CC Beauty Live: Review Session!

This wrap around French braid is so easy and super cute. It’s perfect for any season, but especially summer since it gets your hair out of your face.

Transform Your Dorm Room into a Spa with these Beauty Recipes

College girls can’t exactly afford weekly spa trips, but that doesn’t mean we don’t need them! Writing papers, catching up on reading and partying on weekends can leave you run down and exhausted.

What Can Hair Color Do For Your Self-Esteem?

Some women change their hair color like they change their underwear. Blonde, brown, red, add a few purple highlights here and there, and viola, a new woman is born!

BECCA Balearic Love Palette [In Our Makeup Bag]

BECCA’s Summer collection is a steamy affair known as Balearic Love. It’s named for Spanish islands and the promo photos ooze with sensuality and summertime heat. Their eye palettes are often the centerpiece of the collection and offer a great way to try out BECCA’s eyeshadow formula.

Deborah Lippmann “Mermaid’s Dream” Nail Polish [In Our Makeup Bag]

When I saw one of her summer 2012 releases, Mermaid’s Dream, I fell hard. I’m a sucker for turquoise shades, but the glitter and shimmer just throw this one over the edge for me!

CollegeCandy’s Ultimate Lip Gloss Review

For me, shopping for make-up, window shopping for make-up, and online shopping for make-up is probably a weekly activity. My recent obsession, and by recent I mean for the past five years, has been making my lips look and feel incredible.

Make Up For Ever Eye Prime [In Our Makeup Bag]

Make Up For Ever is a favorite of mine and an all-around great brand. Their mandate is to bring professional-quality products to the masses and they usually deliver on that promise.

Want To Get A Facial? Not Until You Read This You Don’t

If I had know before hand that there were ways to prevent redness, irritation and my high stress levels, I would’ve been saved!

Homemade Lip Gloss [DIY With CC]

Although Kissing Day is behind us, we still encourage everyone to celebrate! Between the nation’s heatwave and that summer fling, your lips need some TLC.

7 Fierce Hairstyles For the Girl on the Go

We’re busy and stressed, but why not look good at the same time? No style is complete without good hair, and luckily for you, we’ve found seven time efficient hairstyles for girls like us who are always on the go!

Clarins Ever Matte Foundation & Powder [In Our Makeup Bag]

With summer weather in full-force, I’m on the hunt for a foundation that suits my oily skin. In the winter, I’m usually okay to wear many types of foundations, but in summer I need a product that is specifically formulated to create a matte finish.

Teen Vogue, Seventeen & Teen Crusaders [Sex in the News]

There’s a lot of criticism about fashion magazines and how they impact teenage girls. There can be excessive photoshopping, and the industry favours stick-thin models that reflect an idea of ‘perfect’ that is pretty impossible to achieve.

The Nights I Looked Like a Clown: My 5 Biggest Makeup Regrets [Friday Faves]

It has taken years and years of trial and error to know what looks good on my face and what makes me look like Mimi from the Drew Carey Show. Looking back I’ve had some pretty disastrous makeup moments that I have comprised into my top 5 makeup regrets.

Reviewing Dr. Perricone’s SUPER Detox Elixir [In Our Makeup Bag]

SUPER by Dr. Nicholas Perricone is a great skincare brand that focuses on sourcing ingredients from “super” foods! The packaging is fun, spunky and youthful, and even though you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, SUPER’s cover looks just as good as the products work.

Braided Summer Hairstyles [The Weekly 10]

All I can do when I see a braided style in a women’s magazine or on a beauty blog is get envious. I wish I had a personal hairstylist who could give me one of these amazing braids every day.

CC Beauty Live: Bold Eyes & Brows

Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean you have to avoid bold looks. Sure, the heat can be tough to handle, but with the right products and process you can keep your makeup on all day.