I hope you all had a great Valentines Day. Some of you are still celebrating V.Day with your loved ones this weekend. I posted this nail look a few weeks back and I just finished editing a video. Good Nail Art video wether you are celebrating V.Day or not
Look how easy it is to get perfectly striped nails in just a few minutes. Watch the video below.
So today is the day you celebrate love with your special someone. If you don’t have a date or aren’t in a relationship (so overrated lol ) its a day to love yourself, to remind yourself that you are worth it, you are loved by good friends and family and deserve to have this day to yourself.
My favorite bible verse on love…
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
-Corinthians 13:4–8
For everyone who has not seen my posts. Here are some makeup and nail ideas you can do for your special date.
a romantic look using the naked palette from Urban Decay. I got so many requests asking me to do a few looks using these colors and this is what I came up with.
2 Days til LOVE day! if you have that special someone you are going to spend your V.Day with you should manicure your nails to look like these. It says Valentines Day without being in your face! How adorable are these?
I used China Glaze black nail polish.
and China Glaze Matte Magic nail polish! this is my new favorite. All you have to do is apply a coat or 2 on top of any color polish and it turns the polish into a flat finish! AMAZING!
So here is another picture of my fabulous nails without the red heart on my ring finger.
To learn how I did the hearts and see exactly what I did step by step check out my video below.
Happy Valentines Day! Lets celebrate love by doing fun pink eyeliner! I love this! one of my favorites that I have done!!!
So I created this look using a couple different eyeliners going from a light pink down to a bright red pink! To finish this look I used Salon Perfects eyelashes. So many of you ask what lashes I’m using or where I got them from. You guys would be surprised! I don’t use very expensive lashes on a daily bases because i feel like it is pointless! Why not get an inexpensive lash that is just as durable and last just as long! So I tried these lashes (Salon Perfect, which I found out you can only purchase them from a Wal-Mart) during Christmas and I just love them! They are comfortable and I can reuse them a few times!
Watch the video below to see how I got this fun Valentines Day Look!
I’ve always wanted to try these flowers for my nail designs. So I finally got around to getting them and thought they were soo cute. The only thing is, it’s definitely for acrylic nails. It didn’t last very long with normal polish.
Here’s how I did it:
1) add base coat
2) desired polish color
3) grab flower with tweezers
4) apply clear polish or glue on the back of the flower
5)apply on your nail!
Two days later…the flowers did not look so pretty!
Also, you still have time for our beauty goodies giveaway!
Here is a soft brown smokey eye I did. Its a super natural eye that you can wear on or off the red carpet. This is the type of smokey eye that you can wear everyday! I used only 3 colors and it take only a few minutes to do. So if you say you dont have time to do your makeup in the morning watch this tutorial and it will change your mind! haha
Hope you guys like the video! See you guys in the next one.
So I found this old tutorial I did on my old blog about 3 years ago. Its crazy to look back on the work you have done and how much the videos I do now have progressed ! I dont even talk to explain anything. lol enjoy this oldie but goodie!
Base: Rubenesque
Step 1: Apply Rubenesque all over the bottom half of your lid, for your eye shadow to last ALL day. I like to apply this with my fingers.
Eye Shadow:
MAC
Honesty
Texture
Rice Paper
Step 2: Apply Honesty Directly on top of your base using a flat brush to pack on your shadow.
Step 2: Apply Texture to the crease of your eye. Start at the outter corner and blend in, use a 224 brush from MAC.
Step 3: Apply Rice Paper to your brow bone. Right below your eye brows, you can use a 217 brush.
Step 4: With a small blending brush apply rice paper right below your lower lash line.
Eye Liners: Graph Black, Boot Black from MAC
Step 5: Apply Graph Black eye liner to your water line.
Step 6: Apply Boot Black eye liner to the top of your eye, start from the end of your eye and line to the middle and then do your inner corner and line to the middle.
Step 7: Apply your Mascara or Lashes, mine are #3 lashes from MAC
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My friend Jessica, who is a celebrity hair stylist recommended this brush to me. She said that this brush will detangle your hair without it ripping your hair off. My hair is crazy thick and wild! I ALWAYS get this weird knot at the bottom, I swear it looks like I have dreadlocks. haha Conditioner doesn’t even help it!
So when she told me about this brush I didn’t think much of it but when I saw it at the hair show this last weekend for $5 I had to buy it! So the next day after I got out of the shower I brushed my hair with this “Miracle” brush it took me seconds to take out the knots and it didn’t even hurt. Its weird, how does it do that? lol
The real test is when I try it out on my sons long hair and if he doesn’t complain then I am definitely naming this the miracle brush!
I just wanted to share with you one of my favorite books, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The movie comes out in March 23, 2012 by director Gary Ross. I’m soo excited! The book was so colorful and I can picture that Hair and makeup is going to be FUN!
INSTYLE shares “Hair Secrets Straight From The Set!”
The Hunger Games movie is going to be a HAIR spectacular! “This was one of the most complex, detailed movies I’ve ever worked on,” hair department head Linda Flowers told InStyle.com. “People are going to be blown away by how beautiful and breathtaking it is.” We’ll take her word for it—especially in light of the following stats:
3,000: People who were processed through the hair and makeup tents each week. “Extras couldn’t just have their normal hair. Everyone had to be in the style of the time,” said Flowers.
500: Cast members and extras who had their eyebrows bleached, including Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie Trinket.
400: Cast members and extras wearing wigs in a single day of filming. “We went with odd permutations of colors like dusty rose and chartreuse,” Flowers said. “The challenge was to make them look couture and sophisticated.”
45: Hairdressers working in a single day.
20: Minutes spent creating Katniss Everdeen’s signature braid for Jennifer Lawrence.
3: Colored wigs worn by Elizabeth Banks: One pink, one green, and one lavender.
1: Wig worn by Stanley Tucci, who plays Caesar Flickerman. “It’s a dark navy blue wig in a Karl Lagerfeld-style ponytail,” she says.
Its no surprise that I LOVE bright lips. Its my favorite thing to do! If I HAD to choose one piece of makeup to live with for the rest of my life (thank God I don’t really have to do that) but I would definitely have to keep my red lips.
See I’m telling you… Same bright lip, Different day.
I have done many Red Carpet events in my days and anytime someone is not sure about trying on a bright lip, I apply it on just so they can see it and they end up LOVING it.
Like… April, Trey Songz mom. I do her makeup when she is in town attending events with her son. This is her with a bright lip, I talked her into doing this for a premiere she was attending and she loved it.
You would be surprised on how many steps can go into achieving the perfect red lip. I mean you obviously don’t do these steps everyday but when you are attending a red carpet event or taking pictures all night long these steps make a difference!
Anyway… Here is a special video I put together showing you how to apply the perfect bright lip!
Hey guys, I was watching American Idol the other day and Jennifer Lopez had this amazing smokey eye! Her eyes were super dark and she had this light pale pink lipstick on. I mean… she is gorgeous anyway so I would think that any makeup she had on would look amazing! haha but it inspired me anyway to create another fun, simple tutorial. If you guys have any other suggestions on what I should show or do differently please let me know.
The video below shows every step and every product I used so make sure to check it out!
Though I got inspired by Jennifer Lopez, every celebrity loves to do a smokey eye wether its on or off the red carpet. Kim Kardashian especially! Since she is so popular with the smokeyness I decided to name yet another video after her. lol Hope you guys enjoys this!
So I have now been a makeup artist for officially 10 years! geez I feel old! but I have quite a few Red Carpet experiences under my belt. From big events like the Grammys and Oscars to small store openings! A few things you have to remember about red carpet you got to use primers and long lasting makeup because these events are long and they cant go in looking gorgeous and come out looking, well…. not so pretty! haha
Some brands of primers I like are, smashbox, two faced, and Laura Mercier. I have never had a problem with these and also know that these will definitely help your foundation last all night! Primers to use on your eyes, Urban Decay, and Macs paint pots! I love them!
Anyway, here is one look I put together for you all recreating Kim K’s look at the Golden Globes and I also added some fun nails to go with the look:)
Don’t you want to learn how to get these fancy pantsy nails?! Hope you love it!
One of my favorite styling products I want to share with you guys!
It’s Nectar Thermique by Kerastase. Kerastase is known for their styling products with treatment for each hair type.
I love Nectar Thermique for a couple reasons:
1) A leave in conditioner, everyone needs a leave in. Think of it as lotion for your hair like you put lotion on your body on a daily. Apply after showering on damp hair and style or let air dry
2) Thermal protection, you know you’re hair is protected from heat when you blowdry, flat iron or curl
3) for Dry to very dry hair, extra emollients to give you enough moisture
XOXO Azelle
