Friday roundup – March 7, 2008

It’s Friday, and time for the Friday roundup, for the fourth week running! The Friday roundup highlights blog articles written by Friends of The Style Page in the past week.

SugarShock loves the Pop Beauty Eye Class in Brown Eyes. She writes, “While the shadows looked kind of sparkly in the kit, when you apply them they actually have a nice iridescence that’s not too glimmery, but just right.”

Pop Beauty Eye Class in Brown Eyes

Mischo Beauty announces the debut of her Facebook page.

Scandalous Beauty features Whitney and Bobbi!! No, not Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston’s ex-husband. Rather, Bobbi Brown. Scandalous Beauty recommends the new Bobbi Brown Nudes Collection to recreate Whitney’s makeup (but not that Carol Brady hairstyle):


Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston had been on a downhill slide since she married Bobby Brown in 1992. I was routing for her comeback when she filed for divorce in 2006.

It should be evident to regular readers of this blog that I share i♥make-up’s love of Indian beauty. I’m not Indian, but my husband is. In Recreating the Sixties’ Look, i♥make-up discusses how to recreate the dramatic winged eyeliner look popularized by Indian actress Sharmila Tagore:


Sharmila Tagore

TV presenter (and ex-wife of Salman Rushdie) Padma Lakshmi recalled that she spent hours trying to recreate Sharmila Tagore’s look.

The late Bengali film director Satyajit Ray discovered Sharmila Tagore when she was just a teenager. He cast her as Apu’s bride in the third and last film of his Apu trilogy that won international acclaim and brought attention to Indian cinema. Ray must have been prescient about his actresses: similarly, he discovered Aparna Sen and Jaya Bachchan nee Bhaduri, both of whom had gone onto major careers in Indian cinema, when they were mere teenagers. Non-Indians might remember Sharmila Tagore as Meena’s mother in Mississipi Masala, about the unlikely romance between Meena, a young Indian woman (played by Sarita Choudhury) and an African-American man (played by Denzel Washington).

Friday roundup – February 22, 2008

Notable activity from friends of The Style Page:

Soul-Piercing Reflections presents lists of natural ingredients that are good for you and those that should be avoided. Bottom line: if it’s aromatic and stings or burns on skin contact, avoid it.

The Beauty Brains is taking pre-orders for their book. I’m expecting Paula Begoun with an attitude.

Scandalous Beauty raves about Flirt! Cosmetics (also a favorite of mine), available exclusively at Kohl’s. She even identifies which Flirt! eye shadows are duplicates of those offered by MAC. That shouldn’t be surprising, as both Flirt! and MAC are owned by Estee Lauder companies.

Finally, i♥makeup, lover of Indian-themed beauty, recognizes me for alerting her to this fragrance:


KENZO AMOUR “Indian Holi” eau de perfum

It’s inspired by Holi, the springtime festival of colors.