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Backstage Beauty: Vena Cava

Vena Cava’s spring 2010 show brought together MAC makeup artist Lloyd Simmonds and Beauty.com hairstylist Ted Gibson, where together they created a sophisticated yet updated look to compliment the collection nicely. With the use of black visors and dark sunglasses, Gibson stayed away from an “uptight ballerina ponytail” and went for a textured one instead, showing off the girl’s “duel personalities,” while Simmonds created a violet lip (can we mention he made the shade himself!) for a graphic feel to balance out the look.

With both artists calling these looks completely wearable, here’s a step by step guide on how to recreate both the hair and makeup looks from the show. [Click to continue reading…]

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Backstage Beauty: Jenni Kayne

To create the hair and makeup looks for the Jenni Kayne Spring 2010 presentation, Sara Lucero for Stila teamed up with Hairstylist Ted Gibson (both representing beauty.com) and his crew to create the ultimate downtown meets uptown aesthetic. Ted created a loose, undone sort of ponytail while Sara created a smoldering colored smokey eye that radiated sensuality and sex appeal. The whole idea was to keep it cool, glam, and effortless.

I got the chance to chat with the hair and makeup teams backstage before the show. Read on to find out exactly how to recreate the hair and makeup looks! [Click to continue reading…]

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