Here is a really great buy on excellent brushes from Eve Pearl including a brush case...I know I have mentioned this to you before, but your tools are as important to the look you are doing for yourself or your client as are the products you decide to use. You will have every brush you need in this kit, and are saving an immense amount by buying them all together and getting a great brush case to house them as well.
You will have the easiest time applying your powder blush with the fan brush, as I explained in a past post. You won't even have to look in the mirror, especially if you are using one of Eve's blush trios....but you get a mirror with the compact anyway, so you will always have one at your finger tips!
http://www.evepearl.com/products/Face/Face/Face/13_Piece_Brush_Set_with_Deluxe_Brush_Case.htm
If you have fair skin, get the Light trio, medium skin, Medium trio, and dark skin, the Dark trio....they have three tones including a bronzer tone, and you go over all three with the fan brush, apply from the outside angle of your cheekbone to the apple with the side of the fan brush quickly fanning back & forth...you can also adjust the color and use them separately, if you are creating a look that has one particular tone, perhaps cooler or warmer. Her eye brushes are great, and I love her eye shadow sets, which have 6 shadows in each set. They are beautiful, blending easier than any other shadows I have ever used & you can use one or more together on your brush to create new and blended tones. My favorite lip gloss duo is Baby Doll (cooler pink wtih gold) & Honey Bunny (warmer peachy pink), two of the sexiest and most useful every day & evening colors I have seen, and you can pull them apart and take one with you in the teeniest of evening bags. Perfect colors with the smoky eye or the soft pink look of the Spring season. Pinks on the eyes, cheeks & lips were shows thru the fashion shows and are the look in the magazines for the spring season coming up. You can add a beautiful dark brown eyeliner if you like and use pink on your lid, cheek and soft pink on the lip. Just make sure your pink tones follow thru, whether cooler or warmer, so it is a more monochromatic look, very pretty! I love PINK in all it's glorious tones! Most people have some sort of pink undertone in their skin. Look at your palm, your fingertips, and you may notice a bluer tone or a warmer tone. This will help with the type of pink you choose. As I taught you previously, pink with gold with POP green eyes so they look like emeralds! A cooler tone pink will POP blue eyes also, so play and see what this new look of the Spring does for your gorgeous face!
I know I have written to you before about this great line because my kit is filled with Eve's products, as they are made for all skins, the most sensitive skin, and are filled with Cosmenutrients, skincare for your skin, so you are taking care of your skin as well when you are wearing this makeup! Check out her great foundations and powders as well.
If you have any questions about application, or want me to write about any specific subject, don't hesitate in writing to me by comment or email.
I hope you are having the best day and wish you bliss, as always, and love your face! I do!
Coco
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
SimplyCoco Beauty: You may be allergic to your mineral powder makeup because of Bismuth
I just added a link to an article from Stylecaster.com which they published this week regarding the subject of mineral makeup....perhaps due to my post, but I thought it interesting for you to read....
SimplyCoco Beauty: You may be allergic to your mineral powder makeup because of Bismuth
SimplyCoco Beauty: You may be allergic to your mineral powder makeup because of Bismuth
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Valentine's Day primer for your skin!
http://www.naturalingredient.org/Articles/real_truth.html
http://www.cosmeticscop.com/ingredient_dictionary.aspx?lid=498
http://www.swallowhealthydiet.com/pdfs/AubNatInt.pdf
Hi & Happy Valentine's Day!! This day and weekend of love is one I want to have last all year long, especially as you, my readers, see yourselves with love. And that starts with beautiful, clear, healthy, smooth & moist skin. Your skin should be healthy, meaning its' Acid Mantle is a PH of 5.5 for most individuals, and your collagen & elastin (plump, juicy and elastic) is in great condition. Your sebum is important, and it keeps your epidermis healthy by secreting through your follicles, which you don't want to have build up and become clogged with comedones, acne, which can come from different sources, including your over doing it sometimes, over exfoliating, using the wrong products for your type of skin & condition. Your skin type is yours always, but your skin's condition can change due to many reasons including hormones, the seasons, your diet, etc. Your Acid Mantle is your protective armor. Your skin is the largest organ and keeps out sooooo many micoorganisms so you stay healthy, and it needs the proper hydration, exfoliation, and of course, cleansing, toning & moisturizing and SUNSCREEN.
I have been studying this in my Aesthetics classes, and now Chemistry is making so much sense to me as part of our every day lives. I have attached a few links above if you, like I, now have great interest in checking out the products you are using. Anyone, (and I always knew this) can have individual sensitivities. People who have Fibromyalgia have to be very concerned with knowing what they are putting on their skin as far as skincare and makeup, as we all ingest quite a lot each year from what we use daily, weekly, repeatedly....
The first link with the article Real Truth is a fantastic read. It pares chemistry down to its' basics in this article and is extremely fascinating to read. I think you will all get so much out of this.
The other two links are two cosmetic ingredient dictionaries that I found online that really look quite good, and I have used them this past week in my study of ingredients, especially breaking down one of my products to see how the top 10 descending ingredients are broken down. What are they, what do they do--as an ingredient and to us possibly. Then, decide if you want to use it or not...
Because it is so cold outside, and I get extremely dry skin in the winter on my body, I was using a very light seemingly natural oil from Neutrogena, their Light Sesame Oil. Now for most people, this product would probably be fantastic, and I applied it while I was still damp from the shower. My skin became so soft, but I also started to get strange red marks, open, itchy & crusty....Sesame oil can cause contact irritant dermatitis! And it did on me. So I stopped it, and now am using a more pure Shea Butter cream from The Body Shop, so I think I will be okay with that.
I know many of you look at your labels when you food shop, and I hope you will get interested in looking at your labels on your skincare and cosmetics, and decide for yourself what you will and will not allow on your skin. Be as savvy as possible...it's like going to the Doctor....you know yourself better than anyone else and can tell when something is going on, and you have to be proactiv in recognizing changes. Something like an ingredient that is going in your skin/on your skin for years can be doing something to your coding inside...that is what chemists are trying to replicate and get deeper in to in order to make products "anti-aging"....
I am not saying to be afraid of everything you use in your daily life...just as with food, water, etc. make wiser choices by being more informed. Certain ingredients that may sound toxic as written by one source and perhaps not another, are used in such small quantities, but some of us are more sensitive and finely tuned than others, and what will affect one person may never affect another....or we may never know.
I hope you will enjoy getting smarter about what you use, and still have fun with your makeup! I want you to live a long and joy filled life, and that includes looking and feeling your best and showing the world who you are by how you present your face to the world. That, like your skin's condition, can change, but whenever your spirit demands it.
Warmest wishes for a love filled and bliss filled Valentine's Day!!
http://www.cosmeticscop.com/ingredient_dictionary.aspx?lid=498
http://www.swallowhealthydiet.com/pdfs/AubNatInt.pdf
Hi & Happy Valentine's Day!! This day and weekend of love is one I want to have last all year long, especially as you, my readers, see yourselves with love. And that starts with beautiful, clear, healthy, smooth & moist skin. Your skin should be healthy, meaning its' Acid Mantle is a PH of 5.5 for most individuals, and your collagen & elastin (plump, juicy and elastic) is in great condition. Your sebum is important, and it keeps your epidermis healthy by secreting through your follicles, which you don't want to have build up and become clogged with comedones, acne, which can come from different sources, including your over doing it sometimes, over exfoliating, using the wrong products for your type of skin & condition. Your skin type is yours always, but your skin's condition can change due to many reasons including hormones, the seasons, your diet, etc. Your Acid Mantle is your protective armor. Your skin is the largest organ and keeps out sooooo many micoorganisms so you stay healthy, and it needs the proper hydration, exfoliation, and of course, cleansing, toning & moisturizing and SUNSCREEN.
I have been studying this in my Aesthetics classes, and now Chemistry is making so much sense to me as part of our every day lives. I have attached a few links above if you, like I, now have great interest in checking out the products you are using. Anyone, (and I always knew this) can have individual sensitivities. People who have Fibromyalgia have to be very concerned with knowing what they are putting on their skin as far as skincare and makeup, as we all ingest quite a lot each year from what we use daily, weekly, repeatedly....
The first link with the article Real Truth is a fantastic read. It pares chemistry down to its' basics in this article and is extremely fascinating to read. I think you will all get so much out of this.
The other two links are two cosmetic ingredient dictionaries that I found online that really look quite good, and I have used them this past week in my study of ingredients, especially breaking down one of my products to see how the top 10 descending ingredients are broken down. What are they, what do they do--as an ingredient and to us possibly. Then, decide if you want to use it or not...
Because it is so cold outside, and I get extremely dry skin in the winter on my body, I was using a very light seemingly natural oil from Neutrogena, their Light Sesame Oil. Now for most people, this product would probably be fantastic, and I applied it while I was still damp from the shower. My skin became so soft, but I also started to get strange red marks, open, itchy & crusty....Sesame oil can cause contact irritant dermatitis! And it did on me. So I stopped it, and now am using a more pure Shea Butter cream from The Body Shop, so I think I will be okay with that.
I know many of you look at your labels when you food shop, and I hope you will get interested in looking at your labels on your skincare and cosmetics, and decide for yourself what you will and will not allow on your skin. Be as savvy as possible...it's like going to the Doctor....you know yourself better than anyone else and can tell when something is going on, and you have to be proactiv in recognizing changes. Something like an ingredient that is going in your skin/on your skin for years can be doing something to your coding inside...that is what chemists are trying to replicate and get deeper in to in order to make products "anti-aging"....
I am not saying to be afraid of everything you use in your daily life...just as with food, water, etc. make wiser choices by being more informed. Certain ingredients that may sound toxic as written by one source and perhaps not another, are used in such small quantities, but some of us are more sensitive and finely tuned than others, and what will affect one person may never affect another....or we may never know.
I hope you will enjoy getting smarter about what you use, and still have fun with your makeup! I want you to live a long and joy filled life, and that includes looking and feeling your best and showing the world who you are by how you present your face to the world. That, like your skin's condition, can change, but whenever your spirit demands it.
Warmest wishes for a love filled and bliss filled Valentine's Day!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
You may be allergic to your mineral powder makeup because of Bismuth
bismuth oxychloride. The standard primary ingredient (I believe it is the 2nd ingredient listed in Bare Escentuals Mineral Powder foundations, etc.) included in most powders that are referred to as “mineral makeup.” The claim for bismuth oxychloride is that it is all-natural and better for skin than talc. In fact, in many ways talc is a more natural, unadulterated, pure ingredient than bismuth oxychloride. Bismuth oxychloride, which seldom occurs in nature, is manufactured by combining bismuth, a by-product of lead and copper metal refining, with chloride (chlorine compound) and water. It’s used in cosmetics because it has a distinct shimmery, pearlescent appearance and a fine white powder texture that adheres well to skin. Bismuth oxychloride is heavier than talc. Pure bismuth is a naturally occurring, grayish-white powder. It and its derivatives are used as skin protectives, thickeners, and absorbent agents. Bismuth oxychloride was permanently listed by the FDA as a coloring agent in 1977 and as a synthetic ingredient (Source: The International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook, Eleventh Edition, 2006).
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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
http://www.stylecaster.com/news/7334/net-a-porter-launches-online-bridal-boutique
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
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Meat Free Monday by Sir Paul McCartney on Gwyneth's blog
http://goop.com/?page=newsletter_vn&id=most_recent
Hi to my beautiful readers! Part of being in skin (like Gwyneth Paltrow's, Jennifer Aniston's, etc.) is eating well, exercising and drinking water and sleeping enough hours to replenish your cells and keep them hydrated. Part of doing that is to eat a majority of nutrient dense, water filled foods, i.e., fruits & vegetables. Gwyneth Paltrow also has a blog, which I just read for the first time today, due to a lovely email from one of my fans and friends who turned me on to this (see the link above for GOOP). On this installment, Sir Paul McCartney, my love since I was 16 and intended to be his wife ever since (LOL!!, but true!!) has written about vegetarianism and Meat Free Mondays, and I think it well worth reading. He is so slim and healthy looking and rocks on at almost 68 years of age, I believe, so heed his advice if you will, but make wise choices for yourself. I am also preaching to myself, because I do take good care and eat mostly raw, but right now with so many hours of school, and luckily getting to make up some of your gorgeous faces, get ready for tax season and many other commitments, I haven't been taking the best care of me and don't have the same time to exercise where I loved to take classes at the times I liked. So the commitment goes both ways, me to you and vice versa. Genetics helps but being good to yourself and this planet goes a long way to live an anti-aging life filled with the energy to enjoy every moment. Believe in your journey, even when the journey is tough, have fun, dance, sing, laugh (they said 15 minutes a day of hearty laughter is worth hours of aerobics!!) and do it every day you can. And, of course, laughter is the best medicine!
This is my beauty advice today...PLUS, I found a really cute little L'Oreal Bare Naturale gentle Lip Conditioner that comes in a variety of colors, costs under $10, and feels soooooooo smooth on the lips, and the applicator is shaped like a lipstick. Since I am a pink girl, or peachy-pink, I chose Soft Bloom #110, a really pretty soft pinky-rose tone with a little golden shimmer. This will fit in the tiniest bag or your pocket...
I also got to make up my teacher yesterday! We used Carmindy's line for Sally Hansen and the eyeshadows come in trios, went on easily and were very pretty, the glosses were fun and pretty, and I also used a Neutrogena Mineral Sheers foundation color for her, which matched her light Olive complexion to perfection. Blush was a cream blush from Carmindy's Sally Hansen line, and there was quite a variety of colors across the board from light and warm to pinky and plummy and very deep, as well as powder blush colors. But I was really impressed, and you can't go wrong with great makeup at such inexpensive prices right there in your local drugstore!
Have a wonderful night!! Hopefully, I will hear from some of you, and get to write to you very soon with more finds and answers to any questions you may have...you know the old saying....Put a smile on your face....that's the most beautiful makeup you can wear! It's sure to give you a glow like no other!
Hi to my beautiful readers! Part of being in skin (like Gwyneth Paltrow's, Jennifer Aniston's, etc.) is eating well, exercising and drinking water and sleeping enough hours to replenish your cells and keep them hydrated. Part of doing that is to eat a majority of nutrient dense, water filled foods, i.e., fruits & vegetables. Gwyneth Paltrow also has a blog, which I just read for the first time today, due to a lovely email from one of my fans and friends who turned me on to this (see the link above for GOOP). On this installment, Sir Paul McCartney, my love since I was 16 and intended to be his wife ever since (LOL!!, but true!!) has written about vegetarianism and Meat Free Mondays, and I think it well worth reading. He is so slim and healthy looking and rocks on at almost 68 years of age, I believe, so heed his advice if you will, but make wise choices for yourself. I am also preaching to myself, because I do take good care and eat mostly raw, but right now with so many hours of school, and luckily getting to make up some of your gorgeous faces, get ready for tax season and many other commitments, I haven't been taking the best care of me and don't have the same time to exercise where I loved to take classes at the times I liked. So the commitment goes both ways, me to you and vice versa. Genetics helps but being good to yourself and this planet goes a long way to live an anti-aging life filled with the energy to enjoy every moment. Believe in your journey, even when the journey is tough, have fun, dance, sing, laugh (they said 15 minutes a day of hearty laughter is worth hours of aerobics!!) and do it every day you can. And, of course, laughter is the best medicine!
This is my beauty advice today...PLUS, I found a really cute little L'Oreal Bare Naturale gentle Lip Conditioner that comes in a variety of colors, costs under $10, and feels soooooooo smooth on the lips, and the applicator is shaped like a lipstick. Since I am a pink girl, or peachy-pink, I chose Soft Bloom #110, a really pretty soft pinky-rose tone with a little golden shimmer. This will fit in the tiniest bag or your pocket...
I also got to make up my teacher yesterday! We used Carmindy's line for Sally Hansen and the eyeshadows come in trios, went on easily and were very pretty, the glosses were fun and pretty, and I also used a Neutrogena Mineral Sheers foundation color for her, which matched her light Olive complexion to perfection. Blush was a cream blush from Carmindy's Sally Hansen line, and there was quite a variety of colors across the board from light and warm to pinky and plummy and very deep, as well as powder blush colors. But I was really impressed, and you can't go wrong with great makeup at such inexpensive prices right there in your local drugstore!
Have a wonderful night!! Hopefully, I will hear from some of you, and get to write to you very soon with more finds and answers to any questions you may have...you know the old saying....Put a smile on your face....that's the most beautiful makeup you can wear! It's sure to give you a glow like no other!
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