STEPHANIE SEYMOUR TO BE THE LATEST FACE OF ESTEE LAUDER COSMETICS

LEGENDARY SUPER MODEL STEPHANIE SEYMOUR LANDS CONTRACT TO REPRESENT ESTEE LAUDER AT THE AGE OF 45. WHEN STEPHANIE STARTED MODELING AS A TEENAGER, SHE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING A LAUDER GIRL. SO, FOR THE NOW MRS.BRANT, THIS WILL BE A DREAM COME TRUE, WHEN THE ADS PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARIO SORRENTI, LAUNCH SOMETIME THIS FALL 2014.

TALISA SOTO-BRATT

TALISA SOTO HAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FACES TO MAKEUP. I LOVE HER EXOTIC LATIN LOOKS.

RIHANNA VIVA GLAM TAKE TWO - LAUNCHES AT MAC COSMETICS SEPT. 11TH

The lipstick for Viva Glam Rihanna II will come in warm mauve with silver frost, while the lipgloss will be a cool mauve with red frost. 
Priced at $16 and $15 each.

Pop icon Rihanna brings a bold look to her fierce new VIVA GLAM campaign, accenting her fearless, confident style with shades of frosted metallic mauve Lipstick and Lipglass, in velvety soft red packaging featuring her signature. Also available, the modern red hues of Rihanna’s original VIVA GLAM collection. Every cent of the selling price of VIVA GLAM Rihanna goes toward helping women, men and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

MARGAUX HEMINGWAY CAPTURED BY THE LEGENDARY GEORGE HURRELL

THE LATE MODEL-ACTRESS MARGAUX HEMINGWAY PHOTOGRAPHED BY GEORGE HURRELL WEARING A SEQUINED HOODIE BY HALSTON 1976

VINTAGE MAKEUP LOOKS - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

I HAVE A FASCINATION WITH MAKEUP. I ENJOY SEEING ALL THE LOOKS THROUGH TIME. NEXT COMES THE 60S, 70S, 80S, 90S, AND THE CURRENT TIME OF THE 2000s. I WONDER HOW MUCH COSMETICS WILL CHANGE, WHEN THE TIME 3000 COMES AROUND?

MILA JOVOVICH BREAKS THROUGH TO DIOR

LOVE THE USE OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE IN THIS VINTAGE DIOR AD FROM SPRING 2003

CRYING DIAMOND TEARS

INSPIRED BY A FAMOUS PHOTO BY MANRAY

PURPLE COLOUR FANFARE ~ ISABELLA ROSSELLINI

MAKEUP BY JOEY MILLS, HAIR BY GAD COHEN, PHOTO BY BILL KING, ART DIRECTOR NICK LA MICELA

YVES SAINT LAURENT COSMETICS - PURE CHROMATICS

LOVING THE 80S INSPIRED EYE MAKEUP LOOK FROM YSL. INTENSE COLORS THAT CAN BE USED WET OR DRY. THIS IS THE MODEL WITH THE UNUSUAL NAME "ARIZONA MUSE". I'M NOT SURE JUST WHEN THIS AD FOR YSL WAS PHOTOGRAPHED. BUT SINCE THEN ARIZONA HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE FACE FOR THE ESTEE LAUDER BRAND.

M.A.C. COSMETICS SALUTES THREE LEGENDARY MAKEUP ARTISTS

Every couple of years or so MAC Cosmetics presents an award, or as they put it they "Salute" two or three makeup artists. In 2012 the honorees were PABLO MANZONI (left) JOEY MILLS ( right) and MARY GREENWELL ( far right). And that is Gordon Espinet MAC's VP of Makeup Artistry standing between Pablo and Joey. I wrote a post about the amazing Pablo Manzoni just a week ago, and the fabulous Joey Mills comes from my heyday in the business as well. Mary Greenwell is excellent at that very natural looking makeup, that is much harder to do well then it looks. But instead of my going on telling you about each of their talents, please click here to read all about them.

MAKEUP BY MARY GREENWELL

MAKEUP BY PABLO MANZONI

MAKEUP BY JOEY MILLS

HYPNOTIC POISON BY DIOR PARFUM

ITALIAN ACTRESS/MODEL MONICA BELLUCCI

FROM 2006 TO 2010 MONICA WAS THE FACE OF A RANGE OF DIOR PRODUCTS

BIBA OF LONDON

BIBA WAS A FABULOUS ART DECO INSPIRED DEPARTMENT STORE IN LONDON IN THE SIXTIES WHERE ALL THE LATEST BRITISH DESIGNER LOOKS WERE SOLD. ALSO THERE WAS A VERY STYLISH RESTAURANT ON THE TOP FLOOR. BIBA EVEN HAD THEIR OWN LINE OF COSMETICS WHICH WERE VERY DESIRABLE, RIGHT ON THROUGH THE '70S. I KNOW I CHERISHED MY BIBA PAINTBOX VERY MUCH!

THE ONE AND ONLY LESLEY HORNBY AKA TWIGGY

HEART OF GLASS - DEBBIE HARRY

I WAS THINKING "I DON'T REMEMBER DEBBIE HARRY ON THE COVER OF COSMO IN '78?"
THEN I NOTICED THE PRICE WAS IN POUNDS NOT DOLLARS. THIS IS BRITISH COSMOPOLITAN.
SHE REALLY WAS THE DARLING OF THE MUSIC SCENE, SO SEXY AND CUTE. TOO BAD SHE DIDN'T GET THE WHOLE USA COSMO TREATMENT WITH SCAVULLO TAKING THE PHOTO AND HIS GLAM SQUAD.
WAY BANDY'S MAKEUP, HARRY KING'S HAIRSTYLING, WITH SEAN AS FASHION STYLIST. I'M SURE THEY MUST HAVE WORKED WITH MISS HARRY? I'LL HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH. THIS COVER IS GOOD BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE MAGIC OF THE ORIGINAL COSMO TEAM. THEY MADE COSMOPOLITAN ICONIC.

PABLO MANZONI - MAKEUP MASTER OF THE SIXTIES AND BEYOND

PABLO AT WORK (left) AND A FINISHED LOOK - PERFECTLY 60S (right)

COMING FROM A VERY GOOD ITALIAN FAMILY, THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE APPROVED OF HIM BECOMING A MAKEUP ARTIST.  SO HE MOVED TO ROME, CHANGED HIS NAME TO "PABLO MANZONI" AND JUST WALKED INTO THE ELIZABETH ARDEN SALON AND SAID HE WANTED TO BE A MAKEUP ARTIST. AND SO HE WAS! SEVEN YEARS LATER HE WAS SENT TO NEW YORK CITY TO BE THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR IN THE MAKEUP SALON OF ELIZABETH ARDEN 5TH AVE. PABLO BECAME KNOWN FOR HIS WILD EXTRAVAGANT BEJEWELED CREATIONS FOR THE COVERS OF VOGUE AND HARPER'S BAZAAR MAGAZINES.
YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE AMAZING STORY HERE IN A NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW THAT HE DID IN 1985.

BEAUTY IS ABOUT SPIRIT

 François Nars

THE ULTIMATE FALSE EYELASHES ARE FABULOUS

EVERY MAKEUP ARTIST NEEDS TO STUDY THE WAY THESE FALSE LASHES WERE APPLIED ON MODEL MARISA BERENSON. PHOTOGRAPHED FOR VOGUE MAGAZINE IN THE 60S BY DAVID BAILEY.

AMAZING KELLY

KELLY LEBROCK

EVER SO LOVELY

Lancôme

DIRTY DIANA

DIANA ROSS

I LOVE TILDA SWINTON'S HAIR

PHOTOGRAPHED BY PAOLO ROVERSI 

LADY SINGS THE BLUES

PHOTO BY BARRY LATEGAN

INCOGNITO

MAX FACTOR 2014

"DIVINE SAVES THE WORLD"

THIS WAS THE FIRST I HAD HEARD OF DIVINE. JOHN WATERS AND DIVINE TRAVELED TO SAN FRANCISCO TO GIVE A SNEEK PEEK AT THEIR SOON TO BE RELEASED FILM "PINK FLAMINGOS". BEFORE THAT HAPPENED THE COCKETTES PRODUCED THIS LIVE SHOW AT THE PALACE THEATER. WHERE DIVINE THREW DEAD FISH INTO THE AUDIENCE. JUST TO GET THEM INTO THE MOOD TO ATTEND THE FIRST SCREENING OF THE NOW INFAMOUS "PINK FLAMINGOS". SOMETIME LATER DURING THEIR STAY, DIVINE WAS THE STAR OF THE NEW COCKETTE SCI-FI SHOW " JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF URANUS ".  IN WHICH, BY THE WAY, I SANG A SOLO AS THE CHARACTER, "TINA TOMATO" ONE OF THE VEGETABLE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON THE PLANET URANUS. THEN DIVINE CAME ON STAGE AS THE EVIL CRAB LADY. AND SANG HER SHOW STOPPER "A CRAB ON URANUS MEANS YOUR LOVED" AS SHE THEN KILLED EVERYONE WITH HER DEADLY RAY-GUN! AND THAT WAS THE FINALE OF THE SHOW. 

AMAZING GRACE JONES