Step by Step Golden Bronze Eyeshadow Tutorial.

I haven't done a tutorial in a while, so I thought I'd share with you
one of my go-to looks when going out. It may seem like a lot of steps,
but it's actually very simple, and it takes me all about five minutes to
do. You can step it up a notch for night-time wear by adding false
lashes and/or liner on the waterline, or you can tone it down for
day-time wear by subtracting the outer-v color and liner.


Products Used:

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer (used in step 1)

MAC Brule Eyeshadow (used in step 5)

MAC Woodwinked Eyeshadow (used in step 2 and 4)

MAC Soba Eyeshadow (used in step 3)

MAC Tempting Eyeshadow (used in step 6)

MAC Brun Eyeshadow (used in step 7 and 8)

Loreal Endless Pearl Infallible Eyeshadow (used in step 10)

MAC Dipdown Fluidline Eyeliner (used in step 9)

Clarins Extra Definition Mascara (used in step 11)


Brushes Used:

Coastal Scents Small Eyeliner Brush

Sigma Small Angle Brush

Sigma Pencil Brush

Sigma Large Shader Brush

Coastal Scents Tapered Blending Brush

  

Makeup for a Red Dress

It is the holiday season, and I’m sure many of you will be wearing red
for your holiday parties!  The number one email I get from all of you is
“I’m wearing a red dress, what makeup do I wear?! HELP!!!”   So, here
is a video showing what I do with my red outfits as well as a tutorial
of a glamorous neutral look that is perfect for the Holidays!

Tips:

• Wear neutral shades, brown, silver, gold and black or anything that falls into the neutral category.


• Stay away from bright shades.


• Make either the eyes or the lips the focal point.


• If you go with a red lip keep the eyes almost bare with a winged or thick liner.


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Face:

• Eve Pearl Salmon Concealer in ”Tan”


• Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation


• Maybelline Fit Face Powder


• Stila Convertible Cheek Color – “Lillium” 

  

Eyes:



MAC Paint Pot in “Layin Low”

• Makeup Geek Eyeshadow – Mocha


• Makeup Geek Eyeshadow – Latte


• Makeup Geek Eyeshadow – Creme Brule


• LA Splash Glitter Glue


• Makeup Geek Pigment – Nightlife


• Ardell Demi Wispies Lashes


• Duo Lash Adhesive


• Makeup Geek Gel Liner – Immortal

 Lips:

• MAC Lipstick – Flair for Finery 


• NARS Lipgloss – Striptease

There it is, the perfect makeup for all the red you will be wearing
this holiday season! I hope this helps all of our and that your holiday
is happy and blessed. :-)


As always, I hope each and everyone of you are staying happy and healthy!!!

 

While you were sleeping: A writer takes the pyjama dressing trend out of the boudoir and into the light of day

When I was growing up, I used to visit my grandmother in Palm Beach,
where she wintered in a conch-pink pseudo Spanish-style condo called
(accurately) La Bonne Vie. My favourite activity was grocery shopping at
Palm Beach’s Publix—a glamorized supermarket washed a bunny-nose pink
with valet parking and bougainvillea-swathed archways. Here, tycoons
with Hermès-orange suntans and manses on Billionaire’s Row shuffled
through the aisles dressed in silken Persian pyjamas and monogrammed
velvet bedroom slippers, carts full of crab salad, their long-suffering
chauffeurs waiting outside in purring Bentleys. Wearing pyjamas outside
of the bedroom has historically been the habit of the egregiously
wealthy, the eccentric, the hyper-medicated on day passes—and the
freelance writer.



I’ll admit that as I write this, I’m sporting my favourite pair of
Liberty Print J.Crew man-jams. In my defense, it’s a grouchy-skied fall
afternoon, with clouds heaped like an unmade bedspread—ideal weather for
pyjama wearing, like clear skies and tail winds for pilots. But the
jammy trend du jour is hardly limited to oversized drawstring pants and
piped tops. For Louis Vuitton’s Fall 2013 fashion show,
models in dark ’50s wigs and plummy pouts drifted down the runway in
fur-edged peignoirs and lace-trimmed negligees half-hidden under
oversized astrakhan coats. The mise-en-scène: 50 numbered
wooden doors lined a catwalk-turned-walk-of-shame to evoke a plush,
tryst-inviting hotel, the sort where women in various stages of
post-indiscretion undress might wander before escaping into the dusky
wee smalls. The palette—decadent and drowsy—slipped from shades of
champagne to dreamy, moony blues to inky midnights. And the look, plush
with the poetry of melancholy, conjured that romantic liminal moment
before the first flush of dawn and the vulgar daytime glare of
consequence. For the occasion, Marc Jacobs took his bow
in PJs from Vuitton’s recent men’s collection. (The so-called Garden In
Hell pattern by British artists Jake and Dinos Chapman took inspiration
from Diana Vreeland’s red-lacquer apartment.) Meanwhile, for his Marc
Jacobs collection, the designer accoutred his models in dark,
well-mussed (presumably from time spent au lit) shag wigs and
glamourpuss silk pyjamas in shimmery shades of gold and gunmetal. (He
opted to don a pair of Prada ’jams for the bow.)


But Jacobs is not the only designer to introduce pyjamas to the light of day. For Rochas’s
Fall 2013 show, fluid silk ’jams in shades of raincloud grey were
paired with diamond necklaces for a look of coiffed indolence. There is
nothing as chic as leisure, and py-jamas are leisure’s timeless uniform.

Low chignon tutorial: How to get holiday party-ready hair in less than 15 minutes

 Our mission to make your holiday season as glam and effortless as possible continues, with the debut of a new holiday hair tutorial. The chignon is a classic hairstyle that has an infinite number of variations—once you master the basics behind it, itll be all chignons all the time. For our holiday party take on the look, Toronto-based hairstylist Margot Keith created a low chignon that looks as pretty as a perfectly wrapped present. This tutorial takes all the guesswork out of holiday hair and will get you from from prep to polished in less than 15 minutes—leaving you with enough time to pause for a pre-party under-the-mistletoe kiss or two.

 

 

1. If you have curly hair, great! If not, add some quick curls with a 1.5" curling iron. The texture will make it much easier to hold this holiday hairstyle in place and will add make any loose strands look that much better. If you have super-fine or freshly washed hair, youwill also want to spritz in some dry shampoo or texturizing powder—the grit makes your hair much easier to work with.



2. Part your hair slightly to one side and pull back the top section of hair, as though youare doing a half updo. Use a brush to smooth out any bumps and use a hair elastic to loosely secure this hair in a loop at the base of your neck. If you have short layers at the front of your hair, let them hang loose—you can twist and tuck them into place in the next step.


3. Now it'stime to pin your remaining hair in and around the loop. Taking two inch sections at a time, twist and pin into place, criss-crossing the hair over the loop to cover it up. Ensure you cover the hair elastic as you go—it actually serves as an excellent anchor for keeping bobby pins in place. There's no right way to this process, and as this is a slightly romantic hairstyle, any loose pieces of hair will only serve to soften the look.





4. Check your style in a mirror and make any necessary adjustments. A light-hold hairspray will keep this lo chignon in place all night long!