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New home..

Hey guys and dolls!

We will be launching our new blog home this week! Thank you so much for all your patience with the blog delay.. We are itching to get it out for you all.

Please email us at: info@ladyartlooks.com
to be updated with our new posts and launch...

xoxo

BE RIGHT BACK...

We are currently updating the new blog home, please be patient with us! We are also itching to share more of our daily dose of tips and make overs!

Any questions, comments, requests email us: Alana@ladyartlooks.com  or Azelle@ladyartlooks.com

Thank you for your support and comments and love!

INSPIRATION

DANNI

My really good friend Danni is getting married, Congratulations!

She came over to get her makeup done for her engagement photos, We kept the colors very natural.

(click on photo to enlarge)

Base: Painterly Paint pot from MAC

Highlight: Ricepaper shadow from MAC

Lower lid: woodwinked shadow from MAC

Crease: Texture shadow from MAC

Deep Crease: Smut shadow from MAC

Eye liner: Black track fluid line

Cheeks: Refined Golden Bronzer and Springsheen blush from MAC

Lipstick: Ravishing from MAC

Lip Gloss: Prrr from MAC

PARIS Fashion Week Recap

I love runway makeup! so creative/artistic.

Louis Vuitton- They did  a lot of shading with a bronzer, the highlight is over exaggerated and there is no color on the eye lid. 

Miu Miu- Pale skin, lower winged lashes, white liner on the water line, pale lips. 

Kris Van Assche- Focused shadow on the inner corner of eyes, contoured down the nose making it look more narrow and pale skin.

John Galliano- We see a little more color with this look, smokey eye where the pink is used as the color right below the brow blending done to the cheekbones.

Alexander McQueen - Pale skin with white highlights, love the hair almost what we did for Melody Ehsani's look book. 

Kim Kardashian Makeup Tutorial

You Gotta love Keeping Up With The Kardashian, they are hilarious I can't wait for the new episodes set to air on November 8th, 2009. 

Anyway, my cousin loves, loves, loves kim, so for her birthday I took a pic of Mrs Kardashian and made her up! Below are the pics for the tutorial. 

STEP 1

apply rubenesque paint pot from MAC over your lid. 

STEP: 2

Take naked pigment from MAC and with a flat brush apply it all over your eyelid. 

STEP: 3

Take smut eye shadow from MAC and with a 224 brush(MAC) start at the corner of your eye and blend towards the center of your crease.

STEP: 4

To soften your eye shadow take a natural brown, Im using brown script from MAC and apply to your crease on top of the smut eye shadow.

STEP:5

Take black track and an angle brush from MAC and apply it over your top eye lid.

STEP: 6

-apply graph black eyeliner to your water line. 

-take a pencil brush , a couple swipes into smut eye shadow and follow you lower eye lid, to get the smokey look.

STEP: 7

finish it off by applying mascara or eye lashes. 

FINAL LOOK!

I lightened her eyes so you can compare the pic to Kims.

Amber Rose x Elle Magazine

MAC and Dsquared

We're blushing

Thank you for all the love! We really appreciate it! 

lady art + you = butterflies in our soul

C'est LaVie

CashhhMoni

Clutch Magazine

Dj Myster-E

Jeremy Scott Spring 2010

Hello October!

Hello Halloween!

and Hello Jeremy Scott Spring 2010!

MELODY EHSANI LOOK BOOK

Everyone has been waiting for Melody to launch this collection and it has finally come!  I am so excited that we (azelle and I) were able to be a part of this look book. The final photos came out amazing! Ill get some close ups this week and post them up so you can see makeup and hair close up. purchase new M.E. here

Wedding Hair Ideas

Loving this look for a trendy bride. A loose- low bun. Not the conventional sleek, tight wedding hair. 

JUNGLE GURL

COME THRU!

Our love & prayers to Philippine victims

www.redcross.org.ph to donate or find out more information
Any bit of help counts. Typhoon Ondoy has really affected many loved ones

Pasadena Beauty School Forum

Over the past weekend (Sun 9/20-Mon 9/21), I helped Salon Sessions be a part of the Pasadena Beauty School Forum at the Pasadena Convention Center. It was a smaller hair/makeup show, with plenty of educational classes, booths, and stage work. Mostly targeted for beauty school students. 

I remember when I was still in school, I would loooove to go to hair shows and check out other 'cool' stylists, the way they did their hair and makeup, shop for random things, take any class I can and watch stage shows. It is just a very overwhelming experience especially for a beauty school newbie. It was something a lot of students look forward to, a feeling of almost being in the real world and gave you an eye opener of other fields you can be a part of in the beauty industry. i.e. stage work, education, sales consultant, product specialist...

Salon Sessions had a booth with Croc Irons and blowdryer. Which is amazing! Heats up to 400+, has a wet to dry iron and a 1" thin iron to get closer to roots. Our salon also had an educational class hosted by Neeko and some of my peers did a little stage work.

Say hello to Laura Dimes

Soooo we finally did it... For a while I have been experimenting with one of my ever evolving- chameleon like client. Mostly with color, and subtly on the cut. Only because she has always had long hair, and for most girls it is a major attachment. And a trim means pretty much "can you just air trim it?" She has mentioned before just to cut it all off but I was super hesitant, I do not want to be the blame that occurs after someone decides to spontaneously go short. It is an emotional rollercoaster. 

So the reason why I decided to cut it all off? Well it has been a little over a year since she has mentioned several times to cut it off, so that tells me she has been "emotionally ready" and has probably been imagining herself with short cuts for a while. And also, it was for her 23rd bday!

I personally think it totally suits her.. a great way to start all over..and can help define your personal identity

Powerful group of girls!

LOVE MY LADIES

a pic from our trip to vegas for magic/project Nat, Me, Mel, and Ash,  thanks for the photo Ash!

Megan Fox and Plastic Surgery?

HAS MEGAN HAD PLASTIC SURGERY???

Its no doubt that Megan Fox is one of the most gorgeous females on earth, everything about her is just striking! everyone talks about how she has gotten plastic surgery but I don't think she has, I think she just has a great makeup artist who can bring out certain features, look at her photo below and the shading on the sides of her nose, and shading below her cheek bones to make them stand out, that definitely changes the look of her nose which causes everyone to think she has had surgery. You can do wonders with contouring. Check out my video on it here.

Holiday 2009 cosmetic launches

YVES SAINT LAURENT HOLIDAY 2009

YSL END OF YEAR EVENT 2009 FOR HOLDAY

"The Yves Saint Laurent END-OF-YEAR 2009 make-up collection celebrates passionate colors to dazzle the year’s most festive evenings. Leaving glitter behind, Yves Saint Laurent opts for the ultimate chic of pure, vibrant, incandescent colors. From sublime red to deep plum, the shades adapt with variable textures, multiple effects and powerful combinations. Worn alone in a refined monochrome or paired in contrasting duos, they are intensely alive and designed to be freely expressed for an instinctive, ultra couture make-up look."

Glamour Product

As a treat for yourself or as a gift, two precious objects stir desire. They go everywhere, are as eye-catching as couture accessories, and they glorify lips and eyes in an instant. Gold or silver, these sparkling compacts are engraved with the emblematic Yves Saint Laurent heart. Their black vinyl straps slip onto a key ring, handbag or belt. For daytime or night time, for lips or eyes, they feature two harmonious duos for liberated, intuitive application.

Palette Duo Pour Les Lvres ($75)

Illuminates the lips with a shiny rosy-beige lipstick and a pearly champagne gloss ($75)

Palette Duo Pour Les Yeux ($75)

Lights up the eyes with pearly lavender used as a highlighter, and outlines them with intense violet 

Mini Touche Blush N 11 ($28)

The mini version of TOUCHE BLUSH slips into any evening bag. With its soft, faithful puff and mirror, it enhances the face’s voluptuous curves and the décolleté. The new shade N°11 – Sparkling Beige, a slightly scintillating coral beige, gives the skin a subtle ivory aura. A few caressingly soft touches suffice for instant, ultra-feminine radiance.

Collection

Rouge Pur Lipstick - N149- Black Tulip N150- Sublime Red 

N151- Sweet Dark Purple N152- Pink Grenadine ($30)

Golden Gloss- N17 Golden Cherry, N18 Golden Lavander ($29)

 

Eye shadow Duo- N1- Heavenly Beige / Astral Brown ($41)

Dramatic Styling Mascara- N1- Deep Black ($31)

La Laque- N1- Sublime Red and N34- Black Tulip ($20)

AVAILABLE: NOVEMBER 2009 

Dior Cristal Boreale Collection Holiday 2009

Influenced by the ornate, corseted gowns and decorative broaches of the 18th Century Louis XVI style and inspired by the delicate light-reflecting qualities of crystal, each product in this exquisite color collection is like a tiny jewel. Featuring shades of petal pink, deep silver and a wide range of purples to create a luxurious and festive look for holiday.

Cristal Boreal Gloss Pendant ($80)

In the mid Fifties, inspired by the magnificence of Versailles, Christian Dior asked the Swarovski House to create a crystal that evoked the reflections of the sunlight going through the famous Galerie des Glaces in Versailles. This led to the creation of the Aurore Boréale crystal with its unique multi-colored reflections.

For its 2009 Christmas Look, Christian Dior Parfums has collaborated for the very first time with the Swarovski House to create an exceptional Star Product using the legendary Aurore Boréale crystal : “Cristal Boréal”. The oval pendant, inspired by the shape of the neo-Louis XVI chairs that Christian Dior loved, is adorned with 52 Swarovski crystals of which 4 are Aurore Boréale.
This pendant contains a crystal-effect gloss declined in one easy-to-wear shade: Pink Crystal. A true makeup jewel for precious iridescent lips. Availability: Specialty Stores

Cristal Boreal Silver Eyeshadow ($30)

This jewel-toned eyeshadow feature light-reflecting qualities and subtle colors for a delicate, shimmering effect. Embossed with a “crystal pattern” effect. Cristal Boreal Eyeshadow in Silver Gem.

Collection

5 Colour Iridescent Eyeshadow in Smoky Crystal #089 ($56)

Style Liner in Sparkling Purple #174 ($34)

Dior Vernis in Silver Purple #782 ($20)

Dior Vernis in Black Sequins #905 ($20)

Cannage Palettes

Dior Couture Silver Cannage Clutch ($70)

This chic reusable clutch is a one-stop shop for all things glam, featuring a DiorBlush in a pretty pink shade, plum gloss, shimmering gold and matte brown eyeshadows and two brushes for easy application. Products can be removed to transform the gun-metal silver cannage outer case into the perfect carryall for a night out on the town. Availability: Sephora

Dior Red Cannage Lip Palette ($40)

This chic red patent palette makes the perfect holiday beauty accessory. Featuring a sheer balm, plum and berry lipstick shades and a light pink gloss, lips go easily (and stylishly) from day to night. Availability: Sephora

Dior Black Cannage Eye Palette ($40)

Create virtually any look—from work-appropriate subtlety to show-stopping party eyes—with this versatile palette. Featuring shades of brown, peach, copper and a must-have gold highlighter in Dior’s silky iridescent eyeshadow formula. Availability: Department Stores & Sephora

Dior Black Cannage Lip Palette ($40)

This festive black patent palette eliminates the need for lugging several lipsticks at once with its sleek packaging and go-anywhere shade range of plum, pinks and beige. Slips easily from work tote to evening clutch. Availability: Department Stores

AVAILABLE: OCTOBER 2009

Bobbi Brown Chrome Collection Holiday 2009

For the holiday season, Bobbi Brown has you covered with a masterpiece of colors and shades in a new, limited edition palette.

CHROME PALETTE EYES:

White Eye Shadow, Polar Ice Shimmer Wash, Storm Cloud Sparkle, Iron, Thunder Metallic, Moonlight Sparkle, Cyber Grey Shimmer Wash, Foil Metallic, Chrome Metallic, Charcoal Haze.

LIPS:

Pink mist shimmer, Winter Bronze Glitter, Berry Glitter, Chrome Pink Shimmer

CHROME LIP COLOR:

Port Lip Color, Chrome Metallic Lip Color, Plum Pearl Metallic

AVAILABLE: OCTOBER 2009

TODAY go get your dazzle creme.

All you gloss lovers go get it today... These are going to sell out quick, and are limited!

Get the look!

RED LIPS... aww you guys all know my LOVE with bright, bright, bright lips! I've seen so many celebrities rock'n the bright red lips so I am going to show you how to do it the right way because you guys dont want those lips to smear right away or look super messy.

 

PRODUCTS:

Concealer: to nude your lips

Lip liner: Cherry Lip Liner from (MAC)

Lipstick: You Say Tomato (limited from MAC but you can get MAC RED) 

Gloss: Clear Lip Gloss (MAC)

Your going to have to apply concealer all over and around your lip to nude out your natural color and to avoid your lipstick from bleeding.

Then take Cherry Liner, line your lips and color in a little bit just like the picture.

Take Concealer and clean up your lips, your going to need a flat brush.

Take the brush and apply the concealer around (like picture below) your lips to clean them up and take out any imperfection.

 Then blend in the concealer, and apply the clear gloss.

You get the final look...

Emmy 2009 Best Hair and Makeup

According to InStyle...

Below are a few of the Celebrities that were chosen for the best hair and makeup on the red carpet for the EMMY's for more pictures click here.      

Whitney Houston's Million Dollar Bill Music Video

Yay! its out. I've been waiting for her video to come out, I watched her on Oprah last week and this Woman is so amazing to come back from where her life use to be, to get out of such an abusive relationship is so hard for some women to do because they think they deserve to be treated that way but she has made her comeback, and everyone has missed her so much.

  This is the video I got to do makeup for! I did the extras on parts of the video. The production of music videos are so crazy, everyone works so hard in planning the video,permits, outfits, makeup/hair concepts etc, shooting for HOURS for a 3 min video... but it turns out great. 

Like I mentioned before the director put me in the video, THANK GOD I didn't have any shots that you could completely notice it was me, if you pause the video frame by frame then ya, you can see me but the clips are so fast. I'll def make sure to be ready next time I do makeup for a music video just in case LOL

But this video was so much fun to do, the hours were of course long but it seemed like nothing because I'm out doing what I LOVE!

Lip Combo

LIP LINER- Beet from MAC

LIPSTICK- Rebel from MAC

I know you guys are all going to ask about the earrings so here t is MELODY EHSANI they'll be up on her site on September 29th 2009. :)

DRIPPED PAINT FOR A PHOTOSHOOT

TO USE DRIPPED PAINT FOR A PHOTO SHOOT JUST USE CONDENSED MILK AND ADD FOOD COLORING OF YOUR CHOICE. 

INSPIRATION

GOLD FOIL + LOWER LASHES= LOVE

JESSICA ALBA MAKEUP TUTORIAL

FRESH CLEAN JESSICA ALBA LOOK

 MAC SHADOWS

BRULE

SWISS CHOCOLATE

TWINKS

MAC EYELINER

TEDDY 

With a 217 brush from MAC apply brule to the highlight of your eye, right below your brow line.

With a flat brush pack on swiss chocolate all over the lower part of your lid and softly brush twinks eye shadow on top of it to get a soft shimmer. 

 
Take your Teddy eye liner and apply it all around your eye. Take a pencil brush and blend right below your lower lid to get a soft smokey eye.

 

Next apply lashes or just mascara.

Cheeks-  apply a soft peach color to the apples of your cheeks. 

Lips- apply a natural pink gloss

Final look.

L.A. creation

TOP SHOP does MAKEUP!

Topshop is branching out into cosmetics. The high street favourite has announced its first range of make-up range will launch in March 2010. We don't know who will front the range; Topshop designer Kate Moss, left, already has a contract with Rimmel. Watch this space for more details.

via- sofeminine.co.uk

Make up for DIMEPIECE x ACCLAIM MAG SHOOT

no eye brows, dark messy smokey eye, sculpted cheeks and pale lips.

QUICK TIP: Dry Lips

Are your lips starting to get chapped and dry because of the weather change? i've notice mine have been feeling real dry :( I hate that! but I found a way to get of the feeling.

Exfoliate your lips with HONEY and SUGAR!

To soften your dry lips, dab a bit of honey mixed with sugar, with your index finger massage your lips until they are soft again, then rinse. :)

2009 VMA Makeup Trends

Katie Perry-  Silver corners, black smokey eye with winged out liner, and red lips. 

Keri Hilson-  Smokey eye, with soft brown in the crease to soften the shadow, with pale lips. 

Beyonce-  keeps it natural, golden eye shadows, soft eyeliner, and natural lipstick. 

Cassie- Dark grey/ black smokey eye with natural lips. 

Taylor Swift- old hollywood look, Light eye shadow, silver or white shimmer, black winged out liner, and red lips.

Alicia Keys- Winged liner and natural lips. 

Lauren Conrad- Light shadow, Dark liner all around the eye and natural lips. 

Jennifer Lopez- Golden/Brown Shadows, fresh look, natural lips.

  

LADY GAGA AND HER LOOKS

 

"I GET IT YOUR TRYING TO STAND OUT"

Lady GAGA had many different looks at the VMA's last night, I don't know what she was thinking but... for real?!!!

Coconut covered doughnut anyone?

How about a flaming Hot Cheeto?  

I actually liked this for her performance.

DIMEPIECE 2009 PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

Crazy Couple Days

So Im not allowed to talk about what I did makeup for yesterday but it was so much fun. My day started at 4:45am, Of course I had to get myself a sugar free vanilla iced coffee from Mc Donalds, MY FAVORITE! 

Anyway, I met my assistant off the freeway at 5:30am so we can beat traffic and get to our 7am call time in Los Angeles. We did makeup for 15 extras, the makeup references were amazing but the label wouldn't allow the director to use it so we had to just stick to beauty makeup not only did my assistant had to leave early for her daughter......The day is going along and the Director then calls my name, ALANA! First I thought I was in trouble for something but then she asks me to be in the video, BTW the director is a friend of mine so I said no at first and she insisted and told me that it was my fault because I got ready for work. LOL She told me that all I had to do was sit on this bench so I agreed.

 Then... as their filming she yells my name in the microphone, Alana, move, dance wave your hand in the air! HILARIOUS!! I did it but could not stop laughing. I swear I pulled a leg muscle while doing all this sitting on a bench! hahahah I told her I wasn't cut out to be in front of the camera. So... I guess I'm a video girl and am going to be so embarrassed when I see myself for .5 seconds in this video.

ANYWAY... Cover shoot all day today. Il try to get some pics for you guys. :) 

Have a great day!

xoxo

REMEMBER all the BRAVE people.

DONT FORGET! Sept 24TH 2009

"Back to Black"

What We Used...

EYES

Base: A Maroon Base

Lower Lid: Sketch / Maroon Pigment (MAC)

Crease: Haux (MAC)

Highlight: Seedy Pearl

Black Dots: Point Black Liquid Last (MAC)

EYEBROWS

Eyebrow Pencil: Spike (MAC)

Conceal ends of eye brows with full coverage concealer- I used NW25 Studio Finish (MAC)

CHEEKS

Refined Golden Bronzer to keep it matte and strong cheek bones.

LIPS

Lip Liner: Cherry (MAC) 

Lipstick: Lady Danger (MAC)

The MySpace Music Feed: Kate Voegele and Sean Kingston


The MySpace Music Feed: Panic! At The Disco and Taylor Momsen


The MySpace Music Feed: Sean Paul and Matt Nathanson


The MySpace Music Feed: The Used and Willie Nelson

OKAY... So I obviously have lagged to put these up, but the team that I work with 13keys, Myspace, and Jordyn Taylor are so much fun and amazing people that it never really seems like work. Here are a few episodes that I got to work on. Leave them comments! Letthemknowwho you want to see next...

LADY ART x M.E.

 How amazing are our new Melody Ehsani Necklaces! Melody and Ashley surprised us on Sunday with these new pieces. Thanks love, get your custom pieces made here. 

Theme Song

    We probably listened to this song at least 100 times this last vegas trip with the girls, I'm still not sick of it. But There is a reason why I'm posting this, maybe listening to this song on repeat made me manifest something SO AMAZING! I'm not going to post it up just yet until it is 100% confirmed. :)!!!!!

xoxo

Bargain Shopping For Makeup

 You don't have to go to downtown LA to get a deal on cosmetics anymore. I found a website that has many cheap brands of makeup, and its cheaper than any of the ones downtown LA, so convenient, YAY!!! shop here

NO EYEBROWS

   I was flipping through the latest Harpers Bazaar magazine and saw almost every ad campaign using the newest trend, NO EYEBROWS. I love the look.

DIMEPIECE PHOTOSHOOT MADE IT TO KANYE'S BLOG

We are so excited for our girls Laura and Ashley. They made it to Kanyes Blog!!! YAY check it out here.

Melody Ehsani Look Book 2009

We worked on Melody Ehsani's Look Book ALL day yesterday, of course it was so much fun, what better than to spend a day with your friends and doing what you love, These pictures have not been touched up at all so ill be posting up the final pics. 

Linus Shentu- Photographer, Lady Art - Hair (AzelleStyles) /Makeup (AlanaDawn), Xian Model

Melody Ehsani on Keri Hilson

MTV Shows

Check out our girl Melody on MTV.com!

Jordyn Taylor Color Combo

EYES: MAC PRODUCTS

Base: Rubenesque paint pot

Lower lid: Amber lights

Crease: Twinks / Sketch

Deep Crease: Carbon

Highlight: Ricepaper

Eyeliner: smolder smeared w/ a 219 brush

CHEEKS:

Highlight: Margin

Apples: Melba 

LIPS: 

Liner: Cranapple creme stick

Lipglass: Pink Poodle (a tiny bit) 

Back to School Makeup

I did this tutorial a few months back but its a quick easy way to do your makeup for school everyday. 

DIMEPIECE X CASSIE

THE LOOK BOOK IS UP! LADYART sent our girl Courtney out to get this shoot done, Courtney is a dear friend from our MAC days, she is an amazing makeup artist now in New York, This shoot was done for DimePiece. As always they did an amazing photo shoot. For more photos click here.

MAC Make-Up Art Cosmetics

MY good friend Jae-R (MAC PRO STORE artist South Coast Plaza, visit him!) went to Hawaii for this MAC event. He was chosen to be one of the people to body paint for this event. I wish I could have seen it live, such an amazing experience. Jae-R and a few other amazing makeup artist from MAC did this amazing piece below. 

They body painted the 2 girls into the picture of the face. CRAZY!

This was another piece that was part of the event. It looks like a painting!

Smooth like a babys bottom

I am an addict to lotion. I hate having dry skin. A lotion connoisseur? 

A few weeks back I came across miracle lotion. Its called Hawaiian Moon Aloe. It caught my attention when I found out it's made with 'all natural ingredients', the first on the list is organic aloe (a natural healer).  Then reading what it was supposed to do besides heal dry skin, I was in awe. Acne, rashes, bee stings, bruises, sunburn, psoriaisis, eczema, razor burns....plus more! Lastly, it absorbs 7 layers deep into your skin. 

I know I am easily sold, on almost anything (infomercials are my frenemy), but I had to give it a try. It is a little pricey for normal grocery brand lotion but I did it and gave in.

And I just want to share that I LOVE IT! It honestly feels like nothing at first, non greasy at all and I am used to Palmers cocobutter which is total opposite. The consistency is in between gel and lotion. It was a little weird getting used to the lotion just absorbed right in to your skin, but when I started noticing that my skin has gotten super soft, I was loving it. I am going to keep using it to test out if it does improve other symptoms it claims to heal..

Check it out on Hawaiian Moon Aloe

Blush For Your Skin Tone

"What shade of Blush is Best for my Skin Tone?"

Pale Skin Tones: light pinks, beige, and apricot. Any darker it will be too strong for you face.

Golden Yellow Undertone: counter balance your natural tone with warmer coral color tones.

Rosy Pink Undertone: Try not to use red tones, it will bring your out your natural tone and be too red, contrast with apricot colors

Olive Skin Tone:  Pinks or Peaches with a gold undertone

Vestal AD with Amanda Blank

Here is the Finally ad for Vestal Watch, Which I did the makeup for a couple weeks ago, Astrid did the Styling. Below is from Vestal Watch Check them out!

VESTAL WELCOMES AMANDA BLANK TO "FEATURED ARTIST" FAMILY 

Vestal is proud to announce Amanda Blank as the newest member of the "Vestal Featured Artist" Family.

There's a small list of artists that can sing, rap, write sophisticated pop songs and perform everything with irresistible charisma. The list of female performers that can do all of that is even smaller and Amanda Blank is skyrocketing to the top of that list. Amanda Blank is a woman making listeners take notice of her unique voice, while using various genres and styles as vehicles toward unhindered self-expression.

Amanda joins Peaches, Eagles of Death Metal, Black Lips, MSTRKRFT, Shiny Toy Guns, Justin Pearson & Valient Thorr as the newest member of the "Vestal Featured Artist" Family.

For more information visit www.myspace.com/amandablank & click HERE to purchase her newly released album "I Love You" (Downtown Records) on iTunes. Be sure to also visit www.vestalwatch.com to see the music video for Amanda's first single "Might Like You Better."

About Amanda Blank:

Philadelphia born and bred, Amanda and her older sisters were raised in a row house in Germantown by artist ex-hippie parents. She quickly learned the value of individuality and the need for outspokenness. A quick glimpse at her interests conveys the dynamic nature of Amanda’s character, ranging from the radically raw to the sentimentally sweet. From her tastes in music (My Bloody Valentine, Man Man, Santigold, Antony and the Johnsons) to visual art (Jayson Musson, Aubrey Beardsley) to fashion (Ny Chorm), she gravitates from the sensual and shocking to the fun and absurdist.

Blank is a member of a loose collective of musicians that includes Spank Rock, Santigold, and Diplo. She takes the influences of 90’s R&B, 80’s dance, indie, new wave and brit pop and weaves them into her own double dutch, defiantly taking the rope out of the hands of haters and then hanging them with it. Whether set against a pastiche of club beats or with her stadium rock group Sweatheart, her voice is undeniably her own. 

Amanda took the world by storm with her contribution to the track “Bump” from Spank Rock’s 2006 breakout album (and Radiohead favorite) YoYoYoYoYo. Her verse is a serious exercise in lyrical acrobatics as she effortlessly runs circles around the beat. She’s just as at home collaborating with Ghostface Killah and M.I.A. as she is with Britney Spearson Eli Escobar and Doug Grayson’s remix of the hit single “Gimme More”. Her songs have appeared on the HBO series Life Support and Entourage as well as CBS television’s CSI:NY. Blank signed to Downtown Records in 2007 and released her debut, I Love You, on July 14, 2009. Amanda Blank is poised to take the pretty-people party national. –URB Magazine 

About Vestal:

Vestal collections are watches, softgoods & accessories that fine-tune style and expression for the musically inspired individual. Established in 1997, Vestal is marketed and branded through our friends, musicians, artists, and athletes who are immersed within music culture. Vestal can be found in specialty stores and finer boutiques in more than forty countries around the world

NEW MOON!

Hey Guys... I've been a little off track been stuck on NEW MOON! 

AWW and  I cant get out of it, I dream of what is going to happen next!!! 

Is that normal?? I know you guys have been there right??? lol 

I've been working on new material, I've gotten a lot of requests so I have have my work to do! :)Im trying to get to all of your requests. 

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO ADD??? Email me at alana@ladyartlooks.com

XOXO

P.S. WERE TAKING HAIR REQUESTS AS WELL :) 

MAC LAUNCHES

MAC IS RELEASING THEIR HOLIDAY KITS ON OCT 15TH

LIKE ANYTHING LIMITED MAC RELEASES THEY SELL OUT QUICK!

 D SQUARED LAUNCHES ON  OCT 12TH

COLLECTION IS BELOW

Say hello to Tiffany Reyes

She was a bit hesitant to do 2 things: go lighter and the full, sexy bangs.

I just said let's do it! She has a light skin tone to go light and why not with the bangs? She can try it out since they aren't too short and can still sweep to the side.

Say hello to ootiffoo

Quick Tip: Get Rid of Tan Streaks

"Whats a good way to remove fake tan streaks?"

Have you ever used a quick tanning lotion to make your legs look tanner in five minutes and then found them to be uneven, and couldn't get the color off ???

  Well here is an easy way to even out those fake streaks... Mix some Lemon Juice and Salt together and use a loofah Sponge to rub the streaky area.  

Quick Tip: Want Fuller Lips Like Angelina Jolie???

" How can I get my lips looking fuller, instantly?"

Grab some peppermint oil and add a few drops to your everyday lip gloss,  your lips will be plumper in just seconds. 

Sunglasses For Your Face Shape

  Have you ever spent days looking for the perfect sunglasses for your face? You see someone in a pair of sunglasses that are SO CUTE, your super excited to go to the mall and grab the same pair, to only try them on and hate the way they look on your face... Well, here are some guidelines when your looking for sunglasses.

For a round face, square shape sunglasses look best.

For a square shaped face, Round sunglasses look best.

For a long narrow face, Oval shape sunglasses look best.

If you have a long nose you want to stay away from aviator style sunglasses.

Alice in Wonderland

I just found these pictures in a Makeup Artist Magazine. Makeup artist Sarah Terry, Photographer Rebecca Parkes, Hairstylist Sean Butt and Designer Bibian Blue all collaborated to create a dark version of Alice in Wonderland. I would love to do a shoot like this with my own version of Alice in Wonderland. 

Make up Trends for Autumn Winter 2009

Beauty tips

1. Your skin can renew itself more effectively at night than during the day so make sure to keep your face well moisturized especially before bed.

2. To get rid of spots on your face use lavender or tea tree oil on those spots with a cotton swab.  

3. To get instant radiant, glowing skin you can use a luminous moisturizer, my favorite is strobe creme from MAC. 

Jordyn Taylor

 

Eyes all MAC products

Beiging shade stick from MAC, all over the lid

Lower lid: Retrospeck

Crease: Remotely grey

Deep Crease: Carbon

Highlight: Vanilla

Amanda Blank Video "Might Like You Better"

   I've worked with Amanda Blank twice this week so its only natural that I would share her video with you all. War paint, black lipstick! love it.  Get her album "I love You" sold on itunes.

MAC cosmetics Style Back Collection

MAC cosmetics has done it again! a whole new collection that everyone cant wait for, BLACK,BLACK, BLACK everything and... Volcanic ash is going to be released with this collection, that was my favorite exfoliating wash and Im so exited they are relaunching it. The collection will be launched on September 24, 2009.

KAT VON D Tatoo Concealer

     Kat Von D has released tattoo concealers available now at  Sephora . 

Above are her ad campaigns for her new collection. But below are some pictures before the photos were airbrushed. As you can see you can tell where the tattoos were covered but the thing about covering tattoos is that its hard to find a concealer that is thick enough to cover them. Kat Von D did just that, In the photos below you just need a little foundation and some blending and they would be all good. I am getting mine today.  

Amanda Blanks Makeup

     I had another shoot with Amanda Blank yesterday, She is super sweet. I found out we know a bunch of the same people. Such a small world!  Anyway here are a couple pics below.

 

  

   The picture above was the inspiration of how the makeup should have been done for her photo shoot, Astrid sent this picture over to me, she told me to look for some more but I couldn't find anything better than this.

    A defined line across her crease, winged out liner, blue eye shadow, red lip pencil, slightly colored in the lips, MOLE and to top it off some lashes I found downtown with Azelle, with gold corners! I think I got the look... SHE LOVED IT!

To get the full effect we teased her hair super super big!

Tarte MultiplEYE Lash Enhancer

  I've been reading  a lot of great reviews regarding Tarte MultiplEYE Lash Enhancers, It is suppose to be just as good as Latisse, but for half the price. It goes for about $65.00 at Sephora. 

MultiplEYE is a natural lash enhancer that increases the length of lashes by 152%. The proprietary HydroPlant Peptide™ is clinically proven to give the appearance of longer, thicker lashes with natural ingredients. Soy and amino acid proteins combine to form an essential superprotein base that fortifies and nourishes lashes. This protein emulsion is infused with cellulose, a plant-derived thickening agent, and vitamin C, an antioxidant booster. The results speak for themselves: 100% of subjects reported an increase in lash softness and the appearance of lash length while 90% of subjects reported an increase in lash thickness. -from Sephora.

Kim Kardashian ...bronze goddess

WOW so she actually did it.  The whole fun with the wig was obvious a trial to do the real thing. It looks amazing on her, like a bronze goddess.  She is so beautiful she could have pulled it off anyway, but just the drastic change from deepest brunette to jump to caramel/bronze takes a lot of self preparation to do. I always suggest my clients who want the dramatic change from long to bob short hair, or black to even a medium brown to blonde to be "mentally ready".  Imagine yourself in your new style/color. Be comfortable in it. Know that it is totally different from your everyday change and just have confidence in your new look! 

The one thing I did notice and compare was going lighter for Kim brightens her up, makes her look even more tanned. In her brunette days, it showed her exotic features a lot more, very mysterious. Both very sexy

BUSY BUSY DAY!

I guess I can't complain, but ever since yesterday Azelle and I went to downtown to find some props for Amanda Blanks photo shoot today. Crazy 90's hard metal type of look, we also did some personal shopping, of course. 

But anyway, Video interview at House of Blues for myspace music feed for Jordyn Taylor and Sean Paul . Then off to Amanda Blank's shoot and back to House of Blues for a 3rd shoot. Hope I can make it to all of them on time. Wish me luck!

Ill take some pics for you guys :)

xoxo

Amanda Blank

My girl Astrid (stylist) called me to help her out with Amanda Blanks photo shoot yesterday for Vestal watches. We met at the detroit bar, and Astrid, Amanda and Caesar showed up in their classy Limo, haha it was pretty funny. Astrid unpacked all the clothes that were going to be used for the shoot and I couldn't believe the items she had, where does she find this stuff??? They were amazing! If any of you know Astrid you all know that she has the dopest style. 

     Astrid and I use to go out all the time, back in the day when Nacional on a friday was cool, is nacional still open? Anyway when Astrid came in she ALWAYS had something crazy on, things that people would never be able to pull off but she did so its only natural that she would be an amazing stylist. Anyway I have some pictures of the items she used on Amanda. 

 Amanda is hilarious, her energy was great, even tho she has been on tour for 4 months with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and probably has not slept in days. I asked her how her show went at HARD and she told me that the fire marshals shut the whole thing down, WHAT!!! Can you believe that??? they had to kick 20,000 people out and give no one refunds all because there were kids that were jumping off these towers, ugh! that would make me so angry! these kids ruin it for the thousands of people that spent money on tickets. Anyway she said that these kids put a warehouse party together in a couple hours and she got to perform there. 

  So anyway she wanted crazy crazy makeup Long lashes top and bottom, winged out liner, white shadow, with a hint of reflects glitter from MAC, and of coarse my specialty, bright lips... She loved loved loved her make up, She said that if she could do her makeup on tour anyway it would be the way I did it for the shoot. Im meeting with her on tuesday to do another one of her shoots. ! YAY!

Her Album "I love you" just came out buy it from itunes!

Beyonce Makeup Tutorial

Brand Spankin' New Makeup Tutorial... YAY!!!!

  Ive gotton a lot of requests to do a Beyonce tutorial so finally after staying up til 3am this morning, here it is. Thanks so much for all your love. 

REQUESTS REQUESTS REQUESTS!!!!!

   YES, I am finally taking requests for makeup tutorials, tips, beauty secrets etc... Find a pic on the internet, tear it out of a magazine, or requests certain colors and simply send your picture to alana@ladyartlooks.com and you may be chosen for the next tutorial! 

    Thank you for watching, I appreciate all the love and comments I have been getting. Please subscribe to my videos on youtube.com/ladyart7 to be updated on more tutorials. 

P.S. my girl azelle is coming in with much needed hair tips/tutorials so stay tuned!!!

xoxo

LADY ART

Go Blue!

I been looking through some magazines and it looks like everyone is going Blue! But you gotta keep it simple,pick one area to focus on. For your eyes, try blue mascara or blue eye liner wear it with a neutral lip color.