For those of you late for the ride on red lips, you’ve got a lot of catching up to do because there’s a new lip color in town and her name is Orange (pronounced OR-WRENCH).

I touched on the orange lip last year and if you didn’t rock it then, now is the time to give her a go. The bold hue is best complimented with a fairly understated face and a bad attitude–needed for all the naysayers trying to blot out your shine.

If you’re ready to be bold, check out my tips for finding the right orange:

Fair Skin (think Nicole Kidman or Kelly Osbourne): Try a more modest pinky-orange. Anything too dark and bright can be too much for your fair skin. Try MAC Lipstick in CB 96 or Make Up For Ever Lipstick in Pinkish Orange 403

Medium Skin (think Sarah Jessica Parker or Rachel Bilson): Try a medium pumpkin-ish orange like MAC Lipstick in Meltdown.

Tanned Skin (think Jessica Alba or Eva Mendez): Go for a bright warm orange like Make Up For Ever Lipstick in Flourescent Orange 201.

Olive Skin (think Padma Lakshmi or Lakshmi Menon): Go for a neutral orange like MAC Lipstick in So Chaud.

Dark Skin (think Gabrielle Union or Alek Wek): Brighter hues show up so beautifully on darker skin tones, so be bold and try an orange like MAC Lipstick in Morange.

More Make Up For Ever…

Don’t get too caught up in racial or ethnic backgrounds when it comes to skin color. People of different racial or ethnic backgrounds can have similar coloring and therefore can wear similar makeup shades. The suggestions I made above are to help you narrow down your choices, but are not absolutes-–you can definitely try shades for a skin tone that differs from yours (for instance MAC Lipstick in Morange can be worn by a multitude of tones). The general idea is the darker your skin, the deeper and brighter you can go with your lip color.

P.S. For a completely FIRE lip combo that’s definitely not for the tame, try MAC Lady Danger Lipstick with Make Up For Ever Waterproof Lip Pencil in 17C and then top it off with Illamasqua Intense Lipgloss in Temper. Hey, you either go hard or go home!

Jennifer Lopez wore one of my favorite makeup looks at the Oscars Sunday night. If you loved the look as well, Temptalia reveals the following NARS products were used to create her look:

Orgasm Illuminator
Enchanted Cream Blush (NEW for Summer 2010; try Gueule de Nuit Cream Blush for a similar effect)
Desire Blush (cotton candy pink)
Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base (NEW for Summer 2010, Available May 1st)
D. Gorgeous Single Eyeshadow (a matte dusty lilac)
Brousse Duo Eyeshadow (sable and black violet)
Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara
Cruising Lipstick (nude pink)
Sweet Dreams Lip Gloss (pink with gold shimmer)

And here are my tips on how to get the look:
1. Beautiful makeup starts with beautiful skin and groomed brows, so cleanse, tone, and moisturize your skin according to your skin type and make sure your brows are properly manicured.
2. Apply a foundation of your choice and set it with a loose powder (I love Becca Foundation Stick and Fine Loose Finishing Powder)
3. Apply an eyeshadow base (try MAC Paint or Urban Decay Primer Potion until NARS Smudge Proof is available) all over the eyes to ensure eyeshadow stays intact and doesn’t crease.
4. Apply D. Gorgeous eyeshadow all over the lid including the brow bone with a soft blending brush like MAC #224. Then apply the dark violet side of the Brousse Eyeshadow Duo in the crease using a heavy blending brush like MAC #217. Line your eyes with an eyeliner brush like MAC #226 with the sable side of Brousse. Finish with several coats of Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara.
5. Apply Desire blush on your cheeks with an angled blush brush like MAC #168. Use either a foundation brush or your clean fingers to gently apply Orgasm Illuminator to the tops of the cheekbones, the bridge of the nose, the tip of the chin, and at the temples for a gorgeous peachy-pink glow for all skin tones.
6. Apply Cruising Lipstick to your lips with a brush like MAC #242. Then top it off with Sweat Dreams Lip Gloss.

Grab the products needed here:

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by TOMORROW Thursday, March 11, 2010

If I were to go off my “not spending more than $6 on mascara” strike, I’d be ALL OVER YSL’s new Luxurious Mascara in Noir Radical. I love their Luxurious Mascara and now the formula and brush combination I love is bolder in a new deeeeeep black hue. A mascara this dark has the extra benefit of giving the illusion of thicker, more dense lashes and with the Faux Cils formula, you’re already getting lashes so long and voluminous they appear fake.

I’m all over this after I balance my checkbook. Should you be so inclined, grab it over at YSL:

P.S. Don’t forget to enter the FSL Cosmetics Lipgloss Giveaway! Entries must be in by Thursday, March 11, 2010.

It’s giveaway time!

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the launch party for FSL Cosmetics, a company that features a fab new line of lipsticks and lipglosses. The brand is the brainchild of Kimberly Riley, a smart and gorgeous diva who received a bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering with double minors in Chemistry and Business Administration. Kim always wanted to show the world how female engineers could have exciting and creative careers in an industry they know best. And lipgloss she does know best.

While FSL has an array of lip colors, I naturally gravitated towards their lipgloss in Seduction–a bright, glossy red that appears to have married the worlds of lipstick and gloss and could be a dead ringer for Chanel Allure Laque in Dragon. And get this—it smells like brownies! Check it out on me:

Excuse the sleepy eyes and the cropped pic–I was tired and needed to hide a multitude of sins…lol. But how hot is this color?

All the lipglosses are hypoallergenic, consist of a vitamin-rich, antioxidant-potent formula that will hydrate and protect the lips from natural elements. They are also 100% free of parabens, phthalates, sulfates, GMOs (generally modified organisms), nut oil, gluten, and talc. They don’t test on animals and the lip gloss containers are 100% recyclable. Great for your lips, great for the environment. Nice!

Since I’m so in love with Seduction, I just had to pass along the opportunity for one of you lucky readers to win this fab gloss. Or if red isn’t your thing, FSL will let you choose a gloss of your liking.

Now come close and pay attention because here’s what you have to do to enter:

1. Be a U.S. resident (so sorry, my international beauties).
2. Leave a comment on this post.

Entries must be in by Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11:59 P.M. EST. A winner will be chosen at random and will be announced on Friday, March 12, 2010. The winner will then be contacted by FSL to have their lipgloss sent to them.

*To increase your chances of winning, follow @FSLCosmetics on Twitter and tweet the following Feel Good, Look Good, Smell Good with @FSLCosmetics http://bit.ly/biA7T3 #FSLCosmetics

Even if you don’t win, you should still pick up Seduction especially if you’ve never tried a red before.

Good luck!

Whether you like your makeup colorful and bold, or natural and dewy, MAC has got you covered this spring/summer. Check it out:

Get the looks here.

Get the looks here.