It's not just Chanel's covet-worthy handbags and chic threads that make women feel fabulous — readers say Chanel makeup makes them feel just as glamorous. Whether it be a creamy red lipstick that channels their inner Coco, or a charming Chanel compact that makes midday touch-ups a breeze, users say their favorite Chanel makeup is worth the extra dime. While we'd love to have an all-Chanel beauty collection, our wallet doesn't always agree. So what are the standout products that are worth the extra investment? We asked our discerning Total Beauty readers to weigh in on the products that earn the title of best Chanel makeup. Here, their unabashed product reviews will help you decide which Chanel beauty products to buy first.
When you wear glasses, eye makeup can be tricky business. You have to avoid little mascara specks on your lids and lenses, and take into consideration your eye shape and glasses shape to make your peepers pop. Needless to say, finding the right eye makeup for glasses challenges all of our makeup skills. To help out, we called upon our favorite glasses-wearing makeup artist, Bobbi Brown, to share some of her best eye makeup tips and tutorials for glasses wearers — straight from her book, Everything Eyes. Here, her top makeup tips for glasses — and the eye makeup looks to avoid.
Contouring. The word alone can strike fear into the heart of makeup novices and pros alike. (After all, there's nothing worse showing up to a date or work event with stripes that make it obvious you just tried contouring for the first time.)
There's something about makeup palettes that turns us into giddy schoolgirls. The pretty packaging, the multiple shades, the travel-ready size ... the list goes on. Here, the best new palettes to add to your summer makeup routine, from Urban Decay's latest smokey eye shadow palette to a bronzer palette that's (almost) too pretty to use.
We all have our own, particular routine for how to remove makeup. I'm strictly a cotton ball and liquid remover type, my older sister believes in makeup remover wipes and my college roommate would always resort to washing her entire face with a cleanser -- who's right? I asked Annet King, Director of Global Education at Dermalogica, to break down the makeup removal process and, although it's not what my fellow lazy girls want to hear, removing makeup truly does take time and a combination of techniques to get your face makeup-free before you go to sleep. Not convinced you need a new cleansing habit? The alternative should be enough to scare you straight.
There's something about fall and winter weather that brings metallic eye shadow to the top of the trend forecast. Maybe it's the looming holiday festivities, which always warrant a touch of sparkle, or the need to add something special to combat the drag of shorter days and colder nights -- or maybe it's just the fact that we've finally reached the time of year when wearing eye makeup is a real option and not an invitation to have it dripping down your face by midday.
Not long ago, the term vegan makeup triggered visions of unwashed hair, bare feet and the inescapable scent of patchouli. We get it. But today, vegan makeup brands are rolling out cosmetics, skin care and hair products that look beyond the Burning Man contingent.
Next time someone asks you about your desert-island makeup must-have (because that happens all the time, right?), take a moment to pause and think it through. Consider a bona fide beauty multitasker, something that exceeds one-trick-pony expectations and really -- no, really -- does it all. That is what the highlighting concealer is for.
In theory, contouring is a magical makeup technique that makes your face look 10 pounds slimmer and gives you cheekbones that rival those of Angelina Jolie's. In practice, many things can go wrong: choose the wrong sculpting shade and look like an Oompa Loompa; don't blend it enough and wind up looking like you just completed a mud run; use too pale a highlighter and get ghostly half-moons under your eyes. The solution: These genius makeup contouring kits.
Blue eyes are one of the rarest eye colors out there — in fact, just 17 percent of the world's population is blessed with blue eye color. So if you've got them, flaunt them, by wearing the best eye makeup for blue eyes .
After you've picked out the perfect big white dress, it's essential that your wedding makeup is on point, too. After all, your wedding makeup look can make or break those photos you'll cherish for years to come. But which wedding makeup look is right for you?
Makeup brushes don't always get as much fanfare as other beauty products, but good makeup brushes are every bit as essential to your collection as your favorite eye shadow palette or lipstick.
If you've ever just happened to stumble into a Sephora during your lunch break, chances are you've impulse-bought a few colorful statement eyeliners. That sparkly pink/matte sky blue/metallic teal seemed like such a good idea at the time, but what do you do with it now? How do you actually incorporate it into your makeup routine?
Eye makeup is hard. Luckily, there's Pinterest (aka Internet crack) to help make it less so. There are thousands of eye makeup looks that are total #goals, and we enjoy every minute plotting our next girls' night out look. So what's the problem? While Pinterest is a great avenue for finding new eye makeup ideas, half the time they're just pictures. Aspirational smoky eye photos are great and all, but for us mere mortals who are nowhere near makeup artist status, we need a little guidance on how to apply our eyeshadow.
Sure, we're envious of Kendall Jenner's killer bod and incredible hair, but few things incite as much beauty envy in us as her amazing eyebrows. So we went straight to her main makeup man, Victor Henao, Director of Global Makeup Design for Estée Lauder, for the inside scoop. According to him, the secret to Kendall Jenner-worthy brows is not stressing about perfection. "People get lost in this idea of having perfect brows and waxing and plucking and shaping. Sometimes the best thing for your brows is just to let them be," he says. Still, that doesn't mean he practices a totally hands-off approach when it comes to enhancing Jenner's arches. Here, he shares the supersimple ways he creates three different brow looks on the supermodel.
You can change your nail color in five minutes. You can change the hue of your hair in as few as 10. But -- unless you want to start wearing contacts -- your eye color is with you for life. Not that that's a bad thing. The intensity of their color is, arguably, the hallmark of beautiful eyes. And the right makeup for green eyes can make them look especially dazzling.
Remember when you were 16 years old? That night you swiped a six-pack from your parents and snuck out in the middle of the night to split it with your best friends? Remember how invincible you felt? That rebel still lives in you somewhere, and though it's no longer cute to engage in juvenile teenage behavior, we can all benefit from a little darkness here and there.
With age comes the wisdom of experience. Unfortunately when it comes to our complexions, it also brings darker under-eye circles, more pronounced lines and drooping eyelids. To make matters worse, makeup that was once flattering, like shimmery eye shadow, now brings out the negative features we're trying to conceal. Let's face it, makeup for older women can be a real challenge — or at least it feels that way.
