It’s the season of giving and what nicer way to pamper the girls in your life than with a beauty gift. It’s not just a great idea for the beauty obsessed but also for those ladies who you know don’t or can’t spend money on themselves. Although they may wish for a luxurious night cream […] Read more…
Selfies. I don’t really like to take them, I just can’t get the angle right. Although with all the filters available (I especially love the golden butterfly Snapchat filter, but I don’t Snapchat so…) you can look pretty good. But how do you look good without a filter? With the right products and a few […] Read more…
3 Ways to Update Your Fall Makeup Look Although you may not be ready to give up your #summerglow, a fall wardrobe calls for a slightly different approach to makeup. Fall clothes tend to give off a more put together, polished look with a richer color palette. Elevate your fall makeup look with a […] Read more…
I like to think of this look as non-touring, the opposite of contouring because bronzer and highlighter are used to achieve the look but not placed in the typical contouring places. If you want to look like you just came back from St.Barth’s without the sun damage then this look is for you. Start by […] Read more…
It’s getting hot and putting on a full face of makeup doesn’t seem worth the effort if its just going to slide off your face. But what about those sultry nights out? Pool parties, tropical destination weddings, and sweaty dance floors call for makeup that stays put and waterproof makeup is about to become […] Read more…
I’m working on a new series of videos of makeup how-tos and here is the first one! I have a lovely model named Betsie who graciously agreed to be filmed without makeup so we could show her transformation. This is a video for any of you that have hooded lids or have small eyes and […] Read more…
Last week I gave you a glimpse into the glamorous, or not so glamorous, life of a professional makeup artist and today I wanted to share with you how to become one. There is more than one way to the road of makeup artistry and no one path is better than the other. A good […] Read more…
When I tell people that I am a professional makeup artist, they often comment on how glamorous a job that must be. Well, sometimes it is but more often than not it really isn’t. So, what does a day in the life of a makeup artist really look like? The night before a shoot I […] Read more…
With the proliferation of new mascara wands in stores, how do you choose the right one for you? Do you crave long and defined, curled and lifted or voluminous and full lashes? These new mascaras claim to achieve each of those desired effects with new, futuristic wands armed and ready. I decided to put each […] Read more…
Contouring, once a makeup technique used only by makeup artists and highly skilled drag queens, has gone mainstream. We can thank countless YouTube tutorials and one very famous Instagram selfie (by someone infamous for selfies) for starting this trend of expertly smearing brown contouring makeup and then blending it to reveal an altogether chiseled […] Read more…