THE "20's" IS THE NEW "09"

Who would have thought that bringing the "1920's" into "2009" would be sooo much fun!!! This was an amazing birthday party for my returning guest "Belle of the ball". Also in the picture, from left to right, Lonnie Hall (stylist), Belle(citizen of the world), Isaac Metlitsky(Parlor Showroom New York), Claudia Martinez Reardon ( Rover Yonder, founder& director). It was such a blast!!! Ok so lets talk about makeup, and hair.

EYES; For Belle's eyes I thought smokey but with brown and blue tones, very defined brow and highlighted brow bone. We also used false lashes to add a kick to the whole eye effect. I started with a primer of course from Laura Mercier called "Eye Basics", she has different tones according to what finish you would like on your eye. Then I dipped into my M.A.C. cosmetic pigment (blue brown), from lash line to crease. I wanted to achieve a deep crease so I use a shadow from NARS (sophia) and deepen her crease. I didn't really use a shadow on Belle's brow bone, just a lighter shade of concealer to highlight the area. I did however used a brow pencil from Lorac to really define the eyebrow's shape. When working with these products, or with anything you do BLENDING IS KEY!!!!!.

LIPS; with the lips, I defined Belle's lip shape with NARS velvet matte pencil (walkyrie), then i use a lip stain from M.A.C, to really deepen the color. I wanted to keep the lips matte, to stay in the feeling of the 1920's. I really liked the finished product.

HAIR: for hair I actually did very little. I used a 1/2 inch curling iron to create small spiral curls all over. Then I pinned the back up to give the allusion of shorter hair. Brush out the curls, but kept the wave and set the style with a little hairspray. Then we added the awesome head piece by Leah C, she amazing with head pieces!!!

Well that's it for now but way more to come!!!!!!!

SKIN; after the eyes I started on the skin, why?, because it's much easier to clean up under the eye and not worry about starting the foundation and concealor all over again. For Belle's skin, I simply mixed Kevyn Aucoin's jar foundation with Embryolisse face cream, to create a satin skin finish. I tapped a little loose powder all over to set the foundation and then started with defining the Belle's bone structure with bronzer and blush. I used Blunt from M.A.C., in the hollow of her cheeks to lift the cheek bone, and highlighted the apple of the cheek with a plum colored blush to give a rosey feeling to the cheeks.