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Halloween

I haven't had a lot of time with my crazy busy schedule (and sickness) as of late to do any Halloween tutorials much less our annual Halloween contest so sadly we will have to skip that this year (BOO!) lol get it? bad joke AnYwAy!!! I wanted to leave you with some inspiring last minute ideas on what you could be for Halloween. I STILL have yet to put my costume together and STILL can't believe it's on WEDNESDAY!!!!! Some of my most favorite transformation videos come from a girl named Promise. Here is a great Maleficent!

Her Sally the Rag Doll is SO much better than mine! I was amazed at how she thought outside of the box when making another set of eyes!!!

Though she is a bit unconventional (singing longer than normal in a video) Kandee has an infectious gift to make others happy and to inspire others to reach their potential. Here she is doing Tinkerbell.

Here are some still shots of other fun costumes for you and your family =)

 How darling is this? I LOVE the photography and filter!!!!!

A little Dobby!

 What baby is complete without rolls for days? Put them to their chubbiest potential =D.

Perfect for those smooshies just learning to walk.

 I've put this one up before and I still love it just as much!

 Now for YOU, stitches and couture gore

Talk about making your eyes look HUGE!!! Grab some creepy contacts and whatever colors you love.

 Super easy, inexpensive and very recognizable =).

This is pretty stinkin fantastic! Very doable!!!

 I seriously was rolling over laughing after seeing this. How creative!!!!!

 Love that this is skeleton, Halloween meets glamour girl. Impress guys with your art and beauty.

Martha strikes again. Very haunting and feminine.

Fun for the whole family and very easy to do!

Doesn't he look smart? ; D

Be Bold With Brows

Stepping a little out of our comfort zone can be scary but it can also prove to be wonderful! This look is a little outside of the box for me as an actual wearable look. It is meant to be just that, a look. Not something to be done everyday but more like a new outfit or a hair-do change. Look to the runways to find bold brows and daring looks and you may see a brow like this one. I liken it unto the look Tyra refers to as "ugly pretty". With that in mind...enjoy!

Jennifer Connelly has had these amazing brows her whole life/career. Who remembers her from Labyrinth or the Rocketeer?

This is a TERRIBLE picture!!! Her head seems very bulbous from the screen shot someone took of her but I can't find her rocking these brows from the same show anywhere else.

 Back to normal...not bold but very beautiful.

Lily looking lovely

Elizabeth Taylor rocking the power brow

 Estee Lauder model Hilary Rhoda

the difference is HUGE!!!

Beautiful with long lashes

Kibandiko kwa short hair

World Mastercard Toronto Fashion Week Backstage Beauty Recap

It's been a while since Makeup Junkie has covered fashion week in Toronto, but we're back thanks to my brilliant makeup artist friend and writer, Marlene Gordon! She did an amazing job repping for MJ and covering all the backstage beauty. Thank you Marlene for being awesome!!

Check out what she had to say of backstage beauty at Toronto Fashion week!

There was no shortage of super hydrated, dewy skin backstage at the World Mastercard SS 2013 Toronto Fashion Week collections. This lustrous skin was seen at Joe Fresh, Pink Tartan, Arthur Mendoça and VAWK. Lead make-up artist for Maybelline New York Canada, Grace Lee used BB cream to prep the skin and Baby Lips(yes, lip balm) to impart a glow. This was sometimes mixed with Colour Tattoo cream shadow in Barely Branded. The result, sheer luminous skin!

Backstage at Joe Fresh

Maybelline Spokesmodel, Charlotte Free, backstage at Pink Tartan

Bold lip colour is here to stay! Seen at Joe Fresh, Korhani and Lucian Matis. At Joe Fresh, Lee used Vibrant Mandarin Vivid lip colour set with a bit of translucent powder for a "chalk-like look". For Matis it was a custom blend of Electric Orange and On Fire red.

Joe Fresh

Fire orange-red lips as seen backstage at Lucian Matis.

Glowing skin and bold lips at Arthur Mendoca 

Bright lips at Korhani.

I love when make-up artists get inspiration from unconventional places, such as left over material from a recent renovation. Lee used electrical tape, cut into little quarter-moon shapes and placed it on the model's eyelids. She envisioned it glinting as the model walked down the runway, and that it did!

Electrical tape used on lids as seen at VAWK.

No mascara was used. The skin was sheer and dewy, a little contouring with a darker FIT me powder and Maybelline's sheer Colour Whisper was dabbed on the lips.

The second look for Vawk used Master Duo liquid liner to create a "double liner" look. Contouring again with a darker powder and sheer Colour Whisper on the lips.

Backstage at VAWK.

Besides all the amazing hair and makeup that was seen at fashion week, a MAJOR highlight was the legendary supermodel, Pat Cleveland, who opened the show for Pink Tartan! 

I am loving the beauty trends for Spring. Many pretty things to look forward to! And did you know Maybelline makeup could look so good? I think it has a little something to do with makeup genius, Grace Lee and the amazing backstage team! 

Lead Artist, Grace Lee, posing with Charlotte Free.

What were your favourite looks? 

Giveaway Winner!!!

Kevin and I sat down (now that we are both healthy LOL) and went through all of the pictures sent in and Kevin was very vocal about which one he wanted to do. I was surprised at how quickly he chose it and how he kept going back to the same picture (giggle). So without further ado here is the winning picture:

Sent in by Stacey. Congrats! =D You are the winner of the Sigma F80 Foundation Brush!!!! There were some very beautiful pictures sent in that I loved and I am going to be doing some of them for SURE!!! I loved all the smokey eyes sent in and the character makeup as well. Some of the natural eyes were simply stunning! =) Thank you to all that sent in pictures and be looking for our 1000+ giveaway coming soon!!! Stacey can you send me your information where you would like your brush sent? Thanks again ladies!

Smokey Blue Suede

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Here's a look I did last night for fun; I wanted to do a smokey blue eye since I haven't used blue in a while. This is how it turned out, hope you enjoy! If you'd like to see a step-by-step of how I did it, please check out the tutorial on Makeupbee!

Products:

-Lime Crime Candy Eyed Waterproof Eyeshadow Helper

BFTE Cosmetics eyeshadows in:

-Spellbound (blue on lid)

-Mississippi Mud (matte dark brown in crease)

-Truffle (matte light brown above crease)

-Copper Cauldron (shimmery bronze over other brown shades)

-Black (matte black on outer corner for depth)

-Very Vanilla (matte nude to blend edges)

-Butt Naked (shimmery nude as highlight)

-Glitz (sparkly ice blue patted on lid and tearduct for extra sparkle)

-MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on upper lashline

-Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On pencil in Perversion on lower waterline

-Maybelline Mega Plush mascara in Blackest Black
-Duo Dark lash glue
-Ardell #110 lashes

Extra:

-Sephora brown pencil and BFTE Truffle on brow

-Hard Candy Glamouflage in Light and mark. Powder Buff in Nude on skin

Thanks for reading!

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