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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!

Your reaching into your super cute handbag that you got as a  Christmas present looking  for your itty bitty dirty makeup bag!  Yes I said it “dirty” .You won’t believe how many times a chick will reach into her banging Gucci, Louis Vuitton,  Chanel  (real or fake) and pull out this horrible and disgusting looking makeup bag and I’m like really you can’t buy a 10 dollar makeup bag and throw that mess in the trash. It’ss been dropped 10 times, so powder is all over it and you’ve got nerve enough to say I’ve had this thing forever, YES, I can tell you need to buy a new one and quit squishing up your powder brush inside of it, talking about it doesn’t “work” anymore I bet, it  looks like it’s been caught in the zipper 5,000 times. Ladies you got to do better when it comes to taking care of your makeup and accessories. These things say a lot about you and and believe me people do look when they see you at a club or restaurant and please don’t pull that dirty thing out at the table! Check please! Sorry I’m ranting so hard but I wouldn’t speak on it if I wasn’t seeing it, so go to Sally’s beauty supply  or Betsey Johnson they have some really cute and affordable makeup bags  preferably in a dark color to camouflage the nastiness and if you don’t want to spend the cash  you can always toss it in the washing machine!

I am absolutely in LOVE with Ashanti’s new look for her new single ” The woman you Love”! Her makeup  is Uber-Sexy and trendsetting! She’s giving me love with a killing  Brow arch! (I love a sharp brow) and the eye makeup is beyond on point! The look is futuristic and edgey. Smokey, winged out cat eyeliner with major liquid liner  is sexy with clean lines, no room for error with this look.

If her new album is anything like  this new makeup look, (#onpoint) I will  definitely be getting on the Ashanti bandwagon. I’ve always been a big Ashanti fan, so I’m excited to see and hear what’s new from her.

Let me know your favorite Ashanti looks

You guys know I’m all about color so I did purple and navy blue  eyeshadow on the eyes brings out Jenny’s hazel eye color. Skin is perfected with liquid matte foundation to keep her skin flawless and shine free while she parties hard. Lips are gorgeously nude with the LM lip color in ROSE and ESTHER mixed together!  Blush is a subtle shimmery pink perfect for clubbing, when the strobe lights hit her skin she looks like a glamazon!

The 2nd look on Jenny was more subtle, this  makeup was for day time events. I still brought drama to Jenny’s eyes with metallic gold and pink shadow with dramatic black eyeliner which she specifically requested . Lashes are long lips are  nude, I chose LM lipstick in LIP for this beautiful makeup look.

#LOVE&LIPSTICK

Safia

*Photos by Ben Stitzer

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

Love & Lipstick!

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,

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The December issue of Brink magazine is here and LM lipsticks are featured in the Holiday Gift Giving Guide! The models look hot rocking LM  lipsticks shades  in Grind Time  & Love, they look so sexy, so beautiful you can’t just have 1 you need all 9 shades which look great on every skin tone. Click the Brink Mag link to view the December issue  which is online only  and if you want your very own copy you can order from MagCloud.com