Category Archives: WEAR + STYLE

How to Navigate Sand, Buff, and Beige Make-up Designory’s (MUD) Trick of the Trade

August 8, 2013

I cannot choose a foundation to save my life.

So, yay! The industry-experienced makeup artists at Make-up Designory (MUD) are here to safely navigate us to the perfect shade:

Survey: Study your skin’s shade and undertone. The shade is the color that you can see on the surface of your skin, often described as light, medium, tan, or dark. The undertone is the color underneath the surface tones generally categorized as cool (pink, red, or bluish undertones), warm (yellow or golden undertones) or neutral (a mix of warm and cool undertones).

Eliminate: Too light, too dark, too olive, or too pink? Take out the obvious and narrow down the playing field.

Test: As you get down to a few shades blend a small amount in to your jaw-line. Look into the mirror. If you can still see the foundation, it’s not the right color. If the shade blends fully with your skin, you have the right shade and undertone.

Insiders Tip:

A common mistake is trying the product on your arm or hand. If you aren’t wearing it there, why match that part of the body? Hold your hand or arm up to your face, do the two skin tones match.

Didn’t think so.

MUD’s line of foundations are unique in the sense that each shade is named for what it is. The line is broken down into an easy to navigate series with each part of the name representing undertone and shade, making it simple to navigate your way to the perfect shade.

MUD foundations retail from $17- $28 and are available on www.mudshop.com.

About Make-Up Designory (MUD):

Founded in 1997, Make-Up Designory (MUD) is a private, post-secondary institution that provides rigorous training in the field of make-up artistry for film, television, fashion and retail. At their two thriving campuses in Los Angeles and New York, students from around the world gain expertise in beauty make-up artistry, hairstyling, character make-up, special make-up effects, portfolio development and more. In addition, MUD develops and markets a line of professional-quality make-up products and precision tools, which are supported by expert tips and tested in challenging, real-life situations. MUD products are available through select retailers in the United States, Asia and Europe, as well as online. For more information about MUD products, please visit: www.mudshop.com, or to learn more about the school, please visit: www.mud.edu.

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REFORMATION’S SUMMER SALE IS ON!

August 6, 2013

JUMP ON THIS SALE!

Reformation's Summer Sale starts this Thursday, August 8th with discounts of up to 70% off!

The sale will be held at Reformation's NY and LA stores and online at www.TheReformation.com.

Reformation Melrose

8253 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323.852.0005

Mon – Sat 11am – 7pm
Sun 11am – 6pm

About Reformation: Reformation is the environmentally sustainable fashion brand that repurposes vintage and surplus materials to create a chic, limited edition collection. Led by Creative Director Yael Aflalo, the brand is changing the way people think about fashion by showing that fashion can be green without sacrificing any element of design. Celebrity fans include Rihanna, Karlie Kloss Michelle Williams and Rosie Huntington-Whitely to name but a few. For further information please visit www.TheReformation.com

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Perfect cat eyes with Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics new Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

I can't make a good cat-eye to save my life…

ENTER:

Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics new Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

$6.99, JessesGirlCosmetics.com

It has a unique Japanese calligraphy-style brush that allows for precise, super-fine application that lets you create lines as small as one millimeter thickness.

It feels like painting and you basically cannot go wrong.

Just follow these steps…

Step 1: Apply foundation like you normally would and don’t forget your eyelids. This will give you a base for your liquid eyeliner for maximum grip.

Step 2: Pull your eyelid taut. Start from the middle of your upper lash line and draw a line to the outer corner of your eye.

Step 3: Go to the inner corner of your eye and with the same technique draw a line back to the middle where you started.

Step 4: To make the wing, start from how far out you’d like it to go, and draw one line back to your outer eye corner.

Step 5: Now, draw another line to create the desired shape, and fill in the wing

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5 Ways To Rock White Eyeliner with a tip from : Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics

August 3, 2013

5 Ways To Rock White Eyeliner

White eyeliner is must for making your eyes look brighter and more awake. With this bright beauty stick those with smaller eyes will find that white eyeliner accentuates their look widens their gaze. White eyeliner should be a beauty staple in your cosmetic bag. Here are 5 ways to use white eyeliner and not all of them are for your eyes.

ENTER: Jesse’s Girl Cosmetics Eyeliner in White

($1.99 RiteAide) a five inch kohl formula pencil with cap sharpener.

Use as Traditional Liner

Instead of lining your top lid with a thick smear of black, try using white. Since white eyeliner is bright and dramatic, this will create a noticeable, dramatic look

Layers of Color

Produce a white line of your top lid twice as thick as you would normally apply eyeliner. Next, apply black or brown liner on top of it with a line about half as thick. This will create a double eyeliner look that makes your eyes stand out without being as dramatic was a white-only liner look.

Highlight the Inner Corner

You can use white eyeliner to highlight the inside corner of your eyes to brighten your look. Starting from the corner, fan out about a centimeter on the top and bottom lid. This will make your eyes brighter, improving your look.

Under Your Brows To Highlight Your Brow Bone

You can white eyeliner to highlight your brow bone by swiping it directly underneath the brow then smudging it along the brow bone.

As Concealer

Hide a blemish by applying white eyeliner to it for first, then covering it with concealer. The whites will counteract the red of the blemish to create perfect coverage.

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meet REESE, a fierce young designer – jewelry, bathing suits, eye wear.

August 2, 2013

Check out this fabulous young designer, Reese (http://thinkreese.ca/).

24 year old designer and world traveler REESE work reflects the many cultures that her rare ethnicity has dealt her (Black, Native Indian, Egyptian, and Iraqi) and given her a powerful approach on design. Her creativity is boundless, designing pieces that are both illustrations of her unique and rare beauty as well as her vast personal interactions and experiences throughout the world.

The REESE brand is as cohesive as it is unique, a compilation of swimsuits and jewelry as well as a limited sunglass in collaboration with Kings of Past vintage eyewear. The swimsuits are a versatile collection of one and two piece creations constructed with open and mesh cutouts and complete with built in bras and bandeaus. These swimsuits, aptly named after their places of inspiration from New York to Hawaii, are subtly sexy and intently fashioned so they can transition from the beach to the street, day to night.

REESE jewelry ranges from rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and ear cuffs, all one of a kind pieces carefully hand-picked and hand-made; there is no one piece that is the same. Composed of carefully chosen materials, Reese’s intent is for the consumer to fall in love with the product because of its meaning, and appreciate the piece for the process that goes into the production and the resulting quality.

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