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Tried & Tested: The Best Nude Lipsticks For Dark Skin

Trying to find the perfect nude lipstick can be a real challenge for us dark skinned girls, kinda like trying to find flesh tone tights, or nude underwear, the struggle is real...

Watch This Super Talented Makeup Artist Transform Herself Into A Crazy Realistic Dog

It's crazy what you can do with a makeup kit, a couple of brushes and a truck load of creativity. Like us, we are sure you've seen a fair share of amazing before and afters.....

Plus Size Model Tess Holliday Urges Users To Boycott Fat-Shaming Facebook Page

If fat-shaming, body-slamming internet trolls make you lose your sh*t then you probably shouldn't read on, unless you have a large bottle of vino to hand. Project Harpoon, we're...

Kylie Jenner's Launching A New Lip Range! 10 Times She Gave Us Major Makeup Goals

We can finally get that little bit closer to the Kylie Jenner pout and *newsflash*, it doesn't involve making out with a shot glass. Miss KJ's officially launching her own lipstick...

The Hottest Makeup Trends For Spring Summer 2015

From unkempt, Cara Delevingne eat your heart out brows to bold black eyeliner Alexa Chung would be proud of, what SS15 trends can we steal for ourselves this season? Here's the...

This Woman's Body Was Photoshopped 18 Times To Meet Different Beauty Ideals Around The World

The Italian like petite, the Yankees like hourglass curves but just how different can one culture's idea of perfect female form be from the other? Apparently really different...

Plus-Size Model Denise Bidot Explains Why Curves Don't Make You Unhealthy

It might be impossible for some people to get their heads around the idea but believe it or not curvy girls are healthy too. They work out, they eat green and lean, they put their...

These Harry Potter Nail Art Designs Will Make Your #ManiMonday

Deciding on a nail colour never gets any easier, even if you have memorised every OPI shade known to man. Here's an idea, forget the dithering and try Slytherin instead, oh yeah...

#InstaStarSF Of The Week With Beauty's Big Sister Daisie Smith

What she doesn't know about beauty, makeup and taking a flawless selfie really and simply isn't worth knowing. We sat down with YouTube beauty Daisie Smith from video blog Beauty's...

Stretch Marks Are Being Celebrated On Body-posi Instagram Account #LoveYourLines

A new and fantastic Instagram account set up by two mothers shares artistic photographs of women celebrating their stretch marks. The account, '#loveyourlines', aims to create...

The Ultimate Guide To What Colour Makeup Suits You

We love make-up but sometimes, it doesn't love us. Anyone remember the Nineties? So to stop you from making any more major makeup faux pas we've put together the ultimate make-up...

#TreatYoSelf Haul: Beauty, Fashion And Everything In Between

Payday is here to help us forget that it is the end of July and the weather is still horrible! So instead of miserably watching the rain from your window, it's time to pull on...

Clowns, Skulls & Star Wars! The Craziest Ways To Contour Your Face

Contouring, strobing and now clown contouring. We can't keep up! Just as we've got to grips with drawing normal amounts of substanially-darker-than-our-skin-tone markings down...

The 11 Best Beauty Subscription Boxes Money Can Buy

We're massive fans of the try-before-you-buy culture which explains why we're becoming low-key obsessed with beauty subscription boxes. For all those times you don't wanna commit...

#YouLookDisgusting This Vlogger Has A Powerful Message About Beauty Ideals

Three months ago beauty vlogger, Em Ford, decided to do something a little different on her social media. She started posting makeup free selfies in a bid to empower women to...

The New Summer Beauty Hack You Need To Know About

We never thought we'd see the end of contouring but it seems the all-sculpting makeup trend has been temporarily trumped by a radiant alternative. It's called strobing and it's...

#TreatYoSelf Haul: Beauty, Fashion And Everything In Between

It's PAYDAY and we are SO happy we want to cry a little bit. From stocking up on products your skins needs for the sunshine to spritzing on those summery scents, there are QUITE...

Women Are Standing Up To Makeup Shaming And It's Brilliant

We're not ashamed to say it: we love makeup. We love buying makeup, we love experimenting with it, and we especaially love wearing it, but apparently some people think us women...

Next Season Makeup Trends We're Ready To Wear

After an entire month of taking in (and admittedly gawking at) all the hottest beauty looks on the runway, we've decided we won't wait until autumn rolls back around to test out...

Make up bags: Cute make up bags

Pink Leather Heart PurseRRP: £12.00Available from www.topshop.com

Make-up ideas for blue eyes

If you've got beautiful blue eyes then finding the right make-up to accentuate them isn't always easy. Some shades just won't do your peepers justice, but if you get it right...

Autumn/winter 2013-14: Beauty and make-up trends

Catwalk beauty trends don't always translate easily to real life routine but autumn/winter 2013-14 saw some real style-worthy steals. This edit is full of flawless make-up and...

#TreatYoSelf Haul: Beauty, Fashion & Everything In Between

Shopping is about to get SERIOUS. From the ultimate beauty must-haves to covet fashion pieces we need to have NOW, there's no limit to how much we could want when it comes to payday...

Makeup trends for spring summer 2013

We've rounded up the hottest make-up trends for spring/summer 2013.From bold brows to loud mouth pouts and eyeliner experiments this season we're officially allowed to have fun...

Lip Balm

Bee Good Vanilla & Honey Lip Balm

Concealer

Clarins Instant Concealer

Beauty trends from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week AW13/14

Major yay for Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. It's a melting pot of the world's hottest designers brought together for one week only to showcase their styling talent. But as...

Make-up ideas for brown eyes

If you're doe-eyed or have deep dark brown eyes, you actually can count yourself lucky. Everything looks good on you!Make-up for brown eyes is in fact quite simple. That's because...

Eyebrow Kit

Barry M's Brow Kit

Eyeshadow Palette

Barry M Palette Natural

Eyeliner

Benefit They're Real! Push-up Liner

Mascara

Burberry Effortless Mascara

Make-Up Brushes

AERIN Spring Essentials Brushes Set

Blusher

Bourjois Little Round Pot Blusher

Foundation

Bobbi Brown Skin Foundation

PRIMER

Chanel's Le Blanc De Chanel Multi-Use Illuminating Base

Autumn/Winter 2012 make-up trends to try

Stuck in a beauty rut? Us too! We’ve decided to wipe our make-up slate clean and get some seriously fierce new looks. We’re taking inspiration from the A/W 2012 catwalks because...

Make-up ideas for green eyes

If you've got gorgeous green eyes then enhance their other-wordly beauty with these must-try make-up looks. From choosing the right eyeshadow shade to creative flicks, tips and...

#TreatYoSelf Haul: Beauty, Fashion & Everything In Between

We've been waiting for payday all month long, and now, it's FINALLY here. From the ultimate beauty must-haves to covet fashion pieces we need to have stat, there's no limit to...

Eyeliner trends: 52 new ways to wear eyeliner

Eyeliner is one of the easiest ways to change up your look and this season there are more ways than one to wear it. From navy hues, to bright eyeliner stripes to cat-eye flicks...

55 Valentine's Day Manicures To Fall Madly In Love With

So Valentine's Day is right around the corner and you need a finishing touch that will make your look come together perfectly? We hear you. When in doubt, always deck out your...

Mother's Day Gift Guide: Mum's The Word

What is it with mums? They just don't stop. Well Mother's Day is the perfect excuse to get her to slow down and put her feet up for once. Cosy pjs, bath essentials, beauty must-haves...

This is What Happens When You Let Your Boyfriend Do Your Make-up

They’ve seen us get ready a thousand times before but just how much attention do they actually pay to our hours of prepping, priming (and pouting)? I gave my boyfriend the makeup...

Spots, Puffy Eyes & Parched Skin: 10 Beauty Hacks To Hide A Hangover

Last night was a corker: you drank, you danced and topped it all off with a dirty but necessary kebab but now you feel like you’ve been hit by a bus. And then some. How will you...

12 Pictures That Show Kylie Jenner Lips are SO not worth it

It would seem Kylie Jenner obsessed teens and fully responsible adults (ahem) will stop at nothing to get bigger lips. They'll even try sucking on a shot glass to get a plumper...

40 Epic Examples of Epic '80s Makeup

Fashion is undoubtedly about finding the next hot thing, but designers and style savants alike can't help but pull inspiration from bygone eras to inform today's looks. One glance...

12 Things All Makeup Commuters Know To Be True

It's not like we WANT to do our makeup on the tube/bus/train, but how are we supposed to have a nice little lie in if we also need to put our face on? This is a solution to the...

50 Of The Best Graphic Nail Art Ideas

Committing to a nail colour alone is hard enough but when creative nail art designs are thrown into the mix we're totally stumped. Luckily we've catalogued 50 of the best graphic...

The 10 Best Lengthening Mascaras! Watch The soFeminine Team Reviews In #TheBeautyBooth

Girls just love to wear mascara but with so many promising products out there it’s hard to get our hands on the perfect one. That’s why we’ve decided to put 10 of the best lengthening...

Immoral Returns, eBaying & Free Drinks? 10 Clever Ways Girls Beat The System

Ladies, it’s time to come face to face with the truth. Women want, well, everything. Whether it’s a hot new dress for Saturday night or a bit of extra cash to see you through...

Beetle Juice & Whale Vomit?! 10 Disgusting Beauty Facts We Wish We Didn't Know

Given that we’re probably in a rush whenever we apply our lotions and potions we rarely find time to read the small print. But ignorance is bliss right? Until now. We can’t help...

Meet PhotoWonder: The Most Popular App To Completely Change Your Face

We’re not usually ones for vanity in the Sofeminine office. When it comes to Instagram, we all tend to stick to basics (like the amaro filter amirite?!). However, we recently...

The 10 Hero Products Every Woman Should Have In Their Make-up Bag

Beauty counters can be an overwhelming place. All those products in so many colours, and shapes... just how do you know what to buy? To help you out, we have put together a definitive...

Oscars 2015: The Totes On Fleek Hair & Beauty Looks

We've already been subject to dangerous levels of wardrobe envy this morning thanks to Keira Knightley's woodland fairytale Valentino creation and Jennifer Lopez's jaw to the...

10 Date Night Hair & Make-Up Looks To Fall In Love With

As date night dilemmas go, we don't like to make things easy for ourselves. Do we go nude lip & smokey eyes or bold red lip sans mascara? To help a girl out, we did a little...

Instagram Competition! Win Date Night Hair & Make-Up With blow LTD

Sofeminine's teamed up with blow LTD to give one lucky winner the chance to get her dream date hair and makeup done for the evening and it's all in the name of L-O-V-E. Here's...

But First Let Me Take A Selfie: 22 Excuses Girls Use To Snap Themselves

There was a time when taking a photo of yourself was the most detrimental thing you could do for your social rep but those days are o-v-e-r. Shameless seflies are here to stay...

Gigi Hadid Lands Maybelline Gig: 10 Times She Proved She Was Born With It

Celebrity models have completely infiltrated the fashion and beauty world and I'm not the least bit mad. Don't believe me? When it was announced that IT girl and Kendall Jenner...

The Lazy Girl's Answer To Flawless Evening Make-up

There's those odd occasions when we can't wait to put on our party face and go all out contour but then there's times when we really CBA with falsies and perfecting our pout....

Victoria Beckham's Nails Inc Polish Goes On Sale And It Is Everything!

After scooping the award for Best Brand at the BFAs (no biggie) you'd think Victoria Beckham might slip off her mules, retreat to a log fire, pour herself a goblet of mulled wine...