Want to go see Selena Gomez new movie this Thursday?

I have advance screening passes for the new 20 Century Fox film, MONTE CARLO, starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) and Cory Monteith (Glee).

The film follows Grace (Selena), her step sister (Leighton) and her best friend (Katie Cassidy) as they take the trip of a lifetime to Paris. However, shortly after arriving, Grace is mistaken for a wealthy European Heiress and is wisked away to Monte Carlo to live a life of luxury. Through this case of mistaken identity, Grace finally figures out who she really is.

Please leave a post and tell me what city you'd like to attend to win advance screening passes in LA, NY and Miami for this Thursday, June 30. (7pm) *I can pick 10 winners (plus a guest) per market.

Please leave a post with an e-mail address for us to contact you (passes will be e-mailed)!  I appreciate any follows :)

My new cover with Chiqui Delgado is out!

Check out my new Cosmo cover with the gorgeous, sweet, lovely (did I say how much I like her?:)
Chiquinquira Delgado from Univision and Despierta America.  It is the July 2011 issue that is out in the newstands now.  She is wearing an Herve Leger dress that fits her like a glove!

Chiquinquira Delgado July 2011 Cosmopolitan En Español Cover Makeup by Luis Casco, Hair by Luis Beltran, Styling by Brett McCall. Photo: Beth Studenberg

I will be posting some other shots along with some of the makeup products I used on her very soon.

New editorial in "Siempre Mujer" magazine

Here's a new story that's out in the newstands now in "Siempre Mujer" magazine's June/July 2011 issue.  I love these shots that we did in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.  I wanted the model's skin (Isabel C. from Spain) to look bronzed and used a gold pigment on her eyes and a pink eyeshadow mixed with lip balm on her lips.
And yes, that beautiful blue water and sky really looked like that!!!

Siempre Mujer magazine June 2011 makeup by Luis Casco

Siempre Mujer magazine June 2011 makeup by Luis Casco

Siempre Mujer magazine June 2011 makeup by Luis Casco

Siempre Mujer magazine June 2011 makeup by Luis Casco

Siempre Mujer magazine June 2011 makeup by Luis Casco

Luis' new makeup video

Selena Gomez at the MTV movie awards

Selena's makeup at the MTV movie awards 2011

 Here are all the products by Covergirl used on Selena Gomez last night at the MTV movie awards- makeup by Karan Mitchell.  Pretty!!!

(ENGLISH) Selena Gomez at the MTV Movie Awards by Celebrity Makeup Artist, Karan Mitchell

•    For the MTV Movie Awards, Selena wanted her makeup look to be fresh and flawless. We went with a look that had a soft focus and pretty pink lips.

•    I started with Selena's eyes. I selected the COVERGIRL Shimmering Sands Eye Enhancer 3-Kits Shadows for her shadow. I used the medium shade of the palette as all over the eye area. I then used the lightest shade on the inside corners and as a highlight under her brow bone.

•    I then lined her upper and lower lashline with COVERGIRL Perfect Blend Eyeliner in Basic Black. To line the upper lashes I used COVERGiRL LineExact Liquid liner in Very Black and drew a slight wing on the outer corners. I added a few individual lashes and used three coats of new COVERGIRL NatureLuxe Water Resistant Mousse Mascara in Black. This mascara will be available in-store nationwide in July.

•    For her flawless skin, I used NatureLuxe Silk Foundation in Oak. On her cheeks I applied COVERGIRL Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush in Lush Berry under the cheekbone and blended upward.

•    I then finished the look with COVERGIRL LipPerfection lipcolor in the soft shimmering pink shade Sweetheart and COVERGIRL ShineBlast Lip Gloss in Dazzle.


(SPANISH) Selena Gómez en los MTV Movie Awards por famosa artista de  maquillaje, Karan Mitchell 

•    Para los premios, MTV Movie Awards, Selena quería que su maquillaje luciera fresco y sin defectos. Para ello, nos enfocamos en un look suave con lindos labios de color rosa.

•    Comencé con los ojos de Selena, seleccioné el juego de sombras COVERGIRL Shimmering Sands Eye Enhancer 3-Kits Shadows. Utilicé la sombra con el tono medio de la paleta de colores para todo el contorno de los ojos.  Luego utilicé la sombra más clara en las esquinas interiores de los ojos y como un resaltador, la apliqué también en el hueso debajo de las cejas.

•    Entonces, le coloqué el delineador  COVERGIRL Perfect Blend Eyeliner en negro básico (Basic Black) sobre línea superiores e inferiores de sus pestañas.Para la línea de sus pestañas superiores le apliqué COVERGiRL LineExact Liquid liner en el color negro intenso (Very Black) y dibujé una línea más acentuada para lograr como vértices en las esquinas exteriores, añadiendo unas pocas  pestañas individuales y utilizando tres capas del nuevo rímel de COVERGIRL resistente al agua, NatureLuxe Water Resistant Mousse Mascara en Negro que estará disponible en tiendas a nivel nacional en julio.

•    Para su tipo de piel casi perfecta, le coloqué la base de CoverGirl  NatureLuxe Silk Foundation en color roble (Oak).  En sus mejillas apliqué el rubor COVERGIRL Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush en color cereza (Lush Berry) comenzando en el pómulo y difuminándola hacia arriba.

•    Finalmente terminé el look con el lápiz de labios COVERGIRL LipPerfection lipcolor en  un color rosa suave (Sweetheart) y luego para deslumbrar apliqué el brillo de labios COVERGIRL ShineBlast Lip Gloss en el tono llamado (Dazzle).

My makeup on new cover with Gaby Espino

The June issue of Cosmopolitan en Español has my new cover with actress Gaby Espino and is out on the newstands now!  We shot in Miami a couple of months ago at The Tides hotel in South Beach.
Here's the cover:

Gaby Espino- Cosmopolitan June 2011 Makeup by Luis Casco Styled by Brett McCall Hair Luis Beltran

This was one of the few times that the magazine has done a swimsuit cover so we really wanted her skin and body to look luminous.  On her face I used the new Mary Kay Foundation Primer, I applied this all over the face (I like to press it on the skin with a brush or my fingers)  It's great if you concentrate it in the middle of the face.  We were going to be a outside and at the beach so I didn't want to keep re-applying the makeup and I didn't have to!!
http://www.marykay.com/color/foundations/default.aspx

Mary Kay Foundation Primer

Next, I used Mary Kay Tinted Moisturizer.  On the cheeks Mary Kay cream blush in Cranberry.  This color looks strong when you first apply it but it looks beautiful after is blended well.  Try applying the cream blush with a makeup sponge over the foundation and it will give you just the right amount of color.  Besides, Gaby really loves blush and it looks great on her!
On the eyes I used a great neutral duo eyeshadow palette from Nars called Dogon.  It has the most perfect charcoal black that worked well with her eyes followed by DIORLINER precision eyeliner in black and Ardell lashes #105 finished off with DIORSHOW mascara.


I've been asked  what I used on her body to make it look so glossy.  It was actually a product that Gaby kept going on and on about and that she introduced me to that day.

LORAC TANtalizer

It was LORAC'S TANtalizer Body Bronzer Luminizer available at: http://www.loraccosmetics.com/p-21-font-colorcb0000-size1best-seller-fonttantalizerbrfont-size1body-bronzing-luminizerfont.aspx
I loved the way it looked on her skin- it literally made it look like the color on the tube.  Golden and bronze.  I was also amazed at the fact that after it dried in about 10 minutes it didn't come off on any of the swimsuits (we even shot a white one) and that's a true test for a product like this.  I think it will look great on medium to darker skin tones but I've yet to try it on someone with fair skin-- Let me know if you have!!


Here are some of the other shots we did that day:

Gaby Espino- Cosmopolitan June 2011 Makeup by Luis Casco

Gaby Espino- Cosmopolitan June 2011 Makeup by Luis Casco

Backstage of Gaby Espino shoot on Telemundo. Luis Casco makeup