Beauty Blogs Backstage: July edition

July 21st, 2010

Beauty Blogs Backstage continues!  This month, I had the chance to interview Tara of Cherry Bomb Beauty.  (ETA: If you’d like to read my interview, Tara has posted it here.)

If you had to choose just one drugstore line to use for the rest of your life, what would it be?  How about a department store line?

I would definitely choose Revlon for the drugstore brand. I haven’t used a lot of their products, but I really loved their colorstay eyeliner and concealer so I would trust that their other products are of the same quality. As far as department store I would probably choose MAC; part of me wanted to go with NARS but I’ve used a lot more MAC products. Their line is fabulous and I love the Back To MAC program.

What is your favorite work-appropriate nail polish?

I absolutely adore OPI’s Italian Love Affair. I’m not a fan of neutral colors especially brown. As much as I would love to wear hot pink, it’s not always work-appropriate. Italian Love Affair allows me to have the flirty look of pink, but it’s subtle enough to still look elegant.

If you could only eat the cuisine from one culture for the rest of your life, which culture would it be?

I would have to say Italian. It tastes amazing whether it is homemade or made in a restaurant.

What is your favorite scent for shower products? Does this change seasonally, or do you use the same thing year-round?

My all time favorite scent for shower products is coconut and I use it all year round. It’s kind of funny, I don’t like the taste of coconut at all, but I don’t think I could ever get tired of the smell.

What eye makeup color will you never wear?  How about lip color?

I think I’ve tried just about every eye color imaginable. Although some colors look really great when blended with other colors I wouldn’t wear yellow, orange, or red alone. I feel like it would just make me look sick. I wouldn’t wear a brown lip color at all. It’s just not my style.

You have the opportunity to have dinner with the historical figure of your choice.  Who is it and why?

I would want to have dinner with John F. Kennedy because I’ve heard such great things about him. I think it would be an honor to sit down and talk to a man that could have potentially changed the path of the United States. Plus, he was really handsome so I wouldn’t mind looking at him if we ran out of things to talk about.

What is your favorite recent find?  It can be either a new product or something that’s just new-to-you, I’m not picky!

My newest find is NARS’s lip gloss in Turkish Delight; although it is pricey the color payoff is gorgeous! It is the perfect bubblegum pink. I also love that the gloss doesn’t make my lips feel sticky. I hate that feeling!

Thanks for answering my questions, Tara!  (And thanks again, LiAnn, for putting the exchange together!)