Brides & gowns & makeup, What Fun!!!!!

Before you call me for your bridal makeup, here is a great article on Stylecaster.com that talks about the new launch of bridal dresses from Net A Porter for all of us busy busy busy women!  One of the things I love about doing brides is the amazing variety of gowns that are available, and I adore seeing my bride in her gown after I finish doing her makeup.  It's the culmination of the whole plan of hair, makeup and gown and then you are ready to rock, no matter what the day brings, because I believe it is going to be exactly as it is supposed to be.  Can't control everything....but you planned well and have to let go.

http://www.stylecaster.com/news/7334/net-a-porter-launches-online-bridal-boutique
 

Speaking of which, I am always on the search for the best and longest lasting foundations, and I happened to use Bare Escentuals on one of my brides, both on her consultation day and her wedding day, and this was summer & hot.  As you can see, she both looks beautiful, and she said that both days her makeup didn't need touch up and lasted all day into the night! 
 
There are so many great foundations out there now in a variety of price ranges, and besides mineral makeup in powder form, you can buy it in liquid form, very inexpensively from Neutrogena with brush applicator, and Revlon's Age-Defying Spa foundation SPF 18 (see my video showing this on a model) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8cd3okxhI --as well I love Eve Pearl's HD foundation that comes in double color compacts and go on so beautifully.  You can bring your cheekbones out using the deeper tone and highlight areas with the lighter color, which should match at your jawline.  This is what I use in my professional kit. http://www.evepearl.com/ and see the foundation, moisturizing primer and you can get an online matching of your skin as well, but I think you can figure out your match pretty easily yourself...
   
Another amazing HD foundation is Makeup Forever's, which comes in a really full spectrum of colors, and you can find that at Sephora or at Makeup Forever's own boutiques.  I first saw it being applied on someone and they were filming the application on a giant HD tv, and it looked amazing, and I have tried it myself, and it goes on beautifully. 

MAKE UP FOR EVER HD Invisible Cover Foundation, $40

TEMPTU RETOUCH Foundation, $47:  Here is another HD foundation easily applied with it's own brush by Temptu and you don't need a machine, just your own specific color.  Also available at Sephora, one of the greatest stores for playing and getting exactly what you need for your everyday look as well as your special event looks.  I loved working for them some years back at the Rockefeller Center store, because I could advise clients about what would be best for them in such a variety of lines, rather than one.  You can't always find every single thing in one line that you need, and it's the same with fashion.  It's more fun to mix and match designers and high & low.  Exactly the same way with makeup!
 
Have a fun Superbowl Sunday, hope you all are becoming my fans, and write to me if you have questions so I have ideas about what you are interested in or stumped by....
 
Hugs & bliss,
 
Coco