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Hit or Miss?(Leighton Meester@Julie Haus Spring 2009 fashion show)

smryna — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:18:26 -0700

Chanel's New Girl

juicybabe527 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:26:13 -0800

While Karl Lagerfeld has for sure seen his fair share of campaigns in his career with Chanel (a new girl every two or so seasons). Now, he's now decided move away from Clauida Schiffer, and to launch the career of Heidi Mount, the model who opened and closed the Chanel resort show. It was about time someone replaced her after she had her two seasons, especially since such a huge fashion house can't really have a past-her-day supermodel as a muse. It's not official that Heidi has the campaign for spring yet, but Resort Campaigns are usually good indicators. The rumors really flew after people learned that he personally gave her some freebies after the spring 2009 show. So, if Lagerfeld sticks to it, we'll see her with Chanel for Spring '09 as well as Fall '09, and after a two-season stint with Chanel, many other places.

xoxo,
juicybabe

Challenge 16 - Cover model New York Magazine Spring 2009

CCee — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:44:25 -0800

Hi ladies,

I've been doing some research on the picture Eu challenged me with.

I found out that the model is Anna Selezneva. The picture was taken backstage at the Gucci fashionshow.

The magazine is New York Look bi-annual Magazine! The Spring 2009 Fashion issue came out in November 2008. This magazine really goes in-depth into the fashion and beauty in this issue bringing pages filled with back stage info and pictures, fresh faces, trends, what editors said, wore and how they behavied.

I'm sad to say I haven't been able to get my hands on the magazine or flip though it. No scans online either, butttt I did find these backstage pictures of Anna at the Gucci Fashion Show:
And a runway picture:
If you compare these pictures to the cover:

you see that there's been some manipulation in the intensity of the colours. The blues are darker and more intense and the highlight colour under the brow seems different too.

That's the research part of the look, I'll work on the actual look probably tomorrow.
Have a great day everyone!
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Hi girls,

I can upload pictures again!!!
So here is the final eye, I don't have time right now to tell you what I used and how I achieved it, but I did want to show you as soon as I could what I did.

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Hey ladies,

Before I go on with the new challenges I want to finish this one, because it's been soo long I can't actually remember all I've done .
But I do remember using the Urban Decay Peace colour from the Deluxe palette and a Smashbox goldeny colour under my brows.
I found this AMAZING!!!! video tutorial that shows almost exactly what I did, and I thought that would finish this look much better then I could do now.

I'll be back to posting and blogging new looks very soon, after the whole unable to upload pictures thing, some family stuff happened that's very sad and that's been taking up most of my time. I won't go into it any more, I think you guys know me well enough by now to know that family always comes first to me.

I do really miss you though!!

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LOUIS VUITTON, SPRING/SUMMER 2009, STEPHEN SPROUSE TRIBUTE

la gata lista — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:44:26 -0800

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Zac Posen Thinks Pink For Spring 2009

justingirl1989 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:53:50 -0700

Zac Posen is bringing the pastel palette for Spring 2009. The designer unveiled his collection at NYC Fashion week which brought in stars like Claire Danes, Anna Wintour, Jada Pinkett Smith, Marissa Tomei,Serena and Venus Williams, just to name a few.

If there's any guarantee from Posen it's that his collection won't disappoint. Traditional black Posen cocktail gowns, short sheer mini dresses and the soft animal print dresses were the foundation of the collection.

The big trend to look out for is the color pink, as it ruled his catwalk. Even the 27 year old designer sported a pink tie.

To check out the entire collection click on the video below...

http://style.hollyscoop.com/zac-posen/zac-posen-thinks-pink-for-spring-2...

Challenge 3 Nicole Richie at Proenza Schouler Spring 2009 Fashion Show

CCee — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:31:02 -0700

Today's Challenge was Nicole Richie's look from the Proenza Schouler Spring 2009 Fashion Show and she had the same look at the Cipriani restaurant in Downtown Manhattan New York City on the 8th of September 2008.

The original look I'm working off:

And the look I recreated is:

My line is slightly thinner because I didn't use false lashes, and I didn't want to look like Amy Winehouse.

Products in this picture
- Diadermine Soft Mousse Cleanser
- Sephora Dry Skin Soothing Toner
- Clinique Continuous Resque Antioxidant Moisturiser
- Clinique Repairwear Intensive Eye Cream
- Sephora Brand, "Tricks of the Trade" Immediate Wrinkle Filler

Preparation
I started by cleaning my face with Diadermine Soft Mousse Cleanser followed by Sephora Dry Skin Soothing Toner. I used Continuous Resque Antioxidant Moisturiser and Repairwear Intensive Eye Cream to sooth my skin a little. I took a little of the Wrinkle Filler under my eyes.

Products in this picture
- Benefit, Valley of the Stars
- Smashbox, Totally fab lip gloss collection (using the lightest colour)
- Urban Decay, Eyeshadow Primer Potion
- Givenchy, Prisimissime Mat & Glow in 72 Sunny
- Smashbox, Definer brush in no. 15
- Smashbox, Photo Op Under Eye Brightener
- Smashbox Photo Finish (clear) Foundation Primer
- Smashbox High Definition Healthy FX Foundation Light L3
- Make Up For Ever Professional Paris, Super Matte Loose Powder in No. 12
- Sephora Professionnel, Mineral Brush no. 45
- Smashbox, Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 3.0
- Smashbox, Concealer brush in no. 4
- Dior, Diorshow Mascara in Black
- Smashbox, Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner in Midnight Black
- Benefit, High Brow
- Smashbox, Arced Liner Brush no. 21
- Mascara brush for eyebrow brushing
- Sephora Brand Professionnel, Pointed Liner/Eyeliner Brush #17
- Sephora Brand eyelash curler

Face
I wanted my eyes to stand out, and therefor used minimal makeup everywhere else. Now using minimal makeup doesn't mean using no makeup, it means making it look like natural (no) makeup.
Using Photo Finish as a base is so natural to me, either this or the Luminizing primer is my standard starting point for every face I do, don't use this on the eyelid. Because I wanted the foundation to look like no foundation I used half a pump of High Definition Healthy FX Foundation and put it on using my fingers. This creates an even skin tone, don't use this on the eyelid, primer will be the base here. The plush side of this foundation in a pump is that you don't get bacteria in the foundation as quickly as you have with regular foundation that's in a tube or jar.
I used the stick of Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer straight under my eyes to give a thick layer of concealer and blended this using the no. 4 concealer brush, when using much concealer, blending hides the fact that you use a lot.
I used High Brow under my brows to lighten the brow bone and make them stick out a little more, blend this well or it will look fake.
Under my eyes I put a little layer of Photo Op Under Eye Brightener, tapping it into my skin using my ring finger.
When you want your base to stay matte use a powder to set the foundation, I used Super Matte Loose Powder and a Mineral Brush to buff it in (not going over my eyelid)
To prime my eyes I used Primer Potion, I used the primer potion on my eyelid and up to where I blended the Highbrow.

Eyes
To create a matte base on my eyes I used the bottom left colour from the Prisimissime Mat & Glow all over my eyes. The colour I used in my crease was the top left colour from the same palette.

I used the Definer brush (no. 15) to place the lightest colour of the Valley of the Stars palette on my lower lash line. I did this by putting my middle finger under my eye and pressing lightly, now you can actually reach the area better and there is no chance of you accidentally getting the brush in your eye.
This is all the colour I used on my eye (so no picture to show you because you don't really see much of the colour differences in the picture.
I used the Arced Liner brush to place the medium thick Jet Set line on my eyes taking up the Pointed Liner Brush to do the wings at the end. The way I did this, was by looking straight into the mirror and then lightly drawing the wing top line first.... connecting it to the line I'd drawn on top of my lash line. Then I drew the lower line creating a small triangle back to my eye that I filled with black. If you have very wide set eyes like Nicole has start the eye line in the inner corner and make the wing not go to the end of the eye but a little in. On the pictures of Nicole's eyes you see she has the line not on the outer corner of her eye. I did to this because doing it the way she has will make my eyes look too small for my face.
When I was happy with the wings I added Jet Set with the Arced Liner brush to the top waterline. Try not to blink when you do this, because the liner dries and now you only have a line on the top lash line keeping the bottom waterline clean.
I curled my lashes and checked to see if any of the line had moved or smudged during the curling before adding the Diorshow mascara.
Brushing my eyebrows into shape was the last thing I did to finish this Challenge.

Nicole is wearing false lashes... If you want the look with falsies, apply them when you've done the liner. When the lashes are on your eye and the glue has dried, check the line you've drawn and if the line needs to be thicker at this point. Then use a little mascara only at the base to blend your lashes with the false lashes... don't place mascara on the tips of the lashes because this will make them look even more fake.

Lips

On my lips I used Totally fab lip gloss collection (using the lightest colour).

I hope you guys like it!

Guess who's back on the runway?

juicybabe527 — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53:50 -0700

26-year old Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova took the runway again this morning in Paris in the name of Nicholas Guesquiere when she opened the Balenciaga show. She looked beautiful (and definitely not like she's had three kids!). No one knows yet if she's back for good, but I'd love to see more of her!

This is also the only pic of Balenciaga's Spring '09 collection out there yet (the show was around 3 am this morning, Philly time)!

Trend Spotting: The Super-Pant

juicybabe527 — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:36:18 -0800

This became huge because of the versatility and ability to adapt to what designers' personal style is in a trendy way. From Alexander Wang's sporty-chic to Chloe's polished perfection, it's not only perfect for day-to-night, but also proves a little volume can amp up a wardrobe a whole lot.

Lanvin

Chloe

Celine

Calvin Klein

Hermes

xoxo,
juicybabe

Statement Jewelery

juicybabe527 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:49:58 -0800

Nothing tops off a simple look better than a big, over-the-top piece of jewelery.

Alexander McQueen Alien Shoes

pineapple217 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:36:10 -0800

Talk about OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD!
They are creative and new in every way, the embellishment is gorgeous and the idea is BLOW-MY-MIND! I am sadly not loving these. What about you? Tell me what you think in our next poll. I love hearing from you!
A model presents an outfit by British designer Alexander McQueen during ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2010 fashion show on October 6, 2009 in Paris. AFP...