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Archive for the ‘Inspire’ Category
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About a Boy
So it’s officially over, the year 2012. Not the Mayan Apocalypse kind of over or an asteroid the size of Manhattan kind of over, just over. No cheesy ballad sung by an aging rock star in tattered jeans, no frantic race to save humanity, just ...
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The End of the World as I Know It and I Feel Fine
Well here we go again…One more year down and wow can we talk about a 180?! This holiday season could not have been any more different for me than last year. While last year was spent sipping tequila, munching on fresh ceviche and scanning the ...
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Chanel 5 Year Anniversary Fete
On Oct 27th I celebrated the landmark 5 year anniversary of my partnership with Chanel beaute and WOW, what a magical night it was! Myself and my 4 fellow make up artists: Angela Levin, Kate Lee, Kara Yashimoto Bua and Fulvia Farolfi all shared our ...
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There’s no place like home
Poet Maya Angelou may have famously said, “You can never go home again” but in all fairness she wasn’t from San Francisco. I was born in New York but down to the very marrow of my bones I’m from San Francisco. I simply don’t breathe ...
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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
This year’s Met Gala was every bit the fashion fireworks show it always is, but for me this one was bittersweet. The entire fashion world and Hollywood came out in their finest regalia, this time to honor the brilliant late designer Alexander McQueen and commemorate ...
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It Really Is A Wonderful Life
I cannot believe I’m writing this post from 30,000 ft over the Pacific! I realize this recent leap in technology might not be a necessity but I’m still pretty amazed by it. Well, we’re finally en route to celebrate Frank’s 40th, which just happens to ...
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My Nepenthe
The cookbook section of any book store inevitably sends me into a full blown meditative state. Something similar to hypnosis occurs when I’m amongst volumes of endless culinary possibilities something akin to being handed the key to a mysterious secret world. My insatiable appetite for ...
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Jane Fonda: One Bad Ass Icon
I’m a firm believer that life hands you exactly what you need when you need it, you just need to be paying attention. Coincidences are not just coincidences but more like divine interventions. I had one of those moments yesterday while packing and unpacking my ...
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Lauren Hutton: Mind The Gap
I remember being very young and complaining to my mother about how much I hated the gap between my teeth and how I really needed braces or my life just may be over. She looked right at me and said, very incredulously, “Lauren Hutton has ...
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Color Me Blue
My irrational love for France has never been a secret and has manifested itself in many ways over the years. I have delved deep into countless historical biographies and probably know more about the origins of haute cuisine, the reign of terror and the decadent ...
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Marisa Berenson: Queen of the Scene
Iconic model of the late ’60s and ’70s, granddaughter of the brilliant fashion genius Elsa Schiapparelli, once coined “the girl of the Seventies” by Yves Saint Laurent, Marisa Berenson has to be one of the most exquisite beauties of all time. This make up is ...
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Body Heat: It’s Heating Up All Right
This weekend we’re having the very first heat wave of the summer which makes me, of course, want to break out a white dress and a melon colored lip gloss—a la temptress extraordinaire Kathleen Turner in the 1981 steamy neo-noir classic Body Heat. I seriously ...
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Karen Elson and Jack White: Strange Birds
I just had to post this insanely yummy editorial from this month’s American Vogue of quite possibly the most spooky gorgeous couple on the planet, Karen Elson and Jack White. This shoot makes me SO happy! I wonder if Karen ever stands on the porch ...
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Pamela De Barres: I’m With the Band
One Groovy Muse I just finished reading one of the best guilty pleasure books I’ve read in a long time. Pamela De Barres deliciously candid I’m With the Band, Confessions of a Groupie. All I can say is, what on Earth took me so long? ...
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Random Acts of Inspiration
The other day I’d hit a bit of a rough patch when my wonderful friend Marco Souza—the most amazing makeup assistant in the world—stopped by holding a gloriously cheerful bouquet of flowers and this book, Backstage Dior. I’m so grateful to Marco and John Galliano ...
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Caution: These Ads Have Been Known to Cause Severe Day Dreaming.
For those of you that don’t know, I am a huge perfume enthusiast, a scent-o-phile if you will. I’m as intrigued by the creation and history of fragrance as I am by the end result. Maybe it was the element of fantasy around perfume that ...
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Shining Star
I just thought I’d post this phenomenal 1974 Vogue cover of Bianca Jagger. 70′s fashion was so glamourous and this woman makes me very, very happy.
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Inspiration Board
My first post from my new iPhone! Here’s one of my inspiration boards in my office. This is so exciting, creativity abounds!