When I decided the Makeup to Go! blog would cover red carpet beauty, the Golden Globes were the first awards show I covered. It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year and Awards season is back upon us, but yet here we are.

The Golden Globes is one of the more formal awards shows, and as such the beauty and fashion generally reflects this fact although there were a few people who dared to take a chance (and then there are those who went beyond a chance, cue Helena Bonham Carter …. whose makeup actually looks good now that I look at it but who can tell with all that outfit happening). While I’m always a fan of clean looks, playing it too safe threw quite a few people into the “washed out” category with nothing that made their face “pop”. I also felt that there are a few ladies who could stand to change their look right about now. It is one thing to have a “signature style” and it’s another to kind of be trapped in a mode. However as always, some starlets managed to trip the light fantastic and make wonderful red carpet appearances. These are the ladies who I thought hit their marks perfectly. Continue reading →

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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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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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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…

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

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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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