Saturday, September 1, 2012

DAY TO NIGHT: MAKEUP TUTORIAL


How to turn your day time look into evening worthy wear, with just a few simple steps! 

No woman wants to wash and reapply, or lug their 5lb bag of makeup from home to the office everyday just for happy hour cocktails after work!
Below is a step by step way to get from morning to night! and all you will need to bring from home are two products! (easily stowed away in your purse)

Here is everything used in this tutorial:
Vincent Longo: Water Canvas Base, MAC: Concealer (blonde ash),
M akeup Forever: HD Liquid Foundation (123) & Super Matte Loose Powder,
Urban Decay: Naked 2 Palette,
Makeup Forever: Aqua Eyes (2L) & Waterproof Cream Eye Shadow,
Maybelline: Great Lash (Blackest Black), MAC: Lipmix (Fuchsia & Clear Gloss)





















Step 1:
Apply Water Base Canvas all over clean face including your eyelids, then apply concealer (ONLY where necessary) to any redness or blemishes.
Apply liquid foundation under eyes and over concealed areas, unless needed: don't apply foundation all over your face, no one wants to look like they are wearing a heavy application!

Set your face with Mate Loose powder to keep the liquid foundation from moving!

Step 2:
Using the Makeup Forever brown pencil, lightly define your brows to give them a full shape!
From the Naked 2 Palette, I applied Bootycall on the lid and undereye, then I applied Foxy to the brow bone.
Last I applied three coats of Mascara to eye lashes, since the eye is very clean and simple I wanted to give it a little something!


Step 3:
Take a lip liner that is a similar to your natural lip color,
and apply a layer of clear gloss on top to give it some shine!

















DAYTIME: The Finished Look!

















Now to turn this face into a look wearable for evening!

Step 4:
Make sure to always keep blotting papers in your purse to take away any oil that may build up during the day.
Applying black liner is a good way to darken your look but not go as far as creating a smokey eye, and it will make your eyes pop!

I used Makeup Forever Cream Shadow (black) applied on the top lid as well as applied to outer corners on the bottom lid.
(If applying cream liner makes you sweat! This can be done with black pencil liner as well!)


Since I have kept the eyes relatively light, what will really complete this evening look is the lips! I wanted to add dramatic color, so keeping the eyes clean but defined allows the lips to be the focus.  No fighting between features!

Step 5:
I applied MAC Lipmix in Fuchsia with my finger, to give the lips a "stain" look.  By applying with my finger, there is no defined line like with liner or lipstick.  It gives the appearance of coming from within the skin.

















No reapplication of mascara is needed (re-applying over dried tends to create clumps!)

EVENING: The Finished Look!

















Simple and oh-so-easy transition from DAY to NIGHT.
All that was needed to create the evening look was the Black Cream shadow and the Fuchsia Lipmix!

Ready to enjoy some delicious cocktails and the weight of lugging around extra makeup lifted!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

What better time to be in New York City than during Fashion Week!, with Pantone Color Institute announcing Tangerine Tango as the color of 2012 (along with plenty more IT colors that can be found on their website), trends seem to be continuing the bright colors of spring into slightly warmer earthier tones for fall! Which means I can rock some of my deeper spring hues right into September, who doesn't love a smooth transition.
Vantan Design Institute, the first design school able to showcase it's student's at Fashion Week, presented Vantan Toyko.  Yuya Kabohara (one of the students chosen to showcase) has completely caught my attention.  I don't think that this is the last we will see of Yuya or Vantan for that matter. VANTAN TOKYO: Runway Photos Fall 2012
Joy Cioci brought in Tangerine like tones and hints of Olympian Blue!  Not to mention some serious prints!  Tracey Reese seems to have caught the color bug as well.  Her line has got Tangerine Tango covered while packing some serious purple punch.  Looks like Pantone was right; along with graphic shapes, bold prints!  With a few days left, will the rest of Fashion Week's designer's follow suit, bringing us color this fall? Or will some of the big heavy hitter's still left to present their lines(Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and many more!) change the game; having us rethink that totally color splattered wardrobe for fall?

Follow the trends, designers, and everything else Fashion Week has to offer here!

Joy Cioci Fall 2012

*Image from Teenvogue

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Rae Francis Fall 2012 Sneak Peak

Sneak peak shooting the new fall collection for Rae Francis, in Brooklyn on Monday morning.  The Rain didn't stop it from being a success! The collection is amazing, take a look at their website www.raefrancis.com to see more of their lines and where they're sold!
Photographer Frankie Batista, www.frankiebatista.com, Model Kelsey Rogers From Marilyn Agency

Shooting under the Brooklyn Bridge with Videographer Will Doyle, www.Neighborhoodwatchfilms.com

Touchups in the Rain! With Model Kelsey Rogers

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Law Enforcement Training, Paladin Center


Photos from the law enforcement round table event at the paladin center! Click on the actors link to see the makeup done by myself, Lauren Killip and Danielle Masterson