Joy of Vegan Beauty: 2015

Friday, October 16, 2015

Celebrity Style: Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland at the 2015 Emmy Awards

Celebrity Style: Sarah Hyland of Modern Family. Get Sarah Hyland’s gorgeous beauty look from the 2015 Emmy Awards using vegan and cruelty free makeup.

For eyebrows: To get her bold brows, apply eyebrow powder in shade close your natural eyebrow color with a vegan synthetic angled eyeliner brush to fill in spaces to thicken brows and create a sharp angle. Taper your brow to a short tail that ends a bit above the eye and lines up to the outer corners of your eyes.

For eyes: For her pretty burgundy shadow look, use a shimmery warm pinkish berry shade. Put the mauve shadow on your lids and above eye and put a just a small amount right under your eye. Use a vegan synthetic blending and shading brush to soften the shadow around your eyes. Finish with mascara.

For face: To get her look of flawless skin, use a cream foundation. Then, apply a light shimmery highlighter with a vegan synthetic brush.

For lips: For her pretty lip color, use a neutral or mauve shade like Crazy Rumors HibisKiss Lip Color in Breeze. Top with a Crazy Rumors lip balm for extra shine.

Celebrity Style: Laverne Cox

Laverne Cox at the 2015 Emmy Awards

Celebrity Style: Laverne Cox of Orange is the New Black. Get Laverne Cox’s bright nail look from the 2015 Emmy Awards using vegan, cruelty free, and 5 free nail polish.

Bright color nail polish in hues of yellow and orange look great on dark skin tones. Try a bright yellow shade. First, apply a base coat on each nail and let dry. Then, paint on two or more coats of the yellow nail polish depending on the intensity of color you want. Let the nail polish dry between each coat. Once the yellow nail polish is dry, apply top coat for extra shine and staying power.

Celebrity Style: Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts at the 2015 Emmy Awards

Celebrity Style: Emma Roberts of Scream Queens. Get Emma Robert’s Old Hollywood glamour beauty look from the 2015 Emmy Awards using vegan and cruelty free makeup.

For eyes: To get her rosy smoky eyes, first put a mauve eyeshadow on your lids and above your eye. Use a brown eyeshadow under your eyes. Use a vegan synthetic eyeshadow blending and shading brush to soften the mauve and brown eyeshadows into a smokey look outward toward the outer corner of your eye. Finish by coating lashes with a black mascara.

For face: To get smooth and flawless skin like hers, apply a cream foundation. On the apples of your cheeks apply a peachy blush. Use a vegan synthetic blush brush to blend the blush upward and outward.

For lips: For her pretty pinkish lips, apply a pinkish coral shade.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Natural Ways to Have Whiter Teeth

Cucumber slices

#1 Drink cucumber water. Cucumber water is not acidic and will not erode the enamel on your teeth. An easy way to make cucumber water is to peel and slice a cucumber, put the slices into a pitcher of natural spring water, and let sit for 1 hour.

Sea salt

#2 Use a sea salt and water mixture to rinse instead of mouthwash. Most mouthwash contain alcohol that eliminates essential microbes. The sea salt and water mixture prevents gingivitis, plaque, and wards yellowing of teeth without eliminating the good microbes. Mix one teaspoon of sea salt with a cup of water and then rinse for a minute.

Strawberries

#3 Have fruits like strawberries or apples for dessert. These fruits are low in acidity and stimulate saliva, which keeps particles off your teeth.

Makeup Tip #23: How to Apply Foundation

Applying Foundation

Applying Foundation How-To. Use vegan and cruelty free makeup and brushes.

Step 1: Prep your face with primer. After you have applied your moisturizer and SPF, put on the primer. Primer smooths skin and sets a base for the foundation. Wait about 30 seconds for the primer to set.

Step 2: Next, put concealer where you need to. This way, you can use the foundation to blend away skin color differences that the concealer causes.

Step 3: Apply foundation with a brush. Work in the foundation with a flat top kabuki brush in small, circular motions. Use a smaller rounded tip brush for more precision around your nose and eyes.

Step 4: Make sure to apply foundation to your jawline, neck, and decollete. Putting foundation in these spots prevents you from having a two-tone skin issue.

Makeup Tip #22: Blush for Oily Skin

Applying blush

Makeup Tip: If you have oily skin, use a matte blush instead of a shimmer blush. Matte blushes give the same flush of color to your cheeks, but do not have the shine. The shimmer blushes will make your face appear shinier. Try a vegan and cruelty free matte blush.

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Makeup Tip #21: Best Way to Hold Your Makeup Brush

Applying foundation with a makeup brush

When applying foundation, hold the end of the brush. Holding the brush at the end gives you a softer touch and a much more natural finish. Use a vegan and cruelty free synthetic makeup brush. For foundation, try vegan and cruelty free.

Makeup Tip #20: Check Your Lighting

Checking makeup in different lighting

Check your makeup in different lighting. Overhead lighting can create shadows. Turn on your phone’s flashlight while looking in the mirror to see how your makeup will look in a different lighting. Use a cruelty free vegan synthetic round tip brush to blend in and fix makeup mistakes.

Makeup Tip #19: Eyeliner Tips

Fixing eyeliner mistakes

Eyeliner Tips: Do not pull your eyelid when applying eyeliner. Draw a line and then go back with a cotton swab dipped in makeup remover to perfect the line. Try a vegan and cruelty free makeup remover and eyeliner.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Nail Art Trends Fashion Week 2015: Disco Nails

Nail Art Trends from Fashion Week 2015: Disco Nails

Disco Nails at New York Fashion Week 2015

Nail art trend from Fashion Week 2015: Disco Nails. Get the look using cruelty free, vegan, and 5 free nail polish. Disco nails sparkle in the light and are covered in glitter. Coat each nail in a glitter copper polish to achieve the sparkly disco nail look.

Makeup Trends Fashion Week 2015: Ombre Lips

Makeup Trends from Fashion Week 2015: Ombre Lips

Ombre Lips at Fashion Week 2015

Makeup Trend from Fashion Week 2015: Ombre Lips. Get the look using vegan and cruelty free lip colors. Use a red shade, use Crazy Rumors HibisKiss Lip Color in Sunset and a pink shade.

First apply the red lip color to your lips leaving the center of lips blank. Next apply the pink lip color to just the center of your lips. Then, go over the edges of your lips with the red lip color again to darken. Use your fingers or a vegan synthetic blending brush to smooth the pink and red shades together.

Nail Art Trends Fashion Week 2015: Teal Tip French Manicure

Nail Art Trends from Fashion Week 2015: Teal Tip French Manicure

Teal Tipped French Manicure at Fashion Week 2015

Nail Art Trend from Fashion Week 2015: Teal Tip French Manicure. Get the look using cruelty free, vegan, and 5 free nail polish..

First coat nails in a neutral peach or nude color. Let dry. Then on the tips of your nails apply a green or teal color. You can do the entire tip or leave a small space in the middle. For the spaced tip look, at the tip of your nails swipe the brush downward a bit on each side leaving a small gap between swipes. Finish with a top coat.

Makeup Trends Fashion Week 2015: Berry Lips

Makeup Trends from Fashion Week 2015: Berry Lips

Berry Lips at New York Fashion Week

Makeup Trends from Fashion Week 2015: Berry Lips. Get the look using vegan and cruelty free lip colors in burgundy and deep red hues. Keep the rest of your makeup neutral to let your bold berry lips take center stage.