Sydney, from Aveda Corporate, showed me how to pull off this “sexy ponytail,” and I’m passing the trade secret on to you. First, backcomb your hair to a degree that seems crazily excessive. This will give you the sexy lift. Second, gently smooth that hair and clip up the top half. Sydney just used the end of a rattail comb. …
After yesterday’s tribute to Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons, with their fashions and dance moves, I’ve decided to plunge deeper into that period. Those styles are coming back in a big way! Lift, lift, and lift were the three criteria of ‘60s hair, as you can see from the glamorous portrait above of supermodel Jean Shrimpton. The 2014 mane is equally …
Upon leaving Hawaii, where tropical animals abound, I wasn’t ready to say sayonara to all those delightful creatures. After featuring my amazing dad yesterday and his daring photography stunts with wild animals, I thought it was fitting to finish out the week with a fashion shoot at the zoo. Today is all about flamingos. Since I don’t have any help …
Anna Sui is a sassy creator with one of the most adorable cosmetic displays in Waikiki’s glitzy Galleria. Her guiding philosophy is, “You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense.” Well, I’m glad she did! When I entered the Sui suite, I came under Anna’s makeup spell amid all the options. I had a …
You’ve all heard of island fever. Well, I was getting a little of what I call, “mainland fever” in anticipation for heading off to Oahu. I couldn’t wait to arrive. I felt like the little kid on our flight who asked her mom, “Are we there yet?” before the plane even took off:) Shortly after landing, I had an event …
It’s easy with help from the Fabulous Fatima and MAC. You’ve all heard of fashion weeks at style capitals around the globe, well this makeup magician is so in demand that she regularly embarks on fashion months. She hops from one show to the next, making models look like beauty goddesses in minutes. I snapped the above pic of Fatima …
My friend Sean is a beauty stylist for every cosmetic carried by Nordstrom! This means that he is fabulous at creating ALL makeup looks and knows the best products to pull for you from each line. Today, I asked Sean to help me choose a foundation. I had just touched down from my travels and was completely out. Plus, I …
I’ve road-tested all these Stila lip stains and I can attest that once you put them on, they aren’t going anywhere! This is what I wore for the romantic scene on the piano in But I Do. Stila lip stains come in a variety of colors and are also great to wear for dance performances. From cheering for Vanderbilt, I …
Julep Beauty is a nouveau nail polish, skin care and makeup company moving like a bullet train. Last year alone, this seven-year-old introduced more than 300 new products, all catering to customer requests. I got to know Jane Park, the Julep mastermind, at a Nordstrom event. She chose this Zelda polish for me, explaining that it went with my coloring. …
Blake doesn’t have to be the only bohemian bombshell. You can be one too! In this short video, I teamed up with Janelle Irvine, Braid Goddess and hair stylist at Mollie Michelle salon, to show you how. The products Janelle used to create this style were all from Kérastase. This is the main line used in Mollie Michelle, because it is …
Last Thursday, I took a trip down Memory Lane and relived winning the Royal Reel Award…but I left out the Beauty SOS that made a big difference. I entered the festivities exhausted from work, and facing a frantic schedule that I wanted to be fun. The night before it began, I checked into my hotel and checked out the dark …
The song I chose for this video describes Tricia, the stunning Bobbi Brown makeup artist. Here she shows how to get false eyelashes to dry quickly by using a very high tech cosmetic fan. Just joking! Her secret weapon is merely paper. Watch and see this and the result of her work on me… https://instagram.com/p/nGlFLrCfD7/
I’m talking about Laila, the scent created by Geir Ness, Norway’s perfume genius. Laila was #1 in a test of which scents men found most attractive on women! It’s sold today because some powerful men asked for it. Geir spent almost five years creating Laila and named it after his mother. He secretly imprinted a copy of her signature on …
After featuring Emma Watson and her makeup artist on Beauty Trend Tuesday, and seeing how ravishing she looked at the London Noah premiere, I decided to blog about her gown. After all, this is a celebrity-centric week on my site and Emma is a celebrity full of style. Unfortunately, we can’t just snap up Emma’s ethereal gown because it’s a …
As celeb makeup artist, Darais, was doing Emma’s makeup, she confided that she found lip-gloss containers messy because product goop always builds up around the rims. So Darais teamed up with Lancôme to create Gloss in Love, with a goop-free, push-button, pop-up lid. Ingenious! Plus, they made Gloss in Love a lipstick and gloss all in one cosmetic. I learned …