Makeup trends Worth the Price

When it comes to fashion trends makeup is always the safest way to get the most bang out of you buck. And  stay ahead of the curve and truly stand out in the sea of fashion plates. So as a rule I always tell clients to buy Basics and classic looks. Stay on trend buy keeping in style with makeup and hair trends of the day. Here’s a quick write up I found on this Springs Makeup Trends.

EVERY season we wonder what the four major fashion weeks will throw up in terms of beauty trends, and for spring/summer 2013 there is as much to work with as ever.

Eyes were the focus at shows across all four cities, with Donna Karan and Altuzarra in New York, Clements Ribeiro and Christopher Kane in London, Gucci and Versace in Milan and Chanel and Dior in Paris all choosing to draw attention to coloured liner, jewelled lids and extra-long lashes.

Meanwhile, matte lips at the likes of Giles, Rochas and Burberry Prorsum pepped up pared-back beauty looks, whilst Marc Jacobs and Moschino’s Sixties focus held its own against the Nineties grunge liner at of Lanvin and 3.1 Phillip Lim.

 

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Dafina Zeqiri Ft. Ledri Vaula- “Tonight” Amazing video so glad I got to be part of it Big love to all
Directed By Jay Veesualz
MakeUp Gabrial Geismar For Mac MakeUp
Styling Gabrial Geismar and Sanaz Enshaian
Hair Anthony Micheal Brown

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Pink Hair Is All the Rage—Just Like it Was in 1914

Posted Thursday, May 12, 2011 10:27 AM | By Julia Felsenthal

A few weeks ago, I was startled out of a Facebook-browsing trance when I noticed that a particularly chic friend had replaced her longstanding profile photo with one in which her blond hair appeared to be dyed a dusty, rosy pink. The friend in question is a former fashion director at CondeNast, a thirty-something who is always impeccably dressed, walking the perfect line between trend and sophistication.  What in the world was she doing with pink hair? Could this possibly be a “thing”?  The answer, Google quickly informed me, is yes.

If you haven’t been following the fashion press for the past year or two, you may not have noticed that pink hair has left the realm of the super weird and migrated to the realm of the fashion forward. (Perhaps you are also thinking that this distinction is rather slight.) For the Spring 2011 shows last September, designers like Zac Posen and Giles sent models down the runway with cherry-colored streaks and salmon-y highlights.  By the Fall 2011 shows this February, Harper’s Bazaar noticed pink heads of hair on the runways of Richard Chai, United Bamboo, and Prabal Gurung. It was officially a trend. The poster girl for the style is Charlotte Free, an 18-year-old model who has been compared to Kate Moss; she set herself apart during the Fall season with tresses colored, for different shows, several varying shades of pink. (The Telegraph has a slideshow of Free’s multiple hues, which also illustrates the trend as worn by musicians Nicki Minaj, Ellie Goulding, Avril Lavigne, and, oddly, John Cale.)  At the intersection of high fashion and high weird, Vogue’s March cover featured Lady Gaga wearing a pale pink bobbed wig that looked one part Jazz Age flapper, one part Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element (only pinker).

The color of the moment is less neon than cotton candy—a muted, dreamy pastel that mirrors in intensity the blue tinge of an elderly lady’s perm, and in shade the liquid amoxicillin you had to choke down for ear infections in the ’80s. Though fashion’s current embrace of pink hair may seem daringly nouveau, a quick look at newspapers from the past century reveals that, long before the birth of punk, and long before the birth of Pink, the industry was fascinated by blush-colored hair—not because pink was rock ‘n roll, but because it was pretty.

United States, 1914 and 1915

A writer named Margaret Mason was an early advocate of the pink hair trend.  In florid, punny prose, she wrote about the joys of pink hair in a January 2, 1914 piece for the United Press titled “Mad Rush of Color Extends to the Hair.” “If you are simply dyeing to be fashionable,” wrote Mason, “then choose a bright shade of cerise, for pink hair is the pink of fashionable perfection.”  A year later, in the Milwaukee Sentinel, Mason extolled the virtues of henna dye.  “Haste then and hie you to the henna if you are a wise woman,” she declared.  “Begin to red up immediately.  If you would be the pink of perfection, you certainly must have pink hair.”

New York, 1937

Some twenty years later, the A.P. reported that hair “tinted ‘a tender, tender rose’ is the great new thing in women’s styles.” This was according to a European hair stylist named Leo of Vienna, who was in New York to present at the Austria booth of the world fair. “Pink hair,” claimed Leo, “is perfect for evening, ‘because women, at evening, should always look flower-like.'” Leo, whose clients included the Duchess of Windsor (who, incidentally, did not dye her hair pink), also maintained that women should change their hairstyles at least 10 to 12 times per year, “because many men are completely sick of the way their wives do their hair.”

London and Hollywood, 1940

In World War II-era London, the U.P. reported, blondes who found that their hair clashed with their khaki uniforms began clamoring for a pink tint. “Blondes are going to turn pink because they have found out that their soldier boy friends prefer brunettes or chestnuts-or pinks,” wrote the U.P. in September, 1940. Across the pond in Hollywood, the  A.P. reported that Max Factor Jr., makeup artist to the stars (and, apparently, conspiracy theorist), believed that a new, naturally pink-haired breed of humans might one day threaten the viability of blonds and brunettes. Intermarriage between blonds and brunettes, Factor maintained, would eventually lead to a crop of “brownets”, or pink-haired people. But don’t worry, the U.P. wrote. “Factor believes we won’t be in the pink for 300 years, at the soonest.”

 Paris, 1948

In 1948, an article printed in the Toledo Blade declared that the “fabulous style center” of Paris “not only dictates what color dresses a woman will wear, but it even tells her what color hair she must have if she wants to be up to the minute.” At a meeting of the High Fashion Coiffeurs Union—an organization that, sadly, seems to be now defunct—three new hair shades were promoted as the next big thing. The “most startling” was one called “hermine rose.” “No hair could possibly come that way and it is a safe guess that it would be awfully hard to keep it that way,” the reporter asserted. “But it’s highly decorative, startling and brand new.”

Wisbech, England, 1960

Though pink hair trends are generally geared toward the fairer sex (John Cale and Dennis Rodman notwithstanding), a November 1960 bit from the A.P. declared that in at least one Cambridgeshire town, “A boy without pink hair is a boy without a girl friend.”  An eighteen-year-old named David Grange told the newspaper, “At first the girls laughed but now they won’t go out with any boy who hasn’t got pink hair…It makes you stand out in a crowd.”  The trend unfairly favored blond boys, though, as “on chaps with dark hair the solution tends to turn their hair scarlet.”

Photograph courtesy of Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for TRESemme.

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Are you at a loss when it comes to Fashion?

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Day One

1. A full assessment of your wardrobe to see what work’s and what needs to go.
2. Organization of both your full wardrobe, shoes and accessory.
3. A shopping list of what needs to be purchased to complete your wardrobe so you will always have the classic basic items that never go out of style and will complete any unfinished looks.
4. A consultation to help teach you to work with what works best with your body type so you can style yourself daily in a more fashionable way.
5. Finally  to help you understand how to work with your best clothing a Day and Evening look will be styled for one full week the next week

Day Two

1. After seeing what you have to work with. I will have made a list of style classics that every woman should own to have a complete a truly stylish wardrobe at her finger tips for any occasion.
2. Then together we will come up with a budget and go on a personal shopping tip to a mall or shopping center that best fits your budget but still complete your wardrobe with some investment pieces, and some inexpensive basics.

You will not only walk a way with a full proof styled wardrobe you will also learn all the tricks and the essential things to keep in mind. So you will always be Fashionable and Looking and Feeling your best!

Gabrial Geismar’s work has been shown in major publications such as: Vogue, Harrper Bazzar, Elle, WWD, Allure, Glamor, and Cosmopolitan to name a few. He is regarded as the personal stylist of the Stars for such  Red Carpet events as The Emmy’s, The Oscars, MTV Music Awards, The Grammys , and count less other Special Events and Galas. Amongst his may accomplishments he was “The World First Supermodel” Janice Dickinson’s personal, public, and private Wardrobe and Image Consultant for 8 years. In which time he was in charge of every aspect of The Iconic Supermodels Wardrobe Styling and all around look . This includes, Five television series which she stared in Nine seasons. He was in charge of everything from Promo styling for print ads and commercials, as well as art direction and styling for the cover and images in book three on Regan Books entitled “Check Please !“. As well as her one woman show WWJD and countless public appearances  for television, editorial, and special events.

For a consultation please send your contact info to Gabrial_Styles@hotmail.com and some one will get back to you shortly. For a sample of my styling work please visit me Here.

When it All goes Rite!

To day I had the pleasure of working with Sabrina ” KingQueen” styling her and doing her makeup for a Red Carpet event for Infusion Lounge grad opening at Universal CityWalk. She is wearing a Johnny Sakalis Dress from his fall 2010 Collection. Jewelry by Gabriel Perez big thanks to him for the drop bullet earrings , hot right! What can I say when it all goes rite it’s magic!

Red Carpet Do’s and Dont’s

If you’ve been in the Los Angles Fashion and beauty seen as long as I have you learn a thing or to about Styling and Makeup for an event. Here are some simple rules;

1. Do a fitting the day before if possible ( Most Red Carpet Dresses are samples from the designers PR firm so unless your client is the fit model for that line the garment will need some alterations that can be changed back when you return the sample. So as a stylist a seamstress assistant on hand is going to be your best friend.)
2. Always steam the dress to perfection and have it looking like it just returned from the dry cleaners.
3. Treat the dress be lent for the night like it isn’t yours i.e. no spraying perfume on it make sure the client is aware if anything happens to the dress they will be responsible to either buy it or repair it.
4. Double stick tape is your best friend!( My fist styling gig with Janice Dickinson I pulled a beautiful jewel encrusted light green gown. We never did a fitting cause Janice is usually a sample size except in the breast were seen usually just fills out the chest more than most. On this particular dress though the chest was roomy. Well needless to say we were in a rush and I had no clue about double stick tape. Next morning in every paper there she was bent over giving a kiss to the cameras and full nipple showing. So that’s how I learned my lesson about double stick tape.)
5. When in doubt safety-pin! ( If it’s not right or somethings wrong safety pins will always save the day and can easily be hidden)
6. All you need to know about Red Carpet make up is match your foundation well so they aren’t to light or dark, easy on the highlighting concealer, and the press shoots with flash so every thing has to be done darker and heavier It may look heavy in person but on film with a flash as the light source everything will get blown out to normal. So just kick the makeup up a notch and the images will look great in print.

Style Notes Color Fall 2011/2012

Here is a hit list of Colors for Fall 2011/2012 it’s all about color this year!

1. Blue everything from True bright Brilliant Blues to Navy’s and soft Blues Blue is the color of Summer into Fall 2011.

2. Neutrals like Maroon, Camel and Caramels are back and Big In Fall 2012. These colors are always complementary of the face and you can’t miss with Neutrals in your wardrobe.

3. For 2011, men are encouraged to explore more vibrant colors and harmonies. Men’s neutrals were filled with blue, perry, and camel; mid-tones were filled with orange, navy, and chocolate; and vivid hues filled with yellow, teal, and blue.

4. For Women Rich Plums and Vibrant Purples. Try mixing patters with Orange and Gold. Textures and colors are all big gone are the Blacks, Grays, and Creams of last season

5. Don’t be afraid to be bold with Greens and yellows. No longer are they a summer only pallet try bringing in a pop of color with Green and yellow to last seasons drab Gray suite.

6. Nails you can never beat the classic oval-shaped red nail. Stay away from square nails only strippers wear square nails. And it’s a dead give away when a woman has a french tip that she is completely out of the loop.

7.  Nail Colors range from dark vamp plums to black. On the other end of the spectrum soft flesh tones and camels are also big

8. If your looking to stand out this Season Red is all the rage in fall 2011/2012 So if you have a big event that Perfect Red Dress will make a big splash this Fall. And always go with a Blue Red when choosing a lip color for fall.

Top Models Today

 Here are the face’s of this decade to help you know what the agents are looking for. Let’s Just say these girls have the it factor world wide.

So You Want To Be A Fashion Model?

Let me start that I can only state the following from experiences both as a model and as a cast director for many photo shoots, test, editorials and commercials. So I’m no expert but i have a few tips that i think everyone should know when trying you luck at modeling career.

First things first your appearance. Are you tall enough? If you’re a girl you have to be 5’9 or taller and boys must at least be 6ft tall or taller but not over 6’2.

Girls to you have good bones on your face like an appealing facial shape are you heart-shaped, oval, round, Ect.? Can you be a blank canvas for a makeup artist to turn you into a high-end fashion model, and then the next booking you’re a fresh-faced girl next store type. You must have good skin no blemishes of dark circles under the eyes or mole , birth marks, ect. Freckles are good sometimes but they really only work on Red Heads. Ask your self Honestly an I Pretty or Beautiful cause neither is good enough for the modeling world you have to be Stunning and have something different about you that sets you apart from all the other girls out there. Also the reality of the modeling industry is there is only so much room for ethnic girls, so if your African-American, Asian, Hispanic, or anything that’s not the norm in beauty you are either gonna have to break new ground case you are so stunning or fight your way to get an agent to believe in you. It’s sad to say but it’s still a very racist industry.

Beverly Johnson and Iman brook the good for Black models cause they were so amazing but they had to fight to get every cover and editorial, ad contract, ect. Believe it or not a mixed Polish American Janice Dickinson was the first ethnic Model to make it big and change the minds of the Magazine editor’s around the world paving a new path for models like Gia, and Iman. The next question is are my prepositions good do you have nice long legs, are you a b cup or lower, are your hips the right with, do you have long arms a small rib cage, are you thin enough, cause no matter what Tyra Banks says there will never be a true plus size supermodel and the market for curvy girls is small and not high fashion. If there is anything off about you and you know it as a real reality of who you are unless it’s an interesting thing that sets you apart.  Be honest don’t be yourself up it’s not you who isn’t beautiful it’s the fashion worlds ugly expectations that are sad to say never going to change. Sure, there are always exceptions to the rules but look at the Supermodels of the world and research what is in fashion now. Whats the look and if it’s just not you have two choices go get an education and find another passion or fight the good fight if you think you really have that it factor someone will catch on. So for all you female models before you go for it take a good honest look at yourself and say “Am I the Next Kate Moss” and girls start modeling at 14 now so ask you parents and ask yourself  am I ready to give up my teenage years for my dreams.

Now boys you have it easier it’s simple your either a fit model with a great body and a handsome face. Strong bones, chin, perfect nose, nice lips, ect. Or you are tall skinny and androgen’s  looking beautiful boy but kinda female at the same time. Honestly , male models are paid less and are considered props on most shoots involving females. Just be real are you hot, or not, and if not are you a beautiful “freak”.

So, if you want to be a “Fashion” model do you home work, be honest with yourself, don’t hate yourself just give yourself a reality check. Then it’s a crap shoot if you make it ,or not all I can say is go luck ,  and do let it bring you down.

For the only legit thing I’ve seen out there as far as training to become a model is to visit www.thejanicedickinson.com and see if she has a model book camp coming to your area at least she will be frank and honest about your chances. Any other “Modeling School” I have come across are just scams and you should never have to pay to do test shots for your book. This industry is full of you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours.

Here Is a little History While the term gained popularity in the 1980s, a number of models had become famous in their own right as far back as the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Lauren Hutton, Lisa Fonssagrives, Dorian Leigh, Cathee Dahmen, Suzy Parker, Mary Jane Russell, Susanne Erichsen, Inga Lindgren, and Jean Patchett are considered the world’s first supermodels according to Vogue Magazine. These models were highly paid, from up to $40 an hour. Dorian Leigh earned an annual salary of $300.000.

The 60s were known as the “Swinging London”. The top supermodels were Twiggy, Peggy Moffitt, Naomi Sims, Donyale Luna, Evelyn Kuhn, Colleen Corby, Molly Corby, Jean Shrimpton, Veruschka, Agneta Freiberg, Babette Morand, Linda Morand, Cybill Shephard, Terry Reno, Wilhelmina Cooper, Angela Howard, Sizy Parker, & Penelope Tree. The most iconic of this group was Twiggy, whose look & style became “the face of the yearly”, according to The London Daily Press. Her thin figure has become the fashion model image, even today.

The 70s were a rise the rise of the supermodels including Janice Dickinson, who by many, claim is the “World’s First Supermodel” she has done extensive work including 37 covers of Vogue. More black models broke barriers in the fashion industry. These influential models included Iman and Beverly Johnson. Supermodels in the 70s included Anna Bayle, Bessie Badilla, Janice Dickinson, Rene Russo, Iman Abdulmajid, Gia Marie Carangi, Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, and Beverly Johnson.

The high point of the supermodel era was in the 80s and early 90s, with some of the most famous being “The Trinity” of Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and Christy Turlington.

It was at this time that Cindy Crawford successfully leveraged her modelling fame into hosting her own television show, MTV’s House of Style, creating and promoting many exercise video tapes, and posing in Playboy (she was the first supermodel to do all of these).

These years were known as the “era of the supermodels”. Among these supermodels included Bridget Hall, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Shana Zadrick, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Kate Moss, Bridget Hall, Cindy Crawford, Kristen McMenamy, Gail O’Neil, Lisa Taylor, Bonnie Burman, Vera Cox, Robyn Mackintosh, Naomi Campbell, Emma Sjoberg, Louis Vyent, Jerry Hall, Karen Alexander, Valeria Mazza, Ashley Richardson, Rachel Williams, Linda Evangelista, Rene Simonsen, Estelle Hallyday, Claudia Mason, Veronica Webb, Kristen McMenamy, Megan Douglas, Helena Christensen, Shana Zadrick, Paulina Porizkova, Daniela Peštová, Yasmeen Ghauri, Elle Macpherson, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington, Carol Alt, Elaine Irwin Mellencamp, Rachel Hunter, Kate Moss, Carla Bruni, Tatjana Patitz, Kara Young, Patricia Velasquez, Brandi Quinones, Laetitia Casta, Yamila Diaz-Rahi, Niki Taylor, Carolyn Murphy, Shalom Harlow, Nadja Auermann, Elsa Benitez, Beverly Peele, Amber Valletta, Emma Sjöberg, Tyra Banks, Karen Mulder, Michaela Bercu, Eva Herzigova, and Stephanie Seymour.These models were known as the great supermodels of the supermodel era. The most controversial model of the 90s was the slender Kate Moss. She was consistently scrutinized over her slim look and people often speculated that she was anorexic, thus she gave birth to the style of supermodel known as the “waif.” This waif look is now the most common today. It was also around this time that male supermodels came about like Marcus Schenkenberg and Tyson Beckford.

Other supermodels who came out in the late 1990s include Tricia Helfer, Rebecca Romijn, Valeria Mazza, Heidi Klum, Marisa Miller, Veronica Varekova, Alek Wek, Molly Sims, Devon Aoki, Mini Anden, Michelle Alves, Ana Hickmann, Milla Jovovich, and Gisele Bundchen.

In the 2000s, the supermodel popularity faded and actresses started replacing models. On The Tyra Banks Show, Janice Dickinson claims Tyra Banks was the last of the great supermodels. According to some people, the reason why actress and pop stars have become more popular, is because they are more relatable. They don’t look perfect like models, and because of that they’re more relatable. The supermodels of the 2000s include Daria Werbowy, Liya Kebede, Gemma Ward, Karen Elson, Natalia Vodianova, Oluchi Onweagba, Yasmin Warsame, Lisa Cant, Jessica Stam, Adriana Lima, Liya Kebede, Petra Nemcová, Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros, Heather Marks, Carmen Kass, Caroline Trentini, Noémie Lenoir, Tiiu Kuik, Lily Cole, Eugenia Volodina, Lily Donaldson, Caroline Winberg, Angela Lindvall, Hana Soukupova, Polina Kouklina, Natasha Poly, Isabeli Fontana, Valerie Celis, and Josie Maran. The popular model look has become alien, baby doll, eyes wide apart, waif models.