These 5 DIY Beauty Trends May be Hurting Your Skin

With scores of new beauty bloggers launching channels daily on Youtube and social media flooding with amateur beauty tips and tricks, the world of online skincare has never been bigger or more interactive. While that’s great for budding makeup enthusiasts to learn new skills, not all of the beauty trends recommended online are good for…

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Mole Empire As Imagined by Carla Dias

Carla Dias, French make-up artist has got “Mole Empire under her skin”. Not literally, but figuratively of course, with this special effects make-up that she dedicated to us, as part of the “Mole Empire imagined by others” series. With the idea that what we post here on Mole Empire is so sticky that it gets…

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Beauty Tips for the End of the Year Celebrations

As the last days of 2012 pass by, we thought of coming up with some professional tips to succeed in your makeup for the end of the year celebrations in harmony and with a great delicacy. Whether you focus on a mysterious look or on a red carpet mouth in a 50’s style, everything is…

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Weird Beauty Photo Series by Alexander Khokhlov Part 2

Remember the Weird Beauty project by Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov and make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan? By denying any color, this photo project features model faces used as a canvas to emphasize various familiar symbols, as part of a beauty look. This time the artists chose even more complex signs, which blended perfectly with the features…

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Weird Beauty Photo Series by Alexander Khokhlov and Valeriya Kutsan

Russian photographer Alexander Khokhlov‘s new series “Weird Beauty” in collaboration with wonderful make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan displays a new approach to beauty through brilliant black and white imagery. Instead of the natural beauty of the model, the emphasis is put on various familiar shapes which are painted on the model’s face, also creating a brilliant optical…

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Spring and Summer 2012 Make-up Trends – The Year of Colors

The fashion week shows for spring/summer 2012 season set the tones to a colorful year from the face make-up to the nails. Colors YES…but soft, delicate and easy to wear. From your complexion, to your eyes, lips and nails, let’s see what you could try out this season and be more colorful and beautiful than…

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A Day In the Life of a Make-up Artist: Carla Dias

Their work is carried in the backstage and you rarely get to see them, you rather see the final product. They’re just one of those people who know that beauty is in every person and try to emphasize it so that the others notice it as well. Only they know the transformation they put a…

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The Modern Approach to Make-Up in Photography

Ladies, if you want to become fashion models, gather your face powders, lipsticks, nail polish and cremes, and start a cosmetics fight! While you’re at it, also make sure there’s a professional photographer there to take pictures, and when you run out of cosmetics, try paint — it works equally well. This is how one…

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