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Breaking Down Beauty: Glitter Eyeliner

By Sheila Arkee

Besides being pretty to look at, glitter is a lot of fun to incorporate in your makeup. As much as I love wearing glitter, I realize that glitter can be a bit intimidating. What do do with it, exactly? It doesn’t really stick to anything, so keep in mind that you always need to use [...]

Breaking Down Beauty: The Pencil Brush

By Sheila Arkee

Kate’s recent videos reminded me that it’s been a long, long while since I’ve made a video tutorial. Whoops! Time just flies by, you know!

What better occasion than a Breaking Down Beauty with a focus on the pencil brush. Here’s a video, and following, a pictoral breakdown.

I’ve discussed my favorite, basic brushes in [...]

Smokey Eyes – A Video Tutorial

By Kate Valancy

Editor’s Note: After watching Kate’s pink lip tutorial from last week, I just HAD to know what she did to get those amazing smokey eyes. Kate graciously agreed to film a great smokey eye tutorial. Thanks, Kate, and enjoy, dear readers! – Sheila

Going for the Greens

By Sheila Arkee

Elizabeth, a longtime fan of Painted Ladies and one of my favorite online friends, was kind enough to break down some neutral colors she uses to bring attention to her gorgeous green eyes.  

Notice that Elizabeth uses a light coral shade on the lid, which is a beautiful way to subtly make green-toned eyes pop. Here, [...]

Sweet Lady Winner!

By Sheila Arkee

To all of you who responded to the Breaking Down Beauty Party post, I want to thank you for your candor and idea. You’ve given me direction that I needed!

I’ll be announcing the plan very soon, so stay tuned for more information. If you’re in the Southern California area and would like to [...]

Breaking Down Beauty Parties –Your Feedback Wanted

By Sheila Arkee

For a long time, I’ve been tossing this idea back and forth in my head. What if there’s a way to bring what I do with Breaking Down Beauty to a more personal level? This is something I’m passionate about and love, after all.

I’m thinking about putting together a seminar or workshop where [...]

The Perfect Pink Lip for Smokey Eyes

By Kate Valancy

Enjoy!

Breaking Down Beauty: Basic Lip Application

By Sheila Arkee

So, I spend quite a bit of time talking about eyeshadow and eye color application, but what about the lips? Truth is, even when I’m wearing some of my more outrageous eye looks, I tend to keep it simple on my lips. A dash of lip balm, and I’m set!

There are times, though, [...]

Breaking Down Beauty: How to make your shadow go KABLAM!

By Sheila Arkee

The gals over at the Latest Beauty blog graciously asked me to guest blog for them, and I shared one of my favorite tricks for making the most out of your eyeshadow. Don’t think I wasn’t going to share it with you! Perish the thought!

I firmly believe that every person who uses eye [...]

Breaking Down Beauty: Applying Glitter

By Sheila

After breaking down how to get rid of extra glitter last week, I thought I should do a little something about how to get glitter ON your eyes, cheeks, or anywhere on your face.

It looks pretty, but it’s impossible to make glitter in it’s purest form stick on your face. That’s because there are no [...]