And the 3rd Look.... Amanda!

Amanda

The Last of The Brides Maids...

Not a blood relative, but she may as well be! 

Their Mom's are BFF's (they even look alike), grew up in each others homes and they share all of the same childhood memories!! 

She's known as the honourary sister!

She's a beautiful girl with a flawless smile, who general goes simple - less is more kind of girl!

... but her make-up for the day screamed GLAMOUR and her jewelry did too! 

So I figured, WHY NOT - let's to a Hollywood inspired Oscar-esque style!

I was warned that Amanda's hair doesn't hold a curl so well, so I figured lets play it safe and pin it ALL back, while still keeping it romantic and feminine.

My inspiration:

I put a DEEP side part in Amanda's hair and curled with my 1" barrel (Medium in the Amika Set). Used my infamous concoction of Osis products to produce volume, texture and HOLD. 

Glamour Queen . Dust It . Elastic . Freeze . Sessions

Here's how it turned out!

The Trick:

Make a LOOSE pony tail with all of the curled hair from the ears back - leaving the front sections of your hair loose! 

With bobby pins, secure the pony tail into a loose and messy bun! 

Starting on one side pull small sections of the loose hair from the front - towards the bun and secure into place with bobby pins!

Continue pinning on both sides... there's no RIGHT or WRONG here, just pin in a visually pleasing way!

Check in Next week to see how we achieved the Bride's Princess inspired "Look!"

Oscar Buzz

* I dunno about you guys, but as I watched the red-carpet show I really wasn't too impressed with the make-up looks of the 2010 Oscar Awards!

That being said, when Miley stepped infront of the camera I totally GASPED!!! In my opinion she looks AMAZING!

From Lift Cosmetics; Here's how you would recreate the look!


Prep:
Glowing but NOT shiny. Get this perfectly clear look by Cleansing and Toning with our Alpha Hydroxy Skin Care. Follow up with the Alpha Hydroxy Moisture Complex to smooth out your skin and control shine for the perfect makeup base!
Skin:
Foundation- Keep the skin FLAWLESS with our Flawless Finish Cream Foundation. It provides full coverage and leaves your skin glowing not matte. Plus it comes in a compact great for touch ups!
Bronzer- Then use Lift Cosmetics Tropical Tan Bronzer to contour your skin under your cheek bones and around the edges of your face.
Blush- Apply 811 Cupids Kiss over the apples of cheeks for that glowing golden shine.
Highlighter- Finish off your skin with a glow by sweeping Moon Dust shimmer over your cheekbones, brow bones, and in the inner corner of the eye.

Eyes:
Eyeliner- Use Oynx liner on the upper and lower lashes. Blend with a small brush for that smudgy look.
Lids/Crease- Starting on the lash line working your way up to the crease, apply 30 Steel Mist.
Smoke Effect- Use 109 Black Magic with a small brush and press it over the lash line and smudge up. Smudge Along lower lash line as well.


Lips:
Liner- Line lips with Flesh liner. Fill in the entire lips to make your colours last all night.
Lipstick- Apply Serene Lipglass lipstick for that warm nude soft look.
Gloss- Finish your movie star look with Starlight Mauve gloss to hydrate and highlight your lips!


*Don't forget to fill in your brows, look how perfectly polished Miley's look!
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Oscar Buzz!

You didn't think I would go without talking about the Oscars AT ALL, did you??

Friday's and Saturday's are Tip and Trick Days, So let's foucs on the most talked about "looks" of the 2010 Oscars and see how I can help you recreate it at home! Hope you enjoy.. Xo

Cameron Diaz and Sandra Bullock's hair Stylist seem to been part of the few who didn't get the memo that having hair UP, is totally IN!

As I am sure you all notices all of the fashionista's had they hair pulled back for the big night! Most of them where showing volume and texture which made the styles look less manicured and more organic to juxtipose their well polished jewlery and perfectly hemmed dresses!

(Miley Had the best of this look, but we will be using here for tomorrow's make-up tips!)

Here's how you can do it at home in 10 easy steps...

1. Don't wash your hair for 2 days!
2.  Apply DUST IT, by Osis to the roots!
3. Flip your head upside down and place your hands (with fingers spread apart) at the root and shake shake shake!
4. Flip back over and your hair should be pretty messy and big! Spray that mess with ELASTIC, by Osis *On promo at Lift right now! Receive a free Dry style and Mini Make-up App Certificate with the purchase of any Osis Hair Spray.
5. If you like LOTS of volume, add a little back combing.
6. Divide the hair into 2 sections and put each section into a pony, one above the other.
7.  Use a tail comb or your fingers to pull and loosen the hair near your face. Leave it messy!
8. Curl the 2 pony's, brush them out, and then tease!
9.  Now start pinning!
10. Spray again with Elastic and TADAAA!!! Looks Beautiful!