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Get the look: Kerry Washington at the 2013 Met Gala

Get the look: Kerry Washington at the 2013 Met Gala

Kerry Washington is such a beauty icon, she always has flawless skin and makeup. Celebrity makeup artist Carola Gonzalez created Kerry Washington’s look for the Met Gala using tarte cosmetics.

Inspiration: “Kerry represents classic beauty with an edge and the Vera Wang dress she chose is classic with a punk twist. The  stunning violets and blacks in the dress inspired me to create Kerry’s bold, smoky eye.” ~Carola Gonzalez

Here’s how you can get her glamorous punk look:

Complexion:

  • To begin, Carola prepped Kerry’s skin with tarte’s clean slate™ poreless 12-hr perfecting primer
  • Then she applied tarte’s Amazonian clay waterproof concealer in tan followed by tarte’s maracuja miracle 12-hour foundation in deep to even out Kerry’s complexion

Cheeks:

  • For the perfect pop of rosy color, Carola dusted tarte’s Amazonian clay 12-hour blush in natural beauty on the apples of her cheeks

Eyes:

  • To create a dramatic smoky eye, Carola used the purple and silver shadows from tarte’s beauty & the box Amazonian clay eyeshadow quad in envoke the smoke
  • Then she lined Kerry’s top and bottom lashlines with Aqualillies for tarte Amazonian clay waterproof liner in black to give her a punk edge
  • She finished by lining the lower inner rims with tarte’s lights, camera, lashes™ waterproof inner rim liner (out in July)
  • For extra definition she applied five coats of tarte’s lights, camera, lashes™ 4-in-1 mascara

Lips:

  • To complete her look, she swiped tarte’s glamazon™ pure performance 12-hour lipstick in pure over her lips

Event Recap: Green Your Beauty Routine!

 

How to Green Your beauty Routine
Your hosts, Kimberlee Van Der Wall & Nicole Dantzler

A few months ago I decided that I wanted to have an event where bloggers and editors could gather in a relaxing environment and talk about beauty. I wanted the event to be fun, yet informative so I came up with, Green Your Beauty Routine.

If we’ve ever chatted at great length, you know that I believe that natural is always best in any part of our lives. So I decided to collaborate with my friend, and fashion blogger, Kimberlee Van Der Wall of I HaveADegreeInThis.com. We put our heads together to come up with an event that our fellow bloggers would love.

We invited Leena Sukumar from MySkin.com and Jolene Hart of Beautyiswellness.com to share their knowledge along with some helpful tips about integrating green beauty practices into our daily lives.

Green Your Beauty Routine Event in NYC
Jolene Hart, Nicole Dantzler, Leeann Brozowski and Leena Sukumar

The event was held at the beautiful Miele Showroom in the Architects and Designers building in New York City.

Miele Showroom in New York CIty

 

Jolene Hart of beauty is wellness sharing how to green your beauty routine event
Image: http://www.ihaveadegreeinthis.com/

Jolene Hart shared lots of helpful green beauty food tips:

  • Sugar causes inflammation in the body and spikes your blood sugar so limit use.
  • Foods with Biotin, like Swiss Chard, are great for your hair.
  • Raw honey is an excellent facial mask, it’s a natural humectant.
  • Do a simple detox daily with a glass of warm (purified) water and a half of a lemon.
  • Look for whole foods that are colorful, they’re beneficial to your skin; brown is bad!

Leena Sukumar shared her insights on how the beauty industry is leaning towards more green initiatives:

  • Companies are investing in corn-based and biodegradable packaging.
  • There is a trend towards using glass packaging to reduce waste.

Everyone is attendance had a great time and we even left our guests with some nice parting gifts:

Green Your Beauty Routine Gift Bag Sponsors

A Special thanks goes out to our generous gift bag sponsors: Zen Society Skincare , Priti NYC, Sénica Naturals, Arbonne, Zosimos Botanicals, QiLiving and Tarte Cosmetics.

Stay tuned for our next event!

Getting Lippy: Tarte LipSurgence natural lip luster

Tarte Lipsurgence natural lip luster in pouty

Some days I feel a bit more girly than other, I like to call those are my “Pink” days. You know those days when you love something extra frilly, pink or over the top glam. S if you’ve ever felt that way then you’ll probably relate to Pouty by Tarte. Pouty is a shade from Tarte’s Lipsurgence lip tint line.

While shopping for a new lippy I tested a few of the Tarte Lipsurgence pencils and Pouty just had me at hello! It’s a shimmery berry tint that delivers a sheer wash of color with ingredients designed to moisturize. This lip tint has peppermint oil, soybean oil, canuba wax and beeswax to keep lips moisturized. If you get dry lips an application of lip balm before application couldn’t hurt, I like to moisturize prior to using any lip color.

Tarte Lipsurgence natural lip luster swatch in Pouty

After playing with the pencil I liked wearing it both as a gloss and as a stain. For a matte lip, simply blot your lips and you’ll still have a nice yet much more sheer tint that’s very fresh and natural looking. For a more intense look you can “build” color and have a more intense shine. The taste of peppermint is faint and it does give the lips a nice sensation. The pencil itself it pretty easy to use and features twist-up bottom so you never need a sharpener – I love this. The only downside about this pencil is that the color tends to fade quickly and is completely gone after eating.

Tarte Lipsurgence natural lip luster, $24.00

Have you tried any of the Tarte Lipsurgence lip products?