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Just Got Laid Blush

You know what I mean. Some like to clean it up and call it ‘pinched cheeks' but even that sounds dirty. It's proven that a slightly flushed look is the most attractive as it reflects health and the look of arousal. It sounds crazy but it's true!

I have been testing the array of different lotions and potions designed to give this look and I have always been slightly disappointed until now. I found Benefit's Benetint to be difficult to blend. Maybelline's Dream Mousse Blush always has too much shimmer, although I love the color choices. Tarte's Cheek Stain is sticky and doesn't last long. Hard Candy's nail polish packaging is just impossible to use. Who wants to apply blush with a nail polish brush?

O Glow by Smashbox Get it? Orgasm Glow?

It does everything you want it to...it comes in a handy plastic tube, so much easier than a glass bottle. The color is intense, somehow looks natural on every skin tone, is easy to apply and silky smooth. Your cheeks look flushed, youthful and dewy. Can't go wrong and I am surprised every time I look in the mirror to see that it's still there. Great job Smashbox!

I look forward to more Os! (I hear there is an O Gloss out)

Buy O Glow at Smashbox.com

Best Waterproof Eyeliner

Is there really a need to carry eyeliner that isn't waterproof? After having my supposedly long lasting Maybelline eyeliner fail on me during my client's rehearsal for a live performance at the Fashion Rocks concert, I vowed to find the best, longest lasting, sweat and rocker proof eyeliner. It not only needed to be long lasting, the color selection needed to be vast, be creamy and smudge-able to get soft edges before it sets.

I tested Lancome, as it was a salesperson's recommendation at Sephora. Urban Decay is my niece's favorite...and she wears more eyeliner than Avril Lavine! I also tested a handful of other brands.

Urban Decay's 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil

was far superior. Their website claims "The best Eye Pencil ever, ever, ever! Never before has a pencil this creamy and brilliant been waterproof, too." - I can't say it better myself. It far outlasted the others and comes in a great selection of colors. This winner, based on the packaging and marketing style of this line, surprised me, I un-fairly assumed that it was a lower quality, teen focused line. Under all the glitter, crazy colors and funky packaging are some quality products with a creative edge

Buy 24/7 at Sephora.com

Makeup Artist Tested, Client Approved

As professionals, Makeup Artists must do their homework when buying for their kits, which can also be viewed as buying for their client's skin. Wild sweating Rock Stars and Athletes who need durable water-proof makeup. The hyper creative beauty story that is so intricate, if the model blinks or even breathes, your masterpiece is ruined. There can be a lot riding on whether or not these products to work.

Concern for the health of your client's skin is also important. You have a short time with them and you can utilize it by helping clients with their personal skin care. Using and recommending products that make their skin feel and look healthy can help them. I am often shocked to hear what my client's skincare regimens involve. All of this requires a lot of product research, trial and error.

They pay attention to what you're using. What's in your kit and in your bathroom has more influence than you would think. And not just those in your chair, but the entire crew.

People are out there, being paid to tell you what to use, what to buy, but with the motive of profit, their message can be misleading and outright untrue. With many years of being a makeup and product junkie under my belt, I like to share the knowledge!

Having spent countless hours in Sephora, testing products, trying products against each other, trying them on myself as well as using them on the job, there are definitely superior products and what's amazing is that they aren't always the most expensive or most obvious choice. I am also sent tons of product from all sorts of brands to use how I wish. I give them away to friends and clients and they give me their feedback.

The best ones make their way to my kit.

Here are the top products that I have found. Some you can buy in a drugstore, some are only available at smaller, independent stores, all of them great!

Interview with Nuda magazine

Check it out...pretty cool. The pic of me is pretty squished...I'm curvy but not THAT curvy :)

http://nudamagazine.blogspot.com/2006/11/makeup-forever.html