Saturday, February 27, 2010

Luis' tips featured in AOL Latino:

Tips de maquillaje experto Mary Kay
From AOL Latino:
http://www.estilodiario.com/2010/02/14/mary-kay-experto-tips-maquillaje/ 
 Luis Casco, maquillista exclusivo para la línea de belleza Mary Kay te ofrece sus consejos para sacar a la luz tu mejor cara.

Sigue los pasos de este experto que por años se ha consagrado a la belleza y ha tenido la oportunidad de maquillar a figuras de renombre como Kate del Castillo, entre otras. Desde cómo agrandar tus labios hasta la forma más eficaz de afinar tu nariz, Casco te lo explica en detalle cómo lograrlo con la ayuda del maquillaje.

Según Luis Casco...

1. Si quieres agrandar tus labios debes...
+ Utilizar tonos más livianos. Los tonos oscuros darán la impresión de tener labios pequeños.
+ Añade un toque de luz con un brillo labial justo en el centro de los labios. Una opción puede ser el Mary Kay's Nourishine® Lip Gloss en Starry.
+ Invierte en un lápiz delineador de tono neutral. Es perfecto para crear tus labios soñados y rellenarlos.
+ Si aplicas base en tus labios, ayudará a mantener el color en su sitio y durará más.

2. Para afinar la nariz debes...
+ Aplicar un toque de Mary Kay® Facial Highlighting Pen justo donde la luz se nota en tu nariz.
+ Utiliza una sombra sin brillo para definir los lados de tu nariz. Ten cuidado al mezclar, te sugiero que practiques. Hazlo cerca de una ventana con luz natural para que no se note tan obvio, y opta por una brocha mediana.

3. Para lucir unos pómulos impecables...
+ Mírate en el espejo y sonríe. Esa área prominente en tus mejillas, son las famosas "manzanas" de tus mejillas. Aquí es donde quieres aplicar color.
+ Si crees que tu rostro es muy redondo, simula que estás dando un beso exagerado, y sobre esa área donde se nota más oscuro, aplica un poco de sombra sin brillo. Puede ser también un polvo de un tono más oscuro que el que normalmente usas.

4. Para maquillaje diario, ideal para la oficina, ¿qué colores de sombra debes escoger?
+ Si trrabajas en una oficina, probablemente estás expuesta a mucha luz artificial. Ten presente que la luz puede ser muy azul. Opta por colores neutrales. Mary Kay tiene maravillosas sombras minerales en colores, moonstone, spun silk, honey spice, que pueden funcionar muy bien.
+ Utiliza productos que no tienen mucha pigmentación azul en su composición.

6. Si tuvieras sólo $30 para maquillaje, cuáles serían los indispensables...
+ Mary Kay's Ultimate Mascara™ ($15) y el Tinted Lip Balm Sunscreen SPF 15 ($13)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Latina celebrities front row at Fashion Week

 
Ana de la Reguera at Carolina Herrera
Kat de Luna at Christian Siriano
Zoe Saldaña at Prabal Gurung
 
Rosario Dawson at Tommy Hilfiger
Nina Garcia at Carolina Herrera

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

New work..

 
Photo:Steve Erle   Hair:Bernard Tamme  Makeup: Luis Casco   Styling: Brett McCall

These are a couple of shots from a shoot I did recently.  The theme was late 70's disco queen.  
I wanted to share them with you and tell you about the products I used on the eyes.
 I used Mac's liquidlast liner in Blue Horizon right at the base of the lower lashes, on top lashes I used the color in Aqualine.  They have amazing pay off and dry very quickly.
 

I then lined the waterline with Urban decay's 24/7 glide-on pencils in Grafitti and Electric.  I like the texture it gave applied over the liquidlast and they worked as a great sealer.
 


 



Sunday, February 21, 2010

Huge trend for Fall 2010- Red lips!

I'm seeing them over and over, so I'm calling it red lips are going to be the rage for Fall 2010!!!
What's different this time?  Mostly no gloss, it's either a very matte texture or a creamy right-out-of-the tube consistency. 
Another trend-  Muted eyes usually balanced the strong lips but at some shows the drama was on!

 
Tory Burch
 
Proenza Schouler
 
Karen Walker
 
Prabal Gurung
Donna Karan
Herve Leger
 
Costelo Gliapietra

  
United Bamboo
  
Vena Cava
 
Luca Luca

 Had to get this one in :) Betsey Johnson


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Fall 2010 makeup trends days 4/5

most interesting eye this season so far.  The vertical lines on the eye at Zac Pozen
 
Charcoal black all over the eyes with a pop of silver in the inner corners at Diane Von Fustenberg
 
Perfect black eyeliner at Jill Stuart
 
Modern cleopatra eyeliner all on the bottom lid at Catherine Malandrino
 
The heavy eyebrow and bronzed contour at Thakoon
Monochramatic browns at DKNY
Winged eyeliner at Philosphy by Alberta Ferreeri

Monday, February 15, 2010

Fall 2010 make up trends- days 3/4

 
Happy models with gray smoky eyes at Lacoste
 
Superhero eyeliner, fake bangs and ponytails at Jen Kao
 
Deep purple lips at Peter Som
 
Bleached eyebrows and copper lids at Ports 1961
 
Lavender/pink and silver combination at Preen
 Copper red eyelids and sticky hair at Alexander Wang


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Fall 2010 make up trends- day 2/3

 
Feather eyelashes at Cynthia Rowley

 
Different color crimped extensions at Cynthia Rowley

 
Full eyebrows and strong lips at Christian Siriano

 
Victoria Secret's VS makeup chart at Christian Siriano

  
Glittery purple lips at Doo.ri

 
Rag & Bone- black liner and nothing else..

 
Silver lids at Jason Wu

Friday, February 12, 2010

Latina event for a great cause

To all chicas in NY:



WHO:  Cover FX, dermatologists’ first choice for flawless looking skin, joins Patricia Mahecha, President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Carlos Otero, master hair and makeup artist and Karen Hoyos, International celebrity from Colombia.

WHAT: Together, to celebrate Latino women they are hosting “If You Don’t Love Yourself, Then Who Would?” which celebrates Latino women and their beauty.  Cover FXwill be displayed with makeup artists on hand to answer questions and sample product. 
WHEN:           February 28th, 2010
            4 – 7 pm
            62-05 30 Avenida
            Woodside, NY 11377

WHERE:        Natives Restaurant
                        www.nativesrestaurant.com
                        Jackson Heights, Queens

Fall 2010 makeup. NY fashion week- days 1,2

I will be posting the most interesting looks from Fashion week in NY.
LAMB- Goth strong eyes and lips.  Lips were lined into heavy points..Strong but very hard
Also at LAMB- I know this girl..she's Costa Rican model Nadine Maxwell- first show during Fashion Week, I know she was sooo nervous.  Felicidades!!!
Daniel Vosovic (yes from Project Runway)  Showed all Asian models with beautiful copper lids and lips.  Refreshing look for Fall!

Vena Cava- Orange/matte lips

Erin Wasson- Charlotte Willer for Maybelline created the "one crazy eyebrow" look.  Used black eyeliner to line the mouth beneath  to make lips look "hard"

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Jessica alba at the "Valentine's Day" Premiere 2/9/2010

Jessica worked the red carpet last night with a look that I thought was best left on the runway...
She wore a Proenza Schouler feather dress with peacock green eyeshadow and her new short and messy hair style.
Her concealer is way too light and  you really see the contouring on her nose.  Her hair looks frizzy, maybe she got caught in some of the rains we had yesterday :)
Proenza Schouler feather dress
The dress on the runway