How to Choose a Red Lipstick For Spring


Updated 05/02/12 4:20 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 5 comments

How to Choose Red Lipstick

Spring's juicy lipstick shades of gold-red, season-perfect maraschino cherry, and coral-red look fresh and bright on everyone. Orange-inflected reds just look happy and new, and they're extremely easy to wear. So to find out how to get your perfect match and see shades for every skin tone, just keep reading. Read more

How to Give Yourself a Quick, Stress-Relieving Facial Massage


Updated 06/17/11 4:24 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Give Yourself a Facial Massage

Do you have just a few moments to spare for instant relaxation? Then, it's time for a DIY facial massage. Shiseido's Lien Huynh says that all it takes is a firming face moisturizer, such as the brand's White Lucent massage cream ($52), about two minutes time, and a knowledge of the whereabouts of three pressure points. To find out this quick way to de-stress, just keep reading. Read more

Daily CEW Award Winners' Giveaway: Enter to Win a Shiseido Eye and Lip Contour Regenerating Cream!


Updated 06/06/11 1:18 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

BellaSugar's 2011 CEW Awards Daily Giveaway

We love to share the best beauty products with our readers, and it's even better when you can enter to win them! That's why we've partnered with Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW), an organization known for its annual CEW Beauty Awards, where more than 4,000 beauty insiders and professionals vote on the most innovative products. To celebrate the 2011 awards, every day we're giving away an item that Read more

BellaSugar CEW Award Winners' Giveaway Day 1 Official Rules


Updated 05/31/11 10:09 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

BellaSugar CEW Award Winners' Giveaway Day 1 Official Rules

BellaSugar CEW Award Winners' Giveaway Giveaway: Day 1 OFFICIAL GIVEAWAY RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. The BellaSugar CEW Award Winners' Giveaway (the “Giveaway”) is sponsored by Sugar Publishing, Inc. (owner and operator of bellasugar.com), having an address of 111 Sutter Street, Suite 850, San Francisco, CA 94104 Read more

Girls Meet Boys in Band Of Outsiders's Beauty Look


Updated 02/13/11 1:48 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Band of Outsiders Fall 2010 Beauty Report

A single look for a fashion show? Not for Band of Outsiders, where there were three beauty concepts: boy-boy, boy-girl and girl-girl. The boy-boys (who were actual dudes, we know this kind of gender-bender terminology gets confusing) donned their natural hair texture, the boy-girls wore long, side-parted side-braids, and the girl-girls boasted amped-up voluminous curls. Find out what this means Read more

The Key to Getting United Bamboo's Stay-Put Shimmer Eye Makeup


Updated 09/10/11 12:48 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Make Shimmer Eye Makeup Last

For United Bamboo's Spring 2012 show, Shiseido's artistic director, Dick Page, was able to create the chicest of shimmery makeup looks without a smudge or fallen fleck in sight. Of the smoky palette, Page quipped, "It doesn't budge; it's bulletproof." But just how did he keep such a dramatic, particle-heavy look from moving southward? It's all in the formula and technique. To create a solid base Read more

Beauty Must Reads From the Bella Community


Updated 08/14/11 4:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

MAC Launches a New Fragrance, Turquatic

MAC launches their new sea-inspired fragrance, Turquatic — Twenty2 Shiseido launches Shimmering Cream Eye Colors — The Make-Up Blogette A yummy DIY body soufflé — Bag Full of Beauty Would you rock neon sunblock? — Kiss and Tell How to use grapes to soothe and soften your skin — Beautiful Basics Read more

3 Easy Ways to Keep Your Makeup Sweat-Proof This Summer


Updated 04/27/12 2:54 PM · Posted by · 4 comments

Sweat-Proof Makeup For Summer

Summer has officially arrived, and while you may want to bust out the old Slip 'n Slide from the attic to cool down, when it comes to your makeup, the last thing you want to think about is any kind of slipping or sliding. There's no way to completely stop makeup from sweat damage, but there are a few ways you can make it wear more nicely as the mercury rises, with tips from Shiseido's Lien Read more

Take a Look at the 2010 CEW Award Winners!


Updated 11/07/11 2:51 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 3 comments

List of 2010 CEW Award Winners

On Friday, members from the prestigious Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW), along with some very excited beauty brand reps, got together to find out the winners of the annual Beauty Awards. Celebrities like Whitney Port, Kim Kardashian, and Selita Ebanks were on hand to dish out the awards, along with host Mario Cantone. To win a CEW award is pretty prestigious stuff, so to find out what products Read more