PUNCH DRUNK!

Stay on trend this spring and summer with makeup in vibrant shades! With names like "Just Bitten Berries" and "Sorbet"...you'll look like a technicolored dream in sherbert colored pigment. Joy Bryant, featured in this month's Essence Magazine, shows us why these bold and audacious colors work on lips...Rihanna is a source of constant inspiration with neon nail varnish. Check out below for bright colored beauty products galore and where to buy.


Left to right. Top: Nubar's hot pink, hot orange and hot yellow nail polish, $7.00 (free of harmful chemicals like toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate); Dior Addict in "Infra Rose", "Sparkling Violet" or "Uncontrollable Pink", $25.00 on Sephora.com; Couleurs Nature multi-reflects lipstick $5.50; Left to Right: Yves Saint Laurent baume d'Eté tinted lip balm in “Blackcurrent Sorbert” and “Love Apple” and Yves Saint Laurent rouge pur lipstick in "Fuchsia" and "Hibiscus", available at Bloomingdale’s for $23.00 and $29.00; Stockholm Blush-On in "Worship" and "Pearl" eyeshadow in No. 38, $19.00 and $18.00, respectively on facestockholm.com; and rouge powder in "Desert Rose", $26.00 at Dr. Smallflower. Middle: Terracotta "Gloss and Shine" by Guerlain $25.00 on Vivre; L'Oreal Paris colour juice lip gloss in "Cherry On Top" $8.00at drugstores; Nars Powder blush $25.oo at Sephora; and Murad energizing "Pomegranate" lip $16.00. Bottom: nail polish in "Pink Glove Service", "Bachelorette Bash", "California Coral", "Fruity Sangria" and "Pansy", $8.00 on essie.com (or $5.95 on enailsupply.com); Neon nail polish in "Mini Shorts", "Bermuda Shorts", "Short Shorts", and "Shorty Pants", $8.00 on essie.com and Revlon Super Lustrous lipstick in "Cherries in the Snow", available at drugstores.

My Pick: Essie nail color in "Tribeca" with a coat of "Calypso" on top, if neither are available, try "Footloose". Yves Saint Laurent fard a levres Rouge Pur in "Pure Fuschia".

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