The art of highlighting and contouring

Posted in Uncategorized on February 25th, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Get Tyra's sculpted look with a little makeup know-how.

Do you ever wonder how celebrities keep their skin looking so youthful and healthy year after year? Could it be a spray tan, plastic surgery, or are they aging backwards like Benjamin Button? None of the above…it’s just makeup and a subtle way of highlighting and contouring.

Makeup artist Christina Lee Adams gave us the scoop. Her work has appeared on the runways of Miami and Palm Beach including shows such as Versace and Zac Posen, Palm Beach Illustrated, Steve Madden’s 2009 Fall and Spring Lookbooks, and hundreds of Manhattan’s most seasoned makeup aficionados.

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Turn your masstige makeup into prestige quality

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24th, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Katie Holmes browses Sephora. justjared.com

Craving some Clinique? Longing for a little Laura Mercier? Yearning for Yves Saint Laurent? Celebs can afford to splurge on quality products, but you can turn your masstige (drugstore) makeup into prestige quality with a few tips and tricks.
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Affordably realizing your eyes’ potential, with your Visa

Posted in Uncategorized on February 7th, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Flutter your baby blues like Paris. (c) Celebrity Beauty Buzz

We all know that curling our lashes is a big “eye-opener,” but the curl only reaches its full potential with the right mascara application. One technique beauty expert Mickey Williams shares with her clients that makes their eyes the focus and their lashes the frame, is to use a business card during application. Read on to see how the celebrity makeup artist to Paris Hilton and Ali Landry creates sultry smizes (that’s smiling with your eyes!).

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Get Your Best Ever Eyes!

Posted in Uncategorized on February 5th, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Create a flawless look courtesy of Dimitri James, makeup artist to Eva La Rue

“Careful shading, a hint of color, concealer and properly applied eyeliner and mascara brighten the eyes and help to disguise the signs of aging” says Dimitri James, author of Becoming Beauty and the founder of Skinn Cosmetics. “Beware of overdoing the eyes, however, as this can make you look older or too made up,” he warns. Read on for a step by step tutorial on getting your best ever eyes!

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Getting a fab faux tan, Miss America-style

Posted in Uncategorized on February 3rd, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Kelly Richardson gives a contestant a once-over.

We were lucky enough to link up with Kelly Richardson of Sonoma Airbrush Tanning. She knows a thing or two about tanning the most beautiful bodies in the good US of A — she’s been in the industry  for years and has quite the following with a number of Miss America contestants.

And with spring just around the corner, the desire for a getting a great looking tan looms dangerously ahead.  For years, men and women, have kicked off the sunny months by heading to the tanning salon, to get a jump-start on a bronze glow.  This year the trend has changed, and they are reaching for a faux-glow. Read on for Kelly’s tips on how to achieve your best glow yet — and it doesn’t mean reaching for the sugar scrub just yet.

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Winter Chill Part II: Makeup application for the coldest months of the year

Posted in Uncategorized on February 1st, 2010 by Anna De Souza

Tuning in for our second installment of winter skin care tips? Wait no longer…!

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