Racing and a Giveaway. Or Racing Giveaway?

So, today we are going to have another quick look at some racing stuff from this past weekend,
and we're going to have ourselves a fun giveaway.
A racing related giveaway.
Perfect for race fans and for girls who don't follow racing at all...

First up, if you didn't check in yesterday, 12 of my favorite drivers
from the NHRA
had a little video chat with my blog readers.

That's you!

I don't know if that's ever been done before for someones blog?
You should feel a bit special round about now...
If you didn't see it yesterday, or if you want to see it again (and again and again)
I've put it at the bottom of today's post.
You have to check it out.
Its very cool.
There's a list of the drivers and links to their websites on yesterdays blog post
Weekend At The Races.

I have to congratulate 2 of the drivers on the video for winning this weekend.
Cory Mac won Top Fuel
Fast Jack Beckman won Funny Car.
Congratulations guys! And congratulations Don Schumacher Racing.

If you're on twitter you can follow Cory Mac click here
and Jack Beckman at Shoeracing's twitter Click here

Anyway I'll be back to makeup videos in the next couple of days,
but today I've got one more for the race fans.
If you've never been to an NHRA race before
you need to beware of the warmup.
Its quite something.
If you're walking through the pit area
and you hear them fire up one of the cars,
get upwind as quickly as you can.
Its super loud (earplugs!!)
And the fumes will make your eyes pour tears, your nose, throat and lungs burn.

Here's a video I took from inside the DSR Hospitality suite, looking into Jack Beckman's pit.
On my handy dandy FlipCam UltraHD from The Flip.com
Check out the folks at the fumey end of the car!
Crazy!!

And now for our spectacular giveaway!

We have teamed up with the fantastic Drag Strip Girl Designs
and are giving away one of these fabulous Drag Strip Girl ladies T shirts!

If you've been following this blog,
you'll know that I'm always showing up at photoshoots/music videos/commercials etc
in one of my Drag Strip Girl T's.
I love them!
They're edgy, cool, fashion forward, designer cut, high quality T's.
Unlike boxy styled men's T shirts, these Drag Strip Girl shirts really flatter and compliment a girl's shape.
They're hot!
They come in all sizes from small to 3X.
And this giveaway is open to everyone, everywhere in the world.
Dude's can enter too,
as you're going to have a wife/girlfriend/sister/neighbor/co-worker/friend
someone you can give it to!

Click Here To Enter To Win!

Weekend At The Races

So this weekend the NHRA rolled into Firebird International Raceway.

Once again we were taken care of by Don Schumacher Racing,
who not only have amazing hospitality,
but really do seem to enjoy being fantastic hosts.

They take an already fun situation and really raise the bar.
Love it!

Courtesy of the fine folks at TheFlip.com
I was armed with a flipcam ultraHD
so I could get you the goods from behind the scenes.

I decided it might be fun to have you meet some of my favorite drivers.
So on Saturday we made you a little movie.
You'll see how cool and fun these guys and girls are.
Check it out:

Aren't they cool? There were a couple more I was planning on getting for you, but fun, racing and socializing all got me distracted...

Anyway, here are the stars of this little video, (in order of appearance) and I've linked their websites so that you can go check them out.

Matt Hagan
Antron Brown
Cory (Mac) McClenathan
Bob Tasca III
Ashley Force Hood
Tony Pedregon

Fast Jack Beckman

Ron Capps

Dave Grubnic

Robert Hight

Melanie Troxel

Tim Wilkerson

NHRA races are really fast, exciting, and so loud you can "feel the noise".
Here is another clip I got with the FlipCam UltraHD.
It shows John Force and Cruz Pedregon racing their Nitro Funny Cars.

Each run starts out with a burnout.
Now I'm sure there's some technical thing going on,
getting traction for the tires or something,
but it always looks like big old macho man posturing,
pre race psyching the opponent out .
Its brilliant!
I looove it!

Tomorrow I'll have some more fun stuff to show you,
and who knows,
maybe a giveaway too.

Actually, we will do a giveaway.
See you tomorrow!

XO

C

How To Apply Cream Blush

I'm always talking about Julie Hewett's fabulous Cheekie in the shade Vampie.
Basically because I wear it everyday and L.O.V.E it!

Anyway, people often tell me that they don't know how to put on cream blushes,
or they see how deep the color of Vampie is in the pot,
and think they're going to have dark purple cheeks.
Not so lovies!
Its really easy to apply this beautiful cheek color,
and this is how you do it:

XO

C

More NYC Runway Makeup Loooove!!

Getty Images via SociallySuperlative.com

I beyond loved and adored the fantastic eye at Venexiana (above).
Bare/nude face, enormous lashes, and exquisitely blended chocolate brown shadow.
Fantastic!!

Image by Imaxtree

Devi Kroell (above) and Philosophy both showed bare face and big liner.
Good for a show, but maybe a bit too fashion victim-ish for street level.
I'd add a little more love to translate this to regular gal wear.

At Marc Jacobs Francois Nars gave a very soft blue and lavender eye, with black liner and clumpy lashes, evoking that Kate Moss feel of the morning after the night before.

Images via overoll.com

image by Nars

At Thakoon Diane Kendal gave us luminous, fresh skin, enhanced with Nars Lovejoy on the cheekbones, and newbie Medusa on the apples (due fro release fall 2010).
Many of the bare faced looks are very ho hum, but I thought this one was lovely.


image by Brad Barket

orange/red lips at Richard Chai

Getty Images
Vena Cava had a beautiful, soft, deconstructed brow and soft eyes, totally set off by bright orange red lips.
Fierce, fresh and alive.

I love this Carolina Herrera LBD.
Love, Want, Need.

images by Frazier Harrison/Getty Images

The makeup at Carolina Herrera is perhaps my favorite to date.
Largely because it translates beautifully to street wear, and is gorgeous on most, if not all, skins.
Makeup genius Diane Kendal, this time in for MAC used Indian Ink and Fig shadows, offset by Subtle Romance lip shine.
This look is forever.

Hola NYC!!

Back when I was doing runway shows things were pretty different.
The lead makeup artist created the look using products he or she loved and used.
Now it is mostly paid for by MAC.
Ho hum.
Not as much fun.

Anyhoo, along with one of my best friends,
Nashville Makeup Artist Lisa Johnson,
I've been watching the makeup at fashion week in NYC.
And here is some of what we're seeing:


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At Nicole Miller the concept was Bright Lights, Big City - the woman who wants to conquer the urban Jungle.
Makeup Artist Tom Pecheux decided to do a smudgy, somewhat greasy looking eye.
Pretty cool really.
He used MAC gray lip gloss in Meow, and applied it to the entire eyelid up to the brow, then smoldered in MAC Smolder eye pencil along the lids and crease as well as the lashline.
He then smudged MAC Fearless lipstick under the lashline as a liner.

Although fierce on the runway, the greasy lip products would no doubt be tricky to wear at street level, but its easy enough to copy this cool look with shadows.


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At Nicole Miller MAC Makeup artist James Kaliardos went for a look that was hazy, sweet and really beautiful.
He did a gray smoky eye, rosy cheeks, and a stained mouth (using MAC lipstick in Plum Dandy)

This pretty look will be huge for fall/winter, and will look fabulous on most.

image byKurt Wilberding


Woo hoo! Love this one!
Diane Von Furstenburg.
MAC Makeup Artist James Kaliardos did this one too.
Mac black cream shadow with blue and green powder shadows over top and some sparkle in the inner corner.

Get Your Valentines Day Vamp On #3 Sultry Smokey Eye

OK girls,
Here's our final makeup in the
Get Your Valentines Day Vamp On series.

This time its a sultry, smoky eye.

So here are the products I used:

Makeup Forever HD foundation
Makeup Forever HD powder
Makeup Forever Sculpting Kit #2 (to sculpt cheekbones that you can slice bread with)
Makeup Forever Sculpting Blush in Matte Rosewood
Makeup Forever Aquacream liner in #3
Makeup Forever eyeshadows in #129 (main color) #126 (highlight color) #79 (to line with)
MAC lip liner in Whirl
Makeup Forever Superlip Gloss in nude beige.

The brushes I used were:

corinnaB Foundation Brush
CorinnaB Angled Blush Brush
CorinnaB Camoflage Brush to apply Aquacream Liner all over the eye
CorinnaB Soft Fan Brush to constantly sweep away falling particles of shadow
CorinnaB Oval Shadow Brush
CorinnaB Chisel Fluff Brush
CorinnaB Taklon Liner Brush
CorinnaB Smudger Brush
Corinna B Lip Brush

www.CorinnaB.com

Because the eyemakeup on this video in quite specific, we will be releasing it as its own video.
It took up too much space for youtube...

Happy Valentines Day!

xo

C

Pucker It Up Lip-o-licious!

Soooo.
Valentines Day is just around the corner.
Round about now would be a super good time to figure out what your kisser will be dressed in
on the big day. Or Night.

I've just done about a billion jobs featuring hot reds.
I'm a little bit over the red thing for this weekend.
So I'm thinking more of softer, more kissable colors.

Here's what I'm lovin



Chanel Glossimer lipglosses.
They have enough color to be endlessly fabulous.
They're smooth and they have some sparkle, adult style.
This weekend I'm feeling it in Equinoxe, a deeper more sultry color,
and in Sundress, a soft pinky tone.
Kissable.



Nars lipglosses.
I use them in my kit endlessly.
Bilitis. Of course he saw that movie!





Positano. Love the town, love the lip color.

La Dolce Vita. Glorious on all skin tones.

Mr Nars also makes the beautiful Sabrina lip balm.
It smells like melon, has SPF20, and is a subtle pink shimmer.
Lovely if you're into keeping it sheer and sweet.



OCC Lip Tar.
I devoted a blog post to it once before.
And I say devoted, because pro makeup artists have a crazy kind of love for this
truly amazing lip product.
It never looks or feels heavy.
It goes on like a lipstick, with the ease of a gloss,
slick and moist,
then dries to a satin finish.
And is packed with color pigment.
Packed!

I adore it in Hush.
An antique bridal pink.
Gorgeous.

My last choice for Valentino's Day?

Dior Beige Silk.

Beautiful, classic, lovely.
Definitely smooch worthy.

Enjoy lovies!

Accentuate Your Eye Color

I thought this was kinda fun!

I found it on SheKnows.com Beauty section.
Which is always worth having a look at.
You'll even see me on there sometimes.
Giving makeup tips etc.
Anyway, the video I was going to post for you today is having trouble loading.
Which left me a tad unprepared.

So, here's a little something that I didn't write...

Beauty tips to accentuate your eye color

For your eyes only Crystal Patriarche Forget about pouty lips and rosy cheeks. The eyes are the windows to the soul, so you want yours to shine brightly. Regardless if you're a blue-eyed beauty or a brown-eyed cutie or if your eyes are green with envy. We have some great tips to accentuate the color of your eyes in a snap. Know your true colors The easiest way to make your eyes stand out is to use complimentary shades of eyeshadow that work best with your specific eye color. It may come as a surprise, But you should not wear the same color eyeshadow as your eye color. Here are some general guidelines: For brown eyes, try pale greens or blues. This brings out the warm tones in your eyes and makes them look richer. Use darker jewel tones, like plum for a smoky and sultry look. For green eyes, use pink tones and reddish-berry shades for daytime wear and shimmering bronze and ruby shades for evening. The contrast of the reddish shades against the green of your eyes will make the color of your eyes sparkle. For blue eyes, try peach and orange shades for daywear, and copper and burnt orange shades for evening shimmer. These complimentary shades will make the blue of your eyes radiant. Just remember that since everyone's eye color is different, you'll want to shop where you can try out a few different shades of colors in the same families, for a perfect match for you. For green eyes, CHOOSE THESE COLOR COMBOS: Gold, bronze, copper Brown, chocolate, mustard yellow Peach, beige, Champagne, taupe, apricot Plum, mauve, purple, violet, pink Deep and mossy green shades For blue eyes, choose THESE COLOR COMBOS: Pink, rose, violet, lavender Gray, silver, copper Dark blue, light blue, turquoise Charcoal, black, brown For brown eyes, choose THESE COLOR COMBOS: Brown, beige, tan Gray, charcoal Khaki, olive green, mocha Bronze, gold Violet, lavender, blue

Get Your Valentines Day Vamp On! Sleek & Sexy...

Before we get into the tutorial,
we have a winner to announce!

The winner of the Perricone Eye Area Advanced Therapy is...
Ros Guerrero!!

CONGRATULATIONS ROS!!!

Thanks everyone for being part of the giveaway.
We'll have another one coming up soon, and if you already signed up for the newsletter

you are already halfway entered into all future contests.

So now due to the upcoming Valentines day,
or maybe just because the weekend is upon us,
we have another tutorial video.

This is a sleek and sexy look featuring a cat eye, and a full red lip.

Products Used:

Makeup Forever eye shadow in shade 145 (soft shimmery blue/gray)
Black cream liner
Julie Hewett lipliner in Rouge Noir
Julie Hewett Lipstick in Rouge Noir

Brushes Used:

Oval Shadow Brush
Bent Liner Brush
Mascara Fan Brush

Lip Brush

all brushes from www.CorinnaB.com

SuperSonic Skin Care Looove!!!

I forgot to ask you if you got anything good for Christmas???
I did.
Santa gave me some lovin
via the amazing Clarisonic Plus Limited Edition.




I've been wanting a Clarisonic for ages.

Movie stars swear by Clarisonic
Models swear by Clarisonic
Cosmetic surgeons and Dermatologists swear by Clarisonic

And now, so do I!

Clarisonic was created by the same people who made the Sonicare toothbrush,
and it works along the same lines.
Except that the brush head was specifically designed to be used on the skin.
And more specifically the delicate skin on the face.

The gentle sonic vibrations rotate at 300 movements per second,
cleaning deeply, clearing pores and removing six times more makeup than regular cleansing.
Rough patches get evened out,
dead, dry skin gets lifted away,
blemishes clear up and go away,
oily areas get reduced,
and you are left with clear, gleaming, radiant, beautiful skin.



It also works on the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Its amazing!

We just shot 10 new makeup tutorial videos, after I'd been using my Clarisonic Plus for 5 weeks.
You can see the difference in my skin.
(check out the Valentine's Day Makeup video series and see for yourself!)

I am sooo hooked!

One of the special features of the Clarisonic Plus model, is an extra brush head that you can change out and use on the body.
You can spot treat areas like decollete, elbows, hands, arms, knees.
Smooth it all!
The set comes with cleansing products too.

Some of the aesthetics schools,
such as the SouthWest Institute Of Natural Aesthetics in Tempe, Arizona
actually have Clarisonic training as part of their curriculum.
That's how important this product is.
Its revolutionary in the world of skin care.

Love!

The Limited Edition (like mine) comes in a classic rose and lilac paisley print.
50% of the profits from the Limited EditionClarisonic go to
the Susan G Komen Foundation to help us win the fight against cancer.
So you're saving your face and saving your boobies.

The Limited Edition Clarisonic is available exclusively online at
www.Clarisonic.com

New year, new decade, new you - you need a Clarisonic Plus.
Your skin will love you for it.

Valentine's Day Makeup Tutorial :Soft Pretty Look

So here's our first makeup tutorial for the year.
We shot a series of videos on location in the makeup studio
at the Skin And Makeup Institute in Arizona,
last month.

The first three are all about Valentines Day.

Today we are going to do a softer, prettier look.





Products Used

Julie Hewett Eye Shadows, Petit Four Palette
Shades Beurre and Mica
MAC eyeliner in Slate
MAC dark gray shadow
Julie Hewett cheekie in Vampie (cream blush)
Julie Hewett lipstick in Simone
Julie Hewett liplush in Tish


Find Julie Hewett products at www.Julie Hewett.net

Brushes used

Eyebrow Brush
Oval Shadow Brush
Chisel Fluff Brush
Taklon Liner Brush
Angle Blender Brush
Mascara Fan Brush (for pro use only)
Lip Brush

All brushes from CorinnaB.com

Hope you like it!

xo

C

The Smartest Way To Save

Soooo.
Exactly how much fun did you have opening those credit card bills in January?
Stomach churning.

Regardless of how you used or didn't use the plastic fantastic for Christmas shopping
we still appear to be in a recession
and plenty of us are feeling the financial pinch.

And its not pretty.

New year, new decade.
No time like now to fix the financial track you're on.

Last year I was given a book called The Smartest Way To Save
by Sam Freshman and Heidi Clingen.


Quite timely really.
All things considered.

This book is full of hundreds of tips to keep you on track financially,
and keep you out of financial ruin.

It is a very easy read, with everything laid out in layman's terms.
Much of it you already know.
But evidently most of us weren't acting on that knowledge.
So you can use this one as a guide book or a road map.

It sits on my desk and glares at me when Mr Louboutin calls.

If you're hurting,
or if hurt might be on your horizon,
you may just want to take a look.

If you want a brighter financial future,
this is a good place to start.

Here are some words of wisdom from the conclusion of the book:

Remember...
It's not how much you make;
it's how much you keep.

It's not your income that makes you rich;
it's your savings habits.

It's not what your money makes of you;
it's what you make of your money.

It's not how much you own;
it's how much you owe.

It's not what you do;
it's how you do it.

It's not your habits that control you;
it's you who controls your habits.

It's not what you know;
it's what you don't know

It's not what you start with;
it's what you end with.

check out the website www.TheSmartestWay.com

xo

C

Test It & Tune It!

Last weekend was so much fun!
NHRA Test & Tune was in town.
At Firebird Raceway.
Aaaahh!
The season is nearly ready to begin...


Test & Tune is where the teams get to bring their cars out and check out new set ups etc.
Last year tons of teams came to Phoenix.
This year more went to Florida the week before, so the turn out was slim.
Yet fun!

There weren't too many folks out and about this time.

However.
We had a "Tweet up" going on.
Thats where a bunch of friends on twitter all get together.
The Nitro Twitter Gang flew in from all over.
They came in from Chicago, New Jersey, St Louis, Memphis, Sacramento
-many different places, for the 3 day event.


Here are some of us.
I had somewhat misleadingly led everyone to believe that if they flew out of the snow
the weather here would be gorgeous.

The 1st day was rained out.

Day 2?
Brain bendingly cold. Who knew?
I should have been running the bleachers.
But I didn't.

It was extra fun too, because the photographers who got me started in this whole NHRA business were there.
And they are fun.
So we hung out and had some laughs.


Day 3 the sun came out.


Drag Strip Girl shirt and the ever funny, ever high energy, wiley John Force.
He's such a character!


His 25th anniversary car looked awesome!

John Force Racing had three cars there this time.
Mike Neff is tuning John's car this year instead of driving.
Bummer.

Bob Tasca was there as was Tim Wilkerson.
It was quite the Ford-fest.

Brandon Bernstein was there in his new blue Copart car.
Odd not seeing him in red.

John's daughter Ashley Force Hood
brought the girl power for the weekend.


Ashley is one of the most glamorous, fabulous female pro athletes around.

and she's fierce!
This is her starting her first burnout of the day on Sunday.
Last year I wrote a blog post about the Western Swing, and asked readers who they wanted to win Funny Car.
The response was overwhelming!
From all around the world.
Who knew?
Sometimes over 100 hits per hour.
53% wanted Ashley to win.


Last year we saw the debut of the Al Anabi cars. They weren't here this time, but we were all excited to see Cruz Pedregon's new car.

Well, I was.

The Cruzer is often controversial (love that), makes for great TV (love that)
and you never know what he's going to say next (love that!)

This is an old picture of him.


The car looks cool.
Red cars go fast.



I have that exact same hoodie! I wear it on shoots.

NHRA is so fan friendly.
Drivers were coming over to say hi to that cute little boy.
That's John Force in the green suit.
He had just been high fiving him.
Little kids remember things like that.
Forever.


I went up to the top end with my photographer friends
while they were snapping the shoots deploying.


Wickedly cool.
Oddly quiet.
Especially after the high decibels at the starting line.

Had to tweet about it.

@NitroJohn meet at Wilkie's in 10? Roger that buddy...

I hope we have more Nitro Twitter Gang Tweet Ups.
Really cool folks, and tons of fun.
You should join us next time...

I'm so ready for the season to begin!

all pictures courtesy of Gary Nastase and John Amorosano. Apart from that one of Cruz...

Here Comes Superbowl!!!

Woo hoo!!
Superbowl is fast approaching.
And who doesn't love a Superbowl party??
I do!!!

But what's a girl to wear?
You want to look fabulous, feminine and fashion forward.
But you also want to support your team.
Or your boyfriend's team.

Your boyfriend's oversized Colts shirt isn't going to cut it.
(I'm saying "boyfriend", because it sounds more exciting than "husband", if you have one of those instead)

But don't worry ladies, I got your back.

Check these out:


from the very fabulous Halftime Designs (ladies who have the fashionable football fan's best interests at heart).

You Indy fans can wear the Coltini. A blue and white martini glass with a horseshoe.



Saints fans we have the black and gold hurricane glass, rocking it New Orleans style.

Halftime Designs shirts are designer cut and quality.
You'll look hot!

You can find them at Halftime Designs (www.halftimedesigns.com)

Order yours quickly though so it can ship to you on time.
And you will be oh so super-sexy-cool!

I can't for the life of me decide who I want to win this year
as these are two of my favorite teams.

But that means that either way I'll be happy at the end!

Have a fun Friday!

xo

C

Smoke It!!!

So check this out!
This one is for the Nascar fans.
The Tony Stewart Nascar fans.
About a billion of whom follow me on facebook and twitter.

How would you like to park your booty in Tony's chair?
(unfortunately, he won't be in said chair at the time)

This contest is from my friends the RacingFashionistas
Check out their fabulous blog.
My re-posting skills are somewhat lacking,
but here's their post.

(It just got sweeter too, as their buddy Tony decided to autograph each chair!!!)

We like to run contests every now and then for our readers and we have the exclusive opportunity to give you a chance to win one of two limited edition No. 14 Tony Stewart NASCAR® High-Back Leather Bonded Chairs from Office Depot. The Chair features an actual autographed signature as well as an embroidered signature from Tony Stewart.

All you have to do is send us a photo of your desk or office decked out in Tony Stewart fan gear. We want to make sure that one of these fab chairs will accentuate your place of business. The two top fan photos will receive a chair! We will run this contest starting today through February 12th. Both winners will be announced prior to the running of the 52nd annual Daytona 500. You can email the photos of your office/desk to info@racingfashionistas.com

And a little more about the chair....The luxurious red and black bonded leather upholstery chair is cushioned for all-day comfort. It features a padded armrest to help alleviate shoulder strain, gearshift styled gas lift knob, a cushioned seat offering exceptional comfort and lumbar support and sleek racing wheel casters with durable base and scuff resistant foot pads. The chair also features an autographed signature from Tony Stewart, as well as an embroidered autograph. It is priced at $229.99.

Now I personally know several gorgeous ladies who would give their right arm for one of these chairs!
If you're a Tony fan enter this contest quick!
If not, please re-post, reTweet, facebook and/or email this one out to all your Nascar friends.

I can't wait for the season to begin.....

Eye Cream Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

I made you a little video
about the eye cream giveaway.
Time's running out,
so make sure you enter today!

Here's the vid





Here's the link to the eye cream giveaway post
NV Perricone Advanced Eye Therapy Giveaway

The SAG AWards

So this weekend we had the SAG Awards.
There were a few fabulous and noteworthy moments on the red carpet. More so for the dresses than for the makeup.
But here are my faves:

Kate Hudson In Pucci.
This dress really showcased her phenominal body - check out her back!
And I really did like that sunkissed, neutral toned makeup.

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Dianna Agron.
Loved the makeup!!
The bold lip is gorgeous

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Marion Cotillard, as always, looking stunning.
Perfect dress, perfect hair, perfect makeup.
Cannot wait to see what she does on Oscar night!!

Diane Kruger worked this dress like no other.
Love the dress, LOVE the lips!!