• #MakeupMonday – The Basics: Mascara

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    The search for the perfect mascara is eternal. Here’s what I look for in a mascara, as well as some of the best mascaras I’ve found… (may contain affiliate links) If you hadn’t noticed, my Monday posts tend to be geared towards the makeup “every user”. Non-pro, aspiring pro, makeup journeyman, makeup novice, etc. Mondays […]

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  • #HaveYouSeenThis – Pro Tips from the Runway

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    Let’s take an inside look on how one makeup artist keeps herself and her models going during the hectic Fashion Week season… Fashion Week. Fashionistas look forward all around the world to those two times of year when all of the top established designers and all of the promising up and comers show their wares […]

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  • #MakeupMonday – Kit Sanitation

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    The picture alone tells you this post is from a bygone era. This was written well before COVID and how we’re living in the Post-COVID era, BUT the basic makeup kit sanitation advice is solid. For more up-to-date sanitation information check out more recent posts… For post-COVID Sanitation suggestions, Check This Post Out (click to […]

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  • #BizTalk – Makeup Trends and the Pro Artist

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    Makeup trends are great and all, but remember as professionals our job is to define and set the trends, not just blindly follow them…     On Sonia Roselli’s fantastic blogazine Glossible, I read an article she wrote entitled “The One Makeup Trend That Needs to Die”. It was all about the current Highlighting/Contouring obsession […]

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  • Breaking Up is Hard To Do: When to Toss Makeup

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    If you have to ask, it’s probably time to toss. All good makeup comes to an end. I am sure for many of you the above photograph is highly depressing if not devastating. Yes, that is a trash bag filled with makeup that is ready to be tossed. That bag contains everything from NYX cream […]

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