With 6 different designers I came up with looks that would be beautiful and effortless. I was happy to have Harriet Medrozo  assisting  she did an amazing job and kept her work area clean (10 pts) lol. The looks  needed to transition from soft, bronze, beach girl, into going out with my boyfriend i need to add a lil bit of  color  beautiful girl. We used some amazing products sent to me by Cover Girl, a skin primer, lipstains and these really smooth colorful eyeliners they worked amazing.

For the models with the darker lip, I wanted to make the look  a bit more daring/sultry the clothing was darker, yet colorful I thought a pop of deep burgundy plum on the lips( Cyber lipstick by MAC to be exact) would bring out the eyes, so not much  eye makeup would not be needed.  I used beautiful black,black liquid eyeliner, soft skintone shadows and matte cheeks,   the best mascara I’ve  ever ed used by Kiko cosmetics, perfect choices.

For hair these guys banged it out we had Abby from Alchemy hair salon ,  Sarah and Danielle of Renew Hair Salon Jesse Yager of Shag  Hair Studios… YOU BETTA WORK! I really loved the styles they did and they even threw in scarfs  and layered braids to give the looks more sophistication!

This was great fun and an amazing team of people to work with. hope to work with you all again.

Love & Lipstick

Lipstick Mixtapes has been nominated for 5   different categories, EXCITING!  So we would love it if YOU! our awesome readers would VOTE for us! Listed below are the categories we’re nominated for so all you have to do is  go to the website and vote today you have until July 25, 2010. there’s an image to right simply click it and get started. We appreciate your support and we wanna WIN, WIN, WIN, WIN,WIN, WIN ! you know the song!  : )

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*side note* I ain’t even gonna go in on how skinny the models in these sketches are….. we all know A Keys got more junk then that!….. But Ima be eeeeeeasy*

Heidi Klum Models for Vogue Germany and Shoots a 30min Behind the Scenes Film.

I’M. AM. NOT. WORTHY.

In regard to fashion, I love that slogan: A MANS LIFE IN A WOMANS BODY.  It suggests androgyny and I’m all about that, it’s in my makeup as an Aries. And since I mention makeup…. Lets get this show on the road. Makeup Artist James Kaliardos took these exact words and painted them on the models faces for the Diane Von Furstenberg collection during Fashion Week 2010.

I love it! Hard eyes with a shimmer, contoured face with a pale lip, hard expression with soft hair. BALANCE. This couldn’t possibly come at a better time for me, as a makeup artist  I’ve been screaming lately that it’s time for makeup to evolve. Looks and eyeshadow styles are becoming dated… So its time to step it up. Go to your nearest makeup shop, grab a blending brush and paint on the darkest shimmery shadow you can find. If you call yourself fashion forward or are wanting to become more fashion aware and savvy then what better place to draw your inspiration than FASHION WEEK?

UHM, Yeah. And if andre Leon Talley is co signing your stuff… you have a dead give away you moving in the right direction. I know what MY makeup is gonna be looking like this Fall! Giving it to ya’ll early, Generating HYPE!

Did anyone notice the obvious symbolic elements in the movie “Avatar” to African and African American people? Shes like “Meagan how could you not see that?” Mind you this is my 3rd time seeing it and her 1st. I found a new love in it. Think about it… they’re braids and beads, they’re tribe and rituals, they’re noses and strong eyes, they’re dialogue they’re jungle… they’re aggressiveness while still suggesting romance, THAT WACK LINE ABOUT THE “BLUE MONKEYS” (GRRR BY THE WAY)… THINK ABOUT IT. Suddenly Africa is everywhere.

Of course it would go as no surprise with the movie grossing so much money and being so full of color and life that the fashion world get involved.

Don’t be surprised to find more African elements in your favorite designers collections coming Spring and Fall 2010. Bolder printed jumpsuits, more wood inspired jewels, etc… you get my drift.