Fall Trend Alert

Big beautiful lashes with minimal shadows is fall 2011's big eye trend. This is simple ladies, pull out your lash primer and extender before applying your favorite mascara. Curl your lashes and put on just the right amount of liner for a fuller look. OR pull out your favorite false lashes, even look into lash extensions. One other method you may want to try is lash tinting for you natural blonde ladies.

As far as shadow, either just powder your eye lids or use a avery neutral color.

This is by far a simple trend ANYONE can achieve.

Bronzed Beauty

Though we are in the middle of summer, all of your should be wearing lots of sunscreen esp. on your face. One small side effect of not tanning your face is you won't have that bronzed glow look. But no need to fret ladies. Bronzer can really be a girls best kept secret.

A simple powdered bronzer with a slight shimmer is the perfect choice to accentuate that daytime look. Choose a bronzer a few shades darker than your natural skin but not too dark, remember natural is what we aim for.

To apply: Once all of the makeup on the face is applied (save this step for last so you can balance the amount you apply with the rest of your makeup), brush a small amount of bronzer onto a brush and tap off the excess. Starting at the temple create the number 3 on the side of your face brushing from the temple to right under the cheek bone, coming back out to the ear then along the jaw line. Repeat on opposite side. Next, dab a small amount on the chin and down the nose. Blend all of the bronzer well, NOT with the bronzer brush, but with your foundation brush. Remember you want to hit all the areas the sun hit and keep it looking natural.

There are other ways to apply bronzer such as liquids, which would be applied while a liquid foundation is being applied or before the powder foundation. Liquids are a little trickier and I will cover this later in face contouring.

Once all of the bronzer is well blended you may repeat the steps if you deem it necessary. Do not try to match your tanned chest or shoulders, remember the end result should be a natural healthy glow.

Video Day: Madonna

Sorry I haven't had a post in a while! But I am back!

One of my favorite music videos of all time! Gorgeous hair and makeup. Enjoy!

Lips, Lips, Everywhere

Lips, a topic I briefly covered in the past.. Well, today we will go a littler further with it. I will help you ladies achieve different types of lip effects.

Creamy- Apply a thick lip balm to your lips before the application for a creamy effect.

Matte- Apply the lip stick then blot gently (you can also repeat this for longer lasting color).

Sheer- Apply a thin layer of lip balm, the apply a small dab of neutral color on the top and bottom lip then smooth out.

Glossy- Apply your lip colored then top with a clear or matching gloss (remember the more layers of 

             gloss the more shine, so don't be afraid).

These are the four basic effects of lipstick, so instead of having to buy all your shades in different effects you can now use one tube for everything. Later on we will cover lip contouring, another oldie, but goodie!

JayBrow

            smooth it out

The fuller the better!

One of my favorite areas to cover while doing makeup is eyebrows. Weather thin or thick, full or sparse, dark or light. There are an infinite number of ways to style your. Normally though, only a few work for you. 

Today we will cover full brows! What is a full brow you ask? Well take a look at the picture above. The brow seems to be a staple of the face, there is no area on them which is sparse or lacking hair. Full brows are a sign of youth and health and can subtract at least 5 years from a persons look. This does not mean they have to be dark and full or thick and full. That is determined by fashion trends, your face shape, and face and hair color. 

To create fuller brows, most women use a pencil or a powder shadow as a brow filler. An extreme alternative is tattooing them on or the less extreme, and highly effective, colored brow mousse or gel. Brow mousse and gels hold the brow in place while adding color to the brow and skin. Most of these tend to be water resistant and are perfect for humid climates where pencil and powders may smear and melt off. 

For a natural look only go one shade darker than your darkest hair color or match it!

Have fun girls, and lets get rid of those sparse brows.

JayBrow

Music video Day: (Lady GaGa)

While she may be the queen of controversy and arguably a fashion icon, one area she does well is makeup. This video does include several mask, but the scenes her face is shown are pretty awesome! Lots of great looks guys inspiration is all around!

Tutorial Video (with Aveda):

This is a great tutorial on how to get that, classic smokey eye. Aveda does a great job teaching it, just remember there are literally thousands of ways to perform the same task. This is just very simple. 

I would also like to add, depending on your age and amount of "baggage" under your eye, you may want to avoid the liner on the bottom and just do the smokey smudge on the top line. Good luck guys!

JayBrow