Like a face serum, eye creams and gels provide a punch of ingredients and moisture. You should apply eye cream before bed and under your makeup but on top of your moisturizer and serum. (Photo: Marie Claire) Eye Creams & Gels I’ve used Peter Thomas Roth Gel: peptides, Benefit Eyecon: targets dark circles and fine…
Month: June 2015
Going Blonde Tamed My Curls!
Since having gone blonde, I’ve noticed my hair is actually more manageable- given I look like Einstein without a flatiron- the frizz is gone! I only have a bit of frizz at the back of my head, and no longer feel the need to straighten my hair all the time. I do deep condition several…
Makeup & Lighting: Everyday vs. Stage / Photography
Makeup is executed in degrees of contrast or boldness for different environments and lighting. Here, we’ll discuss approaches to different types of makeup applications. Everyday: your most subtle makeup- even your turned up look. Everyday makeup is worse than being shot in HD: people can observe you from every angle and under different light sources,…
Makeup Brushes
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ProlCgJrbSI&w=560&h=315] Types of Makeup Brushes A. Face Brushes: -Foundation: e.l.f. foundation brush and duo fiber Small Stippling Brush and MAC’s 190 foundation brush. -Mineral Powder: e.l.f. (Bare Minerals Kabuki shown in intro and outro picture) -Concealer: MAC (love e.l.f. Flawless Concealer brush, not shown). -Powder: MAC 129 and Sonia Kashuk -Bronzer: e.l.f. (misplaced MAC…
Top 10 Conditioners
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Qovvy8miw&w=560&h=315] Pantene Curly Conditioner Pantene Deep Conditioner It’s A 10 Leave In Conditioner It’s A 10 Miracle Hair Mask Alterna Caviar L’oreal Ever Pure Sulfate Free Garnier Sleek & Shine Leave In Conditioner Dove Intensive Repair Ion Redken Color Extend Magnetics Conditioner
Color Correctors: the Color Wheel
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4n9yGYkQM&w=560&h=315] -Yellow covers purple, so use a yellow based concealer or corrector under the eyes and on dark spots. – Pink and red are canceled out by green, so use a green corrector for blemishes, redness, and rosacea: apply it after your foundation and before your concealer. Visa versa: for green under the eyes,…
Pastel Goth For Summer
Given Spring Summer fashion trends have us shifting to dark colors, dark florals, black leather, platforms, and pastel jeans, and Resort shows featured pastel as well, I thought, why not jumble it all together and revert to pastel goth? With the models of resort keeping the colored hair thing going, and my being bored of…
Top 10 Hair Styling Products
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGCQ-OEHDU&w=560&h=315] Granted Bed Head landed four spots at the top, but I love their products: I used them all throughout my teen and college years. These products all worked miracles for my naturally curly hair. There are many different types of products you can use to achieve very different hair styles and looks. Gel:…
Designers’ 1st Jobs
I’m glad to see, in WWD, that designers had normal first jobs (except Gurung it seems) Paul Andrew: Marks & Spencer Food Hall server Dao-Yi Chow: Rollerblade salesman at Paragon Sports Maxwell Osborne: Messenger for his family’s travel agency Tabitha Simmons: Shoe store saleswoman Prabal Gurung: Assistant for his family’s garment business in Nepal Joseph…
Masked: Mint Julep Masque
I never use masks, but decided to try Queen Helene’s Mint Julep Masque. It smelled and felt minty, tingling as it dried. Afterward, I was pleasantly surprised to see the effect it had on my skin and pores. It definitely also helped with the dry skin- like the dead skin was exfoliated in the…
