XOXO Azelle and Alana

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

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.

XOXO Azelle

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 into every piece she designs. Check out her entire look book below.

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 Type from MAC

5. Eyeliner: Thinly line your lash line with black track gel liner from MAC

6. Waterline: Smolder MAC

7. Eyebrows: I have a good step by step tutorial for this, Video is below.

Stumbled on this collage of Selena Gomez’s cut hairstyles. So many ways to change up your hair from straight to curly, half up to all down.

Source: Twitter @WordGomez

So I’ve been growing out my hair for sometime, and now that I got it long, what am I gonna do with it?? I changed up my color a couple times, but still not ready to cut it again. What kind of hair cut can I do with long hair that looks like I cut it? I decided to just do my own version of the side cut, I know that was the thing to do before. I didnt want my side cut to be as dramatic, still wanted it to have a touch of femininity, still have some layers goin over it so I can show off the side cut or hide it. Here it is…

xoxo Azelle

London based designer Gareth Pugh teams up with his runway makeup collaborator, MAC cosmetics.  I’m loving his Pugh-esque style, dark, edgy, geometric, and futuristic.  Can’t wait to use his wing like lashes!
Pugh says,  “For the ­makeup, I looked to the natural world. The silvery, ­fragile-looking side of the collection is the lightning in a storm, and the dark, deep purples are the black, hazy sky.”
It’s almost time for this collection to drop November 23 to December 23