Friday, February 7, 2014

My week as a Grammy artist.

The Grammy's are one of the most exciting award shows of award season. The Grammy ceremony is heavily sprinkled with some of the top musical acts in the business.  It makes for a very entertaining evening.  It also means that there are many people watching this televised event.  Many women who are watching, observing, taking notes and generally judging how the artists are looking in their Grammy get-ups.  We "oohh" and "ahhh" at the clothes and shoes knowing that most of the items being worn are completely out of our league.  Or, even if the gowns, dresses and footwear are in our financial league, honestly, when on earth will we ever have an opportunity to wear any of them?!

But the make up...the make up is something that not only can we afford, we can most definitely find an opportunity to wear!  We can always find an occasion to try the beauty looks influenced by the ladies parading down the red carpet.

As I watched Lorde perform her hit "Royals," I was saddened that her beauty team had made her look so mature. After all, part of the thrill of her success is that she is only 17 years old and her music is so exemplary for such a young artist.  I understand their need for not wanting her to look too 'pop,' but there should have been a balance, in my opinion, to her intense dark lipstick look with heavy foundation.  So the next day, I decided to do a lighter version of Lorde's look, or what I called a "night-to-day look." I tried to portray how you could wear a heavy deep burgundy lip in a fresher fashion; a bit of peach/pink blush on the apples of the cheeks and a lighter foundation did the trick.  I had so much fun experimenting with the "night-to-day look" make-under that I decided to try a new artist each day for the rest of the week.

Using the amazing app Picstitch - I know, last to the party - I was able to capture the Grammy artist inspired look along with my own before and afters, and a pic of the products used...all in 1 framed pic!
[In tears...] All of your likes on Facebook have truly kept me going and have made my dream a reality! ...and that's me working on my acceptance speech...

Skin:
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer in nude
Eyes:
Revlon Cream Shadow in not just nude
Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in aigle-noir
Cover Girl LashBlast 24 hour mascara in very black
Cheeks:
Nars Blush in orgasm
Lips:
Burts Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
Cover Girl Lip Perfection in euphoria
(Unknown color in container received from Gucci Westman at one of the fashion shows)

Skin:
Cover Girl Concealer truBlend Fixstick in light
Cover Girl truBlend Liquid Make Up in classic ivory
Eyes:
Stila Eye Shimmer (discontinued..sniff sniff)
Cover Girl Bombshell Intensity Liner in pitch black
Cover Girl Bombshell-Volume-Mascara in black
Cheeks:
Cover Girl truBlend Mineral Bronzer in golden sunrise
Lips:
Mally Beauty Melted Lipstick Duo in punch/mauve (I only used punch)

Skin:
Chantecaille New Stick in ivory
Cover Girl truBlend Liquid Foundation in classic ivory
Eyes:
Lancome Color Design in gris fatale
Mally Beauty EveryColor-Shadow-Stick in gun metal
Cover Girl Liquiline Blast Eye Liner in black fire
Cover Girl LashBlast  24 hour mascara in very black
Cheeks:
Nars the Multiple in laguna
Lips:
Burts Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in cruella

Skin:
Chantecaille New Stick in ivory
Cover Girl truBlend Liquid Foundation in classic ivory
Eyes:
Revlon Cream Shadow in not just nude
Lancome Color Design in gris fatale (only the black shade)
Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in aigle-noir
Cover Girl Bombshell-Volume-Mascara in black
Cheeks:
Cover Girl Clean Glow Blush in peaches
Cover Girl truBlend Mineral Bronzer in golden sunrise
Lips:
Nars Lipstick in Promiscuous (discontinued)
Substitute: Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in belle de jour







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