8.31.2010

Schedule: Dinner && Drinks Date

A dinner and drinks date with a new guy is stressful enough when you're not famous, but imagine if pictures of you were plastered across magazines every time you stepped out of the house. Your every move photographed, your facial expressions and body language scrutinized.. but what if you were trying to start up a relationship? Always wondering if the guy is just using you or if he'll freak out by all the attention and rumors circulating around. It must be insane! No wonder the celebrities these days go to such lengths to hide their whereabouts and dating status.

Dinner/ drinks dates call for the ultimate sexy dress. Try something like a bandage or leather dress. Preferably a strapless corset to hold that chest in and thrust them out! Keep accessories simple with metallic heels that will highlight your glowing tan. Make sure your makeup is smokin'!




Retouching Photos: good or bad??

Before and AfterEverybody knows that every magazine cover photo is retouched - right? It's a never-ending quest to make the model perfectly pleasing to the eye - at least according to the editor or art director.
We may be aware of retouching, but that doesn't mean we are immune to the subtle feeling of self-loathing that may result from seeing these images every day of our lives.
Here is an eclectic and bemusing collection of links that demonstrate the phony art of retouch.
Email your friends, call your Mom, and tell your husband or wife. It's time to stop thinking "I wish I looked like that". It's time to start saying "Gee that retouch job is a bit overdone" - and then getting on with a life that runs deeper than a piece of celebrity skin.
Retouch-o-rama
You'll see stomachs flattened, skin blemishes removed, breasts made fuller, navels made 'perfect', limbs made skinny, and waistlines lose inches. Even a 12 year old boy can download a copy of Photoshop, grab a retouching tutorial, and create whatever they want.

Even Martha Stewart isn't immune.
Newsweek pasted her head on top
of a model's body for this cover
  1. Portfolio site
    Retouchers portfolio site showing the epitome of the retouch. Watch those hips shrink before your eyes - or see this woman say goodbye to those wrinkles and pores.
  2. Digital Pablo (removed)
    A selection of digital divas.
  3. Digital Retouch (site now seems down)
    A huge client list, and enough images to put me off magazines for a long time.
  4. NY Photographics
    Shock! You mean a model had stretch marks?
  5. Touch of Glamour
    Digital liposuction?
  6. Retouch Me
    (Removed by request).
  7. Portfolio site
    These cheesy retouches get passed around the internet like a self-perpetuating urban myth. The only thing is - there's nothing mythical about it. Warning: Lots of skin here. Can anyone say sleaze?
  8. Nasonart Portfolio
    Instant makeup.
  9. Worth1000 Photoshop Contests
    The opposite effect - this is de-touching gone crazy. Even celebrities made fat. There's some amazing work on this site.
  10. G!rlpower Sweden
    And (finally) a body-positive demonstration site showing the ease of retouch.
Fake
The power of a retoucher
with too much time on their hands.
Liz Hurley's worst nightmare?
So why all the retouching? Because we want it. Apparently.
Industry leaders say they cannot stop re-touching photographs, because if they do, people will stop buying their magazines. They say consumers simply are not interested in seeing every flaw that a person being photographed has. (source: VoA - Real Girls Are Beautiful)
And what do the photographers say?
"People would be shocked to know what some of the models really look like. Sometimes a model walks in and I don't even realise it is the model..." (source)

Celebrity Beauty: Megan Fox


Make-up artist Gerald Quist gives all the details on the exact products he used on Megan Fox in the western Jonah Hex!

Sienna Miller's Skin Secrets





Sienna’s style has always been a little bohemian and undone. Whether she’s working the red carpet or hanging out backstage at a festival, she has an eclectic, unconventional and upbeat style that girls the world over try to emulate. Sienna is known for her perfectly polished, radiant skin that looks sun-kissed even without make-up.
Sienna’s beauty rules are simple, she favours nourishing, natural products. With her dappling of freckles and milky complexion, Sienna Miller is the quintessential pale-skinned beauty.  Her N.Y.C. dermatologist, David Colbert, tells all the tricks he uses to keep her looking fair.
Here are  Sienna’s favorite beauty buys:
Colbert instructs Miller to wash with a non-irritating cleanser like Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser “Even minor upsets show up on fair complexions,” he explains. Miller loves Colbert’s Intensify Facial Discs sudsy pads with lactic acid that target fine lines and skin-dulling debris. Miller’s favorite moisturizer? Colbert’s potent anti-inflammatory Heal & Soothe Night Cream which leaves skin soft—not slick. CREME DE LA MER ia a celebrity favorite and Ms Miller is no exception. She says: “This is amazing if you’re dehydrated and spend a lot of time on planes.” Finally Brett Freedman (Sienna’s make-up Artisit) said Sienna “Smooths Out Her Skin Tone with Boots No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Serum

Fashion Forecast: 9/1/10

Tuesday
Sunny skies. High 83F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.


8.30.2010

Fashion Forecast: 8/31/10

Monday
Mainly sunny. High 78F. Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph.


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