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smoky-eye tips

Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Beauty: Speedy Smoky Eyes with CoverGirl Smoky ShadowBlast Eye Colour Stick

31 December 2009

Actually, seems that last minute is about all you’ll need to get a smoky-eye effect similar to Drew’s with CoverGirl’s new shimmery Smoky ShadowBlast Eye Colour stick ($8.99 CAN). Here’s the quickie breakdown:

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Party Look: Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Planet Cat Palette How-To

7 December 2009

Staff’s uncertain about this post today because I’ve already included the Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura Planet Cat palette ($85 CAN/$65 US) in Friday’s “5 Ways to Pick a Palette” post. Whatevs — that was a different kind of how-to, and this is such a fresh, pretty evening look.

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More Smoke: An Easy Smoky-Eye Vid from Michelle Rosen and Chatelaine.com

19 November 2009

I’m not obsessed with smoky-eye how-tos. I’m obsessed with getting across that there are many, many ways to get the look, and obsessed with dispelling the misconception that smoky-eye makeup is difficult to do. Here’s an as-easy-as-promised step-by-step by makeup pro Michelle Rosen, who uses a combo of soft, shimmery shades then adds depth with [...]

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Smoke, Smoke, Smoke: Three Smoky-Eye Looks from Marcelle + Enter to Win!

15 November 2009

‘Tis the season of the smoky eye, almost everyone’s choice for dramatic makeup. Many think it’s hard to do, but in fact it can be a really easy application. As well, there are many versions of a smoky eye, so you can choose one that works for you.
One of the current on-counter offerings from Marcelle [...]

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Montreal Fashion Week: Glamour Beauty Tips from the Spring 2010 Show Pros — Two Kinds of Smoky Eyes & Soft Curls

15 October 2009

If you’re just tuning in, wondering what all this fashion-week stuff is, it’s a little series of makeup looks in a setting where flawless beauty is key. And it’s all done using drugstore products, Pantene and almost 100% CoverGirl (the line of course doesn’t include crazy colours necessary for some of the more avant-garde looks).
This [...]

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Whip it Good: Drew Barrymore’s Roller-Girl Style and Beauty Tips from Canada’s CoverGirl pro Greg Wencel

29 September 2009

I’ve been having a love-affair with yellow for a while now (I wore a yellow silk BCBG top for a “Canada AM” appearance and a yellow-and-white print Banana Republic top for an “ET Canada” bit). I’m thinking Drew Barrymore is a bit into yellow, too, perhaps inpsired by her promo shot (above) for CoverGirl’s LashBlast [...]

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F is for Fortuitous: Pro Artist Chase Aston Demos The Body Shop Fall Makeup

25 September 2009

Lucky me, pro makeup artist Chase Aston was in town yesterday to demo The Body Shop’s Fall collection, just around the time I was planning to do a post. The international makeup artist for The Body Shop, Chase is thoroughly involved in the development of each season’s offerings. Star products in this group are… well, [...]

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Smoky Eyes: How-To Makeup Demo Vid on FashionMagazine.com

7 April 2009

The smoky eye is one of the most requested how-tos asked of makeup artists. The general perception is that something with so much impact must be complicated. And you know, in the beginning days of the smoky eye, it rather was. But it’s such a standard now, a regular in the hot-looks makeup rotation, that [...]

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Two-Minute Smoky Eyes: A How-To with The Body Shop's Chase Aston

6 November 2008

If you’re still thinking dramatic eye makeup is tricky to achieve, Chase Aston, international makeup artist for The Body Shop, says it ain’t so. Using The Body Shop holiday collection’s Sparkle Eye Palette 02 ($24.50), Aston, a master of the two-minute modern smokey eye, demonstrates:

1) Sweep silver shadow over lids from lashes to just above [...]

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Easy on Eyes: Smashbox Wicked Lovely

30 October 2008

Smashbox Arched Eyeliner Brush 21; Jet Set Eyeliner in Navy Blue; Wicked Lovely Duos in Sinful/Pure, Sexy/Demure; Cream Liner Trio and Loose Shimmer
A bonus of the freelance lifestyle is having a bit more time to spend with a variety of makeup artists when opportunities present themselves. I get to learn something, as I did [...]

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Enter to WIN the Official Mascara of Toronto's L'Oréal Fashion Week Spring 2009 (plus catch a how-to vid on smokey-eye makeup from the catwalk)

23 October 2008

Canadians have seen the print and tv ads featuring Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista for L’Oréal Paris Double Extend Beauty Tubes Mascara, but have to wait until January 2009 for the mascara to hit the stores. Or not — subscribe to Beautygeeks then enter to be one of five lucky winners to get her hands [...]

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Smoke it Up: Quo Double Decker Beauty Palette

13 October 2008

Never thought I’d fall for a palette called Piccadilly Punk. But I have and I don’t care who knows. (Well okay, I care that you know.)
The rich purple shade is certainly the most eye-catching, and a terrific boost to brown, green or hazel eyes, but the shimmery grey above it is also a surprise.

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