After an authoritative nudge from a very good friend, who believes in my work and opinion, I finally decided to take her advice and create my own blog. I'll be using this blog to give handy make up tips, chronicle my own make up adventures, and discuss what gives me inspiration.
That being said, let's get to it.
I was thinking about my New Year's resolutions. Yes, I know it's so cliche' and sometimes pointless but I like to think of it as setting yearly goals. I decided that one of mine would be to experiment with some new/old looks.
Over the holidays I had the pleasure of OD'ing on the makeup competition show on lifetime called "Blush". I watched every single episode back to back online (I missed majority of the show when it aired). Needless to say I was dumfounded by some of the talent on the show. My two favorites were Nolan (of course he's a beast) and the ever crazy, talented and quite odd Maxi. Anyway, one of the episodes that I liked the most was episode 3 where the artists had to create two different looks from two different decades on two models. I was particularly inspired by the 50's looks done by Farrah and Maxi. Both looks were very clean and beautiful and I noticed that the look often makes a revised comeback on the red carpet. Therefore, it could be a fun look to do for a gala (hint hint...inaugural ball) or an evening out on the town.
Here are some examples of my favorite 50's beauties:
Is this the real Dorothy or is this Halle? I think she resembles Halle quite a bit in this pic. This is a lovely and fairly simple look. No heavy eyeshadow or blush. Just a clean matte face, soft eyeliner, strong brows and I'm assuming a glorious red lip. Oh and how could I forget the LASHES!!! Beautiful...
Same idea here with Ms. Veronica Lake. There's a bit more arch in the brow and maybe a light matte shadow on the lid. A very soft blush and then BAM! Did someone order lips? Flawless.
How could we forget the sultry Ms. Greta Garbo. Her eyes were her signature look. Here again we have clean flawless matte skin, soft eyeliner, just a touch of blush and a red lip. This eyebrow looks more 20's to me but it worked well with her facial structure. Gorgeous.
The moral of the story? There's nothing new under the sun. In fact matte skin and strong brows are making quite the comeback in the 09'. Don't believe me? Do a little research. Either way it's make up...so have fun and experiment. I know I will.
Ciao Bella~
