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Hey y’all!
I always feel like I’ve been gone for months, when I’ve only been gone for a week and a half. That’s still pretty long, huh? Any who, I first have to say congrats to the winner of my Makeup Show Beauty Giveaway, Stefanie Gladden! Isn’t she gorg?!
Stefanie Gladden, winner of our Makeup Show Beauty Giveaway
In other news, we all just got through another “Mad Monday”, and I hope yours went well. Mine was interesting, to say the least. It was one of those days where I woke up early and energized, only to over-estimate my time to get ready, and end up running out of the door (literally) to catch the bus to work in time. This has been happeneing a lot lately, so much that the other day I ran out of the house with my Old Navy flip flops on and didn’t have time to go back in and change (——_____——)…that day ended up being my biggest fashion crisis in a long time. I digress. Yesterday, even though running late, I wanted to enhance my beauty, and so I took an extra 15 mins putting on a gorgeous “All Iman Cosmetics Everything” face. Over the past year, I’ve been trying various products from IMAN Cosmetics, and I love how even though I’m wearing makeup, it always gives me that natural glammed up look I’m going for. A few weeks ago, IMAN Cosmetics hosted a “Twitter Party”, and although fashionably late, I made it with my face BEAT and a cute outfit– even though they couldn’t see all that through the computer. In any event, I managed to win an awesome swag filled bag of goodies, look what I “went home with”!
Whaaaaaaat!
For real yall, when I got the package I was like “whaaaaaat whaaaaaaat!”… I couldn’t wait to try EVERY shade (not all at once though, I’m not into the rainbow eye thing). Any who, yesterday I was feeling a little jazzy, so here’s the ”All IMAN Cosmetics everything” face I came up with!
I decided that everyday this week, I’m going to rock a different “All IMAN Cosmetics Everything” face. Hey, I like enhancing my pretty. Here’s what I used…
IMAN Cosmetics:
Translucent powder in earth medium
Afterglow bronzer (as blush too)
Jet Black eye liner
Perfect Mascara in Black
St. Tropez kit for eyes + shadow in ‘Nutmeg’
Black Brandy lipstick
Today is Tasteful Tuesday, and here’s the face I’m rocking today!
Day 2
IMAN Cosmetics:
Eye Defining Powder in Vixen
Translucent powder in earth medium
Afterglow bronzer (as blush too)
Perfect Mascara in Black
IMAN Sweet Temptations lip kit
IMAN Eye-con Kit (eyes) + St. Tropez kit (gold shadow)
Stay tuned for tomorrow’s look!
Sincerely,
with style~ Sharontina B.
Hey everyone!
A very excited ME is back from the longest 2 weeks of papers and studying and finals; I FINALLY can take a deep sigh of relief! May is always a special month for me, one reason being that it’s my birthday month (I’ll be 22 on the 22nd, how ironic?), it’s also the birthday month for some of the closest people to me (Yes, I get excited for other people’s birthdays too), and it’s the month when The Makeup Show comes to New York City! On May 13th 9:00am-6:00pm and May 14th 9:00am-5:00pm at the Metropolitan Pavillion, The Makeup Show will bring over 60 top beauty brands to artists and the beauty industry, giving them first dibs on the newest products and services, in addition to remarkable educational opportunities.
Last year was my first year attending The Makeup Show, interning with the amazing Crystal Wright, and this year I’ll be returning as The Runway Times to get a look at the newest product launches, beauty trends, learn from the industry’s best educators, and to network with many of the amazing artists that are the reason The Makeup Show exists. As you may know, The Makeup Show is the largest pro-only beauty event and is the meeting ground for artists–aspiring and seasoned– to meet, learn, shop, and enrich themselves with the wealth of resources made available at this one of a kind trade show.
This year’s show will offer SO MANY goodies to artists, with keynote addresses from pros such as makeup artist and hair stylist Johnny Lavoy, who will demonstrate his master makeup application skills that have catapulted him to the top; makeup artist Frances Hathaway, who will be led in a Q&A by Michael DeVellis about her impeccable career as one of the top artists in the industry, and Sutan Amrull, a truly unique artist that will show us some of his application techniques– just to name a few. To view all keynote speakers, click here
In addition to keynote addresses, the plethora of seminars and events are sure to provide insight to artists in any discipline of artistry that tickles their brushes! Seminars that I’m looking most forward to include, “Beauty and the Blog”, hosted by some of my favs (Lianne Farbes, Felicia Walker Benson, Sherry Blossom, Victoria Stiles, and Jen James), who will dish on how to develop a blog and become a part of the growing network of beauty bloggers, and “Making Up with Ricky Wilson”, where the phenomenal Makeup Artist, Ricky Wilson, will speak about his career and how he thrives on enhancing the beauty of a woman by helping her discover her own unique beauty through makeup. I also look forward to seeing the “Industry Insight” panel, where representatives from all aspects of the beauty industry will speak from their perspective about what it takes to be successful in the industry, and the “Breaking Down Barriers” panel discussion led by Crystal Wright, Maurice Stein and Michael DeVellis, where they will get down to the business of the business and offer career advice and real talk about changes affecting the industry as well as work and educational opportunities available. There will also be special FX seminars offered! Click here to view the full list of seminars & events.
…and guess what else???? Ready??? The Makeup Show Artists will be debuting their limited edition personalized brush collection at The Makeup Show NY!!!
The Makeup Show Artists create a signature brush line!
The brush line includes a set of 13 brushes, personalized with each artist’s signature to mark the tools most essential to them and their unique techniques. Sets include…
James Vincent: Medium Oval Shadow Brush, Sable Angle Liner, Small Fan Brush
Orlando Santiago: Deluxe Crease Brush, Large Red Sable Oval, Small red Sable Oval
Jon Hennessey: Kabuki Brush, Complexion Brush
Danessa Myricks: Firm Oval Camoflage, Soft Blending Oval
Esterique Aidan: Deluxe Sable Shader, Detail Mini Chisel, Deluxe Pointed Crease
You can purchase individual artists’ sets for $20, or the full collection of for $90 at The Makeup Show this weekend! They will be available exclusively on Hautelook.com this summer.
Another launch I’m excited about is MAKE UP FOREVER’s aqua liner and aqua cream shades! The cream shades are available in yellow, lime green, pastel blue, and purple–talk about HYPED.
The Makeup Show NY will also offer hands-on workshops with industry leaders in categories of “Fundamentals”, “Focus”, and “Function”! Learn more here
I’m SUPER excited about this year’s show, are you??? If you haven’t purchased your ticket(s) yet, make sure to do so ASAP because TODAY (May 10th) is the LAST day to purchase advanced priced tickets!!
I can’t wait to see you all this weekend! Until then…
Sincerely,
with style(and beauty)~ Sharontina B. 
