Last weekend, I took an overnight trip to LA to attend The Makeup Show Los Angeles. I love these trade shows to meet other makeup enthusiasts, attend the seminars, talk to industry experts, discover new lines and also browse through some favorite and to-be favorite makeup lines. With over 75 brands, there was a lot of ground to cover. Here are some photo highlights from my trip.

I'll post some photos of my haul and also some pictures from The Kevyn Aucoin exhibition.

Happy Friday!

Inglot

Harkudo Brushes

OCC pigments and glitters

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics - Plastic Passion display

Make Up For Ever

Scene from one of the many seminars

Love the glitter beard. Genius.

The finished look

I'll be heading to NYC soon... but before I do I wanted to get photos up from my last trip. I was recently there in November for a friend's wedding. I wanted to have a polished look for the black tie event, so I went to one of my favorite beauty studio's in New York, Wonderland Beauty Parlour. Jeb did my hair in a classic Veronica Lake side sweep. With my bright purple color, it was a real contrast!

To achieve this look, Jeb barrel curled my hair with a 1.25" curling iron and pinned it to cool. Each lock was sprayed with Oribe Soft Lacquer spray (my new secret weapon for hot tool looks!). Then it was brushed out. Voila!