I don’t know what it is, but I love the fall time! Maybe it is the fact that I am in love with the color gold, the drama or just the simple fact that fall fashion is always modest and classic. Fall is just right around the corner and many of you are still wearing your summer makeup! It is time to set all of your corals and pinks aside to welcome more rich and lush tones in your life. This season a darker lip is a must have, as well as… yeah gold is still in! I am sure that many of you have already seen Chanel’s new fall line since the fashion and cosmetic industry releases everything almost a season ahead of time. I am not a huge fan of Chanel’s eye shadows because of the lack of pigment and staying power, but I love their Nail Colour in Gold fiction, Glossimer in Gold Light and their new Face Highlighter in Gold Fever. These items are all limited and a must have for fall! I have found that these products look great on all skin tones, especially a more olive or deep skin tone.

MAC also has a fall line that has been out for a little while now that shows off that dark rich red lip that is so hot right now, the line is called Cult Of Cherry.

A couple must haves in this line is the Spiced Chocolate quad eye shadows which had four beautiful warm shades in the palette that you can wear through the fall and winter. The picture above may look intimidating, but it is a guaranteed gorgeous line! Russian Red and O lipstick which are two of my favorite lipsticks are also featured in this line. O Lipstick is an amazing fall lipstick color, I urge all women who want more color on their lips without going too dark or too bright to run out and try on this color! It is a sheer cranberry with a hint of bronze, there is nothing like it.

Here are a couple of tips that can help you to change your look from summer to fall:

- Use a lighter shade in a bronzer and put more emphasis on your blush.

- Ditch the corals and pinks!

- Introduce black or a dark brown eyeliner rather than your bronze or nothing at all.

- Use a more volumizing mascara to show off those lashes. Summer was about sheering everything down, but Fall and Winter you should choose more prominent tones.

- I know this a toughie for most women, but you must wear a lip liner! If you are wearing a darker or brighter lipstick than you did in the summer than you must perfect that lip and use a liner!

- Time to start using your Creme De La Mer again! The weather is not too cold and dry yet, but get a head start and begin to moisturize and replenish your skin now.

- At your next pedicure appointment try a deep nail polish, such as OPI Black Cherry Chutney. This is one of my Fall and Winter faves!

- The Summertime can set a “care free: tone, but you must leave your house prepared with your fabulous hand cream (I am addicted to Aveda’s Hand Relief!), eye drops and a great pashmina scarf to match your new lipstick.

- Since you have commited to wearing a deeper or brighter shade of lipstick you have to make sure that you are looking flawless, you never know how you will run into! Try Guerlain’s Kiss Lift which helps your lipstick to prevent from bleeding and wearing off so soon!

- Change your blush to a warm berry or mauve for the fall.

Enjoy changing your makeup wardrobe! Let me know of any fun products that you find out there for the fall, I am always looking for new amazing products!

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So I am a busy bee normally runnning from one place to the next, enjoying my day and going from one makeup lesson to having a bride to my home for their Bridal Consultation. I am normally too absorbed in what I am doing to take a quick peak in the mirror and always find the same mess! Oily skin. I know I am always speaking of my oily skin, but it is truly out of control! Normally before I begin an appointment with a client I will blot and powder and try to degrease in any way that I can, but it is during the middle to end of the consultation when I have turned into a complete oil spill! I will be speaking to a client with such confidence and I am sure they are thinking "I hope she doesn’t make my skin look like hers!", or "I wonder if she knows her skin is so shiny?". I don’t know? I have decided to really try to combat this oily skin and try a couple different products. It is one thing to try a product on one of my clients, but I do like to be a guinea pig so I know what I recommending.

 I recently did a photo shoot because I need more pictures of myself for my websites (www.make-upenvy.com and www.askamakeupguru.com). The weather in Denver, CO USA was almost 100 degrees and I am pregnant so it felt more like 120 degrees!  We choose an alley believe it or not behind some houses and found so many unique backgrounds. I was changing from one long sleeved tunic to the next and sometimes wearing a hijab (scarf). I tried a new product before I left the house to see how it would work in such heat, Chanel T-Mat Shine Control. I used it after an oil free moisturzer and hoped for the best! I ended up loving this product! My skin was not excessively oily even hours into the shoot and I didn’t even use my MAC Blot Powder.

So here are a couple tips to keep your skin shine free!

1. Try a cleanser with either Salicylic Acid or Glycolic Acid to really combat the oil. Use day and night.

2. Do use a toner, but not one that will strip your skin using a lot of alcohol.

3. Eventhough your skin is oily you still need to moisturize, so use a lightweight oil free moisturizer during the day and something a little more moisturizing at night. Sometimes your skin will over compensate for lack of oil by producing more oil!

4. Use an oil free foundation. I use a powder foundation, but there are plently of great matte liquid formulas out there.

5. During the day before you powder make sure to use a blotting sheet to remove the excess oil from the skin and not add a "cakey" look by placing powder over the oil on the skin. I love Palladio Rice Paper Blotting Sheets!

6. Use an ultra sheer powder that is meant for touching up throughout the day. A foundation powder is much too heavy, so I like MAC Blot Powder, Chanel Shine Control Powder SPF 15 and Cargo Liquid Powder.

Now every woman may not need all of this maintenance throughout the day, but for those who have extremely oily skin or live in humid climates then oily or shiny skin can be a big concern! For a woman who experiences oiliness just in her t-zone area then a simple blotting paper or a sheer powder might work for you. Stay cool this summer and shine free!

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I thought some of my blog subscribers might like to hear some makeup tips from another makeup artist other than myself, so I found this article in Vogue India and Ruhi gives some great makeup tips for the everyday women! Enjoy!

Make-up artist Ruhi Bindra is the woman behind the ‘Chak De India’ girls.  Her portfolio includes television campaigns like BPL Mots, Nestle, Polo, Samsung, Mother Dairy, Hutch and Santro. Here, she speaks to Vogue.in on make-up for the workplace, working the red carpet and braving the monsoons!

On waterproof make-up

To ensure that your make-up lasts during the rainy season, use waterproof make-up. After applying the base evenly, spray your face with MAC make-up fixer.

On make-up for the workplace

For a corporate workplace, one should ideally use a water-based matte foundation and powder; matte peach, pink or nude brown shadow; waterproof eye liner or smudge-proof kaajal topped with waterproof mascara; matte rose pink or peach blush; and a peach, light chocolate or soft pink long-lasting lip colour.

On make-up for day

Use a light fluid base under loose powder; pink cream shadow teamed with aqua eyeliner; one coat of voluminous mascara; desert rose blush on the apple of your cheeks; and MAC’s pink lipglass to complete the understated look.

On make-up for the red carpet

Use a shimmery liquid base topped with shimmery loose powder; a grey and silver shimmery cream- shadow for a smoky look; nude cream highlighter; grey liquid liner, voluminous mascara; bronze cream blush; and a red shimmer lip stain topped with red gloss.

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Kim Kardashian False Eye Tutorial.

Kim Kardashian is known for her amazing eye makeup and even more amazing lashes, but are they truly real? As a makeup artist I love to study the big screen and magazines to investigate the tricks of the trade of this industry. . . and those lashes are not real! They look great though! What women would not a pair just like hers? Here is a quick false eyelash tutorial that will give understanding to all of the women out there who have been wanting to talk a walk on the wild side and learn how to apply false lashes. They are perfect for any special occasion and especially weddings, for anytime that you really want to have that special something about you! Enjoy the new video!

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With Angelina Jolie about to give birth any day now to her twin babies in France, she is just as confident and I must say that her makeup is just as flawless as it has always been! Angelina is absolutely beautiful and it is hard for her to not look perfect even in the middle of the desert while doing her humanitarian duties. What is her secret? She keeps her makeup so very simple, you would never catch this woman wearing blue eyeshadow! I like to call her makeup style “sexy subdude” which doesn’t call for shimmer or frost, bright colors or a cause for more attention to her makeup than to her. She is confident enough that she does not need her makeup to speak for her, she really does wear her makeup! Now ask yourself are you letting your makeup wear you, or are you truly wearing your makeup? Do you have makeup confidence? It is so important for a woman to not hide behind her makeup! Each woman must find her signature makeup style especially during pregnancy. During pregnancy your face during the second trimester and beyond begins to take a different shape and you will have to learn how to accentuate and different features of the face accordingly. Most importantly you should feel comfortable and find multi purpose and easy to use products to make those not so comfortable mornings more comfortable.

Here are some easy products that will give you the “sexy subdude” look:

1. NARS The Multiple in Orgasm for cheeks and lips to give a natural color and glow.

2. MAC Smolder with the #219 brush to smudge and thicken the lash line for that sexy smokey eye.

3. MAC Eye brow pencil in lingering or stud to define the brow.

4. Clea De Peau Corrector Visage Concealer used in the t-zone to even out the skin tone instead of a messy foundation. This concealer is pure heaven!

5. Now finish with mascara, I am loving Chanel Inimitable at the moment!

That is it! A very easy look for those pregnant women who want to stay beautiful without the fuss.

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Salaam everyone! I made this more than a daytime eye makeup tutorial for all of those women who want compliments on their eye makeup and like a little more than a natural look. I hope you enjoy this.

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Do you have lash envy? I bet you are admiring your best friend who has amazing lashes because of her favorite mascara she has used for years, but when you tried it you had tarantula lashes! There is not just one perfect mascara for every woman. The truth is that finding the best mascara takes time and patience… kinda like dating! You are introduced to the mascara and you seem a little excited thinking about what might be, but then you find out that this mascara does not want the same lash look as you and then it is time to move on once again in search of that one perfect mascara. Keep your chin up ladies there are plenty of mascaras out there! Now it time to figure out what you really want and don’t be afraid to do your research. Here are a couple of tips:

1. Determine what you want your lashes to look like (full and thick or long and defined)

2. Determine what your type of lashes you have (full, skimpy, long, short, etc.)

3. Choose your mascara based on the brush not the formula.

-Full and Thick lashes: Choose the bristles that are not so close together, there will typically be a lot of space between the bristles just like the first brush in the picture above.

-Long and defined: Choose the brush that looks like small needles that taper at the end. This brush will not allow a lot of mascara on your lash for that clumpy look.

Whatever mascara you end up choosing just remember that your lashes should never be really hard or clumpy, lashes should be lush and soft. Use a makeup remover at the end of the night to remove all mascara and eye makeup to ensure that your lashes stay soft. I love using jojoba oil with a cotton ball which moisturizes your lashes and delicate eye area. I would love to hear about your favorite mascaras! Write to me I love to chat! Salaam, Danica!

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