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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010LA TV Episode 5 CELEBRITY LOOK: Victoria Beckham Part 3
Friday, February 26th, 2010Welcome to LA TV. We have a step by step 4 part episode of how to recreate Victoria Beckhams signature makeup look. We’re nearing the end of our Victoria Beckham celebrity inspired make-up look..after watching these demos, you will be highly qualified to try and create the look yourself.
Don’t worry if you don’t have the exact products our make-up artist, Sarah Jane Wai O Flynn is using, just try and match it to a close product and a very similar look can be achieved!
What are you asking Santa for this Year?
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009What Are You Asking Santa for This Year?
Yes indeed, it’s that time again. Our Pro Team Artists here at LA Dublin have put together a list of 10 of the very best make-up products for you and all conveniently stocking-sized. Whether you’re looking to top-up your personal bag or stock up your professional kit these products rock!
Top 10
1. MAC Pigment Powder in Vanilla Amazing for the brow bone or above your lips.
2. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Powder Use on the cheekbones or as eye shadow
3. Lancôme Photogenic Lumessence Great foundation for mature skin!
4. DiorShow Mascara from Dior. This is sure to become a favourite!
5. Guerlain Terracotta in Medium The Best Bronzer you can buy
6. Liz Earle ‘Cleanse & Polish’ hot cloth cleanser. You will be a fan for life of this amazing cleanser.
7. MAC Eye shadow in Amber Lights Perfect for blue eyes
8. MAC Eye shadow in Handwritten Creates a fab smokey eye!
9. MAC Eye shadow in Shroom A creamy base before applying colour. Dab on the inside corner of the eye to make your whites sparkle.
10. MAC Eye Shadow in Cork - can be used to darken blonde eyebrows to a natural colour. Press harder when applying to deepen the colours!
Make-up artists: Use a MAC Quad Palette to hold these colours in one place!
What are you asking Santa for this year?
Thanks to our very own Module 3 Students Catherine Weldon & Hazel Halpin for turning our Mr.s Clauses’ into Santa Babies for our Beauty Therapy Promotion Day last week. Great Work ladies!
Laying a Good Foundation
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
We know Irish women love the smokey eyes for Christmas. But our make-up artists at LA will tell you that getting the base is the key to festive success! Foundations and primers get better every year; no more orange face for us!
We’ll look at foundations next week so let’s start with primers. Now this isn’t a product you would used too often a few years ago but lately every brand from Benefit to Nars have this product on the shelves.
Basically what it does it set the foundation (or eye shadow) on your face so there aren’t any Halloween-style slippages happening on the dance floor. You can smooth over any imperfections in your skin before applying foundation. And you know if foundation goes on more smoothly then you’ll look more glam! With silicon as one of the main ingredients a good primer will even out your skin tone and make sure that any dry areas caused by lines are plumped up.
Does that sound like a mini facelift? Well, it’s not quite that magical but you will get a better result for a big night out by layering this on under your foundation. Just remember that primer was developed for models to use under the heat of studio lamps; so it’s a heavy product. You probably wouldn’t want to use it every day as your skin just won’t breathe at all!
For anyone who has seen the effects of Airbrush Make-up then using a good primer is like this but of course only lasts for the day. Primer really helps if you’re heading out early and staying late; less re-application and less slippy face-look.
There are some great products out there for you. Smashbox was one of the first companies to make primer for regular people i.e. not models so that’s probably a good place to start. Beaut.ie has a list of Irish stockists.
For a lighter touch in some funky packaging try Benefit’s That Gal or their great Lemon Aid which goes on your eyelid; light enough for daily use. Mac does a range of products including the Prep and Prime Skin Refined Zone which covers up your pores for a screen-perfect finish.
Next week we’ll have a look at foundations and the age old question; fingers or brush?
What do you think about primers?
A Model Face for YOU
Friday, September 4th, 2009It was great to meet so many of you at the Which Course Expo last weekend! Hope you had as much fun as we did!
This week we’re very excited to announce the winner of our Face of LA competition. So many of you entered; it was really difficult to pick a winner from so many great faces. But Sinead Kearney just stood out. You’ll be seeing her on our Autumn and Winter Look for 2009 – we have some great secrets ready to reveal. And she’ll grace our webpage and newsletter. Plus, of course she will receive some fabulous images for her portfolio.
Sound like your cup of tea? LA Make-Up is also an agency so don’t be down if you missed out – it’s never to late to nail that glam career. We are always searching for the next new face so pop in and see us. Who knows? You could be joining Sinead in front of the camera some day.
Working with us as a model or a make-up artist gives you access to the very best of products. LA Make-Up are recognised for their excellence in high standards so we need to use the latest and the best to bring that across on a client’s skin.
LA Make-Up is a non-brand affiliated school but we are also M.A.C. approved so of course their products are on one of our mainstays – imagine how good you will look! We also love NARS. Style.com posted about their new Larger than Life mascara and we agree. Your lashes will literally grow when our experts load them up with this funky new product. And while we won’t get to Lancome’s Fashion Night Out next week, we can help you discover the new Autumn You with their great products.
Because, you know those chilly winds are coming and it’s time to pack away the summer shimmers. Vogue has already started with their winter advice and we can certainly add to that. We have all the latest tips for creating a perfect winter survival look – just drop in and see what we have on offer from Cinema Secrets, Benefit and our own LA Make-Up Cosmetics.
Check out our full list of products here. We’re sure to have your favourites. Whether you’re looking for a new career as a makeup artist or a model or just need a pick-me-up, you know that LA Make-Up is the way. Who needs chocolate when you could have Bobbi Brown’s Best of Chocolate lighting up your face after a visit to our studios? See you there!
What do you think makes a Great Model?
