Stylish with Substance

Makeup-Tutorial Tutorial (Hilarious Video)

Ella M — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:47:42 EDT

This is from the "Viral Video Film School" segment on "InfoMania", a series on the Current TV cable station. I find the pieces are much less about teaching and more so just another way to highlight some stupid (or funny) YouTube stuff.

This one is funny! But seriously I'd like to try something inspired by the eye enlarging technique with white liner. (Not the cartoon version with the creepy contacts or anything.) Perhaps I'd wear that look to see Lady GaGa someday. But don't worry, I wouldn't dress as GaGa, always Ella! (Brunette and all, never blonde!) Here's a link to that particular full tutorial. It's very interesting and quite in depth.

By the way, I have a makeup lesson of my own today...

Don't take makeup advice from this woman:

She wears colors like, "enchanted bipolar dwarf". Looks like it. Those colors are crazy. Ladies wear subtle colors that blend with edges fading into the skin. Blush should always be only slightly different from natural skin tone.

You've been schooled.

Did you think Abaete let ANT-Models Show for Real?

Ella M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:36:08 EST

No, those are not the same girls. Some of you followers of fashion likely knew (if you remembered) that there were only generic faces back last September for the Abaeté Spring 2009 runway show. (One good thing about the show's model-wannabes is that they have some uniqueness to them, whereas fashion show directors often aim to create a solitary *look*.)

So Abaeté got some advertising and didn't even have to risk amateurs walking down their Fashion Week runway.

I actually say, "tsk tsk" -- and also I had wanted to show the clip of Isabella facing and conquering some adversity with those strobe lights. I was impressed, although I know many do think it should stop her hopeful career in its tracks. (I will try to find a video of this scene, I cannot yet.)

What do you think about the completely different runway show (forgive me for not knowing if this series is taped much more recently, and in that case, too early for Fall 2009 New York Fashion Week??) -- is this just me slightly overblowing a non-issue?

Nonetheless, I found this amusing.

Which of these Models is Not like the Others?

Ella M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:24:11 EST

A sampling of this season's contestants on America's Next Top Model.

It's a trick question. Sorry. I really, truly am. This Top Model season/cycle's (or perhaps in general, and most in the modeling world) "plus" sized model is on the thin side of average, looks better than most American women---almost looks as skinny as the other America's Next top Model contestants and in some shots precisely as thin. To top it all off, it's a very bad thing for America's youth and even adult women in our society.

I know I would have to go on the supermodel's diet to look as fit as this model. (Granted, her height does "help" her, as with most plus-sized models.)

So now which one should be singled out as "heavier" or "bigger"? Click to read full post