Blush? Made easy? Yep. Wonderskin, the brand known for the all-day lip stains where you paint the product on your lips and let it set for a few minutes while feeling terrified because the drying period is VERY pigmentally intense, then peel it off, leaving a buffed ‘n’ blurred, soft focus stain, is ready to disrupt the blush market with its Wonder Blading All-Day Blush Stain . The brand is adamant that this is not the lip stain formula reworked or V. 2.0. It’s a semi-permanent alternative that was purposefully crafted for cheeks. No fading. No transferring. It’s like cheek tinting, but far more temporary and far less committed. But you still enjoy the benefits of long-term wear and blendable color that you can play with for FIVE minutes before it sets. The pigments are designed to melt into the upper skin layers to give you a natural flush. The formula features Hyaluronic Acid, so it will moisturize skin and wear comfortably. The formula blends like a cream, colorizes like a powder, and lasts like a stain. All you have to do is dab a dot on each side of your face, use the brand’s Dual-Ended Blush & Contour Blush to blend up and out. If you want a little glow, one dot is all you need. If you want a more intense finish, add another dot, and keep blending until your wrist hurts. Don’t worry, you won’t look like a vintage doll or like you are rocking rouge.
Whether you need to tame them into shape or fill in spares areas or add thickness and density, your brows need much as much love as your lashes. Revolution Makeup Brow Wrap will shape, tint, and sculpt brows with tubing technology that gives you that 3-D effect. It’s a cream formula in a mascara packaging so dip the wand and paint your brows up and out. It won’t smudge on hot days and it’s easily dissolved with warm water and your makeup remover of choice. If you’re looking for a budget-friendly dupe for Glossier’s Boy Brow or Merit’s Brow 1980, which are the gold standard of brow fillers, THIS is it! There’s Cool Medium Brown, Medium Warm Brown, Dark Brown, and Ebony Black, the latter of which is my shade since my brows are ink black like my wardrobe. At less than $10, this is a steal and as good as the tried and true Sephora brands I mentioned earlier in this post.
Makeup wipes are not, I repeat, not a replacement for washing your face with cleaners and a cloth.They are also not the most environmentally friendly choice you can make. Unless, of course, you are using Glampton’s Disposable Wash Cloth. Before you start shouting “NO! NO! NO!” at the thought of single use makeup wipes… hear me out! These are plant-based, super soft, terrifically thick, and amazingly absorbent. You nix the bacteria that can linger on towels and you won’t harm the planet, since they are biodegradable and vegan, as well. No chemicals, no scents, no plastics, no nothing! It’s another option to cleanse skin, remove makeup, and even wipe down surfaces without ripping or falling apart. I always get black liquid liner on the shelf under my bathroom mirror when I lay the pen down to clean up my flicks. These wipes clean up that mess, too. Multi-tasker!!
I cover Tower 28 in this column often because I love the brand. I thought things had drifted into gimmicky when I received the ShineOn Plumping Lip Jelly. These small, chubby tubes pack a BIG punch. The brand’s VibePlump™ technology leads to a vibrating sensation, which stimulates superficial sensory receptors and encourages microcirculation without making your lips all red, raw, and irritated like other plumpers. It’s inspired by what’s in personal lubricants. The tingle feels good but was created with the specific intention to NOT irritate lips. When I swiped the creamy, sheer formula across my lips, I felt tingling in my teeth. But I liked it. Pain-free plump is real, thanks for Tower 28.
Glazed donuts. Glazed skin. Glazed lips. Glazed nails. It’s ALL yummy! OPI and celebrity nail tech Zola Ganzorigt are keeping the glazed nail trend going this summer with the Infinite Shine Glaze Toppers and four new Chrome Powders so nails can POP against your tan (real or spray!) The Infinite Shine Glaze Toppers add extra shimmer and sparkle over top of your manicure in between salon visits or in between home polish swaps, while the Chrome Powders add dimension to whatever your base.
This is a color cosmetics and makeup column but guess what? I often find products in other realms (scent, skincare, hair) and when one knocks me out of my socks, I must share it with you. This month, it’s Mello Cloud Claw Clip, which doesn’t merely disrupt the claw clip industry as much as is it reinvents it. The claw clip will look incredibly familiar to you, but the Korean-engineered hair accessory entirely flips the script on the specifics of construction. Rather than rigid and immobile, the claw clip material is flexible, squeezeable, and bendable, with inward-facing prongs that eliminate scalp pressure. Plus, it won’t dig into your scalp when you’re leaning back on a headrest on your couch, in your car, or in the movies. All the pain points, from the springs to the geometry, have been redesigned so you can enjoy a pain-free, messy but cute updo. You can accessorize your clip with charms, too.
