I am not blessed with olive skin, like my friend who needs only fifteen minutes in the sun before turning an enviable caramel shade. No, I must take the sun sparingly and covered in sunblock or I will burn. Eventually, I will tan but I prefer to speed things along with self-tanner. Which is why […] Read more…
I’m working on a new series of videos of makeup how-tos and here is the first one! I have a lovely model named Betsie who graciously agreed to be filmed without makeup so we could show her transformation. This is a video for any of you that have hooded lids or have small eyes and […] Read more…
Last week I gave you a glimpse into the glamorous, or not so glamorous, life of a professional makeup artist and today I wanted to share with you how to become one. There is more than one way to the road of makeup artistry and no one path is better than the other. A good […] Read more…
When I tell people that I am a professional makeup artist, they often comment on how glamorous a job that must be. Well, sometimes it is but more often than not it really isn’t. So, what does a day in the life of a makeup artist really look like? The night before a shoot I […] Read more…
With the proliferation of new mascara wands in stores, how do you choose the right one for you? Do you crave long and defined, curled and lifted or voluminous and full lashes? These new mascaras claim to achieve each of those desired effects with new, futuristic wands armed and ready. I decided to put each […] Read more…
Oui, j’écris un post fashion! Je sais, vous allez vous dire, pourquoi un post fashion, ceci est un blog beauté! Eh bien voilà, j’étais tellement séduit par les creations d’ Ariel pour Swedroebyariel, que je voulais partager avec vous. J’ai eu récemment le plaisir de porter quelques unes de ses creations magnifique en tant que […] Read more…
Yes I’m writing a fashion post! I know that this is a beauty blog, but I was so enchanted by the designs of fashion designer Ariel for Swedroebyariel, that I had to share. Recently I had the pleasure of modeling some of Ariel’s gorgeous pieces for their social media accounts and I had a little […] Read more…
Le contouring, cette technique de maquillage, utilisée uniquement par les make-up artistes hautement qualifiés et les drag queens, vise désormais le grand public. Lire plus ICI Read more…
Contouring, once a makeup technique used only by makeup artists and highly skilled drag queens, has gone mainstream. We can thank countless YouTube tutorials and one very famous Instagram selfie (by someone infamous for selfies) for starting this trend of expertly smearing brown contouring makeup and then blending it to reveal an altogether chiseled […] Read more…
What’s your type? Do you like them long and lean or defined and thick? I’m talking lashes here not men (Personally I like my men long and lean but my lashes thick and voluminous!) Joking aside, the Balm’s imaginative and sexy packaging is so much fun you’ll want to do your makeup in public. Take […] Read more…