I recently went makeup shopping with friend and colleague, Kallah Maguire – stylist and owner of The Emerald Scarab – and she echoed a complaint I hear fairly often from women; How do I stay looking great when I have an event to attend? Like many busy professionals, Kallah regularly attends events where she not only wants to look great for herself, but where she’s frequently photographed. Why is it that when we attend these events we look so different from when we see photos of celebs at events? Well, most women do their makeup as they normally do when in fact, they should approach these functions as photographic events. When we professional makeup artists do celebrities for Events, please believe, we pull out every makeup trick in the book.
1 ) Don’t Over Do It – Resist the temptation to apply “more”. It’ll cake up, crease up, oil up and generally be difficult to maintain. Also, while you want to look good when the camera flashes, you also want to look good to the person you’re talking to standing in front of you. Hyper makeup looks crazy in real life. Use as much as you need, but not a drop more. Continue reading →
Well, we’re a week out from the 2009 Holidaze and I’m sure all of us are slowly kicking it back into gear. Now that we’ve had a minute to think deep about what we want to create for ourselves in the coming year, we can now enjoy a bit of frivolity and think about how Fabulous we want to be 
Here are some Beauty Resolution suggestions for you to consider in your upcoming year of Fabulousness…