Make Up Beautiful

Sometimes, like when you’re Adele Laurie Adkins of Tottenham, North London, 19 plus 21 equals eight.Eight — for the number of Grammy awards the 23-year-old contralto has already won. Two for her debut album, 19, named for her age at the time she started recording it, and six more for her second album, 21.Born May 5, 1988, Adele has been on fire this winter, despite stormy weather late last year. A scary vocal cord hemorrhage ...

From humble beginnings, actress Viola Davis, the second of six children, worked her way up through abject poverty and dozens of bit parts in movies and TV, some of them uncredited (like “unnamed CIA Chairwoman” in Syriana), to become one of Hollywood’s most distinguished and sought after actresses. Born August 11, 1965 on her grandmother’s farm in St. Matthews, South Carolina, Viola is now getting somevery good roles.Her ...

High up on my list of things to do this week: dreaming big dreams — no matter how silly or far-fetched they might seem.Because you never know. Casting those crazy ideas out into the ether could be the spark that sets in motion a chain of events that leads to one or more of them coming true.Of course, a few of my big dreams would have to be related to makeup, right? — like traveling around the world while wearing the ...

Initially, I brought home this $5 Burt’s Bees Mango & Orange Energizing Body Bar from Target 1) because I can always use a little extra energy, and 2) because I thought it kinda looked like food, ha!I ended up liking the invigorating citrusy scent so much that I started using it to clean more than mah bod.When I used up the last little slivers of my bar of Becca Brush Soap, I grabbed Burt’s Mango & Orange bar ...

What do you usually use to apply foundation? Sometimes I get the best results when I use my fingers, but I go through phases. One week I’ll use fingers, the next week a skunk brush, and then maybe even a kabuki brush the week after that.I guess I’m a bit of a wild child when it comes to tools. It really just depends. Lately I have been rather enamored with fan brushes, though, like the lovely Trish McEvoy 62 ($36), which ...

Benefit babes, brace yourself for a bodacious treat. Yesterday Benefit Global Beauty Authority Annie Ford-Danielson took a few minutes to chat with me over the phone about their newest product, Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow Liquid Foundation ($34), which arrives on counters this March.You may remember Annie and her sister Maggie from last year’s B.Right Skin Care launch. Together, they travel the world, working as global ...

Meet the newest member of the Benefit B.Right Skincare clan, the repackaged andreformulated Benefit Boo Boo Zap ($16).Its objective remains the same, even though it’s decked out in new digs — to banish blemishes and reduce the appearance of redness and swelling.Like the current formula, this one’s clear, so it can be worn beneath or on top of makeup. It also contains salicylic acid (0.5%).Say “bye bye” to boo boos with ...