Showing posts with label get the look. Show all posts
Showing posts with label get the look. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Get the Look: Fun & Flirty

The inspiration for Ulta's Fun and Flirty look in natural and matte rosy tones were the effortless and romantic floral, lighter than air dresses that breezed down the spring runways. Best of all you can achieve it in just a few simple steps:

Step 1: To prep your face, start with bareMinerals Prime Time Oil Control Foundation Primer. It immediately leaves your skin looking smooth while minimizing pores and fine lines

Step 2: Amazing Cosmetics' concealer is sheer and natural - perfect to cover the slight discolorations. Use it to hide any facial blemishes. It's important to use just a few dots of concealer and gently pat to blend.

Step 3: For foundation, use a powder like bareMinerals Matte Foundation. Work it into the skin using long, round motions with the brush across your face.

Step 4: Apply bareMineral's Mineral Veil. Mineral Veil is light – it allows your skin to breathe, prevents any excess shine and gives a translucent, natural finish.

Step 5: Now it's time for blush. Purminerals Pur Rocks, a soft pink powder, creates those perfect rosy undertones – an important trend this spring. Sweep your brush around the rocks in the box, tap off the excess and then apply the blush to the top of your cheeks. Use a full round brush to create a more natural look, if excess remains lightly dust it onto the chin and forehead. Pur Rocks has a slight shimmer, so only use it sparingly. You don't want to be too shiny. You just want that perfect rosy blush on the apples of your cheeks.

Step 6: To get the soft eye, go right into the lashes with a brown Studio Gear pencil. Don't worry how neat it looks – you'll blend it later.

Step 7: Apply Studio Gear's white pencil to the inside of the eye – a trick that makes the eye appear wider.

Step 8: On to Eye Shadow. The Too Faced Natural Eye Kit gives you several neutral browns and beiges to work with. Since you're going for a soft, natural look, first apply Sexspresso, the deep brown, over your eyeliner to soften the line, lightly blend with your finger after application. Lighten the middle of the eyelid with Heaven, the ivory shade. It will provide a 3-D effect and some definition. Using a Wide Eyeshadow brush sweep Silk Teddy, a peach champagne shimmer that complements your cheek color, across the lid for some sparkle and warmth continuing to blend with your brush.

Step 9: The best way to apply Lorac Lotsa Lash Mascara is in a small back and forth motion, right down at the root. Mascara in brown, not black, gives the desired softer, more natural look to the eye. Lotsa Lash is a fiber mascara. Fibers enhance the fullness of lashes.

Step 10: A well groomed brow is key. Blend Anastasia's Brow Powder Duo to achieve just the right shade to match your natural eye brow not your hair color. The current trend is for thicker, more natural eye brows, so if you have thin eye brows, fill them out a little bit.

Step 11: Lips are the finishing touch. For this particular look, you want a little shimmer, not a lot of shine, so go with Athena, a soft pink color from Napoleon Perdis. It's an essential color this season, and easy to apply – foolproof. Use a lip brush for more even coverage.

The idea here is that the face should look as natural as possible. Although this look is perfect for daytime, our makeup artist suggests that by intensifying the dark brown Sexpresso in the crease and outer corner of your eye, you can easily move the look into evening.


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Get The Look: NARS Runway Beauty

With the help of three videos, NARS cosmetics illustrate how everyday women can achieve glamorous looks, straight off the runways of Fall/Winter 2010 New York Fashion Week.

NARS makeup artists Jenny Smith, Uzo and Jane Richardson outline the three key steps for recreating the makeup looks from top designers’ fashion shows for which NARS created the look: 3.1 phillip lim, Marc Jacobs and Thakoon, respectively. Each video, filmed backstage at New York Fashion Week, features a wearable take on the stylized NARS runway look that will be easy for women everywhere to recreate.

Always a proponent of real beauty, the models featured in the videos are women from the NARS Marketing department.


Achieve These Looks:
3.1 phillip lim:
1. Highlight and Blend – Luxor Multiple, Riviera Multiple
2. Set The Eyes – Nymphea Single Eyeshadow
3. Define The Eyes – London Eyeliner Pencil, Larger Than Life Volumizing Mascara

Marc Jacobs:
1. Satin Complexion – Sheer Glow Foundation
2. Define Eye – Tokyo Duo Eyeshadow, Aigle Noir Soft Touch Shadow Pencil, Larger Than Life Lengthening Mascara
3. Coral Lip – Barbarella Lipstick

Thakoon:
1. Illuminate – Orgasm Illuminator
2. Contoured Cheeks – Lovejoy Blush
3. Subtle Smokey Eye and Nude Lip – Bali Single Eyeshadow, Cruising Lipstick


Thursday, March 11, 2010

Get the Look: Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu

To wrap up Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010, Guido, Redken Creative Consultant ended with a bang of ponytails at the Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu shows in Paris. See below for the must-have products and inspiration!


LOUIS VUITTON
Guido created the perfect classic ponytail with curls at the ends and a piece of hair wrapped around the elastic. “We wanted to create a retro ponytail to complement the 1950s feel of the clothes.” -Guido, Redken Creative Consultant

Products:
• Redken Style Connection velvet gelatine 07 cushioning blow dry gel
• Redken Glass 01 Smoothing Serum


Create the look:
1. Apply velvet gelatine 07 cushioning blow dry gel to damp hair with a round brush
2. Pin hair into rolls and let cool.
3. Pull hair into a smooth ponytail right (no part) below the occipital bone and secure with an elastic
4. Wrap a piece of hair around the elastic and secure underneath the ponytail with bobby pins to conceal the elastic.
5. Around the hairline, apply glass 01 smoothing serum and make sure all baby hairs are down for a smooth, sleek look.




MIU MIU
The look at Miu Miu was a sleek, straight mid-back length ponytail. Each model had either black, platinum or red extension wrapped around the ponytail to off-set the natural hair color. “The colorful extensions added a futuristic feel, a very ‘Manga Doll’ look.” –Guido, Redken Creative Consultant

Products:
• Redken hardwear 16 super strong gel
• Redken Iron Silk 07 Ultra Straightening Spray
• Redken forceful 23 super strength finishing spray


Create the look:
1. Comb all hair back and pull into a ponytail right above the occipital bone, secure with an elastic.
2. Apply hardwear 16 super strong gel to ensure the sides of the head are slick with no fly-aways 3. Wrap a hair extension around the ponytail (either a red, black or platinum extension)
4. Apply iron silk 07 ultra straightening spray to the ponytail and flat iron so it’s completely straight
5. Wrap a small piece of a hair around the elastic to cover
6. Finish with forceful 23 super strength finishing spray for hold



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"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Suzanna

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Get the Look: Yves Saint Laurent


At yesterday’s Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris, Redken Creative Consultant Guido was backstage working his magic to put the finishing touches to the overall look of the designers’ Fall/Winter collection. See below for the must-have products and inspiration!




YVES SAINT LAURENT

Inspired by the refined, modern, elegant and bourgeois French woman, Guido created a stylized, sophisticated chignon with lacquered look around the front hair line. “At Yves Saint Laurent, we took a classic chignon and modernized it for this house; the key was using Redken hardwear 16 super strong gel along the hairline to give it that lacquered effect.” -Guido, Redken Creative Consultant

Redken 23 Forceful Super Strength Finishing Spray 11oz.Redken 16 Hardwear Super Strong Gel 8.5oz.


Products:
•Redken 16 Hardwear Super Strong Gel
•Redken Forceful 23 Super Strength Finishing Spray



Create the look:
1. Pull hair into low ponytail, keeping the sides smooth
2. Wrap the hair in upon itself to create a flat chignon
3. Secure with pins and forceful 23 super strength finishing spray to hold
4. Along the front portion of the hairline, apply hardwear 16 super strong gel from the hairline to about 3 inches back
5. Finish with forceful 23 to create a very sophisticated, lacquered style



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"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Suzanna

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Get the Look: Versace & Alberta Ferretti Fall 2010



At Friday’s Versace and Alberta Ferretti shows in Milan, Redken Creative Consultant Guido created the hair styles to compliment the designers’ Fall/Winter collection. See below for the must-have products and inspiration!


VERSACE
Guido created a sexy, natural blow – an easy style for the modern looking Versace woman. “The style is ultra sexy but natural, like you can run your hands through it. Kind of a relaxed, style that doesn't look too done, that gives an extra sense of lax sexiness to the Versace woman." – Guido, Redken Creative Conultant


Products:
• thickening lotion 06 body builder
• forceful 23 super strength finishing spray



Create the Look:
1. Blow dry Redken's Thickening Lotion 06 Body Builder into wet hair for natural volume
2. Starting at the nape of the neck and moving upward to the top of the head, take two inch sections and roll into large 2 inch rollers and pin to set.
3. Move up in horizontal sections, creating 4-5 rolls in total.
4. Leave in for 20-30 minutes while makeup is being done
5. Take out rollers and create center part
6. Finish with a light mist of forceful 23 super strength finishing spray


ALBERTA FERRETTI
Guido created a textured deep side parted bun inspired by dark romanticism to give an edge to the ultra feminine clothes of the line. "I wanted to create a slight veil over the face and eyes with the front section for a haunted look, more Tim Burton, that still looks romantic but dark in a sinister way." – Guido, Redken Creative Consultant


Products:
• thickening lotion 06 body builder
• Forceful 23 Super Strength Finishing Spray


Create the Look:
1. Blow dry in thickening lotion 06 body builder into damp hair
2. Create deep natural side part with fingers
3. Secure hair into low ponytail and backcomb to create texture
4. Pin in a loose low bun and pull pieces out for an undone look
5. Sweep front section over eyes and spray forceful 23 super strength finishing spray to stick hair to the forehead.
6. Secure entire look with forceful 23 super strength finishing spray

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"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"
Suzanna

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Get the Look: Maybelline New York for William Rast NYFW



For William Rast’s fall 2010 show, Maybelline New York Makeup Artist Charlotte Willer created a look that melded Brigitte Bardot with a little biker girl edge. “We wanted the girls to look sexy, but in a fresh, modern way,” said Charlotte.



That freshness came with flawness skin, defined brows and loads of mascara, the only adornment Charlotte added to eyes, but it was enough. Nude lips, in a shade specially created by Charoltte for the show, were the final touch.





How to get the look:
Dream Liquid Mousse Foundation: apply with fingers over entire face.




The Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara in Glam Black: Charlotte added layer after layer on top and bottom lashes to build up this mega-lash look.
Define-A-Brow Eyebrow Pencil: Top off dramatic lashes with beautifully defined brows. The key is tp create a brow that’s shaped but not overdone. Color Sensational Lipcolor in Nearly There: Charlotte’s special creation for this show was the perfect Bardot nude. Try Color Sensational in Nearly There to achieve a similar look. Apply with finger for a soft, sultry look.

Maybelline The Colossal Volum' Express Mascara Glam Black .31oz.

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