IN HONOR OF MARILYN MONROE

MARILYN MONROE WAS BORN ON JUNE FIRST, NINETEEN TWENTY SIX

KAREN MULDER AND HEIDI KLUM SHARE A BIRTHDAY TODAY

KAREN MULDER (43) MULTI VOGUE COVER GIRL ALL OVER THE WORLD AND LEGENDARY RUNWAY MODEL FOR TOP DESIGNERS. RETIRED FROM THE FASHION BUSINESS WAY TOO SOON. SHE IS MISSED.

HEIDI KLUM (40) QUEEN OF THE VICTORIA'S SECRET GIRLS. GERMAN VOGUE COVER GIRL. EX-WIFE OF SEAL. PROJECT RUNWAY HOST. AND SEEN EVERY WHERE ALL THE TIME. WAY OVER EXPOSED.

MOON DROPS BY REVLON COSMETICS

This is one of my all time favorite Revlon ad campaigns. Richard Avedon was the photographer and the model was Samantha Jones and I believe it was produced in the early 1970's. I love the whole futuristic look of it, even the name "Moon Drops" makes it sound like something from the future.

HAPPY 48TH BIRTHDAY TO BROOKE SHIELDS

DAVID FRANK RAY WITH BROOKE SHIELDS

I was thrilled to create the makeup and hair for Brooke Shields on the cover of REVUE magazine photographed by Douglas Dubler. Earrings by Fred Joaillier of Beverly Hills.

CORAL LIPSTICK PERFECT FOR SUMMER

AUDREY HEPBURN APPLIES A GREAT SHADE OF CORAL LIPSTICK. "I CRAVE CORAL" BY MAYBELLINE IS ONE TO TRY.

BEAUTY ARTISTS HALL OF FAME - ALEXANDRE DE PARIS

Elizabeth Taylor styled by Alexandre

Karl Lagerfeld, model and Alexandre

Sophia Loren and Alexandre

Lauren Bacall and Elizabeth Taylor 

Alexandre de Paris in 1970s

Alexandre de Paris was THE famous hairstylist to the stars in the 50's, 60's and 70's. He worked with them all, from Elizabeth Taylor to Audrey Hepburn, just to name a few. He will be included in my Beauty Artists Hall of Fame.

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY RILEY KEOUGH

RILEY KEOUGH IS THE GRAND DAUGHTER OF ELVIS PRESLEY

THE SILENT FILM ERA

POLA NEGRI

A BLONDE POLA NEGRI

A makeup artist friend and I were discussing the smokey eye makeup look, and she was saying she first saw it done in the 1960's. And I said that actually the first of the smokey eye looks were created in the silent films of the 1920's. The actresses such as Pola Negri (pictured here) were called "vamps" and always had dark smokey eye makeup painted on, along with dark lipstick. And when you look at these photos you can imagine any one of these makeup looks on a woman of today and she would be totality fashionable.

SOPHIA LOREN

SOPHIA LOREN'S LOOK WAS CREATED BY MAKEUP ARTIST PABLO MANZONI

SUSIE SELLS SEASHELLS BY THE SEASHORE

AT FIRST I THOUGHT THESE DELICATE LITTLE SHELLS WERE HAND-PAINTED. ON CLOSER INSPECTION I NOTICED THEY WERE A TRANSFER THAT WAS APPLIED TO THE SKIN WITH GLUE. VERY PRETTY, DON'T YOU AGREE?

TILDA SWINTON IS A GODDESS

Photographed with Tom Hiddleston and Jim Jarmusch in Cannes for the premiere of "Only Lovers Left Alive". Tilda Swinton looked like a golden goddess in her gold lame pant suit. Wearing a very simple makeup featuring bright red lipstick, it was her hair that was her crowning glory. Cut short but with a long swirl of hair swept up into a impressive quiff.

SCANDALOUS

AND VERY SEXY

LINDA MORAND IS THE BIRTHDAY GIRL

BABY LINDA

LINDA MORAND DECLARED SUPER CHICK - 1960'S

LINDA MORAND THE VISCOUNTESS DE DORNE  - 1970

BAZAAR ITALIA COVER GIRL LINDA MORAND - 1978

LINDA AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR DAVID FRANK RAY - MAY 2013

Today is Linda Morand's (aka The Grand Morand) birthday, she is 67 years old and still looks like a women in her 40's. Which she attributes to her routine of facial exercises, her spiritual beliefs, and a secret skin cream she developed years ago.

From the cover of MADEMOISELLE magazine (she was one of the first models to sport the Vidal Sassoon haircut) Linda was catapulted to Paris, where she was the muse for designers Pierre Cardin and Karl Lagerfeld, until she met her future husband Philippe Forquet. A very handsome young actor and also French royalty, as Philippe Forquet Viscount de Dorne. His family discouraged Linda to continue her career as a model after the marriage. But after 2 years of a passionate but troubled time together, they choose to move on and get a divorce.

Linda returned to the world of high fashion traveling all over Europe shooting editorial for Vogue and Bazaar. Linda then discovered Germany and a very handsome German Baron, with whom she had her first child, a beautiful little girl. Again Linda was unable to continue modeling. So when her daughter was old enough they moved to New York, where Linda's stunning similarity to Jackie Kennedy created a media frenzy. Helmut Newton even photographed Linda for a multi page spread in Paris Vogue, wearing her then long dark hair full and slightly flipped at the ends and a pair of oversized sunglasses. The resemblance was so strong Jackie O herself complimented Morand when they met one night at a society night spot.

After some time goes by Linda meets a very handsome slightly younger man. They marry and have 3 more beautiful children, two girls and a boy. Life is wonderful living in South Carolina where together they started a very successful modeling school. Years go by until one day Linda comes home to an empty house. Her husband ran off with their pretty young assistant and all four of their children. Linda was devastated and spent years and thousands of dollars to find her children and reclaim them through the court system. Today Linda is a proud grandmother of four.

She created the first website to catalog the models of the 1960's Mini Mad Mod 60s.com. Is currently working on a TV special called The Super Models Hall of Fame and writing several books and an important documentary on the fashion stars of the 50's. Plus Linda has some other projects in the works that she cannot discuss at this time, that look to be quite exciting. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING!

MAKEUP EXPERT : BILLY B (AKA BILLY BRASFIELD)

THE MASTER HIMSELF AT WORK

LADY GAGA WITH MAKEUP BY BILLY B

Billy B is one of the hottest makeup artists around. He isn't new to the industry, he has been around for years, but in the past 5 years or so, he has caught on like wild fire, and there hardly is a Star out there that Billy hasn't touched with his magic brushes. Speaking of which, he even designed a line of fantastic makeup brushes for every makeup need. So check them out here and maybe some of that Billy B magic will rub off on you. At any rate you will have some of the best professional brushes in the industry.