Valentine’s Day was rather routine for some but quite possibly magical for many others. Chantal’s What Is Your Valentine’s Day Look? draws attention to all the natural beauty that one person can hope to be granted at birth with dramatic eyes, perfect lips and a sparkly pink shirt. Chantal tops it all off with a cute updo of her blonde locks and then shows you how to do it as well.
Tutorials
Red-violet & Yellow-green– Complimentary colors
from Risa (from MakeupByRisa and a Super Shimz) –
Products Used:
- Love Lavender by Sappho
- Yellow from Make Up For Ever Flash Palette
- Burnt Burgundy Pigment by M.A.C.
- Beautiful Iris by M.A.C.
- Gold bit by M.A.C.
- Zero by Urban Decay
- HD Concealer by MUFE 320
- 23 L Aqua Eyes by MUFE
- Bitter ? Eyeshadow by M.A.C
- Green Sheen (cant catch this one)
- Dark Taupe by Senna Cosmetics
- Violetta Lipstick by MAC
- Maybelline Great Lash Mascara
- Lancome Ombre Glaze for highlight
- NYX Purple Rain Lip Liner
“Mad Hatter” Tutorial (DollyyBlush/ VintaqeGlam)

photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaatmidnight/3652483918/
Inspired by Mad Hatter (played by Johnny Depp) in upcoming movie Alice in Wonderland 2010
Makeup + Hair Tips for Grad Photos (pincstuffs)
Times have change. Graduation from college has become the new “big day” in a girls’ life, as oppose to be married at the age of 16. While you may not have the money to hire professional makeup artist for your big day, sheryl at pincstuffs have some tips for you.
Extra tip from MyShimmer.com? Please no fishnet stockings.
“Alice” Tutorial, inspired by Alice in Wonderland 2010
Hey everyone, so this is the first look out of the Alice in Wonderland Urban Decay palette! I am going to be doing seven, so this is look number one using the color Alice. All colors used are from the palette. I hope you all enjoy (:
- Put Rollickin Paintpot on lid. Blend well. (0:33 — 0.55)
- Put tape on the outer corner of the eye (1.00 — 1.03)
- Apply another shade ( Painterly) on the upper part of your eyelid. Blend. (1.08 — 1.18)
- Apply another shade on top of the first one to highlight the color — from Urban Decay’s Alice in Wonderland — the Alice shade. Blend. (1.30 — 2.01)
- Apply another shade on top of Alice — Mad Hatter. blend. (2.11 — 2.38)
- On top of Mad Hatter, apply Oraculum. Blend again. (2.41 — 2.59)
- With an eye smudger brush, blend Oraculum on the inner corner of the eye (3.00 — 3.08)
- Using the White Rabbit shade, apply and blend on inner corner of the eye (3.11–3.21)
- Use Mad Hatter shade to line the lower eyelid (3.26 — 3.30)
- Take off the tape (3.31–3.32)
- Extend the lining (Mad Hatter) of your lower lid (3.33–3.38)
- Take off any specks using a blush brush (3.39–3.43)
- Line the lower eyelid with Urban Decay 24/7 Flipside Eyeliner (from the Urban Decay’s Alice in Wonderland palette) (3.48–3.55)
- Put fake eyelashes from Red Cherry (3.56-.357)
- Done!
How to Look Like a Permanent Rocker Girl (Courtney Love’s Makeup Tutorial)
Well Courtney Love is not just showing us the worse in her body and botched plastic surgery! She has some makeup looks that provide a complete transformation and a valued celebrity makeup look! She has looked beautiful before whatever happened to her, life?
Her classic features and red classic lips highlight her pretty face. Courtney Love wanted to share with us her confessions of a skin obsession (“I am a skin whore”) and her love for makeup and makeup videos (tutorial?) Courtney had such a simple, innocent but edgy and mysterious look.

Here is Courtney Love’s makeup video, she calls it “Courtney Love’s First and Last Makeup Tutorial”. She uses a eyeshadow makeup palette and skincare by a local LA dermatologist, Dr. Rapaport. The original videos were on twitter and here is the entire video lined together:
Taylor Swift, Katherine Heigl, Jessica Alba with Red Carpet Celebrity Hair Style for New Years Eve 2010
What do Taylor Swift, Katherine Heigl and Jessica Alba have in common? They all have worn this stylish updo with soft romantic curls for an elegant look on the runway.

This look is perfect for New Years Eve party, a night at the Opera, any formal event or a wedding.
Katherine wears wears this updo to the side with part of her hair swept back and pinned. It works well for an elegant evening out, and it’s best suited to longer face shapes.
Taylor Swift wears this celebrity hair style updo with gorgeous color and with soft romantic curls. This celebrity hair updo is perfect for a wedding or a special dinner.

Jessica Alba loves this elegant hairstyle updo so much that she has worn it several times to red carpet Hollywood events. She wears this hairstyle well allowing her to show off her beautiful drop earrings. This celebrity hairstyle can be done with a few bobby pins and flat iron to curl your hair.

We caught up Christmas week with Richelle De Veras who creates this look for many of her clients. Richelle is a hairstylist from one of San Francisco’s leading hair salons, Alcheme Salon . Having been a model since the age of 13, she is one of Alcheme’s leading hairstylist working in San Francisco for over 10 years and a makeup guru as well. She spends her free time creating DIY classic hairstyles that women can recreate by themselves at home without a beauty degree. Each movie star has stylists but some of the celebrity hairstyles are either too difficult to replicate or just not practical on many women’s hairs. In this video below, Celebrity Hairstyles for New Years Eve 2010-Taylor Swift, Katherine Heigl (Part I), she demonstrate a step-by-step elegant celebrity hairstyle and how to recreate this hairstyle at home.
This is Part 2 of the hair video:
Happy New Year and hope this style helps with your getting ready for the big night routine!
Avatar Zoe Saldana and Neytiri’s Makeup Tutorial
Avatar — The Movie, Actress and Makeup Tutorial

Zoe Saldana, leading actress of Avatar
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We loved the movie Avatar and celebrate a new stunning actress Zoe Saldana who plays the Neytiri, the leading female character. James Cameron and Fox does it again by showing us that there is another world. Zoe is stunning so we wanted to share with you KlairedelysArt’s gorgeous Avatar makeup tutorial look replicating Neytiri’s makeup look.
KlairedelysArt’s Makeup Tutorial
The Neytiri makeup look took over an hour using products such as elf eyelid primer, 120 palettes of eyeshadow color, elf foundation brush. Her artistic ability to transform her face into a gorgeous alien is just amazing to watch.
Zoe grew up in the Dominican Republic and has stared in films such as the Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Trek.
Interview with Zoe Saldana, played Neytiri leading female actress in the movie Avatar
Metalized eyes — Silver and black for Fall/ Winter
This tutorial is from CarolMakeupArtist, based in Spain (hence, in Spanish). It presents an excellent option for Fall-Winter trends — “Foil eyes”. We achieved this by mixing silver, black and pigments. This is an option that gives you plenty of drama to the look and highlight your face. This look is great for winter.
(The tutorial is in Spanish, but we have provided a rough translation. Watch, and you should be able to follow)


Carrie Underwood Holiday Special Make Up Tutorial
Do you like Carrie Underwood? If you do, you probably like her look as well. Why not have makeup just like her? We found this tutorial and we are going to share it with you.
This is a natural look, with focus on the eye liner.

Thanks to Tiffany for the great instructions.
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