Dia De Los Muertos

This year for Halloween I had a number of clients request "Dia De Los Muertos" makeup. I have seen this Style of makeup but had not created this look myself. I figured it was time to do a little research on this Halloween Type Holiday to prepare for all these makeup jobs. I will share some of the information I found with you. Don't quote me on any of this..... I am not a Dia De Los Muertos Expert. hahahha

Dia De Los Muertos is translated to "The Day of the Dead" in English, for those who missed the bus in Spanish class :) It is a Mexican holiday lining up with the Catholic Holidays All Saints Day and All Souls Day that dates back hundreds of years. It is believed that the spirit of the dead come to visit their families on October 31st and leave on November 2nd. They see this as a celebration and a time to give offerings to the departed.

Some of the offerings include Mexican Marigolds, photos, food and beverages, crosses, skulls made of sugar and decorated with bright colors. The photo bellow is a refection of these sugar skulls that are used during this Holiday. Where as, the photo above is a more traditional Day of the Dead face painting.

Every culture has its own way of dealing with death, mourning and the afterlife. We have Halloween which is a fun way to see ghosts, goblins and ghouls. We go trick-or-treating and give candy away. It makes us think about death and scary things in a light hearted way.

Dia De Los Muertos is a bit more personal. Those who celebrate are remembering those that have passed and making joy out of death. It is a way of looking death in the face and saying "so what, it happens and we are going to party with it painted on our faces."

This was such a fun twist on the traditional Halloween Skull. I had a great time creating all of these faces!!! Thank you to Alli Mizu, Anna Mason, Heather Page and Sean Thomas for letting me turn you in to such scary, yet bright, skeleton heads!!!

xoxo LML

LML Halloween

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A Very Dangerous Lady

Finding the Perfect Red Lipstick can be a very hard task. Do you look better in Red/Orange, Red/Blue or Orange/Red? and no one looks good in Blue/Red lipstick. I set out on a mission to find my favorite Red Lipstick.

I did a wedding for Danielle Perez and after everyone was ready I attended the wedding. I saw Natasha McGrail there and boy did she stand out!!!! What lipstick did she have on and how quick could I get my hands on it? She told me what it was and as the night went on I forgot completely what this awesome color was! Drat!!!!!

Fast forward to a couple of weekends ago. It was Nicole Hallan's wedding in San Diego. This was also a wedding attended after doing her up for her big day. I ran into a former CSULB Delta Gamma Sister.... Lauren Bojorquez. She, also, had some awesome red Lipstick on. The reason I liked it was because it was the perfect combination of Bright Red and Bright Orange. So I asked her "WHAT COLOR IS ON YOUR LIPS?" She answered, with a cat on the hunt look in her eye, "LADY DANGER".

THAT WAS IT!!!! That was the Lipstick Natasha was wearing!!!! Now I just had to buy it!!!!

So I did!

I have had some friends go buy it since I have gotten it!!! Go To MAC and Say you want some danger in life and get "Lady Danger"!!! It is a SHOWSTOPPER!!!

And When You do Post a Picture on the Wall of LABEL ME LINDSAY's fan page!!!!

xoxo---LML

"Get Ready For The Day"

My Mother has always been one to tell me............ "Just get ready for the day." When it comes to getting up getting dressed and feeling good about yourself she is the expert. Every single day of her life she has done her makeup and hair. I, on the other hand, have gone through phases of my life where I felt like getting up, getting workout clothes on (so when people see me they think: "Oh, she must have just gone to the gym!") and felt like crap when I would run into people. I made it my New Year's resolution this 2011 to get up, get dressed and get my glam on. I didn't think I would make it all the way to the end of September!!! wow It feels like second nature again! Man, 2010 had it slumps but 2011 had been a much more put together Lindsay.

I went to the source to talk to my readers about what it is like to always look your best. Linda Fleischmann has always inspired me :) In her own words.........

I can still remember my mother telling me in the sixties, "As long has you have a cute haircut and put on your makeup every morning, no matter how simple, it does not matter what your wear." It does not take money to have style and class. If you start each morning by getting yourself ready then even cleaning the house, the random someone stopping by or running into someone in the store who you haven't seen in 10 years will make you feel good. It only takes 15 minutes to slap some makeup on your face..you deserve it. I have never spent a lot of money on clothes. I was always told by my mother, Betty, that you should wear the clothes, the clothes should not wear you. I always seem to wear the classics solids and tailored clothes with fun costume jewelry but I always have on one special, signature piece that is real that always makes the costume jewelry look good "Real Good". I am not a makeup junkie so I use everything from MAC to Drug Store brands. what always makes me chuckle is when I go to a really fancy place, which is not often, I'm always complimented by so many people on how nice I look. It's never "I like your dress" or "your shoes are amazing" its just me, the overall package. With my hair done, make up done you can look like a million dollars without the money to back it up. Just start with YOU when you get up in the morning. Two steps..and they are nearly free..do your hair..put on your make up. I challenge you to not spend a penny and just work with what you already have..wear the smile that God gave you and you wear the clothes like you own it!!!

Oh..by the way always spray some perfume on in the morning after your makeup and hair even if your not going anywhere. Do it for yourself and for the unexpected!!!

if you make this a habit you never have to avoid anyone in the store again

---Linda Fleischmann

Label Me Lindsay: Double Pony

Get some Poof in your Pony.

Materials:

2 Rubber Bands

1 Comb

step 1: Divide Hair & clip all the hair from he ears up on top of your head

step 2: Bundle and rubber band the bottom section of hair. Make sure it is tightly secured. You can make this as high or low as desired.

step 3: Rat/Backcomb the top section of hair to desired height

step 4: Gather top "Poofed" hair over bottom, already rubber banded, hair.

step 5: Tie 2nd rubber band over the 1st rubber band with the top hair.

step 6: Use comb to lift top hair to desired height.

Doing this takes weight off of the top section enabling you to pull it up higher.

Good Luck

LML

Plump up your Pout

Eyelahes + Spoon= ?????????????

What do Eyelashes.................

and a teaspoon...............

Have in common?

CURLY LASHES!!!!

Yes ........................ you can curl your lashes with a spoon!!!!

Sounds crazy, right?!?!??!!! The other day I had a client sitting in my studio getting her makeup done. When I grabbed my trusty eyelash curler she spoke up........... "You know what? My friend curls her eyelashes with a spoon! Can you believe that?"

WHAT!?!??!!?!?!?!? I was shocked.............. how had I lived 28 years, half of which was around beauty tricks and products, and didn't know about this?!?!?!?!

I did some research........ Watched a lot of YouTube videos and tested it out.

There were a few different techniques when it came to "Spoon Curling" (That is the term am calling it from now on hahhahaha)

This is what women used to do before our modern day eyelash curler.

You take the handle in the palm of your hand and face the bottom of the spoon toward your eye. This is the side of the spoon that will stick out towards you. This is not the concave side. The spoon acts as the top part of a typical eyelash curler. You extend your thumb directly underneath the spoon. Your thumb will act as the bottom, cushioned part of the curler.

Hold the spoon above your lashes and your thumb bellow. Move spoon right up against the root of your lashes.

Press your thumb up against the spoon for a couple seconds. This will cause your lashes to crease, flipping them up.

This is the step where some of the different "Spoon Curling" techniques differ. At this point you can press firmly and release or you can press down and pull up and out (like curling a ribbon with scissors) Just make sure you don't press too hard and pull out some of your lashes. One time on each eye is probably not going to be enough of a curl so you can work your way from the outside to the inside and repeat at desired.

I, personally, would do this before doing eyeshadow and mascara so they don't get messed up in the process. Some people choose to do it after. I would try it all different ways and see which way you like to "Spoon Curl". If you are doing the press and release method you might be able to get away with doing it after mascara. Just make sure you wait until the mascara is dry.

This may not replace the eyelash curler in my eyes (no pun intended) but in a pinch, if I can't find an eyelash curler, this is definitely a great substitution!!!! It makes me think of what our grandmothers might of done back in the day.

Try it out and let me know what you think. Make sure you do it with a metal teaspoon :)

If you want to see it done on video search on YouTube "curling eyelashes with a spoon" A lot of videos come up. Some of which the girls go on, and on, and on before they even do it!!! I was talking to the computer "JUST GET ON WITH IT! I Don't need you whole back story!" hahahahahaha

Good Luck Potential "Spoon Curlers'!!!!

xo Lindsay