Long Hairstyles

August 17, 2010 · Posted in Hairstyles · Comment 

Megan Fox’s tousled hairstyle works best on long, wavy hair. Steal her style:

1. Part damp hair down the middle. Apply volumizing mousse and let it air dry to bring out your natural waves.
2. Use a large barrel curling iron to touch up any waves, or if you just want to go for a curlier look.
3. Put some styling wax on your fingers and separate your ends to make them look more piece-y.
4. This look is meant to be touchable, so tousle and flip your hair all you want.

About Face: Amazing Transformations Using the Secrets of the Top Celebrity Makeup Artist [Kindle Edition]

August 17, 2010 · Posted in Makeup · Comment 

About Face: Amazing Transformations Using the Secrets of the Top Celebrity Makeup Artist

Review

Barnes, Scott. About Face: Amazing Transformations Using the Secrets of the Top Celebrity Makeup Artist. Fair Winds: Quayside. 2010. c.240p. photogs. ISBN 978-1-59233-399-8. $24.99. PERSONAL GROOMINGBarnes gave actress-singer-megabrand Jennifer Lopez her trademark “glow,” and his celebrity makeup star ascended to join the likes of Pat McGrath and the late Kevyn Aucoin. In his mini-coffee-table-book debut, he shares his philosophy—it all begins with the light, where and how it hits the face, because glow is the goal with all women, starlets or not. A lot of heavy contouring and highlighting ensues in an array of “transformations” of nonmodels of various ages and ethnicities. These before-and-afters, captured in step-by-step color photos, are impressive in their technical skill and will inspire the more audacious and skilled among Barnes’s fans—Sarah goes from a pretty, minimally maquillaged twenty-something to a golden-cheeked Renaissance maiden. Ve (more…)