If you’re familiar with the Bond films, then you know that every bond girl is an immediate scene stealer.
Whether it’s dramatically dressed eyes or attention grabbing lips, all bond girls have a signature beauty look.

In celebration of Skyfall (in theaters today!), the latest installment in the James Bond film franchise, French cosmetics brand Votre Vu  has debuted a mini Bond-esque film showing you how to achieve that highly coveted bond girl look. In the five minute film, professional makeup artist, Kristina Brown walks you through the full look with an array of versatile Votre Vu products. Subtle smoky eyes, fresh skin and kissable lips are essential in achieving the glamorous bond girl look!  

If you want to steal the look of a specific bond girl, the lovely ladies over at Pixiwoo have got you covered. These two gorgeous makeup artists have detailed makeup tutorials on all your bond girl beauty needs. Check out their tutorials here! 

These two are my absolute faves! 

The perk of working in beauty is getting the chance to test out a multitude of products.  From cosmetics to skincare and everything in between, my poor skin is sometimes but through the wringer. My skin tends to be on the sensitive side and when I find a product that cooperates with it, it’s a certified winner! To keep my skin in tiptop shape, I’ve tried a plethora of brands and products with weak results and have finally found the answer to beautiful, revived, healthy skin—GOLDFADEN MD.

Doctor’s Scrub

Being a scrub junkie, I couldn’t wait to get my hands around a jar of GF’s Doctor’s Scrub! My first spin with this exfoliator was all it took to get hooked. Made with perfectly round ruby crystals and a pleasant, refreshing scent, my skin truly felt cleaner and super soft with this scrub. After using it now for a full month, my skin looks brighter, more even and clear! Pesky scarring left from old blemishes has also lightened.  While most scrubs strip the skin of moisture and leaves it feeling tight and dry, Doctor’s Scrub keeps skin hydrated and glowing all while getting rid of dead, dry skin – a problem I suffer with lots in the colder months. It really is a dream in a jar.

Vital Boost

The folks at GF really got this one right. I’ve looked high and low for a daily moisturizer that doesn’t leave my face greasy and really hydrates my skin. Vital boost sinks in and primes my skin perfectly for a flawless foundation application. Like the scrub, this has also worked in the process of evening out my skin tone and rejuvenated the overall appearance and texture of it.  This moisturizer is like silk on skin and keeps my makeup from sliding off my face midday. In LOVE with this!

Bright Eyes

We all could benefit from a little more sleep in our lives, but who has the time? From work to school and every daily activity in between, our skin begins to really suffer, especially the delicate skin under our eyes. After taking off the brightening concealer hiding my dark under eye circles, it really became evident that I needed to give my under eyes a little TLC. It was no surprise that I turned to Bright Eyes. And boy did it do exactly what it says! It lightened up my Herman Munster dark circles and reduced my puffiness.

I am truly obsessed with the quality of this skincare line and how well it responded to my skin. 

I’ve officially have my sister’s hooked to it as well!

Give GOLDFADEN MD a go and tell me how you like it! 

(Photos via goldfadenmd.com)

ATTENTION ATTENTION – Your current manicure may be breaking the law!!

The very on-trend and exciting brightly hued tips that have appeared all over the runways this past fashion week may very well be illegal.  While neon polishes are popping up in drugstores and beauty shops all over, these eye popping delights are actually illegal to produce in the U.S.

Ever walk around a beauty supply store and notice that all the truly neon-colored polishes are sitting in bottles of unfamiliar brands?  Well, Jan Arnold, co-founder and creative director of CND Colors got has your answer.  He explained to MORE that all true neons in the U.S. are by imported brands and those created by American companies are just intense brights, which are much more wearable in life off the runway.

Polish is always a safe and fun way to test new treads without falling in head first, so why not try out a bright polish for this weekend’s manicure?  Break out of your traditional polish routine and pick one!

Latest Bright Collections

Essie – Poppy.razzi Collection

Each retail for $8, can be purchases at drugstores and select salons

Thakoon for Nars

Inspired by the colors seen at Indian spice markets, this limited edition collection retails for $14 a bottle, Nordstrom, Nars beauty counters

It always feels like a victory when you find a great designer piece for a steal.  But the days of digging and shuffling around vintage shops, fleas and markdowns at department stores to score a designer item at an acceptable price are over.  It’s becoming more and more common for top, celebrated designers to team up with popular mass market outlets to create diffusion lines.  These lines target a much larger audience and create limited edition pieces that are affordable but don’t skimp on the style.  Luckily this spring gives way to some noteworthy lines: Marni for H&M, Doo.ri for Macy’s and Aldo Rise.

Popular store H&M has been a budget friendly and trendy go-to fashionistas all around, however it’s anything but new to the designer collaboration game.  Housing popular diffusion lines with Jimmy Choo, Versace and Lanvin in the past, this Thursday (March 8^th) H&M is to debut its latest collaboration with Marni.  The celebrated brand has bought its funky, quirky and feminine aesthetic to H&M at affordable prices ranging from $9.99 to $149.  The line will include accessories (bags,belts, shoes, etc), jewelry, clothing and swimwear.  This line is to debut in select stores this week. As learned by the horror of mad shoppers during past designer collaborations, I suggest heading over to H&M’s website and plan accordingly to avoid lines and madness--as I’m sure it will be around NYC, especially the stores in Herald Square (yikes!).

I love that a major department store, like Macy’s is also trying its hand at diffusion lines.  Working successfully in the past with Matthew Willamson, Karl Lagerfeld and Giambattista Valli, Macy’s has paired up with established, Korean-American designer Doo-Ri Chung.  The line is currently at Macy’s and features comfortable and trendy creations in cool colors all retailing under $85.  This has to be one of the better diffusion collections I’ve seen  and personally must purchase the painterly a-line dress ($65) and the geometric printed wrap dress ($75). Luckily, this line can be shopped online from the comfort of your own home here

Shoes are always a tricky area for me, as quality is always preferred.  But quality doesn’t always mean more money.  I’m especially excited for this project because it celebrates designers, their ideas and bringing them to audiences that wouldn’t otherwise purchase or see.  In the Aldo Rise project, designers like Christian Cota, Preen, Cushnie et Ochs among many others, collaborated with ALDO and created shoes that frequent the runway and brought them to the streets where style is truly born.  Shoppers can get their hands on these designer styles on aldoshoes.com, asos.com and Aldo stores worldwide starting Thursday, March 8^th.  The shoes sell for $155 (Usa, Canada) and 125 pounds in the UK.  I love the Mark Fast Cregger cutout pumps; they’re such a trendy update to the classic court shoe and happened to be the highlight of his SS’12 show.