Selena Gomez- Love You Like A Love Song Look

Hi all!

I've been getting a ton of requests for MORE Selena Gomez looks, so here you go. I am absolutely in LOVE with her "Love You Like A Love Song" video, not just for the song itself, but for all the awesome makeup looks she has in it. 

I picked the look she wore when she was out in the field with the Mariachi band this time....

Photo still of Miss Selena

Pretty fun right?!

Here's the video for the look by yours truly

SPECIAL PRODUCTS USED

CHEEKS

Youngblood Cosmetics Creme Blush in Pink Cashmere

LIPS

MAC liner in Magenta

MAC liner in CranApple

MAC Longwear lip cream in Love Forever

MAC eye shadow in Tease With Ease

Sofia Loren Makeover

I've got another celebrity makeup tutorial for you guys, and this time I recreated the classic look of Italian icon, Sofia Loren. Chantal, my sister, volunteered to be my guinea pig for this look. Sofia has always reminded me of my grandmother Lucy, who we lost in 2011 to ovarian cancer. The other day, I was missing her pretty bad and looked up some photos of Sofia. I realized what a pretty look she used to rock in the 60s and asked Chantal to help me. 

This video took me a full week to edit because I kept stopping to giggle everywhere. It's pretty hard to film a video with your partner in crime! Check it out below for lots of laughs and Sofia's dramatic-yet-natural makeup look....

Miss Selena's Blue Smokey Eyes

I'm back with another celebrity makeup look! This time I picked the ever sweet Selena Gomez. I love her doll-quality skin and how fresh-faced she always looks! I picked the smoky blue look below because it looks fantastic on everyone, especially those with brown eyes. The great thing about having brown eyes is that we can wear any color eye shadow and it will look good. But blue eyeshadow works particularly well on us brown-eyed beauties. 

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH THE TUTORIAL

My Version...

PRODUCTS USED: 

FACE

Youngblood Cosmetics Luminous Creme Blush in Taffeta

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish (any shimmer shade will work)

EYES

Urban Decay Eye Primer in Eden

MAC Eyeshadows in Vanilla, Crystal Avalanche, Contrast, Bamboo and Deep Truth

MAC Eye Liner in Auto De Bleu

MAC Pigment in Blue Storm

Brushes by Crown Brush

LIPS

NYX Natural lip liner

Makeup For Ever N40 Pastel Coral Rouge Artist Natural

MAC Plushglass in Angel

Keeping Up With Kim's Smoky Eyes

Oh, the obligatory Kim K "Smoky Eye" tutorial. People kept asking for it, so it was inevitable: I had to do one. Here's a photo of her typical smoky eye. You will notice that her makeup artist always layers the purple, instead of smacking one dark plum over the whole eye he will use lilacs, purples and plum. This is what makes smoky eyes look flattering on us. Kim also has a lot of long, lush eyelashes, top and bottom. When trying to achieve her amazing look, it's important do the following.  

1) Layer your colors

2) Apply mascara on bottom lashes 

3) Tightline

 (I talk about tightling in my video below, check it out)

My Version

STEP BY STEP

More Pix

PRODUCTS USED:

Eyes

Macroviolet and Blacktrack Fluidlines from MAC

MAC eye shadows in Expensive Pink, Soft Brown, Shadowy Lady and Carbon

MAC Pink Bronze Pigment

Lips

Natural liner, NYX

Cosmopop, Lime Crime

Pink Hope, Youngblood Cosmetics

Face

Tarte Amazonian Clay in Glisten

MAC Big Bounce Eye Shadow cream in Trophy

J.Lo at the Oscars

If you watched the Oscars this year, then you know that Jennifer Lopez looked FIERCE in her low-cut sequin gown, classic bun piled high on her head and glow-y makeup. 

Here's my version

Click below to watch this quick and easy J.Lo tutorial

Just me and my forever sidekick, having a moment

PRODUCTS USED

Face

MAC Refined Golden Bronzer

MAC Mineralize Skinfinish (any shimmery shade will work)

MAC True Red blush

MAC Pearl Cream Color Base

Eyes

Urban Decay Priming Potion in Eden

MAC Fascinating and Teddy eye kohls

MAC Charcoal Brown, Scene and Vanilla eyeshadows

MAC Vanilla Pigment

Wet N Wild black liquid liner

Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara

Lips

MAC Stripdown lip liner

MAC Viva Glam 5 lipstick

Stila 24k Gold gloss

Blue Hair, Don't Care- KATY PERRY MAKEUP

No, you are not looking at photos of a Smurfette. You are looking at shots from my Katy Perry Grammys Makeup Tutorial. This year Katy showed up to the Grammys with a blue-dyed coif and bubble gum pink lips. I love her quirky and fun style, so when I saw her come out on the carpet I already knew I wanted to replicate this glamorous yet daring look. 

CLICK HERE TO WATCH TUTORIAL

Since I don't have blue-dyed hair, I threw on this California Girls wig I had and went to town.

For the eyes, Katy had a natural champagne shimmery look with thick, winged eyeliner and humongous lashes. I also traded in my normal brown brow filler for bright blue, as Katy has also done.

The lips were a cool, cotton candy pink.

PRODUCTS USED

*some of these are replacements for the limited items I've used in the photos.

Eyes

Urban Decay Priming Potion in Eden

Shimmertime pigment by MAC

Blacktrack Fluidline by MAC

Naked shadow from the Urban Decay NAKED palette

Makeup For Ever lashes

Reflects Pearl Glitter by MAC

Fix+ spray by MAC

MAC False Lashes Extreme Black Mascara

Electric Eel MAC eyeshadow (for the eye brows)

Face

Peaches blush by MAC

Trophy Big Bounce eye shadow (Shell Cream Color Base is a great substitute for this limited MAC item)

MAC Skinfinish Mineralize Powder in Gentle 

Lips

Hot Pink NYX lip liner

Tease (baby pink) lip liner from MAC

St. Germain lipstick by MAC

Enchantee Kissable Lipcolour by MAC

Sexy Sofia

Who doesn't love Sofia Vergara? She's pushing 40 and oozes sex out of every bone in her gorgeous body. The best thing about her is that her "sexiness" comes effortlessly. She always has beautiful editorial makeup that is great for every day wear, so I decided to replicate this look she wore to the Golden Globes last month. She has winged out bronzey-plum eyes with a mauve mouth and straight hair parted in the middle. 

CHECK OUT THE STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL BELOW

Close-Up of the Eyes

Kissable Lips

PRODUCTS USED:

Eyes

Yogurt, Coppering, Mythology, Trax and Brun eye shadows from MAC

Rose and Pink Bronze Pigments from MAC Pro

Rich Ground (as a base) Blacktrack (as a liner) Fluidlines from MAC
Molten Sun Liquidlast Liner from MAC

Urban Decay black 24/7 eye liner in Perversion

Revlon Growlucious Macara

Lashes from Naimie's

Cheeks

Plum Foolery Shimmer Sheertone Blush from MAC

Lips

Mauve and Hot Pink liners from NYX

Up the Amp and Plum Dandy lipsticks from MAC 

Grammys 2012: Makeup Review

Adele

Judging from my Twitter and Facebook feeds and every beauty blog from here to the moon, Adele wins best makeup at the Grammys by a landslide. The flawlessly matte foundation, the slight contouring, the perfect red lips and nude eye with lots of lashes and bold black liner! <3

Carrie Underwood

Carrie's makeup is always on point. Although this is a pretty typical "Carrie" makeup, I think it's a great look for her. She even added some gold glitter on the lids (you can't really tell in this photo). Those lashes are pretty bold for her too. Way to go, stepping out of your comfort zone, girl!

Fergie

Yes, I know Fergie looks a little rough sometimes, but I really liked her choice of tangerine eye shadow and peach lips. It compliments her eyes and skin tone. Gorgeous!

Jessie J

Why this pretty girl insists on covering her face with harsh bangs is beyond me. Underneath that curtain of black, you can see that she has beautiful milky skin, perfect nude lips and a plummy-purple smoky eye with flatters her blue peepers. 

Katy Perry

I love Katy for bringing colorful hair to the red carpets. She is so stunning and truly rocks the crap out of this on-trend blue hair that was seen on every runway for spring. She complimented her Smurf 'do with cool-tone pink lips and thick, black cat eye liner. Precious!

Kelly Osbourne

I really wanted to hate Kelly Osbourne's choice of hair color, but I don't. Those lilac strands just look so darn pretty on her! I adore that she matched her lips to her hair and did her eyes up in a yellow-gold. Yellow is the complimentary color to purple, which is why this look works so well.

Rihanna

The only way to describe Rih-Rih these days is: sex-pot-dot-com. Could she get any hotter? It's really just unfair. The jury's still out on her newly-dyed blonde tresses but her makeup is, as always, lovely. Her hazel eyes stand out thanks to the smoky black soot in the under-eye, and she kept it simple on the top lids. The pinky-nude lips work well with this subtle and sultry makeup look. SIZZLE 

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Which celebrity's makeup was your fave of the evening? Would you like to see me do a tutorial on any of these looks? Let me know in a comment below!

Beyonce- A Red Carpet Look

Today I'm excited to show you a makeup look that Beyonce rocked last year at the Grammys. There isn't a lot of bold color in this look, it's mostly golds and black. However, it's definitely a "Sasha" look- the top of the eyelids are a fierce cat eye completely smoked out, and the bottom is lined with angelic-like gold shimmer. Beyonce's artist kept the cheeks and lips neutral to balance out the strong eye, and I think this is one of the best looks Beyonce has done. I LOVE the gold hoop earrings too!

CLICK TO WATCH THE TUTORIAL:

PRODUCTS USED:

Contouring

MAC Bronzing Stick: This was a limited item, but you can substitute this with a concealer or foundation stick                  that is about 3-5 shades darker than your skin.

Matte bronzer: any type of pressed matte bronzer will work. 

Angled blush brush: Crown Brush and MAC carry great ones, follow the links to see!

Blending sponge: Beauty Blender

Eyes

Phone Number Eye Kohl (MAC)

Shadows: Creep (black) and Gunmetal (grey) from the Naked 1 Palette, and MAC's Soft Brown and Crystal Avalanche (peach and white) shadows

Lower lid: Urban Decay's El Dorado gold eye liner and Makeup For Ever's Honey Gold 3 metal powder

Lips

Natural lip liner by NYX

Sunmetal lipstick by MAC: this was a limited item, but any bronze frost textured lipstick will work

Stila's 24K Gold lip gloss

Red Carpet Series- Angelina Jolie

I recently purchased Cherry on Top Carousel Gloss from Lime Crime on one of my frenzied trips to Naimie's and have been looking for reasons to wear it ever since. I wanted to do a "red carpet" makeup look tutorial and zeroed in on Angelina Jolie at the 69th Annual Golden Globes. Doing her look will give me a chance to wear this gloss!

 The texture of the gloss reminds me of a melted lipstick. The color is very intense and the feel is creamy. Cherry on Top is a bright, happy blue-red gloss that I have been layering over my red lipsticks as well as hot pinks and...oranges! This only makes me want to buy the Carousel gloss in every single color. 

Here are some fun photos of the makeup. Special shout out to Capuccino for lending me his animal print doggy bed as a prop for this shoot.