There’s no such thing as having too many makeup brushes, right?

So we’re thrilled to be giving you a chance to win a six piece Power Tools Vol. I Premium Makeup Brush Set by Esum, plus a full-size jar of our best selling  Set The Stage Makeup Primer.  The Power Tools Vol. 1 Makeup Brush Set contains:   1 Square Liner Brush,  1  Angle Brow Brush, 1 Medium Filbert Eye Shader Brush, 1 Large Angle Round Eye Contour Brush, 1 Cream Foundation Brush,  1 Medium Dome Blush Brush, 1 Concealer Brush

Enter below via Facebook Connect or email. It takes just a few seconds and you earn extra entries for following us on Twitter, Tweeting about the contest, visiting our Open Sky store, and liking us on Facebook.  In all, there are more than 12 different ways to earn additional entries.  Even better, when you refer other to the contest, you earn entries as well!

Contest ends May 13, 2013, 4 p.m. UTC, so don’t wait on this one.

Whip Hand Cosmetics Teams with How to be a Redhead to Create Lip Palettes Exclusively for Redheads

New York, NY and Detroit, MI  March 07, 2013  — Over the past ten years, natural born redheads and founders of How to be a Redhead, Adrienne and Stephanie Vendetti, have explored all shades of lip color in search of hues to complement their hard to match complexions. When their experience met the experts of Whip Hand Cosmetics the result is revolutionary: Redhead friendly lip products that promote confidence and beauty.

“Redheads have traditionally been an under-served group whenit comes to cosmetics,” says Riese Lauriat, founder and chief makeup artist at Whip Hand Cosmetics, “We wanted to present a line of products that makes it easy for women with red hair to find their perfect shade.”

With the help of the Vendetti sisters, Whip Hand Cosmetics designed two lip palettes completely inspired by redheads. The daytime look, EmpoweRED™, features cool toned lip crèmes, while GlamouRED™ is a warm creme collection to prep lips for a night on the town. Each palette comes with four lip cremes to give redheads a choice depending on their mood and occasion.

Adrienne Vendetti of How to be a Redhead says, “What’s different about these lip palettes is that they empower and beautify redheads at the same time!”

Each lip palette comes with a premium Stilazzi travel lip brush for application. The lip palette retails for $49. Palettes will premiere at Rock it Like a Redhead, How to be a Redhead’s first live beauty and fashion event for Redheads on March 16, 2013. A discounted rate will be offered to event attendees.

About Whip Hand Cosmetics

Whip Hand Cosmetics provides ultra-premium, professional makeup artist quality cosmetics Made in Detroit with Attitude™. Aside from lip cremes, the Whip Hand Cosmetics collection includes high-pigment eyeshadows and blushes, lip veneers, creme blushes and professional skincare and prep products. Whip Hand Cosmetics is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

About How To Be A Redhead

How to be a Redhead is the only online source for redheads. It offers beauty, fashion and healthy  living recommendations. How to be a Redhead’s mission is to empower every redhead woman to feel confident, to look amazing and to rock their beauty. Red hair is more than a color, it’s a lifestyle!

How to be a Redhead is headquartered in New York City, USA.

Media Contacts:

Adrienne & Stephanie Vendetti
How to be a Redhead
Phone: 347-7090-RED
Email: press(at)howtobearedhead(dot)com

Monique Wahinehololio Lauriat
Whip Hand Cosmetics
Phone: 616-666-9696
Email: monique(at)whiphandcosmetics(dot)com

While we can’t disclose just yet why we were doing the shoot and what it’s for, you’ll find out soon enough.

The campaign features the fabulous Detroit model Kelly Kirstein shot by Detroit fashion photographer Laur Nash. Photographer Andrew Fang was kind enough to join us all day to shoot the critical video footage that will accompany the still photography in the campaign.

Check out the behind the scenes photos from the shoot and stay-tuned for more details in February about what we’re up to.  We’re really excited about this one. Could 2013 be the Year of the Redhead at Whip Hand?

To enter the contest, all you have to do is snap a picture of yourself rocking your red hair and post it to Instagram with the tags: @howtobearedhead #howtobearedhead @whiphandcosmetics #rockitlikearedhead

One lucky winner will receive a “Rock It Like a Redhead” Makeup Package from Whip Hand Cosmetics customized with colors matched to the winner’s shade of red hair, complexion and eye color. The contest runs through Thursday, October 25th.

The Whip Hand “Ginger Love” package contains:

1 Creme Eyeshadow
2 Pure Pigment Loose Eyeshadows
1 Lip Creme
1 Creme Blush
1 Handbag Size of our “Give Good Face” Rosewater Face Toner
1 Sample size of our “Set The Stage” Makeup Primer
4 Stilazzi Makeup Brushes
Stilazzi Makeup Tote

Enter today by downloading the Instagram app to your Smart Phone and start posting the pictures of your crimson mane!

Known to industry insiders as the “MacGyver of Makeup”, Multiple Emmy® Award winning makeup artist Kevin James (KJ) Bennett reviews Whip Hand Cosmetics “Set The Stage” Makeup Primer for OpenSky.com. Kevin curates OpenSky’s “Beauty Closet”, where the artist shares his makeup and skincare “essentials.”

About Kevin James Bennett

KJ began his career in retail cosmetics in the 80′s. This evolved into photo, runway and celebrity makeup. The next step was TV and within 3 years he received his first Emmy nomination. In less than 10 years he had received 5 nominations and won 2 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup. His broadcast resume includes prime time network and cable productions (including the Law & Order franchise), talk shows, news magazines, daytime dramas (Another World and As The World Turns) and regional/national commercials.

KJ has appeared on international entertainment and news shows including Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, Today, “E” Entertainment Network and HSN (Home Shopping Network).

He has also appeared on a number of realty shows for MTV, VH1, TLC, Style, HGTV and TV Land, where he was featured Makeup Expert on “She’s Got The Look”.

His insightful, honest and sometimes irreverent beauty advice has been featured in Vogue, Glamour, Elle, InStyle, Town & Country, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping, Self and Health magazines as well as respected trade publications WWD, American Salon, Skin Inc and GCI. He is also quoted regularly by popular on-line publications, beauty blogs and in YouTube videos.

KJ is a contributing editor for Key Publishing’s Make-Up Artist Magazine, which is the #1 international makeup artist trade publication. He also contributes to the “Expert Advise” section of their very popular Makeup411.com website.

KJ is an “Industry Expert” for BeautyPress.com and the ”Cosmetics Expert” for NY Times best-seller, Dr. Leslie Baumann’s International Esthetics Advisory Board.  He is also a contributes to Dr. Baumann’s popular Skin Guru blog on Yahoo Health.

You SHOULD follow Kevin on:

Twitter at: https://twitter.com/KJBennettBeauty
On Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/kevinjamesbennett
On YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/kjbennett

September 13, 2012 – Huffington Post

Read The Full Interview on Huffington Post

Featured Whip Hand Cosmetics products: Whip Hand Cosmetics Pure Pigment Loose Eyeshadows (from top to bottom) in Armed, Hello and Crush.

Read the Full Article Here (subscription required.)

“I like to drink martinis. Two at the most. Three I’m under the table, four I’m under the host.” – Dorothy Parker

Take Dorothy Parker’s advice and keep the martinis to under two.

Instead of a third round,  head over to premium beauty giveaway site Poshly.com  for a chance to win one of ten creme and loose eyeshadow combos from Whip Hand Cosmetics.  If you’re one of the ten lucky winners, you can pick your poison from our collection of 39  loose pigment shadows and 25 coordinating creme eyeshadows.

Entering is easy: Just click here, answer a few, fun beauty questions and you’ll be entered in the giveaway.

The Giveaway ends Wednesday, August 19th, 2012 so get your beautiful self over to Poshly today and enter!