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Archive for October 1st, 2010

ONE HOUR SNEEK PEEK FOR ALL MY BLOG FAMILY!!!!!

Alrighty! Here we go…the first costume look of the year!!!!
Are you ready……it’s going to be….Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty!!!!!

Check back to see when it’s live on youtube, still editing!! I forgot how long these costume looks take to edit…hours to film and prepare, then it’s taken me over 6 hours to edit this video!!!!

I know that MAC released or will be releasing their DISNEY VILLAINS collection, so here’s a kick off…even thought I don’t have any of the MAC Disney Villains colors! ha ha ha ha
see you in the video soon! kandee

Tips For Beginners…EYESHADOW FINISHES & TEXTURES

Tips For Beginners…EYESHADOW FINISHES & TEXTURES
One key thing to fully understand when beginning to work with eyeshadows are the finishes that are associated with them. Each eyeshadow finish will produce a different effect on the eyes and the ov…

Pre-Christmas Weight Loss Goals

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‘Crystal Leaves’ Look

‘Crystal Leaves’ Look
Happy Friday! For this look I’m using mainly Inglot products since they are now take over-the-phone orders! I really love their pigments and I’ll definitely being checking out some more next time I venture into NYC. I’m so gl…

Girls Night Out – Trina Inspired Makeup

Hi Bellas,

If you follow my blog and YouTube regularly, you know that I recently posted about my Caress Girls Night Out Experience.  My girls and I got dolled up for a night out and being the resident makeup guru in the group, you know that I was called on to do everyone’s makeup.  I had about 6 people to do (including myself) and I wanted to break down each look for you.  Today I’ll be covering Saiesha’s look, inspired by a picture we saw of Trina in a hair magazine.

Saiesha was wearing all black, so we thought it would be fun to give her a pop of color with a red lip.  She wore the same lip combo for her wedding last October and she carries it off really well.
Here I am doing her makeup in the hotel.

Here are some shots of her makeup.  Saiesha has found that it’s difficult for others to match her skin tone.  As you can see in the pictures above, her forehead and perimeter of her face has a more darker red tone, while the center of the face is more yellow.  The key is to use multiple foundation colors and blend them together.  I used the Graftobian Warm Palette and it gave me all the colors I needed.

On her eyes, I used a variety of bronzes from my Yaby and MAC shadows.  I actually also doubled up on two pairs of false lashes, Red Cherry #747s, because she likes the look of fuller lashes.  On her lips, she’s rocking MAC Vino lip pencil and Ruby Woo lipstick.  On her cheeks I applied NYC bronzer in a red and gold tone to give her a bronzey cheek color.

Here’s a shot of us at the club!    Hope you enjoyed!

I have more posts like this coming out featuring the rest of my girls, stay tuned!  Have a great weekend!

My secret to amazing skin!

I posted this picture (which was taken inside the humongous Forever 21 in Times Square! I HAD to get a picture with the gi-gundo mascara!)…and started getting tons of emails asking what face make-up I was wearing because my skin “looked so great”…thanks for the compliments…but I owe it all to a little secret!

And I’m sharing my secret with you all!

Okay, so I tried that AMAZING COSMETICS CONCEALER and never told you what I thought of it….A BIG THUMBS DOWN (that’s what I get for listening to a youtube guru’s, who I shall not name, recommendation…they are not a make-up artist and I’m sure they got paid to mention it…just so you all know…I do NOT get paid to do any product reviews…I only talk about things I love because I love them. And as a make-up artist who’s been working on celebs and movies and everything for the last 10 years, I know what products are truly AMAZING and what just has a bunch of hype.

So I took my “AMAZING”concealer back to Sephora because I did NOT like it:
WHY YOU ASK:
It made my skin look really dry and wrinkly and the coverage wasn’t so great. All their color selection seemed to be really pink or beige based, then it just jumped to really dark with red-brown undertones. No bueno!


I thought I’d give COVER FX a try since I know that it will even cover tattoos!  


IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST APPLICATION!!!!
I bought mine at SEPHORA- you can even ask them for a sample before you buy it and try it out for a few days. And Sephora will let you return it if you bought the wrong color (the lighting in most Sephora’s is less-than-great! ha ha ha)

All day long people kept saying how great I looked! From my son to people at the store…everyone said how great I looked! I was like: YES! THIS STUFF IS AWESOME!!!

Then when I wore it at my NEW YORK GLAMINAR and in that picture above, I started getting tons of emails asking what make-up I had on because my skin looked so great! SO HERE IT IS:

 USED COVER FX FOUNDATION in M70

I first put a light layer of Laura Mercier liquid foundation all over, then used this as my concealer (you can apply it as foundation, then go back over certain areas, eyes, mouth, nose, under eye circle area again and it acts like a concealer!
COVER FX
*they gave a great color selection
*every color has great yellow undertones, which is what you want to cancel out the red in your skin to make it look great!

*it will last you a really long time, so even if the price seems high, it will last you a lot longer than a cheaper brand, so it will end up being around the same price! (retails for $42…worth every penny!)
* Great for Sensitive skin (non-comedogenic – zero irritancy score)
*Free of oil, and fragrance and parabens

I am in love with how incredible this makes my skin look…if you want AMAZING looking skin…Cover FX is my new secret…well not anymore cuz’ I shared it with everyone! ha ha ha


perfect skin and hope you get lots of compliments….your kandee

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