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Award Show Watch: BET Awards 2010

I actually missed this year’s BET awards and had to watch it on a re-run. In past years I’ve actually had the pleasure of making up faces attending the awards, but this year I was out of town. This year was kind of a mixed bag. Both on the Red Carpet and on the awards stage, looks – IMO – were either Over The Top or not quite done enough. I attribute this to having the event take place during the day on the West Coast so that it can be aired at night on the East Coast. There was a vibe of “what kind of event am I dressing for??” in the air.

I say – when in doubt, go for Classic Beauty. No one has ever been dinged for looking too beautiful. Edgy can backfire if you don’t get it just right. Casual can look like you didn’t care. Beautiful is always the right answer. Here’s who got it right in my estimation. Continue reading →

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Award Show Watch: Oscars 2010

Old Hollywoood glamour. Grandieur. Extravaganza. That is what the Oscars are known for and what past years have delivered.

This year was no exception fashion-wise, but hair and makeup-wise… hmmmm…. Whenever the fashion shows are really neutral as they were this past season, there’s a collective “uh-oh” throughout the makeup community because – contrary to popular belief – neutral is actually fairly difficult to do and to wear. Most women look better with color on their face. The Red Carpet for the Oscars was no exception. The one variance on the “neutral” rule for the fashion shows this past Fashion Week was the neutral face with the strong lip. The celebs whose artists did a version of that look faired much better on the “Step and Repeat” than their all-neutral counterparts. Another runway trend that is difficult to translate to real life is “tousled” hair. It’s a fine line between tousled and un-done. In all, with a lot of washed out faces and not entirely there hair, there were several people who had aspects of their look that were good, but very few who hit it from head to toe. Let’s talk about those who did hit the nail on the head… Continue reading →

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Award Show Watch: Grammys 2010

Ah the Grammys…. what can you say? The music industry is a very different look from the film industry. There is more emphasis on looking edgy and even glamourous looks will have a bit of edge to keep them forward looking. When it works, the look can be spectacular. When it doesn’t… well…

Picking out the best of for the Grammy’s was a bit more challenging than the Golden Globes. To be honest, there was a lot of Just OK in my opinion. Personal taste aside, there was also a lot of the same look going on. All of my makeup friends made the same comments all over Twitter – too many smokey eyes going on, and all pretty much the same heavy black/charcoal smokey eye. That’s the thing – smokey eyes can actually vary quite a bit, can be achieved through the use of a lot of different colors and create a look that is both dramatic and new and fresh. Alas, most ladies stick to the heavy black/charcoal variety. A well done dark smokey eye is never a bad look, but lets just say it’s a look that’s been around for a long time now if you catch my drift..

Ankywhoo, with that said let’s celebrate who came strong with the hair and makeup… Continue reading →

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Award Show Watch: Golden Globes 2010

We are in the midst of Awards season and the first major event is a wrap. As a makeup artist, celebrity is not my focus. I do a few celebrity clients on occasion, but overall it’s not been the focus of my career (this is probably because as a person celebrity is not my focus). That said, I do think it’s important to keep abreast of trends as to keep your own makeup current, as either a professional makeup artist or as a makeup consumer. Celebrity makeup artists are amongst those who set the trends so seeing what their clients are wearing are good indicators of directions to take with your own makeup looks.

Some of the makeup/hair looks that I think are worth a mention; Continue reading →

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