Posted by admin on Oct 4, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

On Friday, Whitney Port wanted a girlie chic look for her appearance on Jimmy Kimmel to compliment her amazing pink and lace vintage dress. (Be sure to watch the video above in FULL SCREEN so you can see the make-up better!) I love this look because it’s feminine and sweet yet modern and cool… kinda like Miss Whitney! Anyone can rock this look...

Posted by admin on Sep 21, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

I just returned from a week of fashion shows and concerts in New York with Lauren, who unfortunately was pretty under the weather and battling the flu. But with the aid of our favorite mark. products and her fighting spirit, no one could tell! (Thank heaven for mark.!!) We wanted to create looks that were her (now-famous) signature style: winged-out...

Posted by admin on Sep 10, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Last night Jacinda Barrett and I paid homage to old Hollywood allure at the premiere of Whiteout with a bright red lip color and I love how it turned out! Anyone can add instant glamour with a coat of red lipstick, as long as you keep everything else understated (I used a simple champagne powder on her lid, a nude blush and a few individual lashes). Jacinda...

Posted by admin on Aug 28, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

If you want to play up your eyes, rich dark browns and coppers are a beautiful and modern alternative to the traditional gray smokey eye. A favorite for achieving this look is NARS Duo Eye Shadow in Cordura. Here on my client Shantel VanSanten, I applied a bronzed-copper “wash of color” on her entire eyelid by wetting my brush with Ben Nye...

Posted by admin on Aug 12, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

Contouring is one of my favorite steps in applying make-up and always surprises me that for most women, it is often a skipped step. When you apply foundation to your entire face, you are creating a blank canvas, making it critical to go back and add the dimensions back in. Technically, contouring is about shadows and light; if you’ve ever taken an...

Posted by admin on Aug 2, 2009 in Blog | 0 comments

There is nothing prettier to me than pale skin. Nothing. But this is a new view for me… My whole life I’ve been a bronzed beach girl and I’ve even learned to love my freckles, but after spending nine days on an international press tour with Cate Blanchett (unfortunately I didn’t get to work on her myself but loved working on her...