When I shop for art supplies and when I shop for cosmetics there is little difference really. Ridiculous amounts of money are always spent (seemingly unintentionally) and sometimes my art supplies and my cosmetics are almost indistinguishable from one another: Make Up Forever, 25th anniversary aqua Eyes pencil set and Flash color palette (lips,eyes,cheeks) Kryolan, Aqua Colors The Aqua Eyes pencil set reminds me of a set of watercolour pencils that I had in high school, they also came in a tin
Carmindy’s New Smoky Eye Kit Makes One Heck of a Stocking Stuffer
Leave it to makeup artist Carmindy (of TLC’s What Not To Wear ) to make smokey eyes even easier than flipping your hair (well, almost). Her new Perfect Smoky Eyes Kit ($23, part of the Sally Hansen Natural Beauty Inspired by Carmindy line) comes with three coordinating eye products perfect for creating understated, elegant, just plain pretty smokey eyes. What ya get Eye Shadow Palette in Storm: Three shimmery shades in gray, taupe and beige Lift & Define Mascara in Jet Black: A lengthening, glossy black Always Perfect Liquid Eye Liner in Black Onyx: A sheer liquid liner Swatches from left to right: shimmery gray eyeshadow, shimmery taupe eyeshadow, shimmery beige eyeshadow, liquid liner, mascara (…) Read the rest of Carmindy’s New Smoky Eye Kit Makes One Heck of a Stocking Stuffer (268 words) You might also be interested in…
Curél Targeted Therapy Fast-Absorbing Hand & Cuticle Cream
Hand Saver: With flu season in full force, we’re all aware of the importance of washing our hands to ensure they’re free from bacteria. Unfortunately, this increase in our daily wash routine is leading to a decrease in the softness of our hands. With the average woman washing her hands 10.8 times each day, there’s a need to re-hydrate our dry, cracked skin. Luckily, Curél has you covered this winter with their Targeted Therapy Fast-Absorbing Hand & Cuticle Cream
Vera Farmiga at the Up in the Air LA Premier: Get The Look
Vera Farmiga was sporting red lips at the Up in the Air LA Premier on Monday, November 30th, 2009, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA. Vera was wearing a dress by Dolce & Gabbana and her makeup look was created by Tina Turnbow , a Natural Makeup Artist. “Vera’s look was simple glamour: Her dress was ephemeral – a white, almost grecian Dolce & Gabbana, and I wanted her makeup look to shine forth her beautiful features, while keeping that simple, effortless air.”-Tina Turnbow Face Products: “Vera has a beautiful, fair complexion, so I kept it simple – with a lightweight foundation and finished with a light, rosy blush.
Keeping Up With The Kardashians Returns December 13th on E!
Keeping up with the Kardashians returns for its fourth season with a very special season premiere, Sunday, Dec. 13 at 10/9c , only on E! Watch as a tempest of siblings, business and fame engulf Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner and paparazzi fave Kim Kardashian as their huge Hollywood families collide! Watch a preview for the Keeping up with the Kardashians fourth season here: Kourtney Kardashian Interviews With Marta Walsh Khloe Kardashian Interviews With Marta Walsh
While I am not endowed with her other attributes, I do have about the same hair (texture, color, curliness) as Sophia Loren. A few months ago, I was looking at images of her and was taken by a short cut she had, the photo of which I sent to my hair-cutter, saying, I might want this cut when I go to Panama in January, as I will not be taking the blow-dryer (what my daughter calls my ” ghetto hairdryer ,” to which I have essentially been harnessed since age thirteen because it nicely half-pulls out the curls)
Officially, it’s the ber months already! More sales, more options for gift-giving, and well, more reasons, with the cold weather, to primp and wear makeup! Everyday Minerals www.everydayminerals.com Free Big size sunlight concealer, all orders over $35, minus shipping, discount and tax, no code required Tons of new features: New “try me” kits valued at $5 AND you can add 1 for free to your orders 25% off for 5 to 11 items AND 45% off for 12 to infinity! Aromaleigh’s FB: www.aromaleigh.com Get a head start on our September sale! Save 20% off with code virgo20 through 9/6 LaurEss Back to School Sale www.lauress.com 25% off all cosmetics! No coupon code needed. Prices are already marked down. MELANGE http://www.melangecosmetics.com/ 25% Off Mineral Makeup with Coupon Code: AugSale25 Combine your MeLange Beauty Bucks and Facebook Friends discount for more savings! MAD MINERALS Moving Sale! www.madminerals.org We are moving our facility to a new & larger location within the next 90 days
If you live with melasma; excess pigmentation of the face, most commonly on the malar area (the upper cheek), bridge of nose, forehead, and upper lip, that occurs in half of women during pregnancy then you know the aggravation of trying to cover the pigment up with make-up, and with topical treatments that are ineffective. Now, fractional skin resurfacing with the Palomar 1540 makes huge long-lasting improvements for clients with Melasma
A tutorial made by me to help out all those cosplayers on how to achieve that flawless photoshopped looking skin by just using make up. This was originally made to help out guys who are pretty new to make up but need to learn it for photo or cosplaying purposes (specifically for one of my friends who is getting into cosplay and doesn’t know where to begin with makeup). More cosplay make up help can be found at the forums of Cosplay(dot)com.
True story: Yesterday, I booked a cab to the train station – approximate fare, $16 plus tip – from where I would then journey three stops to my office. (This is a rare indulgence, though one I've taken advantage of twice this week, as a well-earned gift to myself. I usually walk the two miles to another train station.) As soon as I got in the car, the cabbie turned around in his seat to face me and said, ” Your perfume – it is so beautiful.” When he was again facing the road, he repeated the sentence twice more for good measure.
Mineral Makeup Sale and Product Update : Lauress Sale and Adorned With Grace Summer Limited Edition!
Image credit : http://definingtruebeauty.blogspot.com/ Adorned With Grace gives us a sneek peak of their Summer Limited Edition mineral eyeshadows. They seem really gorgeous, so be on the lookout on their website as they are launched! Lauress , one of my favorite mineral makeup brands, is having a sale! Starting Friday, June 26 enjoy 3 days of 30% off all full size products and samples, including our foundations. This special discount will only last through the weekend, so act fast! On Monday the discount will reduce to 20% off, so if you don’t get to shop over the weekend you will still have an opportunity to save! This sale will continue through the Fourth of July holiday and ends on July 6th
To claim that girls and women want to look like blonde bombshells because of the billboards, movies, TV shows, music videos, and magazine advertisements makes as little sense as to claim that people become hungry because they are bombarded with images of food in the media. If only the media would stop inundating people with images of food, they would never be hungry! Women’s desire to be blonde preceded the media by centuries, if not millennia. – Ben Casnocha , in his notes on Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters , by Alan Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa
Steve Erhardt of Hollywood Secrets Salon in Hollywood, California, speaks on the Celebrity scene. Contact Steve Erhardt, Celebrity Hair-Stylist and Make-up artist, when in Los Angeles, California, USA, for your Hair Styling and Make-up needs, and also for private Hair Styling at your location and for Film/ TV Production
