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Mellow Yellow: The Perfect Summer Manicure
2008-06-06 22:34:00 The last time I was getting my nails rebalanced, I spotted a little bottle of sunshine out of the corner of my eye. That bottle of sunshine was one of the fresh, new colours from OPI’s Mod About Brights, which is a collection brimming with full-wattage nail polishes that put a contemporary, (lemon) twist on 60s Mod. L-R: Dating a Royal, Green-Wich Village, ... More About: Reviews , Summer , Yellow , Perfect , Beauty Products
More Info on MAC Pro?s New Neon Pigments!
2008-06-06 16:42:00 Our Roving Beauty Reporter, Adina, posted some great shots of the new Neon Pigments from MAC Pro yesterday and has blessed us further with swatch photos. Click the jump to see more! Copyright © 2008 Specktra Beauty News. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news ... More About: Info
New MAC Pro Neon Pigments
2008-06-06 04:25:00 This is the kind of earth shattering news us MAC junkies live for! MAC Pro has just released six new pro pigments, called Neon Pigments. I had a chance to see these back in January and they are sooo bright. Like, cornea searing bright. Unbelievably hot! MAC has been testing these in the pro market for awhile. It’s ...
More Cool Heat swatches! (and my thoughts on what I saw Tuesday?)
2008-06-05 15:07:00 Thank you miss Erine1881! If I ever meet you I may kiss you!! I saw this collection in person on Tuesday , and y’all…it’s gorgeous. Warm Chill is just freaking gorgeous, jaw droppingly so, for me. Solar White, I didn’t get to swatch it, so I’m going to reserve judgment. Cool Heat , to me, looked so much ... More About: My Thoughts , Thoughts
Product in Review: Being TRUE Luminance Collection Palette
2008-06-03 16:54:00 Being the ever resourceful makeup maven that I am, I look for beauty finds just about anywhere. For those of you who tend to stick to the department stores or boutiques, you are missing out on two ever expanding and sumptious spots to find your beauty products; salons and spas. The Spa…..ahhhhh…..just the word alone relaxes ... More About: Reviews , Review , Product , Eyeshadow , True
Are you a flirt? V05 Ultimate Flirting Championship
2008-06-03 05:40:00 V05 has this cute interactive widget where users can compete to win at being the most outrageous flirt. I literally laughed out loud at some of the questions they give Judges to choose from and accompanying responses from “contestants”. Copyright © 2008 Specktra Beauty News. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If ... More About: Championship , Flirting , Flirt , Promotions , Ultimate
Red on Glam Soup?
2008-06-02 22:03:00 Anyone watching Janice’s webcam last night on Glam Soup got a glimpse of Zink Magazine and some of the amazing photo spreads within. One particularly (for me) eyecatching look was this one: See what I did to emulate it, after the jump! Copyright © 2008 Specktra Beauty News. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ...
Tutorial of the Month Contest Winner - Glam8babe!
2008-06-02 20:25:00 Congratulations to Specktra member glam8babe for winning this month’s tutorial contest!!! Your votes decided she was the winner for this month. Glam8babe will receive the prize of a $25 gift certificate to an online e-retailer, and a 4 month upgrade to a Premium Member subscription to Specktra.net. Thank you so much, glam8babe, for your tutorial, and ... More About: Contest , Tutorial , Winner , Month
Cool Heat swatches!!
2008-05-30 19:17:00 This is the collection I’ve been eyeballing most lasciviously this summer…I’m LOVING these greens and teals! TEMPERATURES SIZZLE?BUT THE PERFECT BALANCE LIES WITHIN REACH. COOL HEAT. NOT AN OXYMORON: SUMMER?S CHILLEST LOOK. FIVE SLIMSHINE LIPSTICKS, SEVEN EYE SHADOWS, AND TWO SKIN-COOLING FRAGRANCES: SUMMER?S FAVOURITE TURQUATIC, AND INTRODUCING ITS SISTER SHADE, TURQUATIC HEAT. SOME LOOKS ARE TOO HOT FOR SUMMER TO ... More About: Cool , Heat
LOTD: Lemming of the Day - Lancome?s Fever Gloss in Volcanic Pink
2008-05-30 17:01:00 A couple of days ago I was breezing through Sephora in my usual frenzied/swatching/browsing state when I stopped to check out Lancome ’s Fever Gloss. I was orginally drawn to Sunbaked Coral, a frosty coral pink with golden shimmer, but it was quickly bumped to number two on the Must-Have list when Volcanic Pink caught my eye. Volcanic Pink ... More About: Cosmetics , Beauty Products
Hydration - How do you do it?
2008-05-29 22:16:00 Summer’s here, and it’s hot and sticky and will dehydrate you faster than you can say “New Color Collection”. Source I want to know how you stay hydrated? Do you drink more water? Do you cut out the cokes and caffeine (caffeine is a diuretic…), do you eat more fruit? What do you do? I do a little ...
MAC Colour Forms Promo Image Revealed!
2008-05-28 23:12:00 We are all beyond excited about the staggeringly huge Nordies Anniversary collection called Colour Forms , which is set to launch on 18 July 08. With a little bit of everything, to include; palettes, pigments, brush sets and even a new product: Colour Form Powder, we have yet to catch our breath! Well today we got another ... More About: Image , Promo
Colour Forms images!!
2008-05-28 22:53:00 Colour Forms Collection 18 July 2008[US/Canada] August 2008[international] This is the Nordstrom’s Anniversary collection. It will be available at Nordstroms, Nordstrom.com and The Bay. Click the jump for the rest of the images and info! Copyright © 2008 Specktra Beauty News. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your ... More About: Images , Colour
Shu Uemura ROUGE UNLIMITED CRYSTAL SHINE LIPSTICK
2008-05-28 19:53:00 Shu Uemura is the cosmetics line lauded by thousands as the creator of the world’s most comfortable and effective eyelash curler, (you can count me as one of those thousands, by the way ). The Shu line continues to innovate and this is more than apparent in their Rouge Unlimited Crystal Shine lipstick. Touting (and delivering, ... More About: Reviews , Cosmetics , Lipstick
Shop Your Stash!!
2008-05-28 18:47:00 Specktrette AudreyNicole had the brilliant idea to challenge us to go digging through our traincases for the fantastic products from collections past and revisit both the looks and the products… Ok girls (and boys ) with all the recent news of upcoming collections here in the past few days, my head is spinning! Since money doesn’t ... More About: Cosmetics , Shop , Beauty Products
How dry is your skin? BioElements Vitalization hydrates!
2008-05-28 16:47:00 My skin is dry. It’s always dry. It’s dry during winter, it’s dry during summer…I’m one of those people who HAS to put body creme (not lotion…creme!!) on after my shower or my skin gets that scaly lizard thing going on, tres sexy, non? I have used the gamut of products, ranging from dollar ... More About: Reviews , Skin , Beauty Products
Sandra is the Spirit of MAC contest winner!
2008-05-27 04:16:00 The winner of Specktra’s Spirit of MAC Contest is Sandra V aka Miss Pumpkin! Congratulations Sandra! You are truly a “MAC” babe, your submission was selected by our private panel as the entry that most embodies the MAC Spirit. Sandra has won $250 worth of MAC products! Being a MAC addict is… being creative, being yourself, letting ... More About: The Spirit , Winner
?California Dreamin? of Getting One of Those Postcards!
2008-05-25 17:18:00 Earlier in the week, Janice scooped the exclusive on MAC’s California Dreamin’ lipstick and postcard. You can see the discussion here. Some lucky Cali guys and gals rec’d postcards offering them an exclusive MAC lustre lipstick for FREE in exchange for the postcard. Our noahlowryfan was willing to give up that killer postcard for the lipstick ... More About: Lipstick , Beauty Products
New Product Images for Tendertones 08
2008-05-25 16:53:00 With these are right around the corner, having US launch dates of next Tues (maccosmetics.com) and next Thurs (MAC stores and counters), we thought we might give you another look at these shimmering little pots of pure cosmetics sex. Deep Sigh Sweet N Nice Pucker Hot N Saucy Sweet Tooth Take a Hint Honey Bare Hush Hush EZ Baby They look absolutely delicious. You almost ... More About: Product , Images
MAC Brown & a pop of color tutorial?
2008-05-24 23:47:00 Here’s a quick tutorial using some of my favorite products that will (hopefully) give you a look similar to this: I used: NC20 Select Tarte Clean Slate Primer Nars Orgasm Pharaoh PP Dipdown FL Wondergrass Romp Woodwinked Stila CC in Lillium Bisque Bamboo MAJOR Major Lash Mascara Origins Concealer Click the jump for the tutorial! Copyright © 2008 Specktra Beauty News. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you ... More About: Color , Tutorial , Cosmetics , Eyeshadow , Brown
How do you refresh in the summer?
2008-05-24 13:39:00 Living in central Texas we’re exposed to brutal summer heat, now that June is around the corner it’s really starting to heat up. One of my fitness goals is to walk for a minimum 45 minutes daily. I usually break this up into two twenty minutes walks, once in the early afternoon and another later ... More About: Summer , Refresh
New Cool Heat Product Images
2008-05-23 17:08:00 Yeah, I know…I know. We are currently amidst a Neo Sci Fi/Future Earth/Solar Fields frenzy and here I go flashing more MAC candy for your viewing pleasure. Here’s a sneak peek of just how broke you’ll be in June: Blue Flame Climate Blue Cool Heat Gulf Stream Warm Chill Warming Trend Solar White Swelter High 90s Tropic Glow By Degrees Gentle Summer These are due to hit MACcosmetics.com on Tues, 10 ... More About: Product , Images
Orange made wearable - Tutorial
2008-05-23 00:11:00 Haven’t done a tutorial in a while, and the bug bit me this afternoon…so here it is, how to go from rather bland looking washed out housefrau to not so bland looking housefrau in…well. There are some steps, yes, using: NC20 Select Strobe Cream Stila CC in Lillium CG Lash Blast Rose Blanc Soft Ochre Firespot Beautyburst Pearl Blossom Stila gloss in Peach Origins concealer Anyway: to after the ... More About: Tutorial , Cosmetics , Orange , Made
New Neo Sci Fi Images
2008-05-23 00:07:00 WARNING: If you are trying to save money, do not read the rest of this post!!! In case you are one of the few people who haven’t yet decided on what to include in your Neo Sci Fi haul, Specktra brings you some additional product images to tempt you. Astral Sci-Fi-Delity Electro Pleasureseeker Sunsonic Soft and Slow Supreme Pink Grapefruit Naked Space X Rocks Blush Spaced ... More About: Cosmetics , Images
Specktra Scoop - MAC Cosmetics to launch LE Lipstick as a California Exclus
2008-05-21 14:56:00 MAC Cosmetics California Dreamin More About: Lipstick , Scoop , Launch
BeautyCrunch.com authorized clearance center for Stila cosmetics
2008-05-20 22:23:00 Stila Cosmetics available at BeautyCrunch.com More About: Stila , Promotions , Center , Clearance
27 Days Left to Nominate a Woman of Worth!!
2008-05-20 21:02:00 Only 27 days left to nominate yourself of a woman you know for the Women Of Worth awards! It could be your mom, your sister, your bank teller who doubles up as a soup kitchen director, your daughter’s band teacher, your daughter…any woman you know who makes a difference in the lives of the folks ... More About: Woman , Left , Days , Promotions
If I Could Turn Back Time!
2008-05-20 20:45:00 Image Nothing’s going to change the fact that everyday we wake up older than we were the day before…having just had my last birthday in my 20’s, I’ve come to accept and realize that. Ok. Accept may be a bit of an over statement but…at least I realize it. I also realize that I ... More About: Time , Back , Beauty Products , Turn
Glam Soup Giveaway - Who Won the Swag?
2008-05-19 19:07:00 Who’s the lucky guy or gal? That what’s on the mind of those of you who tuned in to Glam Soup last night on Blog Talk Radio, isn’t it? The lucky Specktra member who correctly caught our key words, ”Sushi Flower“, during the discussion of the Starflash collections is… Meland2lilones! Congrats, hon! Your keen ears scored you 1 lipstick, 1 ... More About: Promotions , Swag
Spirit of MAC week at Specktra.Net
More articles from this author:2008-05-19 16:34:00 So anyone listening to the show last night heard about the contest, and you all listened, right? (if you missed it, click on the little BlogTalkRadio widget on the sidebar to listen) Here’s the deal: You can see a MAC addict a mile away. There’s just something about their makeup and their overall look that is so ... More About: Week , Promotions , Spirit 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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