Can-Can You Dig this Moulin Rouge Makeup?


Updated 09/01/10 9:15 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 4 comments

The Moulin Rouge isn't just a figment of Baz Luhrmann's fevered imagination, it's an actual Parisian venue with a storied history. Henri Toulouse-Lautrec famously designed its performance posters, and the modern cancan was first performed on its stage. Given the cabaret's long association with stage beauty, it's unsurprising that its collaborating with Make Up For Ever on a new cosmetics Read more

Buzz Brainteaser


Updated 01/26/09 6:24 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 19 comments

Buzz Brainteaser

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In Moulin Rouge, who portrays the little green fairy? Read more

What's Buzzworthy: Movies With Great Costumes


Updated 11/16/08 7:46 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 15 comments

What's Buzzworthy: Movies With Great Costumes

In the spirit of the upcoming Halloween holiday and costuming and masquerade, I made this week's Buzzworthy challenge all about movies with great costumes, and the results were dazzling! I feel the need to check out each of these movies all over again just to get some inspiration for my own Halloween costume this year. Below are some of the bookmarked movies that I chose to highlight and then a Read more

Movie Night: Best Costumes Winners


Updated 05/07/09 3:23 PM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 5 comments

Movie Night: Best Costumes Winners

This week I've been featuring the Oscar nominees for Best Costumes, and on Friday I'll ask you to vote for the one you think should win. In the meantime, I've planned this week's Movie Night around three movies that I think were completely deserving of their Best Costume wins. Amadeus One of my all-time favorite movies, Amadeus is so much more than just an amazing period piece. It tells the Read more

See How Different Skin Care Was in the 1930s


Updated 12/20/11 2:05 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Vintage Makeup and Skin Care Video

Lovely Old Hollywood star Constance Bennett (you may know her from Topper, Moulin Rouge, and It Should Happen to You) teamed up with director Hal Roach, the man behind iconic comedy duo Laurel & Hardy, for this 1937 educational film shot in gorgeous and expensive Cinecolor. It's fascinating to see what the makeup and hair of the era really looked like, and even more interesting to see how Read more

What to TiVo: Friday


Updated 08/05/11 12:00 AM · Posted by BuzzSugar · 0 comments

What's on TV For Friday, August 5, 2011

8:00 Shark Tank (repeat) 9:00 Primetime: What Would You Do? (repeat) 10:00 20/20 (new) 12:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live (repeat) 8:00 Flashpoint (new) 9:00 CSI: NY (repeat) 10:00 Blue Bloods (repeat) 11:30 Late Show With David Letterman (new) 12:30 Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson (new, Craig performs at the Moulin Rouge) 8:00 Bones (repeat) 9:00 House (repeat) 8:00 Friends With Benefits (new, Read more

'Can Can' You Handle More Paris?


Posted by BellaSugar · 47 comments

'Can Can' You Handle More Paris?

Most of you prefer Paris Hilton as a blonde, but after reading some of your comments, I'm sensing that some of you would just prefer that she go away for a while. Miss Hilton is probably hoping that Paris fatigue is over by October, when the heiress introduces Can Can, her fourth scent. According to WWD: Can Can is a blend of top notes of clementine flower, cassis and nectarine; middle notes of Read more