Makeup Beat

Singer Fergie looking so great on Allure (she must have been praying hard to the retouching fairy). * And Allure is giving away lots of free stuff! Go here for details.

If you’re a fan of What Not To Wear with Stacy and Clinton, like I am, then you will remember Carmindy the shows resident makeup guru. Carmindy sweetly guides each make-over into looking their best. Now Carmindy shares all of her makeup tips in her new book The Five Minute Face. Be sure to check it out!

Maybe because you need to be a tailor…duh! None of the outfits were that great IMO. But then they had to appeal to one of the most boring Black men ever…Tiki Barber. The biggest laugh for me was that the self-proclaimed “straight” designer made the gayest looking ensemble…all lavender and stuff. Ha!

Is it any wonder that Jack won this challenge, as his past experiance is all about men’s wear. That being said his pants and shirt were not all that. But Tiki liked it, yawn. And besides Jack is such a hottie, I was glad he won.

As for the loser of the night Carmen. Well, I guess having no shirt at all was worse then a really poorly made one. Besides I never understood her statement about how having been a model gave her an edge over the other designers. Maybe to style it but not to construct it. Oh well she still has the Sistahs.

Over all this wasn’t that interesting an episode. And didn’t really seem to be a very fair challenge for the designers. But thank you Bravo producers for all the fine male models and the camera shots in their underwear. Good job!

Winning design #10, Losing design #2 in top photo above from Blogging Project Runway.

I love the dark but colorful eyes with the streaks of white in the hair…
very inspired by Sweeney Todd the new movie with Johnny Depp.
Photographed by Michaelangelo di Battista, with model Anna Maria Urajevskaya.

The ever fabulous and amazing Susanne Bartsch…

And her sexy husband David Barton…

Invite you to join them and all their sweet friends to…Just do it! Toys for the kids!

Another vote for strong red lipstick this season on model Rachel Clark.
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Take your pick! Tosh is sooo handsome…I guess he could style the shot
and then model in it too. Double your pleasure with Styling by Tosh.
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LV garbage bags. Only in Beverly Hills, fashionista’s, only in Beverly Hills!
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…But A Mystery To Be Lived.”
Photo by the amazing Amber Grey.

Photo by Richard Avedon.

Samantha Jones is an amazing face from the 60’s. She was in a series of ads for a line called Moondrops by Revlon (top two photos). They remain one of my favorite campaigns because of the innovative photography by either Avedon or Hiro, and of course that face! I do know that Avedon and Penn both shot her all the time for Vogue and Bazaar. And I’ll never forget the “before and after” story Sam did for Cosmopolitan magazine. It was a step by step makeup demo of just how she created her look. I studied that article with great fascination. Sam had pretty much retired by the mid to late 70’s, and opened a chic lingerie boutique on New York’s upper east side. Fortunately I had the opportunity to make her up once, for a test shoot she did as a favor to the photographer. I was thrilled to paint that still incredible face. And I remember she had grown her hair really long, very hippie earth mother, and wore it in a long braid down her back. OMG, I just realized Samantha must have been the name inspiration for the character on Sex In The City! I think the name is the only thing they have in common though.
Photo source: MiniMadMod60s, and Fabulon.