Category Makeup

The Best Buys from Revolve Beauty

It’s been about a month since Revolve Beauty launched their own dedicated page for all things skincare, makeup, haircare, and overall beauty.  If you love beauty but want to -ffwd- perusing over 57 pages of cult products, containing over 200 brands, then I’m here to help you out.  From trendy to indie, high tech and more, shop my #RevolveBeauty picks below. SKINCARE The most important step in any beauty routine

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Lauren Tries Customized Lipstick at the Lip Lab by Bite Beauty

Welcome to my new series “Lauren Tries…“, where I explore new beauty trends, experiences, and all that is hyped.  To kick off the series, I’m trying customized lipsticks at the Lip Lab by Bite Beauty on Larchmont Blvd. in Los Angeles. The Lip Lab by Bite offers two personalized services: Custom or Bespoke.  With Custom you are able to create one lipstick by choosing your shade from over 200 pigments,

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Unboxing Haul + Giveaway! Dior, Givenchy, Julep + More

  Another heatwave, another excuse to stay inside with the AC! Today I’m bringing you a quick little unboxing haul featuring some of the newest products from Dior, Givenchy, Urban Decay, Julep, Dr. Jart+ and more.  In the video you’ll hear my first impressions, and learn about two exciting new giveaways (hint: you can find them on my Instagram).    

Summer Glow Makeup Tutorial | IGTV

Welcome to my first ever #IGTV Vertical Video! Today I’m sharing how I get my super radiant everyday Summer Glow Makeup Look.  IGTV, the new feature by Instagram that is both inbuilt and a standalone app, allows for long-form vertical video– to support the way mobile users hold their devices over 90% of the time.   A post shared by Lauren King 🌙 (@elle_kae) on Jun 20, 2018 at 10:44pm

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YG Moonshot Cosmetics Fall Makeup Tutorial + Product Review | Korean Beauty Products

If you’ve seen my Instagram you might already know that I was just in South Korea earlier this month.  It seemed like such a crazy quick trip, but I was lucky enough to visit the Moonshot Cosmetics flagship store in Samcheong-dong while I was there!  I got my hands on some of their newest products from the “The First Moon Drawing” collection (just launched September 20th!) and their newly reformulated

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Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Review | First Impressions

Laura Mercier has been one of my favorite beauty brands dating all the way back to Highschool, when the only product I could comfortably apply was their cult classic Tinted Moisturizer.  So needless to say, I was really interested when I began to see the new Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear Foundation teased all over social media.  But what is Flawless Fusion? Here’s what the brand says: “Laura believes that

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Lancôme Paris #AllEyesOnYou

If you’re stuck in June Gloom and need a reminder that Summer is just around the corner, this is it.  I recently received a package from Lancôme Paris full of the creamiest, most colorful and smudge-resistant eye pencils a girl could ask for — alongside every other vibrant #AllEyesOnYou essentials.  From Drama Liquid-Pencil Extreme to Artliner Precision Point Eyeliner, Lancôme Paris promises high-impact, super pigmented formulas that stay all day and compliment any

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Ultra HD Makeup for the Digital Girl

The new generation of Ultra HD is here!  Make Up For Ever has developed the first line of makeup to provide flawless, invisible coverage under the lens of the new 8 million pixel, 4K camera.  Although many foundation formulas claim to be Photo Finish, Make Up For Ever is the only brand that continues to develop to keep up with latest HD technology.  Continue on for concealer swatches, foundation swatches, and

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Borghese Classic Italian Beauty

I think we all get caught up in routine from time to time.  Personally, I get comfortable with wearing a “natural look” for weeks on end (read as: swipes of mascara with lazily blended concealer and chapstick).  Enter Borghese, a company that “combines classic Italian beauty and modern sensibility,” to remind me that getting dolled up once in a while isn’t a crime. Borghese Beauty was kind enough to send me enough product to

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Lust List: Dripping in Gold

If there is ever a time when dripping in gold shimmer and sheen is appropriate, that time is now.  Late Summer is all about skin with a golden bronze glow; the only instance when gilded works as a neutral.  Here are my favorite bronzed buys of the moment. BLUSH Becca, Limited Edition Shimmering Skin Perfecter Pressed Powder in Blushed Copper SHADOW STICK Laura Mercier, Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Metallic

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