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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Big!Big!Big shout out to ALL the ladies who have supported Lipstick Mixtapes these last couple of months. I am so appreciative of your dedication and support of LM. Many hugs and kisses and best wishes.

With no hesitation at all a few of them gave some feedback on how they LOVE Lipstick Mixtapes new LM lipsticks, peep the video to see and hear what they had to say!

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Tags: Antique Orange, Culture Climax, ESTHER lipstick, Grind Time Lipstick, LIP lipstick, Mandie B, nude lips, red lipstick
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Lipstick Mixtapes for Gospel NOW Magazine

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

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Happy Monday LM lovers, hope you all had an awesome weekend! I’m ready for a bright and busy week and I hope you are to! Well with January almost coming to a close and February right around the corner I wanted to let many of the LM followers know that LM lends it’s writing skills to Gospel NOW magazine as well as the this blog! Gospel NOW magazine is distributed throughout Orlando Florida and it is a awesome Christian/Gospel lifestyle publication.It comes out monthly and you can find it at most church’s, restaurants and events going on in Orlando! The magazine focus is what’s going on in the Christian Community and highlights those involved on the Orlando Gospel scene as well as those doing things such as outreach programs and community initiatives. I am honored to do my part by offering a monthly beauty column where I offer makeup tips for the beginners and all the good stuff everyone wants to know about getting their perfect makeup looks. For the month of January I’m talking about makeup expiration dates which should always be paid attention to because it affects the quality of your makeup. I am very excited to be offering my expertise and I look forward to sharing every month! So if you have seen Gospel NOW magazine in your church, or your favorite soul food restaurant pick it up and be in the loop about what’s going in your Orlando Communities and get some great beauty tips get you glamorous for your day!

Tags: beauty adive, Beauty tips, Gospel NOW magazine, Makeup, Makeup Artist
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Lipstick Mixtapes gets “Electric” for 2012

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone looked beautiful and enjoyed bringing in the New Year! I want to thank everyone for the their support of Lipstick Mixtapes every time you tell your friends or come out to one of our events it means so much.

Starting the year off I’m glad to share with you my first editorial spread of the year which will be in Winter Park Magazine! I shot this with supper funny and amazing photographer Diana ZaLucky, whom I had the pleasure to work with before, and this time was just as great as the last! Diana entitled this spread “It’s Electric” and I totally feel that when looking at these images the clothes were styled by Orlando’s top fashion stylist Melanie Pace and the Yen Ryder brought the models hair to life! I’m telling you it was great being apart of this team!

The look was BEAUTY! Minimal eye makeup, with a strong lip and contoured cheeks. I love doing these types of looks because I can really focus on perfecting the skin and making the colors and textures I use stand out without one area being more focus than the other!

Take a look at the images and be sure to pick up this months Winter Park Magazine with the complete ” It’s Electric” spread.

Love & Lipstick

safia

Tags: Diana Zalucky, Grind Time Lipstick, high fashion, Melanie Pace, Winter Park MAgazine, Yen Ryder
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Feature Friday w/ Makeup Artist Joy Fennell

Friday, December 30th, 2011

This weeks feature Friday I’m talking with fellow makeup artist and friend Joy Fennell. Joy is a true inspiration her creativity and keen knowledge of what it takes to be in this business is refreshing. Joy and I met about 4 years ago and quickly discovered we had a love for jet black eyeliner and high fashion magazines! Currently residing in New York City Joy took some some time to answer questions about the makeup business give us her thoughts on real versus fake!

Tell the people who you are and where you’re from?

joy fennell and I’m available Internationally but currently reside in NYC. I was raised in Maryland.

How did you get started in the makeup business?

i was attending the University of Maryland at College Park and wanted to take a semester off but I knew that Mommy Fennell was going to be upset so I decided to have a game plan already in place before I told her my plans. I always painted, drew, etc but I was especially interested in makeup for some reason. So I decided to try my hand at getting a job at the makeup counter (I had never done makeup before except on myself) and low and behold I got the job. I was really shocked and the rest is history. Just an fyi, I did go back to finish my degree. That was a must.

When creating looks for a client what things inspire the look you come up with?

hmmm, that’s kind of a hard question to answer because every client and what they want/need are different. I always make it a point to listen closely, look at references which could include but aren’t limited to pictures, swatches and history books, etc. I try to get a feel of the emotion behind the collection from the designer and see what they are passionate about.

What 3 products have to be in your Makeup Kit at all times?

M.A.C. Smoulder Pencil, Rodin Olio Lusso and DiorShow Mascara

How do you stay grounded in the fast paced, constant hustle of a business such as this?

I try not to take myself too seriously. I recognize that it is a stressful business but I love it. I never want to be in a position where I see myself as bigger than anyone else. I believe in myself but I don’t ever want to be a person that believes in their “own hype.” That’s dangerous. I also surround myself with people that aren’t necessarily in the business. They keep me grounded. And I love them for that.

Plastic Surgery / All Natural?

Both. I’m open to doing whatever you want to do to make yourself feel better. No one knows your insecurities and what parts of your life that you might have been bullied about. So, if its going to make you feel like the person you always felt inside, why not? I’m not a fan of people that go to an extreme with it because then that presents another set of problems but do what you need to do to make yourself happy. I’m trying very hard to get out of judging people. I’m not there yet but I want to move in that direction.

Everyday women love a lot of the editorial looks they see on the runways and magazines, should these makeup styles be saved for the runway or is it cool for them to incorporate these looks into their everyday makeup ?

Well makeup is just like a couture show. You take some things while leaving others on the runway. The everyday woman can see a dramatic look and use the lip from the look instead of using the whole look. But, if you feel feisty, try your hand at doing something daring. Hey, life is for the living!

Tell us something readers should know about you and your brand?

The only thing that I would say is to just keep checking in on me and what I’m doing. You never know where I’m going to go.

Website: www.joyfennell.com

Tumblr: Joy Fennell Does Makeup www.joyfennell.tumblr.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/joyfennell

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Master of the Mix-Orlando pt2

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011

Saturday night was all about the MIX! BET’s hit new reality show MASTER OF THE MIX came thru Orlando because our very own DJ M-Sqaured is one of the shows finalist. M-Squared has been killing it this season winning competitions and getting mad respect from the shows other contestants. Well last week he finally got to bring it home to rip up in one of Orlando’s flyest Dragon Room. It was so nice to see a few of the Dj’s peers come out and show love from Dj Ricky Padilla to radio host Shelly Flash, super promoter Banard Flumeria and the infamous Joey Digital! Made love was in the room cheering on M-Squared.To end the night The Father to all Dj’s DJ Kid Capri got on the tables and turned it out #Ishowyouhowtodothisson YES!, I was rocking all night, peep the pics and see how Orlando’s elite showed out!