Let me start off by saying, that you should ALWAYS wear lip liner. It doesn't matter if you wear lipstick, or just lip gloss, lip liner helps to make your lip look more polished and prevents your lip product of choice from running and bleeding everywhere. Nothing is worse than feather lips! Don't be lazy. Put forth the extra two seconds, and apply a lip liner, ladies.
Today, I was asked a very good question. What color of lip liner should I wear?
Oh man... where to begin? I LOVE lip liner. I probably own every color known to mankind. You can honestly mix and match any color that you would like, but when you are just starting out it is good to match the lip liner to the lip product that you are wearing. I think that matching the lip liner to the shade you are wearing is always a safe bet. You can go up to two shades darker than the lip product that you are wearing and still get the same, natural effect.
Lip liner can also help you out in sticky situations. Lets say that you purchase a lipstick that you THINK you like while you are at the store, but when you get home, you realize it it wayyy to brown for you. All you would need to do is choose a lip liner shade in the same color scheme as your lipstick that has a little bit more of a pink tone, and apply it. This will help tone down the brown in the lipstick and give you a more pink tone.
If you know me at all, you know I die for red lipstick. I wear it ALL the time. I used to wear it with red lip liner, but once my lipstick would start to wear off, I would get this gross red ring around my lips where my lip liner was. I was talking to Lauren about this problem, and she simply said "You are wearing the wrong lip liner. You need to wear a natural one that matches your lips, or maybe a shade or two darker." Man. She is brilliant! Once I started wearing a more natural lip liner, I never had that problem again. So, if you are going to wear a red lipstick, go with a more neutral lip liner. We love Creamola and Cream o Spice (Both by MAC) to go with any shade of red.
To apply lip liner, simply follow your natural lip shape. Make sure it is symmetrical and even. Lauren likes her lip liner light and right on the lip line. I, on the other hand love Pam Anderson style. I like it dark, and I always over draw my lips. CAUTION: This takes practice. You don't want to look like a hot mess with a bad case of lip filler, so ask a professional to teach you and practice a few times before wearing it out in public.
So many women get scared of lip products, and I can't help but wonder why? Lips are beautiful and sexy and they should be enhanced. You can wear whatever color of lipstick you would like. I have women ALL of the time say "Oh, I can't wear that color!" and I say "YES YOU CAN!" It is all about learning to be comfortable with wearing color on your lips, finding the right shade of that particular color, and a corresponding lip liner. It may be a little bit scary at first because it is something you are not used to, but give it a try! I challenge all of you to wear a different lip color every day this week, that you typically would not wear. What do you have to lose? It's Autumn, so try rich Burgundies, deep reds, mocha browns, and deep mauves. I expect a report back! (Especially from you, Ms. Shauna.)
xoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
www.LVStyleSirens.com
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Blondes have more fun?
I have a feeling many brunettes and redheads would disagree with that statement. I personally don't know if it is true or not considering blonde is all I know, but I like to believe it is. :)
Lauren and I always get asked how we get so blonde. The answer? Bleach. It is really not that complicated. That may sound a little bitchy, but I don't mean it that way. I only speak the truth.
I think what people mean to ask is how to we maintain our blonde hair, so here we go.
I get my hair done by Lauren Mortensen at Euphoria in Boca Park. She's amazing, but she only works Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and every other Saturday so book in advance! Lauren G. gets her hair done by Monika Page at Scandals Salon. Monika only works Wednesday and Saturday, so once again... book in advance. We both go every 4 to 6 weeks to get our roots done because if we don't, we look like white trash. To get my golden locks, all it takes is a magic potion that Lauren M. mixes up and 20 minutes under the dryer and BAM. I'm a whole new woman. Lauren G.'s platinum blonde takes a little longer to process. She uses bleach and a 40 volume (which by the way, makes your head feel like it is being attacked by 1,000 fire ants) and 40 minutes to an hour NOT under the dryer. Lauren G. likes her hair platinum blonde. I, on the other hand prefer a more golden tone. While I am under the dryer waiting to my hair to process and reading trashy magazines such as Star and OK!, I also have Lauren M. apply a clear toner which helps make my hair super shiny.
To me, there is nothing worse than my hair looking frizzy, dry, fried, and disgusting. Since my hair is thin, I have to do a lot of at home maintenance to keep my bleached locks looking decent. I don't wash my hair everyday. I try to wash it every other day, or even every 3 days. Dirty hair styles WAY better anyway. I use Pureology Shampoo and Conditioner (The one in the purple tube. I forgot what it is called, and honestly, I am too lazy to get up and go look) I love it because I don't need that much to get my hair clean, and the conditioner has something minty in it that makes my scalp tingle with joy. Also, about twice a week in the shower, I do a deep conditioner called Coral Therapy by RUSK. It smells AMAZING and it makes my hair so silky. I leave it in my hair for about 5 minutes while I shave my legs or something then rinse it out. After I get out of the shower, I use a leave in conditioner by TIGI called Rockaholic. It smells like grapes and sprays right on. I then brush it with a soft bristle brush and slap on some RUSK Sheer Brilliance shine serum. I love this stuff. it makes my hair shiny and soft. I then let it air dry. I NEVER blow dry it because lets be honest, I do enough heat damage to my hair. I also do another deep treatment called Dumb Blonde (No, it is not only for blondes) by TIGI. I just put it on my dry hair in the evening, leave it on for a few hours while I blog, play on Facebook, do homework, or watch trashy reality TV and then just rinse it out when I take a shower that night. Once every 2 to 3 weeks, I also do a clear toner at home which I put on my hair, leave on for about an hour, and then wash off in the shower. A clear toner just seals the hair to make it shiny. (Obviously, I am obsessed with shiny hair.)
As far as styling, I am down for any type of hair style. I wear my hair curly a lot. I used to use a curling iron, but I have recently discovered hot rollers. Bananas. They give me a ton of volume and they are do easy! I just heat them up, put them in, leave them in while I do my makeup, take them out and BAM! We're done. When I straighten my hair, curl my hair, or use hot rollers, I always spray on RUSK Thermal Spray on my hair. It helps protect against the heat damage and I love it.
A few more of my favorite products are Masterpiece hairspray by TIGI Bed Head. It is a hairspray AND a shine spray in one with an amazing hold and it smells like pineapple. I literally die. If you like textured hair use Wired by RUSK. Put a little on your wet hair and let it air dry. Play Dirty by Short Sexy Hair is the best dry wax ever. Just be careful not to spray too much on or your hair might look a little greasy!
So now that I've told you a little about my favorite products and my golden locks, if you see me at Walmart, in my yoga pants, a hoodie, and messy hair, please don't judge me. Everyone needs a day or two off, especially when you are as high may as I am.
xoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
www.LVStyleSirens.com
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com
Lauren and I always get asked how we get so blonde. The answer? Bleach. It is really not that complicated. That may sound a little bitchy, but I don't mean it that way. I only speak the truth.
I think what people mean to ask is how to we maintain our blonde hair, so here we go.
I get my hair done by Lauren Mortensen at Euphoria in Boca Park. She's amazing, but she only works Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and every other Saturday so book in advance! Lauren G. gets her hair done by Monika Page at Scandals Salon. Monika only works Wednesday and Saturday, so once again... book in advance. We both go every 4 to 6 weeks to get our roots done because if we don't, we look like white trash. To get my golden locks, all it takes is a magic potion that Lauren M. mixes up and 20 minutes under the dryer and BAM. I'm a whole new woman. Lauren G.'s platinum blonde takes a little longer to process. She uses bleach and a 40 volume (which by the way, makes your head feel like it is being attacked by 1,000 fire ants) and 40 minutes to an hour NOT under the dryer. Lauren G. likes her hair platinum blonde. I, on the other hand prefer a more golden tone. While I am under the dryer waiting to my hair to process and reading trashy magazines such as Star and OK!, I also have Lauren M. apply a clear toner which helps make my hair super shiny.
To me, there is nothing worse than my hair looking frizzy, dry, fried, and disgusting. Since my hair is thin, I have to do a lot of at home maintenance to keep my bleached locks looking decent. I don't wash my hair everyday. I try to wash it every other day, or even every 3 days. Dirty hair styles WAY better anyway. I use Pureology Shampoo and Conditioner (The one in the purple tube. I forgot what it is called, and honestly, I am too lazy to get up and go look) I love it because I don't need that much to get my hair clean, and the conditioner has something minty in it that makes my scalp tingle with joy. Also, about twice a week in the shower, I do a deep conditioner called Coral Therapy by RUSK. It smells AMAZING and it makes my hair so silky. I leave it in my hair for about 5 minutes while I shave my legs or something then rinse it out. After I get out of the shower, I use a leave in conditioner by TIGI called Rockaholic. It smells like grapes and sprays right on. I then brush it with a soft bristle brush and slap on some RUSK Sheer Brilliance shine serum. I love this stuff. it makes my hair shiny and soft. I then let it air dry. I NEVER blow dry it because lets be honest, I do enough heat damage to my hair. I also do another deep treatment called Dumb Blonde (No, it is not only for blondes) by TIGI. I just put it on my dry hair in the evening, leave it on for a few hours while I blog, play on Facebook, do homework, or watch trashy reality TV and then just rinse it out when I take a shower that night. Once every 2 to 3 weeks, I also do a clear toner at home which I put on my hair, leave on for about an hour, and then wash off in the shower. A clear toner just seals the hair to make it shiny. (Obviously, I am obsessed with shiny hair.)
As far as styling, I am down for any type of hair style. I wear my hair curly a lot. I used to use a curling iron, but I have recently discovered hot rollers. Bananas. They give me a ton of volume and they are do easy! I just heat them up, put them in, leave them in while I do my makeup, take them out and BAM! We're done. When I straighten my hair, curl my hair, or use hot rollers, I always spray on RUSK Thermal Spray on my hair. It helps protect against the heat damage and I love it.
A few more of my favorite products are Masterpiece hairspray by TIGI Bed Head. It is a hairspray AND a shine spray in one with an amazing hold and it smells like pineapple. I literally die. If you like textured hair use Wired by RUSK. Put a little on your wet hair and let it air dry. Play Dirty by Short Sexy Hair is the best dry wax ever. Just be careful not to spray too much on or your hair might look a little greasy!
So now that I've told you a little about my favorite products and my golden locks, if you see me at Walmart, in my yoga pants, a hoodie, and messy hair, please don't judge me. Everyone needs a day or two off, especially when you are as high may as I am.
xoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
www.LVStyleSirens.com
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Long time, no see.
It was brought to my attention tonight by my favorite stalker, that we have not noveled in over a month. This is NOT okay and you all have my deepest apologies. We will try to improve on our noveling skills.
We have had a very busy past month and a half which is crazy because typically, November and December move by in a snail-like manner due to the lack of weddings, photo shoots, and events. Not this year though! This year is full of firsts for us, I guess. Moving on....
Lets do a quick little replay of the last few weeks, shall we?
Well, first of all, we had an amazing photo shoot with London 5 Photography. It was a Dia De Los Muertos themed shoot and it went brilliantly. Jessica and Joe were are models, and Jessicas obsession with Americas Next Top Model was much appreciated. She knew how to execute every pose flawlessly. We went up into these caves (which we hiked 5 miles to get too) to do the shoot. All of the pieces in the puzzle just seemed to fall into place that day. I am so happy with the out come and I can not wait to see more photos!
The night of our Dia shoot, we met Adam Trujillo with Imagine photography and he pitched a shoot idea to us. Once we heard the words "Mad Hatter" we were sold. We were sooooo stoked to work with him, Weeds Floral, and Gimmie Some Sugar cakes, that Lauren and I could barely stand it. The next two weeks flew by full of weddings and an amazing VIP event at Red Rock Hotel and Casino. (PS the spa at Red Rock is GORGEOUS. I would literally DIE to work there doing makeup every day of my life. *hint hint* ;) Anyway, the night before the photo shoot, Lauren and I were chowing down sushi from Sushi Loca (She was eating the Pearl Special and I was eating Tuna) discussing our game plan and going over the makeup looks we had designed for the Mad Hatter photo shoot the next day. 8:30pm rolls around, Lauren is packing up her stuff to leave when suddenly, we both look at both of our phones. We each had 10 missed calls from an unknown number. Long story short, it was a celebrity client wanting our services for the next day. (Yes, the same day as the Mad Hatter shoot, AND PS the Latin Grammys!!!) Needless to say, we were BOOKED BOOKED BOOKED! (and stressed beyond words) We finally worked it all out and got our schedules together for the following day. We decided Lauren would go to the celebrity client and I would go to the Mad Hatter shoot and we would fill in the blanks with other employees.
The next day:
The Mad Hatter photo shoot...It was tough. I'm not gonna lie. I was trying to put foundation on our beautiful model Eva, and the dust brought up from the 200MPH wind was just layering on her face. The wind was so strong, it literally blew the false eyelashes I had put on her, off of her eye AFTER the glue dried. My makeup kit STILL has dust in it after I have cleaned it out several times. The wind knocked the cake and the flowers around everywhere. It was crazy, but the pictures turned out amazing! Weeds Floral, Imagine Photography, and Gimmie Some Sugar, all helped to make this photo shoot a total success and I had such a blast working with them!
After the photo shoot, I was rushing home to pick up my son and I ruin my car driving back to the main road from the shoot. By ruin. I mean total. I need a new engine, radiator, and a whole bunch of other things that I can't remember the names of. Sucked BIG time! I called a tow truck to come get my car and Mrs. Lauren Gardiner to come pick me up. As I sat at a dirty truck stop in Jean, NV, filthy and covered in dust from head to toe, with no car, I could not help but laugh at the fact that Lauren was in a Suite at the Mandalay Bay chummin' it with our celeb and the rest of the Style Siren crew. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
Oh and did I mention, we still had another 5 hour job that night AFTER all of this? Yeah. That was definitely the longest day in history.
I'm honestly tired just writing about all of this. I promise I will novel more. If you all would email me your beauty questions, I would be happy to answer them. This also helps keep me motivated to novel.
Have a wonderful night everyone! Don't forget follow is on Twitter, Myspace, and be our Fan on Facebook! (You can find it on my page www.Facebook.com/AllysonStagg)
xoxoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com
www.LVStyleSirens.com
We have had a very busy past month and a half which is crazy because typically, November and December move by in a snail-like manner due to the lack of weddings, photo shoots, and events. Not this year though! This year is full of firsts for us, I guess. Moving on....
Lets do a quick little replay of the last few weeks, shall we?
Well, first of all, we had an amazing photo shoot with London 5 Photography. It was a Dia De Los Muertos themed shoot and it went brilliantly. Jessica and Joe were are models, and Jessicas obsession with Americas Next Top Model was much appreciated. She knew how to execute every pose flawlessly. We went up into these caves (which we hiked 5 miles to get too) to do the shoot. All of the pieces in the puzzle just seemed to fall into place that day. I am so happy with the out come and I can not wait to see more photos!
The night of our Dia shoot, we met Adam Trujillo with Imagine photography and he pitched a shoot idea to us. Once we heard the words "Mad Hatter" we were sold. We were sooooo stoked to work with him, Weeds Floral, and Gimmie Some Sugar cakes, that Lauren and I could barely stand it. The next two weeks flew by full of weddings and an amazing VIP event at Red Rock Hotel and Casino. (PS the spa at Red Rock is GORGEOUS. I would literally DIE to work there doing makeup every day of my life. *hint hint* ;) Anyway, the night before the photo shoot, Lauren and I were chowing down sushi from Sushi Loca (She was eating the Pearl Special and I was eating Tuna) discussing our game plan and going over the makeup looks we had designed for the Mad Hatter photo shoot the next day. 8:30pm rolls around, Lauren is packing up her stuff to leave when suddenly, we both look at both of our phones. We each had 10 missed calls from an unknown number. Long story short, it was a celebrity client wanting our services for the next day. (Yes, the same day as the Mad Hatter shoot, AND PS the Latin Grammys!!!) Needless to say, we were BOOKED BOOKED BOOKED! (and stressed beyond words) We finally worked it all out and got our schedules together for the following day. We decided Lauren would go to the celebrity client and I would go to the Mad Hatter shoot and we would fill in the blanks with other employees.
The next day:
The Mad Hatter photo shoot...It was tough. I'm not gonna lie. I was trying to put foundation on our beautiful model Eva, and the dust brought up from the 200MPH wind was just layering on her face. The wind was so strong, it literally blew the false eyelashes I had put on her, off of her eye AFTER the glue dried. My makeup kit STILL has dust in it after I have cleaned it out several times. The wind knocked the cake and the flowers around everywhere. It was crazy, but the pictures turned out amazing! Weeds Floral, Imagine Photography, and Gimmie Some Sugar, all helped to make this photo shoot a total success and I had such a blast working with them!
After the photo shoot, I was rushing home to pick up my son and I ruin my car driving back to the main road from the shoot. By ruin. I mean total. I need a new engine, radiator, and a whole bunch of other things that I can't remember the names of. Sucked BIG time! I called a tow truck to come get my car and Mrs. Lauren Gardiner to come pick me up. As I sat at a dirty truck stop in Jean, NV, filthy and covered in dust from head to toe, with no car, I could not help but laugh at the fact that Lauren was in a Suite at the Mandalay Bay chummin' it with our celeb and the rest of the Style Siren crew. Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.
Oh and did I mention, we still had another 5 hour job that night AFTER all of this? Yeah. That was definitely the longest day in history.
I'm honestly tired just writing about all of this. I promise I will novel more. If you all would email me your beauty questions, I would be happy to answer them. This also helps keep me motivated to novel.
Have a wonderful night everyone! Don't forget follow is on Twitter, Myspace, and be our Fan on Facebook! (You can find it on my page www.Facebook.com/AllysonStagg)
xoxoxox
Allyson Stagg
CEO of The Las Vegas Style Sirens
LVStyleSirens@yahoo.com
www.LVStyleSirens.com
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