!

Prime spot

One of the best ways to ensure your makeup stays put while you get around, is to use a primer under your makeup. Primers don’t have an immediate visible effect, but they do work hard for their money – minimising the appearance of pores and keeping the foundation on top firmly in place. Laura Mercier has a winner with its Foundation Primer. A colourless, lightweight creamy gel that creates an invisible layer that acts as a buffer to outside elements. It keeps your makeup looking fresh and colour-true all day. As an added bonus it contains Vitamins A, C, and E, which are antioxidants and protect the skin from harmful, aging effects of the environment. If you are in a warm weather climate, you can keep it in the fridge before applying for a refreshing blast that reduces puffiness.

Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

Keep going!

Once you have done your preparation, it’s time to choose your hard worker! A product that stops me from doing a Cinderella and leaving at midnight is Guerlain Tenue De Perfection Timeproof Foundation Ultimate Lasting Perfection SPF 20 / PA++. It is a delight when it comes to colour and texture, with a velvety soft finish. It blends into my skin for a perfect-looking complexion, and then it lasts, and lasts, and last! After-party anyone? 

Guerlain Tenue De Perfection Timeproof Foundation Ultimate Lasting Perfection SPF 20 / PA++

Another favourite long-wearing foundation is Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup SPF 10. Like Estée herself, this foundation is hard working and innovative. A worry-free 15 hours of staying power that stays fresh and natural-looking for all the activity we can dream of getting up to! It also comes in a wide range of colours so you can match your skin tone perfectly! 

Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup SPF 10

Magic mist!

So, you’ve primed your face, used a long-lasting foundation and done the rest of your makeup and you can’t help a little ‘wow’ as you look in the mirror! You need your makeup to stay EXACTLY like this all day! There is one more trick, used by catwalk makeup artists everywhere – it’s fixing spray! These are fine mists, often with nourishing and cooling properties that set your makeup ‘just so’. Yes! A magic mist that keeps your game face on all day! A brilliant fixing spray is Clinique Moisture Surge Face Spray Thirsty Skin Relief. It helps set makeup, replenish thirsty skin, and restore moisture equilibrium. Its gentle texture provides an immediate feeling of freshness and well-being, leaving the skin soft and supple. Just spritz and be merry! 

Clinique Moisture Surge Face Spray Thirsty Skin Relief

So, it’s easy to keep super girl’s makeup exactly where she wants it – all day, and right into the club! Hear hear!