Obsession

Another awards season has drawn to a close...  To wrap it all up, I made up Sky Ferreira for the 20th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party

Here are some behind the scenes shots courtesy of Nikko La Mere

Then from the hotel room to the red carpet...

I wanted to keep Sky's look pretty and natural, yet glam enough for Oscar night.  She's not wearing any false lashes, just tons and tons of mascara.  I lightly lined her eyes with Chanel Illusion D'Ombre eyeshadow in Illusoire, highlighted the apples of her cheeks with Chanel powder blush in Imprevu, and finished off the look with Chanel lipstick in Rouge Noir.

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Amy

Rave On

New obsession! Chanel Long Wearing Luminous Eyeshadow

Although it's a cream shadow, the formula and texture is like nothing I've ever seen before.  The colors are beautiful and, unlike other creams, the shadow stays put and does not crease! It can be used as shadow or liner, and it comes with the cutest little Chanel eyeliner brush.  I suggest you try it immediately!  My favorite shades are ILLUSIOIRE and EPATANT.

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Amy

Jah Provide The Bread

On Thursday I did Corinne Bailey Rae's makeup for her performance on The Tonight Show. Check it out!

(Makeup by me, Hair by Christian Marc.)

I get a lot of requests for makeup and beauty tips for women with darker skin tones, so here are some notes on the products I used to create the look.

For the complexion I used Armani Luminous Silk Foundation in #9 with a drop of #11 to keep the color warm.

I highlighted the apples of her cheeks with NARS Blush in Lovejoy

Her bold shadow shades were from the Chanel Eye Shadow Quad Murano

I lined her eyes with MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder

I then coated her lashes with MAC Opulash mascara, which is one of my new favorites...

On her lips I used NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Bahama

and topped it off with Chanel Hydramax + Active Lip Care to keep the lips hydrated and slightly glossy...

I finished off the look with a light dusting of MAC Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder along the t-zone to prevent shine, but keep the skin looking fresh!

Hopefully these ideas inspire you with your own looks!

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Amy

Parklife

Speaking of red lipstick moments...

Check out Aubrey Plaza in the new issue of Paper mag.

(Photo by Jiro Schneider, Hair by Johnny Stuntz, Makeup by Me)

Aubrey is wearing Chanel Rouge Allure in Excessive.

So major.

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Amy

I'm On The Pursuit Of Happiness

I picked up this nail varnish at a Chanel event for makeup artists back in January, and I've pretty much been wearing it ever since!

This might be the first time I've ever used an entire bottle of polish!  Totally obsessed...

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Amy

Tattoo You

I lucked out and got my hands on these Chanel temporary tattoos like the ones worn on the models during their S/S 10 show!

They're set to be released in March on the Chanel website, but I've already been having some fun with them on editorial shoots. I will be sure and show you the results when the shoots are published!

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Amy

P.S. Chanel has a pretty cool podcast on itunes. It's free, so subscribe now!

The Kids Just Want To Have Fun

Tonight's gift idea, Chanel Nail Varnish!

(photo via tumblr)

Over the past few years I've become somewhat of a "collector" of Chanel Nail Colour. They make amazing shades, a lot of which are limited edition. It's a nice, colorful gift, and how can you go wrong giving a gift with those cute double c's? At $23, it's the perfect for coworkers or school friends.

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Amy

California Dreamin'

Here's an editorial I did for the Observer Fashion Supplement by Tank magazine, shot by Alex Prager.

In order give actress Arielle Kebel a vintage femme fatale look, I used Chanel Automatic Liquid Eyeliner

and Chanel Rouge Hydrabase Creme Lipsticks in Coco Pink and Coco Red

For the finishing touch, I applied drug store brand faux nails and painted them with Chanel Nail Color in Organdy.

It was shot in various locations around Los Angeles. Hair by Paul Rizzo and styling by Chloe Karmen.

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Amy

Dark Lines

Check out this gorgeous video from the Chanel Noir Obscurs shoot.

So LOVE!

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Amy

Black Celebration

Chanel's new campaign for Noir Obscure is the definition of drama.




These ads are hearbreakingly gorgeous! They are the epitome everything I'm loving right now.

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Amy

Famine of Beauty

I can not wait to see The September Issue. It's the real Devil Wears Prada.



Please, let's lift it!

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Amy

P.S. Chanel Coco Pink lipstick is blowing my mind right now.

Younger Than Yesterday

Speaking of Chanel, I will be turning another year older next month, and I just have to thank my Sublimage creams for all of their hard work. ;)

High fives all around!

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Amy

All Dressed Up

I'm finding myself completely obsessed with Chanel Glossimer in Sundress.


Chanel Glossimers are probably my number one favorite lipgloss.

It's really unique because it's the only lipgloss I know of with a gel formula that keeps it from slipping and being sticky, or creasing. They always have amazing new limited edition shades. I consider myself a bit of a collector at this point. :)

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Amy

Update: Check out a camera phone picture of my glossimer collection here.

Mint Condition

I'm feeling a bit under the weather and in no mood to blog, but I would be doing you a great disservice if I did not point you in the direction of All Lacqured Up for the news that Chanel is finally releasing their mint green nail lacquer that we all went ga ga for during their Fall '09 runway show! It's called Jade, and there's a pale pink called Jade Rose.

My head is exploding. Bisou bisou babies!

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Amy

Day N Night

Just a few things I'm obsessing over right now...

Scarlett Johansson on the cover of French Vogue

How freaking amazing does she look? As far as I'm concerned, she just regained HBIC status!

Make Up For Ever Matte Lip

This is an amazing product! One of those things I wish I had thought of! Put it over a cream lip colour and take down the shine! I've been using it a lot over the past few days and I LOVE it!

Chanel Firming Moisture Milk

I haven't used it long enough to experience the firming benefits, but the silky formula leaves skin hydrated with a very light, amazing scent. I tested it on my arm the other night and couldn't stop sniffing my skin! My fiance thought I was losing my mind. I kept saying "smell my arm!". Ok, crazy.

M.A.C. Peppermint Patti Nail Varnish

and Saint Germain lipstick from the new Sugarsweet collection

(Image via Glam.com)

The nail varnish looks like it's straight off the Chanel runway, and the lipstick is very similar to Melrose Mood from the Heatherette collection (which was totally limited, and is TOTALLY gone!)

My new preppy nails by Kimmie Kyees

Argyle and Houndstooth! Another Minx + Cal Gel combo!

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Amy

Gettin Cakey

For anyone (like myself) still obsessing over the beautiful mint green creme varnish from the Paris Chanel show...

M.A.C.'s new Sugarsweet collection features a great mint green varnish called Peppermint Patti

On counters Thursday, but available online right... now! Go!

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Amy

Gold Lion

I haven't seen the latest issue of Foam Magazine yet, but L.A. Models Blog posted the "Golden Girl" story I did with Brooke Nipar.

This is the second time I've worked for the mag, and I really like where they are going with it. I think it's really cute!

In other news, I'm loving the mint green varnish at the Fall '09 Chanel show...

Kimmie Kyees gave me an amazing gel manicure last night with layers of glitter and stars and little metallic flecks! It looks like I have disco balls on the ends of my fingers, and I'm loving it, so it might be awhile before I try mint green!

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Amy

P.S. Thanks so much to What The Pros Do for the awesome shout out!