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Nov 30, 2012

Holiday Party Makeup Tips

November 30, 2012 By Carleenp 1 Comment

Holiday party makeup is all about glamour. It is a time for sparkle, intense colors and festive looks that you would not normally wear during the day. Here are some tips to help bring your holiday festivities to life.

(1) Use bold colors on your lips to completely change your look. Use a bright red over the lips and top with a collagen plumping gloss.

(2) Bronzer is a great addition to party makeup. This is especially true during the winter months. Use a full body brush to create a sun-kissed looked.

(3) Create a smoky eye with a palette of blues, grays and purple. Prime your eyes by dabbing a small amount of foundation on the lid. Use a moistened eye shadow brush to draw a line across your upper eyelashes with the darkest eye shadow. Use a medium shade across the lid, and then use the lightest shade from the crease up to your brow. Brush a small amount of pearl color under your eye and in the corners to make your eyes seem larger.

(4) Apply a light dusting of glitter makeup across your face and neck. A good product to try is Urban Decay Marshmallow Sparkling Lickable Powder. Not only will you add sparkle to your look, but you will taste delicious.

(5) Use a metallic highlighter just on the inside of your lower lashes. Use the same liner from the corner of your eye on your upper lashes to the outside corner. The extra sparkle will help your eyes pop and appear larger. Urban Decay is great in this department as well.

(6) Apply pink blush to the apples of your cheeks. Try to mimic the natural look of children's cheeks. The fresh rosy appearance will make you look younger.

(7) Use fake lashes to make your eyes appear bigger. Top the lashes with a colored mascara to draw attention to your eyes.

When creating a look for the holidays, keep in mind that you want to attraction attention but try not to overdo it. If you add bright color to your lips, avoid a bright color on the eyes. Accentuate your best feature without going overboard. Top the look with a light fragrance that is different from the one you wear during the day. Choose one that will highlight your femininity without being overpowering. The most important thing to remember is to have fun.

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Filed Under: Collections and Looks, Holiday Gifts, Makeup Tagged With: Holiday, Make Up Tips, Makeup

Oct 23, 2012

Get The Look: Five Steps To Fabulous Fall Makeup

October 23, 2012 By Carleenp Leave a Comment

Embracing a casually-glamorous appearance for fall is an ideal way to let a woman’s natural beauty and inner stylish sophistication shine. Following the five steps listed below will give you the foundation for creating your own unique and sophisticated style for the fall season. Also listed are products for the luxury look that is pictured.

1. Begin with beautiful, clear and clean skin.

Putting on expensive makeup and creating a beautiful style with makeup will be a loss if the skin is not prepared first. Beginning a skincare regimen is necessary if you have problems with oily or dry skin. A consistent morning and evening skincare routine will help you to obtain beautiful and clean skin that will provide a wonderful backdrop for fall makeup styles.

2. Select the proper foundation and powder that will set a basis for striking fall makeup.

Translucent loose powders applied lightly with a brush on top of a slightly-shimmering, translucent foundation base will provide the perfect backdrop for beautiful autumn makeup colors. Autumn is a great time to wear bold greens, vivid sea-blues and rustic colors. However, in order for these colors to stand out and complement your face, it is important to be gentle with the color and application of foundation and powder.

3. Let love captivate your lips by using vivid and rustic lip colors.

Apply a deep wine or a rustic light brown to the outer perimeter of the lips in the form of a lip liner pencil. Lip liner pencils help to highlight your lips and accentuate the natural curves of the mouth. Rustic brick reds and deep, orange-reds are perfect lip colors to use during the fall season. Save the pinks and purple shades for spring and summer when more playful colors and whimsical outfits are worn.

4. Bring out the eyes with glimmering colors and subtle sparkle.

The eyes and the smile are two parts of the face that people notice right away. Now that you have beautiful lips taken care of, feel free to add some pizzazz to make your eyes pop. Dramatic eye color can be used during the fall season to draw attention and intrigue. Make sure the eyebrows are carefully plucked or waxed so unwanted brow hair strays will not detract from the beauty of your eyes. Sensuous colors such as deep sea-greens and blues, golden shimmering tones and bold grey shades will bring out the colors of all shades of eyes in an attractive and dramatic fashion.

5. Enhance a glamorous eye and lip color with subtle rouge colors.

Since you are going with a light shade of foundation and powder and more vivid shades for the eyes and lips, it is important to maintain the balance of color by using a subtle shade for your cheekbones. Select a rouge color that is a few shades lighter than your natural skin tone that also has a slightly rose-colored tint to it. Apply this gently with a brush to the cheekbones in order to accentuate your cheeks.

Get The Look With These Products

Rouge G de Guerlain Jewel Lipstick Compact in Warm Red
Dior Vernis Nail Lacquer in Bright Red
Givenchy Noir Couture 4 in 1 Mascara
Lancome Blush Subtil - Oil-Free Powder Blush in Cedar Rose
Dior 5 Colour EyeShadow in Royal Khaki

On a budget? Look for similar shades, focusing on well pigmented eye shadows. L’Oreal and Milani are especially good when it comes to good pigment on a budget.

Shop for the products mentioned at Sephora

Filed Under: Blush, Collections and Looks, Eyeshadow, Makeup Tagged With: Dior, Givenchy, Guerlain, Lancome, Looks, Make Up Tips, Makeup

Oct 12, 2012

Three Great Eye Makeup Tips for Any Photo Shoot

October 12, 2012 By Carleenp 4 Comments

Want to look fabulous for a photo shoot? Focus on the eyes to stand out from the average portrait!

Seek eyes that look natural, but still defined:

Use a wet angled eye shadow brush like MAC’s 266 dipped in dark brown eyeshadow (Darkhorse by Urban Decay, in the Naked Palette, has a nice deep shimmer to it) to line eyes instead of the usual black stick or liquid eyeliner. This will give your eyes definition without being very harsh. If the eyeliner still looks too harsh, smudge it a little with your finger.

Stop eyes from looking too small in photos:

Skip dark liner the waterline and line along your bottom lashline instead or skip dark eyeliner on the bottom lid altogether. Use a white or peach eyeliner like Stila’s Kajal Topaz Apricot Nude on the waterline to make eyes look bigger and brighter. Opt for white only if you are quite fair skinned, otherwise choose peach.

Don’t be scared to go with false eyelashes:

You may be uncomfortable to break out the full-on glam effect of false eyelashes for a party, but popping on a pair for pictures will help your eyes look larger and more feminine, and they look more subdued in photos than in person.

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A cookbook author, former business student, model, esthetician and owner of a high-end clothing boutique, Yara is passionate about sharing her experiences and offering women advice for making their bodies beautiful from the inside out. Yara has collected her unique approaches to beauty, style, healthy cooking, wedding and event planning and travel online. Visit www.YarasWay.com to explore this exciting women’s lifestyle guide.