LISTEN UP LM LOVES, We’ve got BIG news!

Lipstick Mixtapes will host its FIRST Beauty Class Workshop presented by Safia Michelle on June 2nd at Urban Rethink in Orlando.

WHO: LIPSTICK MIXTAPES feat. Safia Michelle

WHAT: BEAUTY ESSENTIALS, One Day Beauty/Hair Workshop

WHEN: June 2, 2012 | 10:30am – 1:30pm

WHERE: URBAN RETHINK | 625 E. Central Blvd. Orlando, FL. 32801

REGISTRATION: $15

Beauty Essentials one day beauty class is catered to aspiring and established Makeup Artists and Hairstylists looking for aditional advice/techniques on how to break into the commercial and entertainment Makeup and Hairstyling industries.

Safia Michelle will present insider information on how to effectively book jobs, organize and purchase makeup and makeup kit, how to work with different skin complexions and blemishes, ‘looks’ for commercial industry, current Beauty trends, and MORE.

Attendees are sure to walk away with a better understanding of the Beauty Essentials of the commercial and entertainment fields.

We will have great sponsors for beauty bags at this event and a special *FREE gift for the first 10 registrants! Registration is only 15 dollars! 

We’d love to see you at Beauty Essentials!

~xo

The now multimillion dollar film, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, hit theaters this weekend and it is funny!  I loved the characters, I felt like I knew each of them. Kevin Hart is ridiculously funny! He will have you cracking up the entire film. Oh! Let’s not forget about the sexy Micheal Ealy, can you say DELICIOUS? (couldn’t get enough of him). But what stood out to me more than anything was the  makeup! Wow, the ladies in the movie look great!

Especially my favorite girl, Meagan Good.  She looks amazing in the film. I loved that she rocked one of the newest trends in makeup and one of my favs in the movie, silver eyeliner on the inner corner of the eyes, with a neutral lid color and nude lip. So glamorous, yet edgy!

In the image below, I love the green eyeshadow she’s wearing. It’s definitely a pretty look for brown eyed girls. The green makes her eyes pop! And her brows are serious aren’t they? She has the best brows ever!  Always PERFECT.

Also I loved actress Regina Hall’s look. Her skin was luminous throughout the movie. So glowy and dewy, she just looked fresh. The look was perfect for her character. Easy beauty for the woman with kids, not a lot of time to spare, but wants to look fresh. Her hair was long and straight, which I loved. Very sleek, showing off her stunning facial features! She seriously made me want to get a new hairstyle!

Don’t know how much I’ll have to spend to get this kind of hair, but with the look of it, I’m sure it’s worth the money!

Here’s what I had to say on Vogue Italia’s website (” ART making ridicule of culture,lifestyle again Who in Italy cares about this anyway, couldn’t the creative team come up with something dare i say creative instead of bringing more ridicule and negative depiction to someones lifestyle. Although this is in the pages of a magazine, it’s girls around my way that really do look like this #notcool “)

LM loves, let me know your opinions…

I started off the weekend attending the Miss Jessie’s Black Hair Forum over at the University of Central Florida . It was awesome and informative  the ladies talked natural hair care,  starting a  business, and the importance of the love and support of family! A room packed with at least 100 ladies  took home swag bags of full size Miss Jessie’s products this was a  a great movement in recognizing that natural hair is here to stay and companies and societies are accepting us  with beautiful curls, kinks,  and waves, period.

Miko & Titi founders of Miss Jessie’s

Talking about the origination of Natural Hair!

Sorry for the blur it was pretty tight in there!

How did everyone like last night’s Grammy Awards? I was so excited to watch the show and overall there were some really awesome moments like Bruno Mars opening performance. I really didn’t know he was that popular sorry I’ve been sleep on him but now I know. But for real lets get to the real reason why I’m here 3 things makeup, fashion and glamour!

Almost everyone looked  amazing, I chose  3 artist from each category and I’m starting with ADELE for the Winner of Best Makeup…

ADELE, she looked  beautiful, I know everyone is saying that , but seriously from a makeup artist perspective, that face was painted and girlfriend looked GOOD! I love the vintage inspired look rich red lip and light sultry eye and that contoured cheek was the greatest, you go ADELE .Honestly I’ve seen her in this look so many times and, I wouldn’t mind seeing her in something different, but for the Grammy Awards this was the perfect choice #winning

Fashion was interesting but I’ve come to expect the extremes and the cookie cutter safe taste of most artist . So the winner of Best Fashion goes to  RIHANNA

That dress is  BODY honey and she looked sexy as all get out and I just want that dress so bad!

And lastly the winner for Best overall Glamour goes to the lovely Carrie Underwood

Anyone that does a duet with Tony Bennett has to be certified Glamorous and Carrie looks stunning. Her makeup is flawless, and the lashes she’s wearing screams I am a glamour girl!

And no show would be complete without a what the hell moment and it goes to Niki Minaj I’m so mad I just can’t even get into anymore take a look and the rest is history…

There you have it my makeup, fashion, and glamour update from the 54th Grammy Awards.

Love & Lipstick

Last week in Orlando the  popular reality TV show Master of the Mix made it’s final stop in  our beautiful city and it brought out everyone ! Orlando’s very own Dj M-Squared is one of  the shows finalist and all of the  creative and most stylish crowd  came out  in full effect Saturday night to support him and to show how we do it down here! Can I tell you I was so proud,  just about everyone represented well! Makeup, Fashion and Glamor was on point, just about everyone  we  snapped looked great,  there were just a few that missed the memo and the mirror, #imjustsaying. So peep the pics and see how the  young, fashionable  and fabulous crowd represented !

Love & Lipstick

Safia

This was one of my fav couples of the night. Their looks compliment each other to a T!   Her natural makeup  and hair look is perfect giving her  girly Bohemian chic look sexy sophiscatin and style.

These ladies are so on point! Natural Hair was in full effect! I love the color blocking on Miss Thang to the right, and her earrings! I die! Major cute. Both of these ladies brought their accessories game! I  absolutely love the fact that they got  made up, I see color on the lips which is this seasons trend, so many girls rock nudes which is great, but it nice to see a  colorful lip to  compliment  the outfits.

The mens! Yes Honey, they donned the wife beaters and baseball caps and grown man style was in full effect. #REFRESHING. The sweaters and button downs are  working for them,  I did a double take. I love how my man on the right went with color. Traditionally most guys opt for black, but these men embraced new mens style which is adding color, texture, and shape to the ensemble and they did well!

Girls, girls, Girls! This bunch is  absolutely adorable and sexy! I love the array of colors, everyone looks like they belong, they all represented well! Take note this is what LM is all about Makeup, Fashion, and Glamour and they did that!

He’s just  FINE!

Photos by Ben Stitzer

Dana of OPP is so fast! ; D

Thank you to Brink Mag as always for the awesome support

Other People’s Property for hot outfits for the guys and the girls!

Jessica Castro whom I can now add to my list of favorite photographers

Sarah doing GREAT things with hair,

and the models, can’t forget the models, without models there would be no images ha!

Love & Lipstick,

safia michelle