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10 Red Lipsticks Under $10

10 Red Lipsticks Under $10

If you find yourself complaining about the cost of rent in the city, price of groceries at Trader Joe’s and extra .60 for soy at Starbucks, but your lipstick budget knows no bounds, then you’re not alone. If you can’t find a single pen in your purse, but pull out 10-20 different lip products ranging from an EOS lip balm to an ABH Liquid Lipstick, then you’re not alone. And if your collection of…

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BAD GAL’S BEST OF BEAUTY

Today marks the launch of Rihanna’s makeup line, Fenty Beauty. A beauty icon herself, Rihanna’s no amateur in the industry. She’s collaborated with MAC, became the first ever black spokeswoman for Dior, and has produced several fragrances. Thanks to strategic tease marketing and the world’s communal obsession with all things Rihanna, this has been the most anticipated beauty launch of the year.

While Sephora’s been teasing their holiday collections, RiRi chose a more chic event to launch her beauty line around-NYFW. She’s dominating this season from all angles by debuting her beauty line, having a kick ass launch party and showcasing her Fenty Puma collection.

Rihanna and her makeup artist, Lora Arellano (CEO of Melt Cosmetics) have been teasing Fenty Beauty on the red carpet for months, and the products were used backstage at the Fenty Puma SS17 runway show. Rihanna first hinted at starting a makeup brand back in 2015, and signed with the Kendo division of LVMH (ala KVD Beauty & Marc Jacobs Beauty) in 2016.

The inclusive messaging of Fenty Beauty’s marketing has the beauty community wondering, why aren’t all campaigns like this? These products were created for women of all skin tones, and all personalities. The debut collection launched in 150 countries at midnight on fentybeauty.com and is now available at Sephora. The line is 100% cruelty free. The fleshy-nude packaging and stick format has us questioning, KKW who? and the minimal millennial focused branding makes Fenty Beauty feel like Glossier‘s badass bigger sister.

WHAT’S IN THE COLLECTION?

Pro Filt’r Primer: stops shine, diffuses pores and creates a smooth surface for better foundation application and longer wear.

Pro Filt’r Foundation– Soft matte medium to full coverage long wear foundation in 40 different shades.

Match Stix– Mix and match-able multi-use stick makeup that comes in both shimmering and matte finishes to be used as contour, concealer, highlight and blush.

KillaWatt– Blinding highlighters in solo pans and duos that come in everything from metallic yellow-gold to copper shimmer.

Gloss Bomb– Universal rose nude shimmering shiny lipgloss.

Invisimatte– Universal blotting powder and blotting papers that absorb shine and diffuse the look of pores.

Tools– An array of uniquely shaped highlight brushes, foundation and concealer brushes, and a unique angular makeup sponge.

In honor of the launch of Fenty Beauty, we’ve compiled Bad Gal RiRi’s best beauty moments of 2017 (many of which were created using Fenty Beauty products.).

VALERIAN PREMIERE

This July, Rihanna showed off different bomb beauty looks at each date of her Valerian press tour. In LA and Paris, her makeup was all about peachy pink. LA was a cool toned brown shadow, and Paris was a shimmering warm pink peach shadow with matching lips. Her look for the premier in London was more fiery and vampy, with a bold matte red wine lip that matched her earrings and gown.

WILD THOUGHTS

Another Fenty Beauty Makeup teaser was the music video for the song of the summer, Wild Thoughts. Rihanna debuted 2 major beauty looks in this video- the first, a shimmering neutral shadow and pink-red lip, the second (pictured above) a full blown teal eye shadow moment matched with bold true red lips. In both looks she was glistening from head to toe in light catching highlight.

PARSONS BENEFIT

Back in May, Rihanna rocked the classic combo of red lips and red nails to Parsons School of Design 69th annual Parsons Benefit. Her hair was bobbed, sleek and curly.

THE MET GALA

We can’t use the words Rihanna and beauty in the same sentence without mentioning the Met Gala. Her purple-pink eye shadow/blush was swept from the lid down the cheek, and doused in highlighter for a blinding intense glow. The draped eye and cheek look was matched with a deep burgundy oxblood matte lip. Her hair was worn in a high bun with piecey bangs.

FENTY X PUMA POP UP

Rihanna’s lids were a light and fresh mint green for her visit to the Fenty X Puma pop-up shop in LA in April. The eyes were framed with bold black straight across bangs. When a fan asked about the blinding highlight she was wearing, she replied “It’s mine. It’s a secret till September.”

PAPER MAGAZINE

Rihanna was the cover star of PAPER Magazine’s March issue, and her beauty looks did not disappoint. In the promo video, her hair changed  from vibrant orange to a high purple ponytail to green liberty spikes. With the crimped purple pony, Riri’s makeup look was a pinky purple monochromatic dream. A dusty smokey pink-purple eyeshadow covered her lids, and her lips were tinted a light wash of glossy lavender.

PARIS FASHION WEEK

RiRi presented her Fall Ready to Wear Collection, the third collection for Fenty Puma, at Paris Fashion Week in March. She wore smoked out green liner along her upper and lower lash line, with a sheer glitter eye shadow and a frosted bronzey metallic 90’s lip.

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Glossier Girls Gone Vegan

If you live in any major city (or not under a rock) and love skincare/makeup, you know about Glossier. The blog turned global brand run by badass babe and beauty editor turned entrepreneur, Emily Weiss, was founded as a beauty movement that celebrates real girls, in real life.

A trip to the Glossier showroom is every NYC dwellers favorite in-between-class, on our lunch break destination- it's the pastel pink perfect place to try products, buy products, and most importantly- take selfies.

Glossier is a cruelty free company. Even in their recent global expansion, they emphasized they will not be selling anywhere that requires animal testing by law. They don't explicitly tell you which of their products are vegan and which are not, so I took a trip to the Glossier showroom to get some definitive answers.

What's Vegan at Glossier:

milky jelly cleanser.

$18

Made for daily use, this pH-balanced cream cleanser is made to gently cleanse your skin while leaving it soft and smooth- not tight and dry.

soothing face mist.

$18

The Soothing Face Mist is a rose water facial spray made of real roses and aloe to hydrate and soothe the skin. It can also be used as a makeup setting spray.

mega greens galaxy pack.

$22

A gentle clay mask that draws out impurities to detoxify and cleanse the pores, while simultaneously nourishing the skin with vitamins and antioxidants.

supers.

$65

The Supers are a set of 3 potent, serums packed with vital nutrients. Super Glow revitalizes dull skin, Super Pure fights breakouts and Super Bounce hydrates the skin. (Sold separately for $28)

invisible shield.

$34

America's 1st sunscreen serum (K-Beauty came first) upgrades any pasty sunscreen you currently use to a clear super-absorbent water-gel formula. Meant for daily use.

generation g.

$18

Gen G gives the look and finish of just-blotted lipstick, with diffused pigment for a casual look. The formula is matte, and comes in 6 different shades ranging from pale nude to cherry red.

perfecting skin tint.

$26

This wash of color evens out skin tone. while the breathable, thin formula has a smooth and dewy finish . Unfortunately this product only comes in 5 shades, so hopefully they plan on expanding the shade range.

lip gloss.

$14

This crystal clear lip gloss is pure shine without any stickiness, and no gritty glitter. It has a long lasting glass-like finish, and nourishes your lips with moisturizing Vitamin E.

wowder.

$35

The newest addition to the Glossier makeup line, Wowder is an airy powder meant to cut shine, set makeup, and blur the appearance of pores. It is designed to leave skin matte but not flat, and won't give flash back. You can buy Wowder alone (for $22) or with the Wowder Brush ($20) - a soft and dense synthetic powder brush for targeted application. Wowder comes in three shades.

NOTE: While this is not a vegan beauty blog, all brands mentioned will be CRUELTY FREE and all products featured will be VEGAN.

All Photos courtesy of glossier.com

Originally written for bornbadbeauty.com