Ok, so it’s good to be up to date on the trends and to be in the “now”. Of course, some people have to have the latest hair style, while others are just okay with being up to date on fashion.
As for me, I try to be updated on makeup, fashion, and the hair!
For April of 2008, below are the popular hairstyles I’ve pulled from Hairstyler.com.
Gwen Stefani is my idol, and I’ve loved her since the beginning, in 1992, before No Doubt hit the scenes. I saw her at Berkeley when No Doubt was a ska band. But anyway, people are emailing me“Joy, how do I do my makeup like Gwen Stefani???”So, I’ve put together some makeup steps. If you dare to look extreme and get Gwen’s sexy, retro style, follow these steps.
USING MOTIVES MAKEUP!!!
STEP 1 Always always always before applying makeup, use this rule: use a hydrating moisturizer and eye cream. I use Vitashield Intensive Eye Firming Treatment. With your fingertips, dot motives Foundation Stick (on your forehead, chin, the bridge of your nose and the apples of your cheeks. On the forehead and cheeks, blend in an outward motion; on the chin, blend in a downward stroke. Work with small amounts of foundation at a time (it’s better to start light and build slowly to get the desired finish).
STEP 2 Apply concealer to the eyelids and under the eyes using a concealer brush. The motto here is “less is more.” (Too much concealer can result in creasing.) The concealer should also be used to cover blemishes and as a base coat for the lips.
STEP 3 For a dramatic brow, use a brow brush to apply a rich brown shadow to the eyebrow in short strokes. Make sure the color is well blended to create a natural shadow effect. Use the Brown Eyed Girl Palette from Motives.
STEP 4 Working with an eye blender brush, apply sheer iridescent shadow to the brow bone only. Apply a light bone shadow to the rest of the lid. In the crease, apply a warm taupe and blend well with your brush. You want the crease color to be soft and natural.
STEP 5 To line the eyes, wet a pointed liner brush and dip it into black eyeshadow to create a modern version of liquid liner. Start a narrow line at the top inner corner of the eye and gradually thicken, tapering off at about 1/8 inch beyond the outer corner of the eye. Use a black eyeliner pencil to line the inside of the upper lash line and the very inner corner of the bottom. Finish by curling the lashes and applying two coats of black mascara to the top and bottom lashes.
STEP 6 Contour your cheekbones using Motives color swirl in raspberry. In circular motion, color onto the face, starting just below the cheekbones and working toward the hairline.
STEP 7 Outline the lips using a Motives lip liner. Make sure to seal in the outer corners of the mouth with the pencil. This gives the lips extra definition and depth. Use a lip brush to blend the liner up and into the lip to erase any signs of a definite line. Apply a rich red lipstick to the lips with the lip brush, starting from the corners and working toward the center. As a final touch, dab a small amount of lipgloss onto the back of your hand. Pick up a small amount with your lip brush and lightly dab it over the color. Be careful not to smudge or disturb the color you just applied.
STEP 8 For subtle, sexy shimmer, finish with a dusting of iridescent loose powder on your forehead, cheeks, shoulders and chest.
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Vitashield Intensive Eye Firming Treatment:
A powerful blend of vitamins and coenzyme Q10, VitaShield® Intensive Eye Firming Treatment is designed to lessen the appearance of, and in some cases, reduce fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. Added cucumber extract contains an astringent that can tighten the skin and lessen under-eye puffiness.
Price: $26
Motives Foundation Primer
Motives® Foundation Primer helps your makeup look fresh and last longer by creating a smooth canvas before applying foundation. This formulation contains Vitamins A, C and E to protect your skin; is oil-free, which makes it ideal for all skin types; and helps fill in lines and moisturize your skin.
Price: $23
Motives Foundation Stick
Innovative in form and function, Motives® Foundation Sticks are specially formulated to provide a natural-looking coverage and a long-lasting finish. These foundation sticks are noncomedogenic and include sunscreen to help protect skin from the sun’s harmful rays.
Price: $18.75
Eye shadow Eye Base
Motives® Eye Base is a light, textured cream that smooths and neutralizes the eyelids and keeps eye shadow from creasing, so that eye color stays on and looks true.
Price: $10
Motives Eye Shadow Palette (Brown Eyed Girl)
Take the guesswork out of identifying colors that will look good on you. Motives Pressed Eye Shadow Paletes are designed to enhance your eye color. Apply each shade alone or layer to deepen and customize color. Motives Green Eyed Envy enhances and illuminates hazel green eyes, while Motives Ol’ Blue Eyes is for blue eyes and Motives Brown Eyed Girl is for brown eyes.
Price: $25
Motives Waterproof Eyeliner
Motives® Waterproof Eyeliners has all-day saying power. Always soft and easy to apply, never have to sharpen.
Price: $14.25
Lash Longer Mascara
With polyester fibers and proteins that condition and strengthen, Motives® Lash Longer can help you achieve longer, thicker, natural-looking eyelashes. This formula will not irritate eyes and is easily removed using Motives Eye Makeup Remover or Motives Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover depending on which type of mascara is applied.
Price: $28.75
Color Swirl Blush
Motives® Color Swirls are satiny-smooth powders that enhance the natural features of the face when brushed along the cheekbones, forehead, chin and the bridge of the nose. Swirls of brilliant color provide an instant glow and can be used as a blush or as a face or all-over body powder.
Price: $25
I love love love Gwen Stefani…and I have here her collection for spring 2008 fashion line.
Gwen Stefani’s fashion label LAMB has proved to become a staying force in fashion now and it’s even more apparent with this spring show. I gravitated more toward the feminine pieces especially this outfit above with the long gingham checked ruffle skirt, green sweater, and wide yellow belt and yellow oxford booties. Of course most of all the outfits coming down the runway were paired with LAMB bags.
Key Looks: school girl sweaters and skirts, 60’s siren, leopard prints, ruffles, wide belts, oxford booties.
Key Colors: plaids, black, white, yellow, green.
Here are some key pieces from the LAMB Spring 2008 Fashion Show:
I’ve gotten so many emails saying “Joy, can you please show us how to do celebrity hairstyles!!!!” and I was like “oh , what the hell. fine.” I have no problem doing it.
Here I have Jessica Simpson with a classic twist up do.
Classic Neat Twist
To create classic neat twists like Jessica Simpson’s use Redken fabricate 03 heat active texturizer from roots to end and brush hair through. Then use a large base curling iron making sure to apply hot sets 22 thermal setting mist to each three-inch section of hair and clip each section once done until cool. Brush hair out. Apply a small amount of glass 01 smoothing serum throughout, then backcomb and smooth over the sides and back. This gives the shape and height that is perfect for this look. Pin back into a French twist, smoothing the top and spray with forceful 23 super strength finishing spray to keep shape.
Here, you have Emmy Rossum’s sexy romantic half up do
Romantic Half Updo
To create a romantic half updo like Emmy Rossum, first spray headplay 12 pliable working spray from root to end, and blow dry. Use a medium base curling iron on three-inch sections and apply spray starch 15 heat memory styler to each section, roll and pin back to cool down. Run fingers through hair using vinyl glam 01 mega shine spray and pull a section of hair up front and secure tightly with pins.
Carmen Electra
To get Carmen’s sexy ’90’s supermodel-style hair, start by applying a quarter-size dollop of frank.studio Volumizing Cream. Apply from roots to ends on clean, towel-dried hair. With a large round brush, blow hair up and out starting at the nape. Take small sections and be sure each section is dry before moving onto the next. Once hair is completely dry, set on large velcro rollers.
Eva Mendez
The soft, sexy Brigette Bardot-esque look seen here on Eva Mendes is great for long, layered hair. Feminine and easy to achieve, this look is great for anyone. Start by applying a few pumps of L’Oreal Bliss Extreme Volumizer to clean, towel-dried hair. Using a large round brush, dry hair up and out, away from the scalp. Work in two sections, starting at the nape. Use this method on the sides and top as well. For the front, blow hair forward and sweep to the side. Once hair is dry, toss upside down and tousle with your fingers. Finish off with a mist of flexible hold hairspray.
Hair style is important and the posts that I have show pictures of nice hairstyles, but I dont go into detail about what hair looks good on different face shapes.
Take a good look in the mirror. Pull your hair back in a pony tail and see what face shape you have.
Oval Face:
Only slightly narrower at the jaw line than at the temples, with a gently rounded hairline.
Try:
A variety of styles . . . most any hair shape looks good on you. Your “perfect” features allow you to wear more styles than any other face shape. Have you ever noticed the majority of models fall into this shape? Have you noticed how many different hair styles they can wear?
You can wear short, medium and long hair styles. Your face shape is well “balanced” or in even proportion. You will look best when styling your hair off your face. Most oval face shapes can wear slicked-backed looks as well.
Avoid:
Covering up your “perfect” features with heavy bangs, or too forward-directed styles.
In wearing your hair style on your face, you’ll lose your face shape behind the hair. It may appear to add weight to your face.
Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Mariah Carey, Jewel
Rectangular Face
Try:
Short to medium lengths. Fullness at the sides of your face. Soft wispy bangs. You’ll want to balance the look of a long and slender face. Soft wispy bangs will shorten the appearance of the length. Fullness at the sides of your face will add width to the look of your face shape.
By cutting the hair into a short or medium length, the outline of the cut will also shorten the look of the length of the face. Layers work great with your face shape, as they will add softness to the straight lines in your face. Try side parts, and you may be able to wear straight back styles.
Avoid:
To much hair length . . . your face will look even longer! Too much height lengthens your face. Center parts. When your hair gets past your shoulders there is a good chance it is doing you more harm than good. The models with rectangular face shapes and long hair, get by with it only because they have a “on call” hairdresser who is busy primping and teasing, setting and styling to add fullness to the hair. Since most of us don’t have this luxury, my suggestion is keep it above shoulder length.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Kirstie Alley, Janet Jackson, Niki Taylor
ROUND
Full-looking face with a round chin and hairline. Widest point is at the cheeks and ears.
Try:
hair styles with fullness and height at the crown. Off center parts. Short hair styles with a swept-back direction or hair styles that are longer than chin length. By layering the top to achieve fullness and keeping the rest of the cut relatively close to the face, your face shape will appear longer and narrower.
Avoid:
Chin length hair with a rounded line that mirrors face’s circular shape. Center parts. Short-short crops, straight “chopped” bangs. Fullness at side of ears. A rounded haircut ending at the chin will certainly add weight to your face shape. Because the widest part of your face is at the cheeks and ears, you need to avoid having the fullness of the cut here as it will make your face appear wider.
Roseanne Bar, Kate Winslet, Drew Barrymore, Charlotte Church
SQUARE
Try:
Short-to-medium length hair, especially with wave or roundness around the face. Wispy bangs. Off-center parts, height at the crown. You want to soften the square look of your face with layers and wispy looks around the face. Height at the crown will elongate your symmetrical shape. If your hair is straight you may want to consider a body wave, as some curl or wave to the hair will achieve a nice balance to the straight features of your face shape.
Avoid:
Long straight styles that accentuate square jawbone. “Linear” straight bangs or center parts. A straight bob ending at the jaw line is the wrong thing to do for your face shape. You can wear a layered bob, however it should end above or below the jaw line. Make sure in styling that you achieve some roundness to the shape and some height at the crown or bangs, and you will be on the right track.
Sandra Bullock, Demi Moore
HEART
Face is wide at the temples and hairline, narrowing to a small delicate chin.
Try:
Chin-length or longer styles. Side-parted hair styles. Swept-forward layers around the upper face, gently wispy bangs. A chin length bob is great on your face shape! This creates a balanced look by giving fullness where you need it. You can wear shorter styles, however, if you are a dramatic heart shape you need to leave weight in the back nape area. This will achieve more balance between your dramatic cheekbones and more narrowing chin.
Avoid:
Short, full styles that emphasize upper face. Height at the crown. Severe, slicked back looks. If you are a dramatic heart shape, the short full styles with tapered necklines which emphasize the upper face will make you look top heavy. Too much height at the crown will give the appearance of a longer and narrower chin. Just remember if you have a dramatic heart shape face, you have great cheekbones to emphasize! Don’t miss the boat by getting a cut which is to top heavy.
Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashley Judd, Jennifer Love Hewitt
TRIANGULAR
Try:
Shorter hair that balances prominent jaw line. Styles that are full at the temples, taper at the jaw. Off center parts. Wedges and shags look great on you. You need lots of layers to achieve fullness through the upper part of your face. By wearing styles which are full at the temples and taper at the jaw line, you achieve a balance which can be remarkable, in accenting features otherwise understated. Try tucking hair behind your ears as this will draw attention to your eyes and add width in this area.
Avoid:
Long, full hair styles that draw attention to jaw line. Center parts—off-center is more flattering.
Too much height at the crown. You want to stay away from putting most of the weight of a haircut at the jaw line and below. This will give the appearance of added weight to the face.
If going with long hair, it should be kept tight at the nape.
Kathy Ireland
DIAMOND FACE
Try:
Your face shape is balanced and dramatic. Try a variety of styles. Almost everything works with your face (as long as you are a true diamond). You can wear shorter styles, however if you are a dramatic diamond shape you need to leave weight in the back nape area like a heart shaped face. This will achieve more balance between your dramatic cheekbones and more delicate chin line.
Avoid:
You can do just about everything, but try not too wear to much hair on your face, thereby hiding your great features.
Katherine Hepburn, Linda Evangelista
Celebrities are in the spotlight nearly every day of their lives. It is up to them to set the trends of clothing, jewelry and hair in 2008. It seems that the celebs have spoken and the number one most chosen hairstyle for fine dress occasions in 2008 is going to be the pull back.The pull back hairstyle refers to any of a wealth of styles where long hair is pulled back to the neckline and captured in some beautiful hair piece. The focus of this style in 2008 with be asymmetrical and non conforming. With the sides of the hair straight and sleek, the back bun will be filled with ringlets of curls. What appear to be small wisps of hair framing in the face, will be purposefully placed there through a careful cutting technique.Hair jewelry will not play a huge part in hairstyles in 2008. It seems Hollywood is taking the green trend and applying it to hair styling, as well. Many pull back hair designs are featuring no hair jewelry at all. The hair seems only to hold itself, as if bound by nature itself.
In 2008, celebrities will be wisping their hairstyles behind them and focusing on what is in front of them. Long hairstyles will be retained for many, with careful wisps cut to frame the face. Nature will abound and hair jewelry will disappear.
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