Make Up Mania Newsletters
Volume 1, Number 12 - June 4, 1999
The Make Up Maniac
Volume One
Number 12
The Tony Awards are this weekend, and guess who's going, to do Make Up. That's right your very own Make Up Maniac, Eva Marie. What will be in my kit? Well, definitely my RCMA Foundation Palette and the Rice Powder in white (excellent for under the eyes). And my super-duper Lip Palette. We made one for a customer and I had to have one too 36 colors of lipstick bliss! Of course there is always the thought, "What do I wear?!?!?!!!" My new vibe is Solar F/X I love it!! I am wearing the Yellow Starfire Glitter Sun Activated Nail Polish. It is part of the new summer colors we just got in from Solar F/X and they are going on the web site next week. And I don't know if I ever talked much about Solar F/X - but I used a lot of it recently and I have got to say this stuff is great. I think the lipsticks are overshadowed by the Super Cool Sun Activated Nail Colors, but I am totally turned on by their lipsticks. Talk about a sexy, pouty color? OverExposed #27 is just that. When you wear it I swear it makes your lips look fuller. Let me tell you about the other colors you got to check out. Sabotage a true clear red indicative of 1950's & tail fin Chevrolets. The Bomb sheer deep purple with a frost. And Divine sparkly happy serious pink with a touch of violet. Great Silver packaging too! See you when I'm back from the Big Apple do they still say that or am I giving away my age?
NEWS---VIEWS---REVIEWS .
NEWS
News FLASH!!! Make Up Mania is turning 1 year old! (Our birthday is June 14, 1998) Ahhhh, how cute we are growing up : )
And to celebrate we decided to open a store. A real world one to go along with our virtual world one. Yep we are moving our offices and opening up a boutique for all the So Cal maniacs who want to come by and see us. The move is June 14th how coincidental! And everything will remain the same web address emails phone fax. We will have a new office address which we will post for you all next Friday. Come visit us when you are in LA. We would love to see you. (By the way if you are in So Cal and would like to be invited to our Grand Opening in August send us an email so we can put you on the invite list.)
VIEWS
How do you start your own business? Your own e-commerce site? Become a web designer? Follow your dreams and passions? Well it may take a book to explore all that but you can get some glimpses into the minds of some people who have. Vanna of the Valley chose to Interview the Main Crew at Make Up Mania for our anniversary. It was fun to see Vanna's interviewing style and fun to be interviewed. But to look at the final draft it's kind of weird a lot of times you don't think to yourself why did I do that what prepared me what was I thinking?!?! If you like what we've done or think you can give a few pointers about our second year check out the June Star Interviews. Hopefully we can inspire you to go after YOUR dream that's what life's about having fun and rocking your world right?
REVIEWS
Custom Blending? On the Internet?
Is it possible? Well we got our first tubes out this week and it is
possible. Double bonus the colors are turning out cool. So cool in fact
that we are starting a FAVE PAGE. If we like the color you custom blend
we will put it up on the "Custom Lipstick Fave Page" for others to buy.
Look for the first two colors:
Liz an ultra cool beige with a Lavender
Frost. And Stevie a deep sheer red violet crθme sheer enough to wear
everyday. Let us know if we can make a custom Lipstick for you.
THE Make Up Maniacs' Tip of the Week.
P.S. this is new !
Everyone asks about the right
way to apply blush. Okay let's do a quick tour of color and gray value.
(Very quick, I promise.) When you have a color no matter what color
it is it has a gray value. Think of a pastel pink and rich maroon. Great
now think of the pastel pink and rich maroon in a black and white photograph.
The gray they register in that black and white photograph is their gray
value. Okay, so all colors have gray value.
So what does this have to do with cheek
color? A LOT. Whenever you apply a color that is lighter than the skin
tone to the skin, it will bring that area forward. That is, it will appear
closer to the eye (or camera). Whenever you apply something that is darker
than the skin tone, it will push that area back and appear to recede from
the eye (or camera). The blush colors are traditionally darker than skin
tone. (Try to think of them in gray value.)
So when you apply blush you are essentially
contouring. Pushing that area back. If you place the blush too far forward
it will create an illusion that the front of the face is pinched in. Most
of us want nice high cheekbones. If you place the blush on the cheekbone
you will minimize this bone and your face will appear rounder or flatter.
Most people then would want the placement of the blush just under the
cheekbone. Use a smaller blush brush (I prefer the chisel domette size
in our brush section) for a lot of control.
First find your cheekbone. It's that big
horizontal one that runs under your eye. Also known as the zygomatic.
Feel that area so you really know where that is. Now using small strokes
apply the color forward. Do not bring it too far in it will pinch the
face in. Now smooth the color and blend nicely. Viola! cheek color and
bones. Yes, you were born with them!
Until next time
See you on 5th AVE. (NYC that is.)
Eva Marie and Everyone at Make Up Mania
