Posts Tagged ‘los angeles make up artist’

New business cards!

I feel complete and ready with new business cards! I get so excited in little random things. But especially for your business, you need to have business cards at hand at all times!

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I chose matte with rounded corners.

A friend recommended a new company to try out for cards. They’re called State of Graphx. Super nice and very helpful. If you need any printing done for flyers, cards, brochures, etc.. hit them up!

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Say hello to Gintel Gee

Meet Gintel Gee! She is a dope graphic designer and has contributed a lot of her work for Dime Piece Designs 

Gintel’s had these dreads for a while, I love them! 

I decided to do some peek-a-boo highlights on her dreads. Pretty fun because it is not your everyday hair in foil highlights, all nice and neat. With dreads it changed up my highlighting routine. I got to soak the dreads in lightener and wrapped them up like the way you used to make antennas when you were a kid!

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Need a graphic designer??? www.GintelGee.com

Need your hair done? Come see Azelle at:

Salon Sessions                                                                                                                                                                                                    112 S. Delacey Ave.                                                                                                                                                                                Pasadena, CA 91105

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Keri Hilson Pre-Oscar Party

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Keri Hilson looked gorgeous, as always, for a Pre-Oscar party hosted by Okay Magazine held at Beso Restaurant. I (Alana Dawn) did her makeup for this event and Maisha Oliver, Keri’s hair stylist, did a great job with her hair (I love the bangs).

Photos from Rap Up and Life.

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Craze

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Crazy what highlighting and shading can do.

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Camouflage Your Scars With Tattoos

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I was doing some research on camouflaging scars and ran into this website. What a great idea! its so simple but yet no one has really done it and if you can see the before and after pictures, it really works. I’ve read in a few articles of both men and women that have  scars or pigmentation problems on their face that have gotten this done and it looks a hundred times better.

I have so many scars from when I was a child that I am now use to but I would consider camouflaging them, it looks great but what happens when you tan? I guess its better than a big white spot right?

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How To Get Glowing Skin

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In order to get a smooth, glowing, sun kissed look you got to use a few different blushes. I normally use about 3 different colors, a highlight, contour and blush with color. I start with the contour, a soft brown that will give your cheeks some definition, next blush on the apples of your cheek normally a peachy color, and finally a highlight on the high point of your cheek bones. Its makes a huge difference. Try it and let me know how it turns out.

Contour: soft brown to give cheeks definition (bone beige MAC)

Apples of cheek: a peachy color  (Melba or MArgin MAC) with or without shimmer (this depends on your skin tone)

Highlight: I like to use Vanilla Pigment from MAC

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Spiked

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I love these but I would be way to tempted to kick someone with these on. haha J/K

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Alice in Wonderland !!!!

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Alice in Wonderland is coming soon!!! I can not wait until March 5th! I get so giddy every time I see the Ads out while driving on the free way

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2010 Hair Trends

What I’ve been noticing in a lot of fashion magazines are several hair styles repeated. So they must be hair trends for 2010!

Here are what I’ve noticed:

Braids-to the side, loose, fish tail, and perfect for growing out your fringe style

Tips: no time to fix your hair? Braids is your answer! 

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Natural textures: embrace what your mama gave you! love those curls, sweep it up softly for a loose up do

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High pony tail: it’s not just for the gym, it’s high fashion!

Tips: Add a creamy, medium to heavy hold to comb your hair up. Use a boar bristle brush to really slick your hair back, spray baby hairs when you got it all up

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Middle part & loose waves: do together or separate, the bohemian chic look, very natural and airy

Tips: not too much stiff products, when starting wet, blow dry all your hair forward to give a little lift. Add some curl products. I love Bumble n Bumble Curl Conscious Creme!! it holds just enough of your curl, reduces frizz and best of all NOT stiff!

For stick straight hair, take random sections and simply wrap around iron. It’s simple because you don’t want a prom look! Add a little shine on your ends. Try Bumble and Bumble Defrizz, can be used on wet hair but best on dry hair

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Lastly, Straight bangs/Full Fringe: I love bangs because even if you don’t have time to style your hair, just make sure your bangs are in place and put on a cute hat, do a side pony tail, or just leave your hair down.

Tips: make sure your bangs are fully wet, and you have a clean face, you don’t want your bangs sticking to your forehead grease! take a brush and hold your blowdry hitting the top of your bangs. Use your brush to do a criss cross action with your bangs. This neutralizes any cowlicks that causes your bangs to pop up

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Look Younger

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Quick tip to looking younger, or avoid looking aged:

Since aged skin tends to be dry, Stick to creamy blushes and eyeshadows. Powder blushes and eyeshadows tend to settle into your fine lines and wrinkles.

Creamy blushes and eyeshadows can “plump” up your skin, give you a dewy healthier glow!

Most importantly, Be active! Smile! Have fun! and you won’t worry about how you look as you age.

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T.I.T.S. T-shirt

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I got to do Sunny’s makeup for this T-shirt. The t-shirt came out cute.

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Classy

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Photographer Greg Kadel

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La’Rae

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My sister went to the Philippines in January and made a few designs that she is selling. Here are a few of them, they fit well and are really cute on. If any of you are interested, email me at alana@ladyartlooks.com

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Harajuku ready!

Just a couple weeks ago, I took my number 1 hair model, Laura from Dime Piece, back to brunette for the Metro Pop Magazine Shoot. Check out that post HERE

Now, I took her lighter. Ready for Japan with Joy Rich this week!

A timed and  fast pace process.

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I decolorized her whole head.

Foiling the top part, where her hair is the longest, to make sure the application was even.

You need to keep an eye on the process, seeing what color is coming up.

When we reached a desired color, I toned her a couple shades darker.

Read about their Japan 2010 tour on their blog: THE PARADIME

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Avoid Sun Damage

 

 

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Did you know that most of the sun damage you see on your face when your older (40’s+) happened early on in life around your 20’s… This is why sun block is very important!!! When you tan wear at least 15 spf .

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Jasmine Mosley Tribes

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My girl Jasmine from Oliver Poeples/ Mosley Tribes, isn’t she gorgeous?! it was too easy to do her makeup, this is what I used.

Eyes

Base: Painterly (paint pot MAC)

Lower Lid: Smut (MAC)

Crease: Brown Script (MAC)

Highlight: Rice Paper (MAC)

Inner corner: Rice Paper (MAC)

Below lower lash line: Smut (MAC)

Liner: Blacktrack (MAC)

Water line: Graphblack (MAC)

Brows: Espresso shadow (MAC) with an angle brush

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Inspiration

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Jeremy Scott Look 2010

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Accessorize…

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Wedding Hair and Make Up

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Eye care tip for puffy eyes

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Quick tip:

Avoid salty foods. They can cause fluid retention and eye puffiness.

Slightly elevate your head while sleeping to prevent extra fluid from settling around eyes and making them puffy

Use cucumber slices to reduce eye puffiness.

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Electrik Red

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What I used on Binkie from Electrik Red

Base: Painterly Paint Pot (MAC)

Lower lid: Woodwinked shadow (MAC)

Crease: Texture shadow (MAC)

Highlight: Ricepaper shadow (MAC)

Liner: Black Track, winged with an angle brush

Lashes: #3 MAC

Highlight on cheeks Alexander Mcqueen gold highlight from MAC

Foundation- Kevin Acoin

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Battle of the Chapsticks

I know it may seem a bit minor, but it is very important to have that perfect chapstick for me! I’m sure you guys never thought about it until you found your one. My previous post on chapstick was that I found Carmex Moisture Lip to be my fave, I forgot all about my other fave, Burt’s Bees. I had bought Burt’s Bees to compare, and the result was, I love them both!

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CARMEX:                                                                                                                                           I love the slim packaging the new Carmex comes in    

The tingling/cooling feel of the menthol

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Softens my lips and makes them a little poutier

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burtbeeBURT’S BEES:                                                                                                                                                             All natural

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Softens my lips and feels moisturized

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Big Hair Show

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Forgot to include these pictures from ISSE show in Long Beach this year. A company called Chihtsai Hair Care was doing some crazy updos to draw in some attention for their hair products.

For one of the updos, the stylist was attaching hair pieces he made out of scratch. I never would have thought you can make an amazing piece from extra hair on the floor, add some strong hair spray and you get this..

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