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Review: Damon Roberts Brow Sculpting Service at Damone Roberts Midtown {Guest Post}

January 24, 2013 by Kim S. / blog, Reviews / 0 comments

As a Christmas gift, because I’m always looking for new ways to enhance and correct my crazy brows, my sister purchased a coupon for me through GILT to visit Damone Roberts Midtown brow and beauty bar in the Fashion District of Manhattan.

“Considered one of the top beauty artist in the business, Damone’s talent for painting faces and sculpting the perfect arch has graced some of the world’s most beautiful and famous people including Madonna, Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Megan Fox, Vanessa Williams, Mandy Moore, Alicia Keys and Robert Downey Jr.”

Damone Roberts Midtown — Finished sculpted brows. I’m happy!

Upon entering, it is a quaint, clean space broken up into rooms. The receptionist was extremely nice (especially, since I was about 30-minutes late to my appointment).

I have what you may call, troubled eyebrows. After plucking the ends of my eyebrows off my 1st year in college (never, I repeat, NEVER listen to your older sister) my brows never grew the same.

My aesthetician at Damone Roberts Midtown was Gina. She was very welcoming and made me feel extremely comfortable. I thought the coupon only allowed waxing but, Gina asked about my brow history (including my crazy brow plucking story which she found very amusing) and I told her that waxing and threading make me break out badly. I have really sensitive skin. She offered to pluck my eyebrows because it’s the only way I can shape my brows with minimal irritation and the plucking doesn’t bother me at all. This was an additional $5, which wasn’t much to give up especially since I didn’t want to walk around with red-hot skin and tiny marks in my brow area.

Damone Roberts’ Artists were selected from a pool of talented estheticians to train and work under Damone’s supervision. Today, they are proudly recognized for carrying out the Damone Roberts® tradition for sculpting the perfect arch every time.”

Gina cleaned my brows and surrounding skin and went over with me exactly what she was planning to do. After my brows were shaped, she placed a little bit of Damone Roberts: Brow Gain under the arch and on the ends of brows. She covered it with concealer (it leaves a white residue) and continued by filling in my brows and defining it with a pencil. I must say that I loved my eyebrows!

Damone Roberts Midtown 1 Damone Roberts Midtown 2

Gina, filled-in my brows, which actually came out very natural-looking, after she was done shaping them. I loved the end result.

Damone Roberts Midtown

I decided to purchase the Brow Gain ($35) at the end of my session.

“Whether by over waxing or over tweezing, you may suffer from thinning eyebrows. Sometimes we can also lose eyebrow hair, as one tends to mature. Fuller eyebrows equal youthful eyebrows.” -Damone Roberts …

It takes approximately 6-8 weeks for you to see results and she instructed that I use it at night especially since I don’t normally wear make-up during the day to cover up the thin white film it may leave behind. I will post a review in a few weeks.
I didn’t do much research on the Salon or Damone Roberts until I came home. Unfortunately, the price to have Gina do my eyebrows on a regular basis is not in my budget, $50 + $5 for tweezing only. I will definitely go back for special occasions.

Damone Roberts Midtown on Social Networks

Twitter: @DamoneRoberts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/damone.roberts?ref=ts

Youtube: Damone Roberts

Makeup by Kim Porter Readers Join Nail Art Society for 50% Off!

January 22, 2013 by Kim S. / blog, Miscellaneous / 0 comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, there’s no way you haven’t noticed that Nail Art is all of the rage right now. Nail Art is ever changing, is fun, and allows an individual to make a statement about their own personal style. I’ve dabbled in Nail Art here and there; I’ve by no means, have mastered it, but trying different things is fun! Thanks to Nail Art Society, a monthly subscription service that specializes in only nail art, everyone will have access to an affordable way to try the latest trends in nail art at home.

Nail Art Society Founder, Tia Valenciano states,

“We are so excited for this partnership as ES Nail is known for creating some of the most elaborate Nail Art Designs for who’s who of Hollywood Starlets! Although Japanese nail art has grown so much with popularity in Japan, it has yet to saturate the US yet. That is until NAS and ES Nail have partnered together. ES Nail was even behind Katy Perry’s notorious Obama Manicure that spread through Twitter like a wildfire. This is only the beginning of what’s coming!”

Celebrities that are already fans of ES Nail include: Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Brandy, Katy Perry, Zendaya Coleman, Cassie, Bella Thorne.

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Membership

Currently, this subscription service is available only in the United States. It costs $19.95 per month (Join this month and enter code NAS10 at checkout to receive 50% off your monthly membership, bringing it to $9.95/month for the lifetime of your membership), $58.85 per quarter, or $219.40 for yearly

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Disclosure: Information was provided to me by the company or its PR for informational purposes. I was not compensated in any way for this post.

See swatches of the AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette

January 16, 2013 by Kim S. / blog, Product Swatches / 1 Comment

Celebrity makeup artist, AJ Crimson – you’ve seen him on David Tutera’s ‘My Fair Wedding’, and he’s also responsible for doing the makeup of artists like Letoya Luckett and Amerie – has launched recently, a line of cream foundations, and a multi-functional palette of cream foundations that can be used to cover, conceal and contour the face. The AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette was released early because AJ Crimson was too excited about his new baby. I was lucky enough to win one through his social media giveaway.

Here’s a sneak peak of what the palette looks like:

AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette

My Thoughts:

I must say, that I was extremely excited to win this palette. AJ Crimson describes his line of makeup as “The Make Up of Makeup Artists.” The AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette definitely screams that – from the packaging, to the shades that are included in the palette, and the versatility of the product. AJ Crimson definitely had the Makeup artist in mind when creating it. Makeup artists, like myself, no longer have to lug around multiple products, which can become heavy! This palette is so light-weight. I’ve toted it around in my pocket book for the last few days, and didn’t even notice it.

The palette includes dark and light shades, which can be mixed to match any complexion. I love the texture of the products; they’re very creamy and lightweight. They’re full-coverage, but, don’t let that scare you, because creams can easily be thinned out to achieve the coverage you want.

It was cool to see that AJ collaborated with a new cosmetics line favorite, OFRA Cosmetics Labs (they make the eyeshadow palette I love), to create the AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette. You know you’re getting quality items.

The one thing I did not care for too much was the brush. It will work for applying the product to smaller areas like the corners of the nose. I doubt I will use it that much.

I can’t wait to seriously play with the AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette!

On AJ’s facebook page, he provided some tips on using the palette.

Tip: To cover dark marks and under eye circles lightly “stain” the area with shade #1. Then apply your all over shade over top to completely CONCEAL the area! Flawless finish!

For more tips, follow AJ Crimson on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ajcrimson

Where to purchase it:

The AJ Crimson Coverage Conceal Contour Palette can be purchased at AJCrimson.com

Retail: $29.50

Word on the street is, the palette will also be available in March at The Makeup Show LA! It might be available at a discounted price, too!

Get the Look: Zooey Deschanel Golden Globes Makeup Look using tarte Cosmetics

January 13, 2013 by Kim S. / blog, Makeup Looks / 0 comments

Celebrity makeup artist Jorjee Douglas stated the following about the inspiration for Zooey Deschanel’s Golden Globes Makeup look: “We always love to go very 60s with Zooey’s makeup, so we look at Brigitte Bardot and Twiggy for inspiration. We went with a modern Zooey version that made her blue eyes pop.”

Zooey Deschanel Golden Globes

Face:

She prepped Zooey’s skin the night before with tarte’s pure maracuja oil to keep her skin soft and glowy.
To even out her complexion and ensure her foundation lasted she applied BB tinted treatment primer in fair.
Next, she blended tarte’s maracuja miracle 12-hr foundation to add extra radiance to her complexion. To conceal any uneven skin she used tarte’s maracuja creaseless concealer underneath her eyes.
She added a pop of color with tarte’s Amazonian clay 12-hour blush in frisky to the apples of her cheeks.
For a touch of shimmer, she applied maracuja blush & glow brightening lumiziner and cheek tint in candlelight to the tops of her cheekbones and set her t-zone with a light dusting of Amazonian clay finishing powder.

Eyes:

For a strong and defined brow, she used a mixture of tarte’s Amazonian clay waterproof brow pencil in taupe and medium brown.
To make Zooey’s blue eyes pop, she started by blending the bronze shadows from tarte’s beauty & the box Amazonian clay eyeshadow quad in “in the buff” all over her lids.
To create a cat-eye shape, she drew tarte’s multiplEYE lash enhancing liquid line r over her top lashline, with a dip at the outer corner.
Inspired by Twiggy’s lashes, she painted on tiny lashes underneath her bottom lashes with the precise tip ofmultiplEYE lash enhancing liquid liner.
She finished by applying two coats of lights, camera, lashes! 4-in-1 mascara to add major volume and drama to her lashes.

Lips:

Jorjee patted tarte’s glamazon pure performance 12-hour lipstick in bold over Zooey’s lips with her fingers to create a light stain and then went over it with LipSurgence lip luster in delighted to add extra shine.