Makeup Trends: Complexion - Spring-Summer 2009

GIPSY GIRL: Tanned skin is a BIG trend for the upcoming spring/summer 2009. This year it is matte and ruddy brown. Nars makeup artist Ayako describes the look as “a gipsy girl who’s naturally weathered”. (Harper’s Bazar Jan 09)

BLUSH: Blush fans rejoice – models were blushing at many spring 2009 runway shows! Choose a peach blush which will make you look a bit made-up without looking too girly. Or just blush to your heart contents. Check out these looks below.

HIGHLIGHT: Another trend is highlighted cheek bones. Love the look! Makeup artist Bobbi Brown recommends: to avoid looking washed out, layer icy shimmer on top of blush to create cool, polished face. Just the way she did at J.Mendel show.

DEWY SKIN: Another hot trend for spring/summer 2009 is dewy borderline sweaty looking skin.
The idea is to create the look of mid-summer humidity…


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Makeup Trends: Lips - Spring-Summer 2009

STATEMENT in RED: Make a statement with red! This is a definite trend color for lips for spring 2009. Just choose your favorite shade. Will it be strawberry red like at Thakoon or tomato red as seen at Proenza Schouler. Note, glossy red seems to be the favorite as seen at Thakoon, Michael Kors and Luis Vuiton.


Here is how makeup artist Dick Page did red lips at Michael Kors: line lips with Shiseido Makeup Smoothing Pencil in Siren (20$) and top it off with Perfect Rouge Lipstick in Dragon (25$), pair bold lips with lightly bronzed skin. (Haper’s Bazaar Jan 2009)

Create a look with a difference with wine stained red lips as seen at Nina Ricci.


BRIGHT COLORS: Want some more bright colors? Check out glam-rock lips in purple at Zac Posen and pink lips at Hussein Chalayan.


TENDERNESS: For a more subtle look go with another trend - rose petal lips or light pink as seen at Hermes, Narciso Rodriguez, Givenchy and other shows.


PS: Neutral lips are in as well for spring/summer 2009... but color's the best choice for this season!

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Makeup Trends: Eyes- Spring-Summer 2009

EYELINER: Eyeliner really stands-out as a trend for eyes for spring/summer 2009. Models at Lanvin, YSL, Narciso Rodriguez, Stella McCartney, Just Cavalli all wore eyeliner. Check out these looks below with smudged liquid eyeliner at Lanvin, a cat eye on the background of a neutral face at YSL, eyes rimmed with black pencil at Just Cavalli.


GILDED GODDESS: Another popular look for spring/summer 2009 is gilded goddess as seen at Monique Lhuillier, Missoni, Baby Phat and Peter Som.


To create an elegant gilded goddess look at Monique Lhuillier, makeup artist Val Garland avoided bronzing cheeks and “gilded eyelids with MAC PRO Pigment in Golden Lemon, added a swipe of bronze below the eye”. If you are nervous about going too glitzy, makeup artist McGrath who created Peter Som look for spring 2009, recommends highlighting with gold only the inner corners of the eyes. (Marie Claire US Feb09)
GOLD SMOKY EYE: Gold and bronze colors are also used to create popular for this season dramatic but softer smoky eye as seen at Dsquared2, Versace and Oscar de la Renta.


PLAY WITH COLOR: You were looking forward to the summer to play with some colors? Check out the aquatic look at Gucci, lilac and blue glam-rock eyes at Temperley and salmon eyelids at Alexander Herchcovitch.


BIG BROWS: The big bold brows are again a trend this season.



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Beauty and Makeup: ArtDeco Eyeshadow Eye Designer # 50

I think I found the best (for now) eyeshadow tone to create Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” look! It is Long-Lasting Eyeshadow powder by ArtDeco # 50 in the Eye Designer line (photo above: on the left #50 on the right #49). To use this shadow you have to buy a special applicator as well– see the photo.
ArtDeco, founded in 1985, is a Germany company that manufactures skin care and makeup products.
ArtDeco is available in more than 50 countries in Europe as well as in Brazil, South and Middle America and some other lands.
www.artdeco.de



Color:
#50 - I love the color! Hard to describe it though – it is something like dark earth color with green/brown tones. It also has tiny gold sparkles. Ladies who have green eyes (and Leona does) will be amazed by how this shadow brings out the green color of your eyes without actually looking green…

Applicator:
Love the applicator. On one end it is rounded - which is good for blending (or blending in another color), on the other end is pointed for more accurate targeted application. You can use the pointed end to apply shadow close to eyelashes and in the inner corner. Found this applicator very convenient for doing both a dramatic eye and a more reserved eye makeup.

Texture:
Smooth and silky. Easy to apply and correct mistakes. However you won’t get VERY intensive color. For a more dramatic look I use eyeliner pencil under the shadow and a liquid eyeliner over it. I also noticed that if you apply a lot of ArtDeco shadow to achieve maximum intensity, it becomes hard to blend in another shade. The shadow kind of gets wiped away by the next tone I am trying to blend in. And you do need to blend in case you want to create a smoky eye. (Sorry, but the color looks a bit different in the photo)

Lasting Time and Smudginess:
It does last. I should say it will easily last the whole night out or a day in the office but with some touch ups, the color will fade a bit but eyes will still look made up. It stays in place but it leaves an imprint on the upper lead.

Bottom Line:
I really like the color, how it makes my eyes stand out and how it brings out the green of my eyes. Even though this eye shadow has some room for improvement (e.g.: I wish it had better blending properties), I already bought another refill #50 and another applicator with a golden shadow.

Price:
Applicator approximately 20$
Refill approximately 10$

PS: ArtDeco has a perfect Eyeliner Soft Kajal Liner 86 to match Eye Designer Eyeshadow # 50. It is very soft and easy to apply - like it a lot!

Beauty and Makeup: Concealer Overview, Application and Tricks

When I was looking for a good concealer, I did not have time to look into what actually makeup artists recommend and what application tricks they are using. So in this post I will mention the concealers I tried out and share some YouTube vids I found useful. A couple videos are by makeup artists and one is a show episode from Tyra Banks where she gives tips based on her experience as a model.

Concelaers/Highlighters I've tried:

So I've tried concealers from Bobbi Brown's Creamy Concealer Kit (available with loose powder), MAC (comes in a small container with a brush applicator), L'Oreal (comes in a pen with a brush applicator),Bourjouis(pen-brush), Laura Mercier's Undercover (combines Secret Camouflage & Secret Concealer in one compact), Dior's Skin Flash (comes in a pen-brush applicator), Helena Rubinstein’s Magic Concealer (comes in a tube without an applicator).
Now I am using

Highlighter - YSL's Touche Eclat (i think it is Luminous Ivory but they have no number on the pen so I need to make sure),

Concealer - Elizabeth Arden's Flawless Finish Concealer (Anti-Cernes)# 02 Medium



and am experimenting with a

concealer palette by Catrice that includes light salmon, green, beige tones.



Concealer Color and Application Technique:

First of all, what only experts don’t recommend! Some swear by yellow concealer tones, others, by salmon tones, some recommend to set concealer in with a powder, others don’t. Everybody has their own technique I guess.

In terms of the color choice, makeup artist Eve Perl made it clear once and for all. It should be salmon color! Sharing some makeup tips in her video, Eve said: “Think about it for minute, if you mix yellow with blue, what do you get? Green. That’s how we get these racoony undereyes…” Well, out of my experience, I think pink tones do help to neutralize dark under eye shades but I don't think concealer has to be intense salmon color. The light ivory tone with a touch of pink in YSL Concealer works for me excellent. See the video below.


I have not come accross many salmon colored concealers. But check Laura Mcier's Undercover.

In the next video a makeup artist applies concealer on the inner corner lower lid, of the eye (not completely over the whole lower lid) and a bit of it on the outer corner. As she says, "everybody has a bit of the red eye" on the outer corner of the eye. I tried this technique and I like it a lot - it does open up your eyes and make them look brighter.



In the next video below a makeup artist addresses the problem of a concealer creeping into fine lines and looking so obvious that you actually look better without it! So she recommeds to apply it only in the inner corner where the darkness is most intense and set it with a loose powder. She claims the loose powder will prevent concealer from getting into the lines.
As I have mentioned above, applying concealer only in the inner corner works great for me. However, I don't really think setting it with a powder makes a huge difference (at least what I noticed). I believe, it still mostly depends on the consistency of the concealer if it will eventually get into the fine lines and accentuate them or not. If you want to apply concealer to the whole undereye circle area, choose a very light texture. When I have very intense dark circles, I apply Elizabeth Arden's Flawless Finish Concealer (that has quite thick texture) close to the inner corner and then tap a bit of YSL on top and all over the circle. So the bottom line is that I would recommend using high coverage (thicker type) concealer when the circles are really-really intense and only on the inner part of the eye. See 2 videos below.



This last video is an episode from Tyra Banks' show where she explains how to apply a concealer. Her tips are mainly the following: sellect concealer to match your skin tone, warm it up before application on on your hand, apply foundation over the concealer and a ton of loose powder which you will remove together with any bits and pieces after you do your eye shadows and lashes. Have not tried this technique but will test in the near future :-) Tyra is very animated in her explanations - enjoy.