BellaSugarUK's Top Five Peach Blush Picks


Updated 02/27/11 11:05 AM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 15 comments

BellaSugarUK's Top Five Peach Blush Picks

A peach blush is a wonderful way to warm up any skin tone. You can wear a pale shade if you have fair skin or a deeper, more coral shade if you have olive or ebony skin. It's a great alternative to pink blush because it's neutral and won't clash with a last-minute change to, say, red lipstick or purple eye shadow. I happen to think that peach blush also looks amazing paired with a teal, blue, or Read more

Beauty Byte: Big Lashes are Big Business for 2010!


Updated 03/20/10 12:05 PM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 0 comments

EyeLashes Big Business

I knew lashes were a major focus for 2010, but not to this degree! According to reports today, lashes, false lashes, and lash enhancers are the fastest growing sector of the beauty industry. Apparently, sales of false eyelashes have gone up 6.2 percent in the US alone this year, raking in a staggering $44 million. Eyelash stimulators, simultaneously, have become a $1 billion industry there! Last Read more

Best of the Decade: The Top Ten Cult Beauty Products


Updated 12/29/09 1:00 PM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 0 comments

The Top Ten Cult Beauty Products of the Decade

The time has come for me to unveil the most popular beauty products of the past ten years. After much brainstorming and research, I'm proud to announce this fun list of coveted "it" items that had the beauty world buzzing throughout the decade. Some are my personal favourites that I still use today, whilst others turned out to be more of a passing phase than anything else. Which of these Read more

How To: Get Angelina Jolie's Oscars Night Makeup Look


Updated 03/05/10 5:45 AM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 3 comments

Angelina Jolie Oscars

It's been quite the red carpet transformation for Angelina Jolie. Where she once wore jet black vampire-ess hair extensions and harsh, goth makeup, last night she looked like the high profile celebrity, movie star and beauty icon that we've deemed her to be. She wore a gorgeous Elie Saab gown that she paired with beautiful emerald earrings and her hair was coloured a rich brown with touches of Read more

Hair How To: Charlize Theron's Angelic Waves


Updated 08/22/08 7:00 PM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 1 comment

Photo of Charlize Theron at Hancock Premiere. How to get her Beauty Hair Look Style. Expert Beauty Tips and Tricks

Charlize Theron never fails to wow me with her beauty – I get the impression that she must be truly breathtaking in person. At the premiere of Hancock, with Will Smith, in Tokyo, yesterday, she was certainly working the trends. Lace dress? Tick. Smoky, soft goth eyes? Tick. Super natural, glowing skin? Tick. But it was her hair that I was most impressed by. Charlize is one of the few red Read more

Hair How-To: Jean Paul Gaultier Pirate Plaits


Updated 07/29/08 3:18 AM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 1 comment

How to get the latest catwalk hair trend - pirate plaits as at Jean Paul Gaultier

Take inspiration from the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer show, where small sections of hair were tightly plaited for a modern-day, pirate look. This is a great look for the beach, when hair is likely to already have more texture than usual. Think deluxe hippy, and combine the plaited sections, with matte – yet healthy looking – hair. Here's How: Keep the plaits uneven - to avoid looking Read more

Hair How-To: Making Waves


Updated 07/16/08 7:55 AM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 4 comments

how to create waves in hair overnight by BellaSugar UK

For unstructured, wavy hair, you don't have to bother with a myriad of curling products and heat appliances. This is a trick lots of models use when they want to give their hair a break from over-styling and just go natural. If you have very straight, thin hair then you'll need to use a curl-enhancing product. If your hair already has a bit of a wave, then this will work really well for you. If Read more

After Two Years Off Shelves, Prescriptives Is Back


Updated 11/30/11 3:02 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

After Two Years Off Shelves, Prescriptives Is Back

Rejoice, Prescriptives fans: your favorite brand is back after a two-year absence from department stores. To obtain the brand's excellent concealer and even Calyx, its cult-favorite fragrance, all you now need do is brave the wilds of the Internet. Like Shu Uemura before it, Prescriptives has gone online-only, an increasingly popular solution for companies with loyal followings but small US Read more

Re-Create Rachel Stevens Red Carpet Makeup Style


Updated 02/14/11 4:58 PM · Posted by BellaSugarUK · 1 comment

Re-Create Rachel Stevens Red Carpet Makeup Style

Last night at the BAFTA Awards, Rachel Stevens looked beautiful in a chiffon nude-coloured dress. To spice up her look, makeup artist Annabelle Saunders created a smoky eye with hints of bronze and gold using the following Lancôme products: Annabelle began by spreading Teint Idole Ultra all over the face followed by Teint Miracle in 05. Then, the amazing Teint Miracle Corrector Pen was used to Read more