Meet Beyonce’s’s Makeup Artist, Sir John

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Sir John, the man credited for many of musical artist Beyonce’s flawless makeup looks, was appointed Thursday as cosmetic company L’Oreal’s newest celebrity makeup artist. The New York-born Sir John, who’s in his early thirties, accompanied Queen Bey on her Mrs. Carter tour and last year’s On the Run performances with husband Jay-Z. Sir John was…

“I pieced together what the model had in her bag—I used my fingers, no brushes,” he explained. Turned out he possessed a natural talent for color and application

Sir John is behind many of Beyonce’s makeup looks, including those from her Mrs. Carter tour.Reuters

– not unlike deceased makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin or YouTube beauty guru Michelle Phan.

 

Sir John relocated to New York City more than a decade ago at age 20. He took a job dressing windows at Henri Bendel, which led to a career window doing visual merchandising at Gucci. The young makeup artist then met with British makeup artist Pat McGrath – and the rest was history. From there, Sir John landed a string of enviable gigs – jobs with designers like Tom Ford (where he met the iconic Beyonce) were carried out with McGrath and makeup artist and YouTube guru Charlotte Tilbury.

“We shot videos all over the world. It was such a great experience,” Sir John said of becoming an ambassador for L’Oreal. “I’ve come to love the brand through her eyes,” he added, referring to Beyonce’s favorite products, which include the Infallible lip color line, a long-lasting lip product that’s smudge-proof and lasts for hours.

Some of Sir John’s favorites also include the company’s popular Voluminous original mascara and its new La Palette Nude eye shadows.

Kardashian becomes the «wife,» cropped out of ultra-Orthodox paper

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Tel Aviv (dpa) – It was as if one of the most photographed people in the world wasn’t even there. Kim Kardashian visited Jerusalem with her husband, rapper Kanye West, but an ultra-Orthodox newspaper cropped her out of pictures and did not print her name in an article about their visit. The couple dined out during…

The couple dined out during their trip Monday and Tuesday with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, who posted a photograph of the three on Twitter. The newspaper Kikar Shabat then published an article criticizing the mayor for taking a “celebrity couple” to a non-kosher restaurant.

The article referred to the couple as “singer Kanye West and his wife” and was illustrated with Barkat’s photograph of the three dining. In one reproduction of the photo, Kardashian was blurred out. In another, a dinner bill is plastered over Kardashian.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality television star and West arrived with their toddler daughter, North, from Armenia, where Kardashian, whose father was of Armenian descent, traced her roots and visited a memorial of the mass deportations and killings of Armenians during World War I.

In Jerusalem, the couple had their daughter baptized in the 12th century Armenian church of Saint James in the walled Old City, which has an Armenian Quarter, Israeli media reported.

Popular pop singer becomes the up to date face of Dior

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Kim Kardashian worships her BlackBerry: ‘It’s my heart and soul. I’ll never get rid of it’

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Male Lead In ‘Sex And The City’ Calls Carrie Bradshaw A Whore

 

by Carimah Townes “Male Lead In ‘Sex And The City’ Calls Carrie Bradshaw A Whore“Christopher Noth of The Good Wife and Sex and the City fame just called Sarah Jessica Parker’s iconic character, Carrie Bradshaw, a whore. Even if Noth made a joke, which his rep says was the case, it wasn’t necessarily a good one.

Noth, who played Carrie’s on-and-off again boyfriend-turned-husband, Mr. Big, was beloved and hated by Sex and the City fans. His standoffish character was often cold and callous, and contributed to a very damaging relationship. But speaking to News.com.au in Australia, Noth blamed the unhealthy relationship on his counterpart.

“[Big] was what he was. One of the things I tell people is that he never tried to pretend he was anything other than what he was. It was (Carrie) who tried to pretend he was something he wasn’t. He was always honest about himself; he never cheated on her. The relationship just didn’t work, and he went on to get married while she went on to … how many boyfriends did she have? She was such a whore! There’s a misconception that Carrie was a victim of him, and that’s not the case. She was a strong, smart woman.”

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Kim Kardashian’s minimum rate to endorse a product is $750,000 to $1 million, RadarOnline reports. The entertainment and gossip website uncovered secret business emails between Kardashian’s reps and a firm that wanted Kardashian to promote its brand. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” reality TV star’s demands didn’t stop there. In addition to the fee, Kardashian… Kim Kardashian Demands Between $750,000 And $1M Per Endorsement

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Actress Elizabeth Peña Dead At 55

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Hollywood actress Elizabeth Peña has died, People magazine reported Wednesday. She was 55. The actress passed away Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of natural causes after a brief illness, her manager Gina Rugolo told the news site. Further details about her passing were not provided. Peña had a career in entertainment that spanned…

Hollywood actress Elizabeth Peña has died, People magazine reported Wednesday. She was 55.

The actress passed away Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of natural causes after a brief illness, her manager Gina Rugolo told the news site. Further details about her passing were not provided.

Peña had a career in entertainment that spanned four decades. She won four American Latino Media Arts Awards (ALMAs), according to the Internet Movie Database.

She was known for her roles in films such as “La Bamba,” “Transamerica,” “Lone Star,” “Rush Hour,” “Jacob’s Ladder” and “Free Willy 2.” She also appeared on the small screen with stints on shows like “Matador,” “L.A. Law,” “Dream On,” “Resurrection Blvd.” and “Modern Family,” where she played the mother of Sofia Vergara’s character, Gloria.

She lent her voice to characters in the films “The Incredibles” and “American Dad” and the cartoon series “Justice League.”

Peña directed a few television show episodes and also founded the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors, the Los Angeles Times wrote.

“In the United States, all Spanish-speaking people are lumped into one category,” Peña said in a 1996 interview with the Dallas Morning News, according to the Los Angeles  Times. “But we’re all so different. Argentinians are completely different from Mexicans.  Mexicans are completely different from Cubans. Cubans are completely different from people from Paraguay and Uruguay.”

Peña was born Sept. 23, 1959, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and lived in Cuba for part of her childhood.

Being an entertainer ran in Peña’s blood. Her mother, Estella Margarita, was a producer and an arts administrator and her father, Mario, was an actor, writer and director.

She is survived by her husband, Hans Rolla; her daughter, Fiona; her son, Kaelan; as well as her mother and a sister.

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Celebrity marathoners: the pressure, the pitfalls, the payoff

 

October 9, 2014

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Soon after actor Anthony Edwards put out his last cigarette, he decided to run the Chicago marathon. Like most marathoners, Edwards questioned his ability. But unlike most other runners, he knew that if he could not finish, everybody would know it. “It was right at the height of ‘ER,’ so I went under a different name,”…

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Celebrity Makeup Secrets: How to Get Your Best Look Ever With Celebrity Tips and Products

By Sara Liz  

Why does celebrity makeup always look so perfect?

Celebrity makeup artists have tons of tips and techniques for applying makeup that most people never heard of! Want to be one of the few in-the-know? We’ve gathered some great ones for you right here! Here you will learn some great makeup application secrets to get your most flattering eyes, eyelashes, eyebrows, concealer, foundation, blush and lips.

Celebrity Eyes:

Makeup artists have many tricks up their sleeves to make celebrities’ eyes pop! They first put an eye shadow primer or some foundation on the eyelids, so that the eye shadow has something to hold onto. For eye shadow colors, they’ll select three shades which are variations on the same color (i.e. light green, medium green, and dark green), or in the same neutral color family (i.e. beige, brown, and dark brown). They will put the lightest color on the brow bone, the medium color on the lid, and the darkest color in the crease. This will emphasize the shape of the eyes and make them stand out!

Other tricks for glammed-up, red carpet eyes include lining the lower inner rim of the eyes with a white pencil to make them appear bigger and applying shimmery clear lip gloss to the top eyelids to make eyes sparkle. Celebrity makeup artists also apply shimmer powder under the brow bone to draw more attention to the eye area and they always nude eyeliner with a Q-tip to make it look less severe or smokier.

To create cat-eyes (like Brigitte Bardot in the sixties or Pamela Anderson today), celebrity makeup artists use dark brown or black eyeliner to exaggerate the end of the eye so it turns up slightly. If you decide to go this route, remember that smudging is the key to perfecting this look!

Celebrity Eyelashes:

Celebrity makeup artists also have many secrets for eyelashes! They always curl eyelashes first to maximize length and curl. They then dust them with powder which makes the eyelashes look much thicker after the mascara is applied! Celebrity makeup artists will often use two coats of mascara, the first will be a lengthening or separating formula, and the second, a thickening formula, to max out eyelash potential! Mascara clumps are combed out between coats.

For special occasions celebrities may use false eyelashes (their secret is dark eyelash glue) or may have eyelash extensions applied which are semi-permanent variations.

Celebrity Eyebrows:

Celebrity makeup artists know that enhancing the shape of the eyebrows is one of the most dramatic ways to improve a celebrity’s appearance. Celebrity makeup artists use Tweezerman brand tweezers most often to shape eyebrows. They tweeze the hairs under the arch of the eyebrow to further emphasize it and pluck away any strays. Eyebrows are filled in with the feathery strokes of an eyebrow pencil in either “blonde “or “taupe” for blondes, “auburn” for redheads, and light brown or medium brown for brunettes. Only black-haired gals should fill in their eyebrows with a “dark brown” eyebrow pencil” and nobody should use a black eyebrow pencil as it looks too severe. A secret weapon of celebrity makeup artists is brow sealant, which keeps this brow look in shape all day.

Celebrity Concealer:

Amazing Concealer by Amazing Cosmetics is favored by many celebrity makeup artists. Concealer is usually applied with an eye shadow brush. It is applied in thin layers which are “built up” until the blemish is covered. Concealer typically is applied before foundation. For really red blemishes, makeup artists often use a green concealer first which tones the redness down under foundation.

Celebrity Foundation:

Laura Mercier Foundation is very popular with celebrities. Foundation is usually applied by celebrity makeup artists with a sponge for the most natural looking coverage. Celebrity makeup artists use a foundation primer which is worn between your moisturizer and your foundation. This product refines the skin and helps foundation stay in place all day. If you can’t spring just yet for celebrity products, try Revlon’s Color Stay Foundation with Soft-flex, which stays in place all day and comes in an extensive variety of shades.

Celebrity Powder:

Celebrity makeup artists almost always use loose powder in a translucent or skin matching shade. They will apply it with a puff and then dust it away with a big brush, or will apply it with the big brush, being sure to shake off any excess first. Then the celebrity will carry around a pressed powder or blotting papers in her evening bag for touch ups. Some celebrities skip powder all together for their dry skinned clients. Powder is great for keeping foundation in place for the longest period of time, however.

Celebrity Blush:

Nars and Stila blushes are very popular with celebrity makeup artists. While these are powder blushes, there are other makeup artists who prefer gel blush because of the dewy, healthy glow it imparts. Blush is never applied with anything but a big, fluffy brush. It is applied on the apples of the cheeks in circles, or is swept from the apples to the hair line. Shimmery blushes like Nars blush in Torrid can make the cheeks appear to be glowing, according to celebrity fans.

Celebrity Lips:

MAC lip liner in Spice is the shade thought to most closely resemble natural lip color for most people and is a favorite of celebrity makeup artists. Celebrities often use lip-plumping products like City Lips and Lip Fusion which have both won awards from Good Housekeeping! Lip gloss is applied at least to the center of the bottom lip to make it look fuller.

Sara Liz, M.A. is the Editor-in-Chief for Celebrity-Beauty-Secret-Goldmine.com. Visit http://www.celebrity-beauty-tip-goldmine.com for tons more celebrity beauty secrets for your body, hair, makeup, nails, skin, style, and weight-loss.

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