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Thursday, July 3, 2014

9 Steps To Perfect 4th Of July Makeup

 9 Steps To Perfect 4th of July Makeup

Its 4th of July weekend, which in America is a big holiday weekend, but in the rest of the northern hemisphere
is just another summer weekend.

Adriana Lima in Victoria's Secret Bikini

Regardless of whether or not you are flying the stars and bars
this weekend, it's the perfect time to run through some 
summer makeup tips, and more specifically tips to have you 
looking fabulous at pool parties, lake parties, beach parties
- whatever outdoor summer event you are attending.

There are 2 major areas in makeup where girls mess up 
at this time of the year.
The first is looking like you have a face full of makeup on.
Thick or heavy makeup looks ridiculous on a hot summer's day.
The idea is to look like you have next to nothing on your face, 
and just look glowy and gorgeous.
The second is the absolute bane of my makeup artist life,
even worse than Instagram-style overcontouring (my second pet peeve), it's the flagrant misuse and abuse of bronzer. Equal parts one of the most wonderful makeup products ever created, and also the most violated makeup product ever created.
When I was with SheKnows.com we shot a beauty segment about it. Check it out here Bronzer 101

Now that we know we don't want to look like makeup-face, and we don't want to commit crimes with bronzer, here's what we do want to do:

Kate Upton Sports Illustrated

1. Start off with SPF
There's nothing pretty about a sunburned face, or a face ravaged with sun damage, so start out with a very liberal application of a broad spectrum facial SPF. You need to use the highest number you can find, and preferably use one that has a dry finish, so that you don't look gooey and slimey.
I use Neutrogena Dry Touch With Helioplex, SPF 85+ or 100+ 

2. Use a primer
Give your SPF a few minutes to really soak in to your skin, then follow it with a good primer.
If your skin has even color ( or if you have been using a facial self tanner), the smoothing effects of primer maybe all you need to get your complexion looking fantastic.
Candace Swanepoel Bikini

3. Use a BB Cream
If you need help evening out your skin tone, lightly apply a thin coat of BB Cream with a duo fiber brush.
The idea is not to look like foundation-face, but just to even out the color a little.

4. Color correct your eye area.
You don't want any heavy concealer here, and often your BB Cream will be more than enough so disguise any under eye action, but the other part of the equation is to even out the skin on your upper lids. Either use BB Cream, or if you still see a little discoloration lightly apply something to neutralize it, like MAC Paint Pot in Painterly or Soft Ocher.

5. Use a soft gold shadow
If you still need a little love on your eyelids to make your eyes sparkle, use a soft champagne gold wash of color. This is not about executing a killer eye makeup, instead it is about brightening the eye, just a little.

6. Work your lashes
Curl your lashes then go to town with tons of mascara. If you are water bound use waterproof, otherwise use water resistant. Make sure your lashes look lengthened and glossy, not clumped and full of product. Its about opening up the eye and making it look bright.

7.  Use a light wash of color on the cheeks.
I love cream blushes to death, but some can look too slimey mid summer when its hot and humid. Try Inglot liquid blush or Nars The Multiple to give yourself a natural looking flush of color.

8. Accent your brows
Running some color and accent through your brows pulls any look together, and creates a fabulous focal point when you a doing a minimal makeup look.  You don't want them overly defined or painted on, but instead just enough to give the face some structure and dimension, and to frame the eyes.

Coral lips
















9. Finish with a pop of color
Finish your look with a pop of color on the lip.  Try the season's "it" color, a bright coral or orange, whiten your teeth with a gorgeous raspberry or a magenta, and seal the deal with a fresh glossy sheen.

Friday, June 20, 2014

Adriana Lima Returns To Maybelline

Brazilian beauty Adriana Lima will return to Maybelline as the face of their brand.




Lima, who is also Victoria's Secret's longest running angel, was the face of Maybelline from 2003-2009. 



Clearly the brand saw the madness of letting her go, and now have resigned her alongside other Maybelline spokesmodels Christy Turlington, Jourdan Dunn, Marloes Horst and Emily DiDonato.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Brazilian Models In Vogue For The World Cup

Adriana Lima, Raquel Zimmerman, Alessandra Ambrosio
and Isabeli Fontana - four of the world's leading Brazilian models,
posed for Steven Meisel for the June issue of Vogue US
to herald this year's Soccer World Cup
being hosted in their native Brazil.


"The sport is such an expression of our love and culture"
said Fontana.

The girls all wore Stella McCartney 

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Adriana Lima Pink Alert Vogue Spain

Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima
hits the beach for the May 2014 issue of Vogue Spain,
in a story about pinks and blush tones.

Styled by Belen Antolin
and photographed by Miguel Riveriego,
Lima shows how super sexy pink can be.

Gorgeous makeup by Serge Hodonou










Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Top 10 Highest Paid Models 2013

The Forbes Magazine list of 
2013's top 10 highest paid models is out.

And its quite fascinating.

Gisele Bundchen, highest paid model in the world

The number one spot goes to Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen.
The wife Patriots quarter back Tom Brady earned a staggering $42 million dollars
keeping her as the highest paid model in the world for the 7th year running.
Her lucrative modeling contracts with giants 
including HM, David Yurman, Pantene, Oral B and Chanel
only add to the fortune she makes with Brazilian shoe company Grendene (she is partial owner),
and her eco friendly cosmetics company Sejaa.

Bundchen's income is 7 times that of the number two highest earner in the modeling world,
Miranda Kerr, who's income is estimated at $7.2 million.

Miranda Kerr Victoria's Secret

Kerr has pursued major contracts with companies outside of the USA, particularly in Asia
where she launched her skin care line, Kora, and where she has endorsement deals with giants including Lipton Tea and Proctor and Gamble detergent Bold.


The 3rd highest paid model in the world is Adriana Lima,
who's annual earnings are estimated at $6 million.

Adriana Lima

Most of Lima's income generates from Victoria's Secret, for whom she has modeled since 2000,
making her the company's longest running model.
6 of the top 10 models have sizeable contracts the the lingerie giant.

In the number 4 slot 39 year old British model, and my personal favorite,
the perennially fabulous Kate Moss dropped from last year's number 2 ranking,
with $5.7 million.

Kate Moss

Although wingless, the divine Miss Moss has deals with Vogue Eyewear, Versace and Rimmel.



The 5th highest earner is Chinese supermodel Liu Wen,
who earned $4.3 million in the past year.

Chinese supermodel Liu Wen

Estee Lauder model Hilary Rhoda's $4 million income put her in the 6th highest paid position,
as she entered her  7th year with the cosmetics giant.


Hilary Rhoda for Estee Lauder

The 7th spot is held by Carolyn Murphy,
who's earnings were $3.7 million.


Carolyn Murphy

Number 8 in the top 10 is Puerto Rican model Joan Smalls,
who is the first latina face of Estee Lauder.


Joan Smalls

This is Smalls' first year on the list,
with earnings estimated at $3.5 million.

The 9th highest paid model in the world is South African Candace Swanepoel,
who earned $3,3 million.


Candace Swanepoel for Victoria's Secret

Swanepoel, like several of the other top 10s has a sizeable contract with Victoria's Secret, but also earns from Max Factor, Versace and Juicy Couture.

And rounding out the top 10 highest paid models in the world,
with an income of $3.2 million is dutch model Lara Stone,
who earns from an exclusive deal with Calvin Klein.

Lara Stone for ck Calvin Klein