An Easy Way to Get Glamourous!

Maybelline New York makeup artist Jesus Abreu wants everyone to achieve a beautiful and glamourous look this holiday season, and he recently shared some helpful makeup tips with me on how we can all look our best.

Start with some matte powder like Maybelline New York’s Dream Matte Powder around the eye area and nose for a nice matte look.Since the eye is key, make sure they are expressive and defined. Dress them up with sparkling shadows from the Expert Wear Eye Shadow collection. For medium to dark skin use grey black and other dark tones that have a shimmer to them. Light skin should stick to warm, shimmery, earth tones. Line your eyes with a pencil and use the mascara that best suits you. A great one to try is the new Maybelline New York XXL Curl Power. It extends lashes into a 45° angle while volumizing and lengthening lashes.

Make sure to grow eyebrows in a little thicker and keep them groomed. If you’ve over-plucked, go over the brows with a brow pencil that matches your color and go over with a powder shadow that best suits your color (in harmony with your hair tone). The Maybelline New York Expert Eyes Twin Brow & Eye Pencil has continued to be a consumer favorite since it’s introduction in 1934 and this will give the affect of fuller brows.

Finish off with a light blush to give a sunkissed glow and add a soft, shimmery lipgloss like the to complete the look. The Superstay Gloss is ideal because you won’t have to touchup your lips through the coarse of the night.

MAC Cosmetics - Of Beauty.

I have not even had the time to go all through the MAC Holiday Collections (don't fret, I will still bring you info on all the great pieces), and they launch a another collection already. And two more are coming up this week on the 21st. I guess I know why we all love MAC so much, right?

Let me introduce you to MAC Cosmetics Of Beauty. 

Just look at the gorgeous powders. If you love to play with loose powders and highlight here, there, and every where, then Of Beauty is definitely for you.

Beauty Powders:

A light sheer loose sumptuously pearlescent powder in soft colours with precious/unusual reflective qualities for a glamorous shimmering effect,highlighting and blushing. Gives a wash of colour and luminous shimmer to eyes and cheeks. Provides a sheer coverage with a lightweight feel. $21 each.

The shade selection:
Dancing Light Creamy gold with white gold reflect
Drizzlegold Fleshy beige with copper and gold reflect
Natural Flare Peachy champagne with white and gold reflect
Sunspill Coral Peach with white and gold reflect
Tenderdusk Soft pink with red and gold reflect
Soft Flame Rich plum with reddish copper reflect

Studio Lights:

A softly tinted, sheer, reflective, semi-fluid colour used on the under-eye area to help brighten the look of dark circles. Can also be used to highlight and contour key areas of the face. $14.50 each.

The shade selection:
Skin Lure Soft creamy beige
Ideal Pink Palest pinkish beige
Smoothspice Caramel
Frangipan Pale golden yellow
Sand Soft peachy beige

Of Beauty is exclusively available at all MAC locations as well as maccosmetics.com.   

Prescriptives The Illuminator All Over Face Color.

The Illuminator All Over Face Color Powder from Prescriptives saved me this weekend. With so much, really too much going on, I barely had time for makeup, and using The Illuminator made my makeup a cinch.

 

I used the powder not only on my cheeks as a bronzer with the two darkest colors and then topping that with the pink and gold color, I highlighted them also with the two shades in the middle, a real light shimmery gold mix.  Then I used the darker bronzed colors on my eyelid, and the golds on my brow bone. I even dabbed a bit of the gold color on the bottom of my lower lip after applying some gloss.

The colors blended so easily and felt like satin on my skin.

Here is what Prescriptives says what The Illuminator is:
"This ultra-luxurious all over face color is like candlelight in a compact. Bask in the glow as you sweep The Illuminator All Over Face Color over face and cheeks to highlight, contour, illuminate and customize any look with golden warmth. Three complementary shades impart a luminous 3-D effect that is strikingly beautiful and flattering to all skin tones. Perfect for touch-ups throughout the day, it can be worn as a sheer wash of color, layered for depth and dimension or swirled together to create a customized shade. Plus, the sleek gunmetal compact with crystal-studded metal charm has show-off appeal."

I love it, and know you will too. The Illuminator All Over Face Color is $35 at your Prescriptives counter and on their website, of course.