We’ve been doing the cat eye for a while now. Feline is way femme, but what’s cuter than a little puppy? Nothing! Which is why Korean beauty gives us puppy eyeliner.

Yep, it sounds weird. Not denying that. But leave it to K beauty to come up with something a teensy bit strange-sounding that turns out to be absolutely adorable. The latest Korean beauty trend is called “puppy eyeliner” and it is too sweet. Where cat eye is pure sexy, puppy dog eye is a more innocent and adorable look.

Still can’t get behind it? Think of the last time your pup peered up at you after ripping apart your favorite (and expensive) shoes. Yeah, that. Okay, now that you get the picture, let’s talk how to get the puppy eye look. It’s fairly simple and so darn lovable.

How to Create the Korean Beauty Puppy Eye

1. First, apply shadow from lash line to crease in a warm beige. Kjaer Weis Eye Shadow in Grace is a great powder option. If you’d rather go with a cream shadow, try Ilia Beauty Silken Shadow Stick in In Between Days.

2. Of course, you’ll need a black eyeliner. Actually, this look requires two black liners. Following the natural contour of your upper lid, apply a line of pencil along your lash line. When you get to the outer edge, extend the line slightly downward (opposite of the upward line with the cat eye). Now, go over the pencil with liquid liner. Two to try: Vapour Mesmerize Eyeliner pencil and Benecos Natural Liquid Eyeliner.

3. The puppy eye look requires a healthy coat or two of black mascara on both upper and lower lashes. Kjaer Weis Mascara in black will have you baby golden doodle-ready, no problem.

4. A touch of highlighter applied to inner corners of eyes finishes up the look. Go for a bright highlighter, like RMS Beauty Living Luminizer or Vapour Halo Illuminator.

You can check out the how-to video below, too for more info.

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You may have perfected the cat eye, but is your eye makeup barely making it past lunch? 

Eye makeup is serious business to makeup lovers. It sort of seals the deal. That is, unless it evaporates by midday.

You’ve chosen the perfect eyeliner and mascara. Watched many a tutorial on getting the perfect winged liner or smoky eye. You’ve got this eye makeup thing down. Then it all seems to disappear in a matter of hours.

How hard can it be to get eye makeup to stay put for a while? A few tricks can help your look go the extra mile.

5 Tips On Making Eye Makeup Last All Day

1. Providing a decent base for eye makeup is key to making it hold. You’ve likely heard of makeup primers for foundation. Well guess what, they make primers for eyes too. Faerie Organic Forty Winks Eye Primer is a cream to powder product that ups your shadow wear time.

2. The number one reason makeup slides off of lids is due to oiliness. If your lids are even slightly oily, shadow and liner melt. This can also cause mascara to leave those teeny dots along upper lids. The best way to ramp up the power of that primer you just applied is with a light dusting of powder. RMS Beauty Un Powder is so weightless it won’t get in the way of your color.

3. Moving on to that color. When applying eye shadow use a pressing, rather than swiping, motion. This goes for both powder and cream. Or double up and use both. A layer of cream shadow under powder shadow in a coordinating hue makes your shadow more intense and longer lasting. If you are using powder shadow alone, applying with a damp brush will make it stick. A fab combo: RMS Beauty Eye Polish in Solar with Kjaer Weis Eye Shadow in Magnetic.

4. You can also use the double up approach with eyeliner. Go over pencil with a liquid liner to keep it in place. Not a fan of the liquid liner look? Try tracing over pencil with a brown or black shadow to help it stay put. Try Ilia Beauty Pure Eyeliner and Benecos Natural Liquid Eyeliner.

5. As for mascara, go for black if you want the look to endure a long day. Another tip: be sure to let dry in between layers. This gives mascara sticking power. For a mascara that works for you, check out this handy guide.

Now, barring rain or a good cry, your eye makeup should last you straight through to bedtime. Don’t forget to remove before your head hits the pillow.

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Have you switched out your spring makeup kit? If you’ve yet to add a new lipgloss, you are going to love this. Lippies bursting with springtime color and freshness.

Lipgloss may possibly be the most fun beauty product to buy. It feels good on lips, gives the best shine, and can go either casual or dressy. Love it!

Today we are not talking lipsticks, lip creams, or lip tints. This is all about the gloss, baby. Slick, shiny, gooey, lipgloss.

If you’ve been rocking a neutral lip through winter, it’s time to get your pucker spring ready. Read on for blooming beautiful lipgloss picks for the upcoming season.

6 Hottest Lipgloss Colors This Spring

1. This one will get your little ticker thumping. Ilia Beauty Lipgloss in Heartbeat is a sheer primary red that shows up as softly bitten lips. Totally spring and totally glam. Perfect for those who prefer a red lip but want something a bit softer for spring.

2. A sheer berry screams warm weather. Osmia Organics Whisper Lipgloss is super glossy, super subtle, and oh so pretty.

3. For a fruity kick of color, try W3LL People Bio Extreme Lipgloss in Grapefruit. Soothes and shines while giving off a light hit of fresh color. Mint extracts help to plump up your pucker, too.

4. Because pink makeup is such a good thing, and sparkle is so much fun, Juice Beauty Reflecting Gloss in Pink has to make this list. Sweet, shiny, antioxidant-rich, and (most importantly) brilliantly pink.

5. Nothing says spring like this sweet pea pink. Acure Organics Lip Lush in Shmexy offers petal fresh color and high shine, in a convenient tube and nifty little $5.99 price tag.

6. A little sparkle works any time of year. Wear W3LL People Bio Extreme Lipgloss in Gold on its own or layered over your favorite springtime lip color.

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Interested in changing your beauty game for the upcoming season? The statement lip is possibly the easiest and most exciting way to switch up your spring makeup look.

We’ve talked natural beauty trends for 2016, but sometimes it pays to make a bigger splash. Some beauty trends from 2015 may not be making a comeback this year. Say, pink hair or sweats with heels? And that’s okay by us.

One spring makeup trend for this year though is timeless. The statement lip can be done in a variety of ways. You can go for the hot and sultry red that is always tasteful and in style. Or go big, a la Prada’s spring runway for 2016, with electric color.

The season of lighter clothes, fresh air, and outdoor parties brings brighter colors, too. Cuban-inspired shades are ideal for warmer weather, perfect when used on a statement lip.

Lengthy get-ready sessions and complicated makeup routines are out. Step into spring makeup with a quick and easy statement lip, and let your pout take the spotlight.

Remember, when wearing a statement lip, stay neutral with the rest of your makeup look. Black eyeliner, a little highlighter, and a coat or two of black mascara are all you need.

Hottest Lip Colors for Wearing a Statement Lip

Ilia Beauty Lipstick Pink Kashmir

Spring makeup is all about floral inspired hues, right? How about petal pink with a punch? Not your everyday pink makeup, this shock of color kicks off the season in style.

Ilia Beauty Lipstick Neon Angel

Looking to rev things up? Magenta is the new red for spring. Wear day or night to keep the focus on your pretty pucker.

Ilia Beauty Lipstick Crayon Karma Chameleon

This pinky red-coral looks great on everyone. Vibrant, almost sheer, color.

RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek Beloved

Red is always on trend. And this pot of creamy lip color is the perfect touch.

Ilia Beauty Lipstick Voila

For something a bit more beachy, this lively burst of orange sets any look on fire.

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Concealer is a game changer in makeup. Nothing brightens eyes, covers spots, and evens discoloration like it. But there are some rules to applying concealer that are a must to getting this step right.

Makeup is personal. We all like what we like and choose items to suit our skin tone, eye color, and so on. Concealer is not different and it is super important to choose the right product for you. It is also essential to know how to use this product in order to avoid those crazy reverse raccoon eyes or too-dark stripes.

So how do you go about choosing the perfect concealer shade? Follow these tips for ID-ing the right color for you and applying concealer like a pro.

7 Hard and Fast Rules of Applying Concealer and Choosing the Perfect Shade

1 Choosing Color: Like foundation, nothing wrecks a good concealer game like using the wrong shade. With foundation we go for the tone closest to our natural skin color. When picking out concealer go a half shade to one whole shade lighter.

2 Choosing Consistency: Yes, there are several different concealer formulas. You have pencil, stick, cream, and even a gel-like lotion. Lotions go on sheer and are good for oilier skin types or those with mild discoloration. A cream or stick is thicker but moisturizing, good for dry skin and covering areas on the face, such as around the nose. Green beauty creator and makeup artist, Rose-Marie Swift, even recommends using her cream concealer as a light foundation. Pencil is the thickest and also tends to be on the drier side. This one is great for covering dark under eye circles and blemishes.

3 First Step: Concealer should be the first step in your makeup routine, right after moisturizer and facial treatments. Applying concealer on top of foundation will look funky.

4 Light Touch: Concealer is not supposed to show. Taking a light touch with this step will offer best results.

5 Be gentle: When covering under eye circles and other areas of discoloration, apply concealer and gently dab with your ring finger. This presses the product into skin rather than smearing it around.

6 Spot-less: When hiding blemishes you are aiming to minimize redness, not make the sucker disappear. A zit caked with concealer looks just as bad as the pimple itself, if not worse. Dot on concealer and blend with a small makeup brush until the area is less red. A concealer with a bit of acne treatment will help to treat the blemish too.

7 Next steps: Follow up with your usual foundation and don’t forget a dusting of facial powder. Dry-skinned gals may normally avoid powder, but applying a light layer to only areas where concealer has been applied will help the product to stay put and takes away any shine.

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It always feels good to freshen up your scene for the new year. We know you already have that decluttering task handled. Not so much? These tidying up tips will help. Now let’s talk beauty trends for 2016.

There is something exciting about seeing somewhat outrageous beauty trends crop up. Metallic lips, matte nails, septum rings. But they can’t really go the distance and leave us longing for something simpler and more natural.

If you’ve been rocking some out-there beauty trends, get ready to reel things in a bit for the new year. Yep, this year we are going to see a return to a more natural, but still modern, look.

5 Hot Natural Beauty Trends for 2016

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1. Embrace the real you. Best news we’ve heard yet this year. With stars calling for an end to air brushing, all of that high maintenance contouring and strobing couldn’t be far behind, right? First task for 2016…learn make the most of what you’ve got.

The Beauty Chef Glow Inner Beauty Powder

2. Beauty from the inside out. Finally. Beauty peeps are starting to hop on the beauty-from-the-inside bandwagon. Health powders and beauty teas will make an appearance this year for their hand in keeping skin beautiful. But we already knew that.

Gemstone Organics Organic Lavender Gem Juice Hydrosol

3. Natural new age beauty. If new age beauty sounds scary, no worries. We are talking natural new age beauty. Think gem infused skincare and meditation studios. No scalpel involved.

ILIA Beauty Multi-Stick in A Fine Romance

4. Natural flush and glow. Because we won’t be seeing as much contouring and bronzing (round of applause) sheer blushes and highlighters will be hotter than ever. The look is naturally flushed, like your skin after a good jog or belly laugh.

Aster & Bay Rosewater Mist

5. Multi-tasking beauty products. Does this spell the end to the several-stepped Korean beauty regimen? Hot products in 2016 will be skincare products that offer many uses in one. Think toners that can also be used on hair and body, or tinted moisturizers that offer color and hydration in one.

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Earth tones are considered a summer makeup essential. If you’ve put your warmer neutrals away for winter, it’s time to break those babies back out. Warm makeup hues resuscitate dreary winter skin in a heartbeat.

Most of us deal with some degree of less than glowing skin once the depths of winter are upon us. When highlighter alone simply isn’t cutting it, it’s time to turn to earth tones.

For winter makeup, think deeper earthy hues and intense tones. Rich bronze, mahogany, terracotta…even dusky greens and dramatic burgundy. Those brown lip colors you’ve been waiting to put into action are just right. The look is natural with a punch.

Earth tones are easy to pull off and universally flattering. Choose from the products below, and complementary looks, to find your perfect winter makeup look.

3 Winter Makeup Looks Using Earth Tones

Look 1: For a super natural look with a hint of drama, play up lips. Start with Kjaer Weis Cream Blush in Desired Glow on cheeks. Perfect paired with Ilia Beauty Lip Gloss in Gypsy and a swipe of buttery Kjaer Weis Eye Shadow in Magnetic.

Look 2: Neutrals with glam factor work for day or night. Think intense eyes. A brilliant, berry-toned copper does the trick nicely. Try creamy, dreamy Ilia Beauty Silken Shadow in Take On Me. A good coat or two of black mascara and a nude lip let eyes do the talking.

Look 3: Want to take your neutral look outside the box? Go for something unexpected. Yellow-greens, robust golds, and deep berries take this natural look to the next level. Kjaer Weis Eye Shadow in Green Depth is a green with gold shimmer. Or try RMS Beauty Eye Polish in Solar – a golden bronze you can layer for intensity. Kjaer Weis Lip Tint in Captivate is the ideal coppery-bronze shimmer to play up either shadow.

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You want to try at least some of the makeup trends out for the season. But is basic black liner really doing your eyes justice? Fortunately, we have perfect eyeliner picks for every eye color, eye shape, and skin tone.

Every girl has at least one black eyeliner in her beauty arsenal. It is ideal for creating a smoky eye or glam winged look.

Now are you ready to up your eye game? There are practically as many eyeliner color options as shadows. As with most things beauty, it is important to remember this color choice is super personal. Certain shades enhance some eye colors and skin types more than others.

Stumped on which would look best on your peepers? Read on for tips on choosing the perfect eyeliner for your lovely eyes.

Perfect Eyeliner by Eye Color

Blue: Sure, deeper blue eyeliners bring out the best in blue eyes. But if you want some serious wow factor, go for gold, copper, or emerald. Try Lavera Soft Eyeliner Green.

Green: Sporting some gorgeous green peepers? Make the most of those babies by using deep plum and mahogany shades. Try Ilia Beauty Pure Eyeliner My Generation.

Brown: Brown can totally handle brown shades. Why not go for something completely different and wear navy or cobalt? Try Ilia Beauty Pure Eyeliner Nightclubbing.

Hazel: Hazel hues are as varied as they come. One universal eyeliner hue for this lovely shade is bronze, which can either lean toward olive or gold. Try Benecos Natural Eyeliner Olive.

Perfect Eyeliner by Skin Tone

Black eyeliner can be too harsh on fair skin. Opt for a more natural look by using a muted neutral in brown, grey or dark green. Try Ilia Beauty Pure Eyeliner Sweet Jane.

Medium skin tones can handle black eyeliner well, but also look great in other, more daring dark tones. Give bronze or deep purple a try. Try Inika Eyeliner Purple Minx.

Darker skin tones can go for the bold with more intense color and metallics. Go for gold, silver, or royal blue. Try Benecos Natural Eyeliner Bright Blue.

Now that you’ve chosen the best shade (or two, or three) for your eyes and skin tone, learn how to play them up. If your eyes are more round, accentuate outer edges with a bit thicker line to make eyes appear longer. For small eyes, don’t drown your eyes with thick liner. To make eyes appear larger, apply a thin line to upper and lower lash line. And if eyes are close set, use the same trick as for round eyes in color, anything but black or brown will do.

Add these tips to your holiday party look and get ready for a stellar season. Cheers!

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Whether you are running late for work or just feeling easy-breezy, a super simple look means less time in front of the mirror. The single summer makeup product to get you through the season.

Summer is meant to be fun and free. Don’t get bogged down by a high maintenance beauty regimen. Ditch the multi-product routine and get in on the goodness of a paired down look.

One little beauty product is truly all you need to get through most summer events. And that solitary product is … drumroll, please … lip color.

Mmmm, hmmm. Lip color is your bestie for the next few months. Use it to give some glow or add a little punch. C’mon, I’ll show you how to use this lone makeup must have for insta-summer gorgeousness.

4 Simple Summer Makeup Looks

For Work

You stayed out too late the night before (seriously, how many weeknight parties are on your summer schedule?), or simply languished on the patio a bit too long this morning. Here’s where a little multi-tasking comes in. A creamy lip product, that triples as cheek and eye color, is it. Smudge universally flattering RMS Beauty Lip2Cheek in Promise on upper and lower lash line, press onto cheekbones, and swipe on lips. You are out the door, girl.

For Lunch Out

Because you will be eating al fresco, all that is needed is one good application of something bold. Try Kjaer Weis Lip Tint in Romance, don your prettiest summer hat and sexiest shades. Done.

For a Day at the Beach/Pool

Still wearing mascara to the beach? Please, please stop. No one needs lashes for time in the surf. A simple hint of radiance is it for hanging beach or poolside. Apply natural glisten with Ilia Beauty Lip Gloss in White Rabbit, along with your favorite SPF, of course.

For an Evening Party

Underwhelmed at the idea of going eye makeup free? Use your natural summer glow to your advantage and play up lips instead. A hit of Vapour Organic Beauty Aura Multi Use Stain in Impulse is sexy and dramatic. When going sans eye makeup, be sure skin is clean and brows are tidy. An outfit in complimentary colors keeps your look fresh and interesting.

You see, summer makeup can be gorgeous with just one little product. Now you have time for what’s important. Summer fun.

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Did you tune into the Oscars this year? The annual Academy Awards show hit the air this past Sunday night and it dazzled as usual. But where was the eco Oscar fashion coverage?

Dior, Chanel, Givency…all of the top designers made an appearance on the red carpet of the 87th annual Academy Awards. Glamorous and stunning, to be sure. But something was missing, and that was any coverage of sustainable fashion.

Not that there was no eco fashion on the carpet. Gina Rodriguez (“Jane the Virgin”) and Jake McDorman (“American Sniper”) both wore sustainable styles courtesy of Red Carpet Green Dress, a campaign founded by Suzy Amis Cameron in effort to bring awareness to eco fashion. The fashion campaign holds a contest each year for designs made with environmentally and socially responsible fabrics. The two winners are mentored by an established fashion brand within the fashion industry. This year’s winners were Manon Gabard, who designed Gina’s dress, and Tingting Chen, who designed the tuxedo worn by Jake. Both winners are fashion students at ESMOD-ISEM in Paris.

Missed these two stars in full susty style? They were spotted on some local channels but, sadly, neither made ABC’s event coverage. Too bad, Gina and Jake both looked gorgeous, showing that eco fashion doesn’t mean less-than-glam.

There were other eco touches at the ceremony, mainly by way of organic beauty products. Ilia Beauty made an appearance on the face of Marion Cotillard, who wore Ilia Beauty Sheer Vivid Tinted Moisturizer and Vivid Concealer, and Nicole Kidman with a kiss of Ilia Beauty Lipstick in Blossom Lady. Reese Witherspoon took on a natural glow with Kjaer Weis Cream Blush in Lovely.

Socially conscious jewelry was also on the scene. Eco celeb Emma Watson pointed out that both Steve Carell and Jake McDorman sported cufflinks from He For She, the United Nations Women’s Solidarity Movement for Gender Equality.

Ok. Eco Oscar fashion coverage was, #tbh, a little disappointing. C’mon Hollywood, you are the beacon of all that is new and shiny. We love that our green celebs are throwing pre-Oscar parties. Next year we hope to see more stars donning sustainable duds on the red carpet too.

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