Summer Night Soirée Makeup & Style

Hello my beauties! Today's post is the third installment to my Chloe Summer Beauty collab with Chloe Wine and this look is inspired by Chloe's rich, elegant and complex Red 249. This intense smokey eye and red lip combo is perfect for a summer night soirée and is designed to complement any LBD and soft wavy updo. I'm taking this look to an upscale Gala, where would you wear it to?

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"Summer Nights" Makeup Tutorial

Hey beauties!! This post is self explanatory: there's a NEW video on my YouTube channel, featuring this gorgeous purple eye look. Make sure you're subscribed to my channel and give me a like on this video if you love me :) Enjoy!!

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"Smokey Purple, Pink & Nude" Summer Look

Hey beauties! It's Friday night and I hope your weekend plans are more exciting than mine. I'll be spending the next couple of days packing and preparing for an amazing week ahead. Next week, I'll be at the Market America Convention with Motives Cosmetics and my fellow mavens. This event will kick start a rather epic month and I can't wait to share all the details. For now, here's some Friday Night inspiration makeup and tutorial using Motives Cosmetics and our beloved Mavens Element Palette!

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"Summer Sparkle" VIDEO TUTORIAL & OOTD

Hi girls, it's been a gloomy few days in NYC, so Lee and I have been locked up at home working on our latest video tutorial. We finished just in time and we're really proud of this one. The look is girly, sparkly and sunny -- great for a daytime summer event where you want to look a bit more than every day. I call it "Summer Sparkle" and I used mostly Motives to create this festive, easy makeup look. 

P. S. For those of you who prefer pictorial tutorials, we've got you covered!! Read below!

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My July Fourth + OOTD / Makeup

Hey beauties, hope you all had a fab fourth of July and are continuing with a great week!! My fourth was spent on a boat with some of my favorite people, Loren & JR Ridinger and friends. Here are a few snippets, plus a bonus OOTD & Motives makeup look :)

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Makeup 101: Cat Eye & Brows

Hey my beauties! Today, I'm keeping it simple focusing on the basics or the 101's of makeup application: cat eye liner and brows. These are some of my most requested topics and tutorials, so let's jump on it and learn how it's done, shall we?

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Mint & Purple Smokey + Summer Outfit

Hey beauties!! I'm in the mood for color, and today I'm bringing back one of my favorite color combos, mint + purple, plus a step-by-step tutorial to help you achieve this look. I drew my inspiration from "Peacocky" -- one of the first looks I posted on my blog back in 2011, but I'm reinventing it using Motives Cosmetics and a fresh take on smokey eyes. I'm also including an "outfit of the day" to show you how I paired this vibrant makeup with my wardrobe.

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