Hair/MakeUp

The Wet Brush

The Wet Brush

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 [...]

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Side Braid for Short Hair

Side Braid for Short Hair

Loving the side braid but you have short hair? 1.) Gather your hair to the side getting started for that side braid 2.)Wrap a ribbon, longer than your hair, and incorporate that into your braid   XOXO Azelle

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How to Apply The Perfect Red Lip

How to Apply The Perfect Red Lip

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… [...]

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Smokey Eye Tutorial

Smokey Eye Tutorial

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 [...]

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Red Carpet Tutorial

Red Carpet Tutorial

How to get Red Carpet Ready! 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 [...]

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Coppering

Coppering

Base: painterly (mac) Lower lid: coppering (mac) Crease: brownscript (mac) Deep crease: handwritten (mac) Highlight: vanilla (mac) Eyeliner: smolder (mac)

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Kerastase Nectar Thermique

Kerastase Nectar Thermique

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 [...]

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Dark Olive Smokey Eye

Dark Olive Smokey Eye

Lower Lid: Teddy eyeliner (mac) all over your lower lid and blend w/ your finger Lower Lid: greensmoke (mac) on top of Teddy. Crease: Brownscript (mac) Highlight: Vanilla (mac) Waterline: Teddy (mac) Smoke out with pencil brush and add a bit of handwritten. Top off shadow with reflects antique glitter from mac.

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Purple EyeLiner!

Purple EyeLiner!

1. A little Fix Plus an Angle Brush and Purple Eye Shadow.  

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Makeup of the day

Makeup of the day

What I used… Base: soft ochre (mac) Lid: honesty (mac) Crease: espresso (mac) Crease2: Swiss chocolate (mac) Highlight: brule (mac) Xo Alana Dawn More tutorials check out YouTube.com/LadyArt7

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Black Glitter Smokey Eye

Black Glitter Smokey Eye

Black Glitter Smokey Eye What I used! Base: White clown cake (Krylon) Lid: Silver (Mehron) Crease: Carbon (MAC) Crease2: Copperplate (MAC) on top of carbon Highlight: Nylon (MAC) Glitter: reflects silver glitter (MAC) Liner: Blacktrack (MAC) waterline: smolder (MAC) Lashes: Salon Perfect   Watch more video tutorials on my youtube channel, www.youtube.com/LadyArt7   Enjoy! xoxo, [...]

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Katie Holmes Hair Transformations

Katie Holmes Hair Transformations

I love how courageous Katie Holmes is with her hair. I know we can all be attached to our hair. We just want a ‘trim’ every time we get a hair cut, or just ‘Air’cut it to maintain your longest length.  We won’t know if we truly like something unless we try it right?  Check [...]

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Hair and Makeup Storage Ideas

Hair and Makeup Storage Ideas

Throughout time our collection of hair and makeup tools add up! It’s so hard to throw away anything, we don’t want to throw away anything and there is always something new we want that keeps our collection growing. I find it challenging to keep all my cosmetics organized and was in search of the perfect [...]

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Red Lips

Red Lips

MAC: LADY DANGER!

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Makeup of the day

Makeup of the day

xoxo, Alana Dawn

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Winged Liner

Winged Liner

Today’s Makeup of the Day! To create this look I used an angle brush and black gel liner!

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Heartbeat

Heartbeat

My makeup of the day! What I used: 1. Base: Painterly MAC 2. lid: Blanc Type MAC 3.Crease: Copperplate MAC 4.  Waterline: Smolder MAC and smoke it out wit parfait amour MAC 5.Lips: beet liner girl about town lipstick xoxo, Alana Dawn

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Melody Ehsani x Lady Art

Melody Ehsani x Lady Art

MELODY EHSANI LOOK BOOK 2012 a behind the scene photo I took with my little iphone, a little camera plus action and it looks professional! Makeup: Alana Dawn Stylist: Ashley Ludwin Jewelry/Designer: Melody Ehsani Melody is one of my good friends who I love! Her passion for her work is so inspiring, she puts LOVE [...]

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Aqua Eyes

Aqua Eyes

Aqua Smokey Eyes For the Day! WHAT I USED… 1.Base: Aqua gel liner MAC 2. Lid: Aquadisiac MAC, reflects teal glitter on top 2. Deep Crease: use black shadow and blend up. 3.Crease: Then soften the black shadow by overlapping it with Texture from MAC (soft brown) 4. Highlight: Use a light matte shadow, Blanc [...]

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Goldmember

Goldmember

New Years Eve Makeup Look! What I used: Lower Lid: GreenSmoke MAC then glued Antique Reflects Gold Glitter from MAC on top Crease: Cabon, Texture MAC Highlight: Blanc Type MAC Liner: Blacktrack MAC Waterline: Smolder

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Short Hair Style- flat iron curl

Short Hair Style- flat iron curl

My first short hair style tutorial! It is so much easier with short hair for me. I wake up with an automatic style. For this look I decided to use a flat iron to curl. 1. Section hair 2. Grab a medium amount of hair and place the flat iron parallel to the floor . [...]

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Strawberry Nails!

Strawberry Nails!

So as you may know, I have been working on Christmas nails, but one day it was so cold in my house I really wished it was summer haha so instead of doing another winter Christmas look I did fun cute summer nails! I mean they are Christmas colors right?! Here is the video on [...]

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Purple Eye Liner

Purple Eye Liner

I normally do black eyeliner on my water line, but this morning I woke up wanting to do purple! I just got this purple eyeliner by Nabi at a local grocery store.  If you want to brighten up your daily makeup, try different colored liners on the bottom waterline! Purple also brings out the gold [...]

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Holiday Inspired Photoshoots

Holiday Inspired Photoshoots

The Naty Chabanenko LoveCat Magazine Editorial Has Holiday Cheer Photoshoot by Pierre Dal Corso

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