Highly envious of nail artist Sophy Robson’s Giles Deacon-inspired manicure. If we had the patience and skill, we’d totally try it, and the “eyes” remind us of those googly craft eyes we used as kids.
French illustrator Jérémy Doro‘s drawings of everything from style bloggers to sketchy rabbits are simultaneously innocent and provocative. Can you do that with an iPhone app?
Don’t forget to get your copy of the print edition of the current issue of Style Sample to read the informative article about becoming a personal stylist. Featuring four pages of candid interviews with professional personal stylists from LA to New York to London to Paris, you don’t want to miss this feature! You can order it here.
In the current issue of Style Sample, Kristina of Pretty Shiny Sparkly wrote a great article detailing how to set up your own YouTube channel and video blogs. One community that seems to have perfected the art of video blogging is beauty bloggers. These ladies know how to blend–and they aren’t afraid to share their skills. Covering everything from application tutorials, to product reviews, to swatches (sampling and showing all colors of a particular product), beauty bloggers are spreading ideas and information all over the ‘net.
Many have combined their talent for creative color combinations into entrepreneurial ventures–from developing product lines, to working as makeup artists on photo shoots and runway shows, to writing instructional books! Here are a few of our favorites:
Fran started as a homemaker full of good old fashioned entrepreneurial spirit, and now works as a freelance makeup artist. How’s that for inspiration? In this video, she shows us how to create a dramatic fire and ice look.
Leesha aka xsparkage is extremely friendly and personable in front of the camera, which makes it that much easier to relax and (try to) follow along. Here are her tips for creating the perfect red lip.
Reigning queen of DIY makeup Lauren Luke has parlayed her popularity into a book, her own makeup line, even a video game! Check out her take on an Egyptian Goddess makeup look.
Self-taught makeup artist Julia does freelance work in addition to her regular day job. This is her inspiring version of an Arabic eye makeup look. Seriously, the “tape technique” is brilliant!
We’re always intrigued by the segregation of the fashion and beauty blogging communities–the two niches are so similar you’d think they’d be more closely intertwined. Do you keep up with beauty blogs or watch makeup tutorials? Who are your favorites?
While roaming the ‘net, we came across a few high-tech(ish) sites that we thought would be of interest to fellow fashion bloggers. Here’s what we found:
Style StyleRays is a site dedicated to creating an online community for users to share their sense of style for the world to see. It’s basically the Facebook picture function but instead of tagging your friends’ faces you tag what you’re wearing with a brief description. This is a great site to share your sense of style with other users, get feedback or look at other contributors. What I found most convenient about StyleRays is their sort functions in which you can search through photos by brand, style type, and genres and contributors. I will definitely start posting some pics of my own. ~David
Beauty Daily Makeover offers fashion and beauty advice and lets you upload your picture to the site for a “virtual makeover” (free membership required). They also feature product reviews, beauty blogs (from the “Beauty Bloggerati” no less), and picks from their own editors. ~Tamia
Shopping Sense of Fashion is a one-stop shop for those who are already well-acquainted with their personal sense of style and still want more. It provides all the tools that are essential to evolving your look and elaborating upon your fashion knowledge in one pretty little well-dressed package. Fashion blogs and trendy links aren’t all this fab site has to offer; “Fashion” ‘s sense surpasses others in that it’s like Ebay gone hipster. A site for the true and eclectic fashionista, it eliminates the hours you would log on scrolling through possible junk dressed up as treasures, and just offers up the real treasures instead. ~Hayley
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