Last September in Paris I worked on one of my favourite shows–Giambattista Valli, with one of my favourite key makeup artists–Val Garland. The look was clean and sleek and focused on the lash line. The brunettes all got black lower eyeliner and mascara. The blondes all got white eyeliner and mascara. The liner was achieved with black cream liner or black eyeshadow. For the white liner we used MAC fascinating eye kohl. A heavy application of mascara was required without it getting too Tammy Faye! For the white mascara we mixed a concoction which included white MAC Lipmix. I used lash primer to build the lashes quicker, then set powder, then the white mixture applied with a small fan brush. Skin needed to be flawless with a sheen. A touch of Elizabeth Arden eight hour cream was dabbed on the high planes of the face, a little on the eyes, and lips. This show had over 30 models so only a couple of changes were made. Which meant once all the girls were in first looks we slathered their arms and legs with gloss to give them super sheen. On the runway the glow on the face and body looked absolutely gorgeous.

1. Smashbox layer lash primer 2. MAC fascinating eye kohl 3. MAC blacktrack fluidline 4. Dior extase mascara 5.MAC set powder 6. Elizabeth Arden eight hour cream 7. MAC clear gloss 8. Armani luminous silk foundation 9. MAC #205 brush

Last week we finally surpassed our goal of 500 Twitter followers. Thanks to everyone on Twitter for your numerous retweets. As promised we did our random giveaway, and the lucky winner of over $500 worth of product, and brushes is @koko_gonzalez!!!

Since we had so much support, and we love giving free stuff away our next giveaway will be in the new year. Look for upcoming details @smudgestyle.com.

Leona Lewis’ latest album cover is absolutely gorgeous. She couldn’t look more perfect — everything from the lips to the hair is enviable. We put together some products that we thought would recreate the look. Starting with the reddish glossy lip try Revlon Superlustrous Lipstick in Wine with Everything topped off with MAC Glimmerglass in Bling Black. The gloss is a translucent black with a gold shimmer that looks so beautiful on top of red. To get the wet look on the eyes MAC Gloss is going to deliver that glass like shine. However, don’t expect it to stay looking like the picture because it’s gloss and it will move and crease. For a more long lasting look try applying the gloss only under the brow as a highlight. Contour the cheekbones with MAC Taupe blush, because it has a cool undertone and it will resemble a shadow rather than a bronzed glowy look. Finally we recommend Frederic Fekkai Glossing Cream to smooth down unruly locks.

Image from justjared.com