take a Chance

I haven't done one of my chicks of inspiration posts in a while, and this one is waaaay overdue.  I just want to say that this lovely lass is pretty much the person that helped lurch me into training in make up. After kindly returning one of my emails, I was convinced there was no reason why I shouldn't give it a shot.

Her talent is very natural, she has a knack in really complimenting the beauty of her subject rather than disguising or masking it.  If I knuckle down and practice, I hope to one day have a fraction of this talent :)

Here's a few of my favourite pics of the work by makeup artist 
AMY CHANCE 

Kat Dennings

30 Seconds To Mars

Arielle Kebbel

Ashley Greene

Ting Tings

Check out Amy's portfolio here and her blog here - it's all awesome!
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Rocksteady

What perfect timing to pay tribute to this wonderful woman, it was her 40th birthday yesterday! Girlfriend knows how to look after herself!

When I was in high school, this whirlwind came through my life in the form of a SoCal Ska band with a platinum blonde singer, who's tomboy attitude mixed with fantastic hair & makeup took over me...

the amazing hair stylesthe porcelain skin, thick eyeliner & bright lips. Her look inspired by Marilyn Monroe & Jean Harlow, who she ultimately played in The Aviator movieher wicked style

... Gwen Stefanifor a recap on some classic Gwen here are my favourite film clips:

Sunday Morning

Simple Kind Of Life

Running

New

Hella Good

What You Waiting For

Early Winter (the hair makeup & fashion in the clip gets me all choked up! the green D&G gown takes my breath away)

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p.s Gwen Stefani as a woman, I love... but Tony, Adrian & Tom make up 3/4's of No Doubt, what a great group of people & musicians. Seeing them live is still one of my best music experiences ever.

Video stars

A lot of my friends are always after makeup tips & how to's. I have found you the answer!
Video tutorials. Now this is by no means a new thing, derr has anyone heard of YouTube? But after blogging for a little while now, I have come across some wonderful makeup artists who are talented and post very informative tutorial videos of themselves applying makeup step by step. Here is my favourite :

Pixiwoo - makeup artist sisters Sam & Nic are extremely talented! Under the name Pixiwoo they have a blog & youtube channel which is one of the most successful beauty youtube channels around, you should check it out.

Samantha Chapman

My favourite though is their website fashionface.tv it's very informative, with tutorials on many makeup styles ranging from all eras to different celebrities to current trends and also has the basic How To videos all there for you to watch and learn.

http://www.fashionface.tv/

Enjoy!

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When we were young

I loved these cool chicks when I was a kid. I was born in '82 so caught the back end of the 80's and cranked the 90's. Back then, they ruled.

Barbie -wow I still love her! I have kept all of them, including this one

Dream Date Barbie

Punky Brewster, the coolest kid ever!

The Bangles, Susanna Hoff - still hot!
Madonna, oozed cool, not so much now. I wish she never changed. Wendy James from Transvision Vamp, sexy & cute with great pipesRainbow Brite, take me to Rainbow Land!
Kylie Minogue, every young girl wanted to be her. That changed for me when I turned 10

Jem & The Holograms - Truly truly the best cartoon ever. I still love itKelly, Brenda, Donna. Need I say more?
my favourite 90's supermodels, Linda, Christy & Cindy (front row)

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Gypsy

Between blogging about my classes, I blog random stuff that influences & inspires me. Every now and then I'll share the awesome women that have and always will amaze me.

Stunning, sultry, sexy & a survivor... a chick that truly rocks... The wonderful Stevie Nicks

"I had my hair streaked at the end of the my tenth-grade year and got in a lot of trouble for it. They didn't just streak it blond...they streaked it silver. My hair was totally ivory. I was grounded for six weeks. But when my hair changed, everything changed. I got to wear grayish plum eye shadow. There was no way I was going back"~Stevie Nicks, Allure , 1995

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