Natural Flower Extracts Can Be Allergenic?
Gorgeous as these flowers are, it’s important to remember that if you have very sensitive skin, even the most natural extracts and oils of flowers, fruits, and various plants can be allergenic. Many flowers are on published allergen lists — individually, or as part of Fragrance Mixes. Other flower or plant oils are comedogenic, too (to […]
Bold, Beautiful Party Makeup Ideas
We put together some of our favorite makeup tips, across different seasons, to create a bold, beautiful look — that is as gorgeous across a crowd as up close, and in photo after video after photo — for your biggest celebration this year! Skin Think: less is more — heavier foundation can look weighed down and dull over time. Think: easy […]
Beauty Trend: Old Hollywood Glam…With Hypoallergenic Makeup!
By Jess Arnaudin This look evokes feelings of old Hollywood glamour with a fresh and modern twist. The look is simple, and doesn’t feel overdone while also packing a high voltage pop of color. Products you’ll need: How To “Dew” It in 5 Steps: Step 1: Prep Skin With every makeup application I always tell […]
Trash & Re-Stash: Hypoallergenic Alternatives For Your Entire Medicine Cabinet!
Start from scratch — with hypoallergenic alternatives — to end the scratching! You Just Got A Patch Test? Great! Now you know exactly what you need to avoid and are on the road to skin health, clarity, and comfort. But…what’s that? Your patch test shows you’re allergic to ingredients in pretty much everything you use […]
Make Up For Past Mistakes
Forget the hot mess that hurt you. This gorgeous is actually good for you! Tying It “Oil” Together: Our clinically-published, coconut-derived monolaurin is in all VMV Hypoallergenics products. Our blush, eyeshadows and lipsticks have our organic virgin coconut oil, too. Far more than a pretty face, this makeup gives you anti-microbial, anti-aging, skin-strengthening goodness in every swipe. What […]
The ONE Look — Party After Party, Photo After Photo — You’ll Need This Holiday Season
by Jess Arnaudin Picture Perfect 100 Parties, A Million Photos, ONE LOOK. Rushing from a full day at work to the office party, then a family dinner and your BFF’s big bash? Who has time to change outfits or makeup? You want one look that works for any affair and that photographs beautifully, reliably. Because you can’t get much past a camera […]
Renewable Energy
What we’re loving: powerful, defined eyes against a soft, sunlit radiance.
Wedding Belles — Say I “DEW”: Bridal Skin + Beauty
Lorinda, a good friend of the VMV family, has a contagious love of life and the world. She’s lived in Ghana, Spain, the Netherlands, New York, Brazil and D.C., where she met now-husband Ben, in their last semester at law school. Ben loved Lorinda’s cooking (they later went on a journey to eat their way across […]
The Neo Natural
Natural needn’t mean tousled. Fresh-faced makeup that’s polished enough for work? #candew! Get this glow-rious look that works as well next to the pool as next to your boss…and doesn’t take half a day. Start with the mainstays of bronzed skin and sunny cheeks (courtesy of a soft, generous wash — as opposed to defined chiseling — […]