Permanently Beautiful

We all have seen her in Maxim and on TV. Actress/model Kim Kardashian has women everywhere wishing they looked that good all the time. However, now it’s feasible with permanent makeup options. Kim is best known for her sultry dark eyes lined in black kohl eyeliner. Save yourself that step everyday and consider having eyeliner permanently tattooed on your eyes.

A permanent cosmetic technician can determine what is best for your complexion, hair color and personal preference. No more crooked or too thick lines around your eyes, your look will look flawless everyday! Spare yourself the expenses and inconvenience of putting eye makeup on every morning.

If you’re undecided on permanent makeup for the time being, here are some tips on mastering the perfect smoky eye look:

• Gather everything you need to complete the look including concealer, black eyeliner, dark brown and neutral colored eyeshadows, black mascara and makeup brushes.
• Cover your eye with concealer or some other base (one great base is a MAC paint pot).
• Pencil your eyelids as close to eyelid as possible with your eye liner pencil into the inner corner of the eye.
• Brush the light color eyeshadow across your entire lid and into your crease (the portion of your eye above and slightly below your browbone).
• Apply the darker eyeshadow and put it in the crease. This should create an illusion of dark shadow, light shadow, dark liner.
• Use a smudge brush (or a cotton swab) to smudge the eyeliner, on both top and bottom.
• Finish with black mascara.

We all know that tanning is a no-no. Today’s tan is tomorrow’s wrinkled skin, not to mention skin cancer. But we all still want that bronze-y summer glow. Here’s how the celebrities do it. And you just know that they’re adding permanent make-up for that extra oomph.

Coppery Lips

A glimmering bronze lip looks young and fresh, but still elegant. Paired with tousled hair like Kate Hudson’s, it’s unfussy and perfectly thrown together.

Golden Cheeks

Strategically placed bronzer enhances Eva Longoria Parker’s delicate cheekbones while focusing light on her almond-shaped eyes. “When used like blush, bronzer adds structure,” says celebrity makeup artist Rachel Goodwin. “Neutral shades on eyes and mouth create a modern, monochromatic finish.”

Bronze Lids

Leighton Meester’s deep brown eyes and peaches-and-cream complexion get an instant boost from shimmering 24kt lids. Rose-gold tones are warm and sensual. It’s a shade that brings out highlights and complements this season’s stylish summer dresses.

Faux Tan

The ultimate bronzed bombshell, Jennifer Lopez has perfected an all-over glow. To get the look, apply color in one sweeping motion over brow bones, cheeks, and jawline. It leaves a soft, refined, halo-like finish.

Radiant Decolletage

Celebrity make-up artists agree. Jessica Biel nails this flawless look. How to do it? Maintain uniform color above and below the neck, then add dimension by highlighting the collarbone with a hint of shimmer.

Gleaming Limbs

Whether or not your arms and legs are as long and fit as Charlize Theron’s, there’s no arguing that they’ll look even more toned when sun-kissed. One shade deeper than your natural skin tone is perfect for a night out without overdoing it.

What do Ann Kournikova, Mia Hamm, Steffi Graff, Amanda Beard and Sasha Cohen have in common?  They’re all celebrity athletes – and they’re all gorgeous.

How do they look so good when they’re swinging a tennis racket, kicking a soccer ball, swimming laps or doing figure eights?

For one thing, their sports keep their shapes in good shape. But they’re making other smart choices, too.

Consider athletic hairstyles. Athletic hairstyles are typically hairstyles that allow the hair to be kept out of the face of the athlete, while still maintaining some style. Athletic hairstyles can be long, medium, or short to extremely short.

The most common athletic hairstyles worn by female athletes are typically ponytails and other pulled back styles. These styles are easy to maintain and can be dressed up almost instantly for going from the gym to the dinner table with a quick shower between.

Another common athletic hairstyle is the bob, since it is easy to pull back in a hair band or other restraint. This style is quick and easy to change and care for. The bob, a classic, is considered one of the most versatile hairstyles ever. It can be dressed down by leaving it plain, made athletic with a headband or dressed up by adding a jeweled bobby-pin.

Hair that is too short to swing into the face is also popular with female athletes. These hairstyles allow for some hair, but not so much that it gets in the way. Often, when off the field, the hair is spiked or slicked back to provide a more hip look.

Permanent makeup can also be part of a female athlete’s bag of tricks. They can always look gorgeous when the cameras close in. And with permanent makeup they have no worries about makeup running from sweat and chlorine which not only looks icky, but can interfere with their vision and cost them a win.

Hollywood stars just love to strut their stuff live onstage on Broadway. We’re always dazzled by the sheer star power lighting up the Great White Way these days. And that’s part of what makes watching the Tony Awards show so much fun.

Of course, Ann Hathaway, who’s doing Shakespeare in the Park this summer, looked darling at this year’s Tonys. But we were impressed by the glam of the more mature divas. Susan Sarandon looked fabulous. Edie Falco, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Liza Minelli, Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Jessica Lange also all looked terrific.

How do they do it?  And can we do it, too?  Yes, we can. Here’s how:

We may be tempted to grab the tweezers and start plucking every time we spot a gray hair!  But there’s a quicker, healthier option. Gently blend grays and prevent that telltale line of demarcation by applying hair color just on trouble spots and blending gently. Insider trick: Grays can be stubborn, so apply with a fresh toothbrush to thoroughly coat grays around the roots.

If diminished vision and a less steady hand make it hard to apply eyeliner and pencil in brows, permanent makeup can save the day – or night. Especially with brows turning patchy and eyelashes thinning with age.
Permanent eyeliner gives the appearance of thicker fuller lashes. Beautifully shaped, colored and arched brows can take years off an aging face.

A more youthful appearance can help women over 50 feel confident, look fit and polished and keep a competitive edge in both the dating and job markets. Remember, each of us deserves a Tony Award because, as Shakespeare said, all the world’s a stage.

Kristen Stewart took a break from the Italian set of New Moon to attend the MTV Movie Awards, according to InStyle, but she didn’t leave her character’s casual style far behind. While she looked stunning in a red Yigal Azrouel dress, she made a statement by pairing it with a pair of Converse sneakers. It was a last minute replacement for heels after she twisted her ankle, a trick she must have picked up from her Twilight character, Bella. In the film Bella injures her leg before prom and accessorizes her dress with a walking cast and Converse sneaks.

But how do stars like Twilight’s Stewart and her co-star Ashley Greene go from airport casual to red carpet glamour in a matter of hours? Preparation. “We fitted Ashley way in advance because of her hectic New Moon schedule,” said Greene’s stylist Ilaria Urbinati, who styled her for the MTV Movie Awards. “We had to alter the dress,” she said of the originally straight-cut Dolce & Gabbana dress. After accessorizing with a neon clutch and a dash of vintage beauty, Greene was red-carpet ready just 24 hours after arriving from Italy. “The dress felt very old school, that’s where the idea for the hair and jewelry came from,” Urbanati told InStyle’s Lisa Tilson. “A neon clutch gave it a little edge.”

We think that Bella and her buddies get a jumpstart on perfecting their game face for the red carpet with permanent eyeliner. That’s our expert opinion. We know that when you live life on a tight schedule, permanent makeup offers a fabulous beauty shortcut.

Seriously. Has anyone ever seen Billy Joe Armstrong or any other members of Green Day without their guyliner? Do you think when these guys and other hot pop/rock stars rise and shine every morning at the crack of noon that they head into their bathrooms with a fistful of eyeliner pencils and brushes?  That they loom up against their mirrors and try to draw lines around their eyelids?  I think not. 

We’re talking about high power glam guys like Trent Reznor and Travis Barker - the kind of guys who are so covered with tattoos that they could be Google maps. Do you think they’d draw the line - pun intended - at getting permanent eyeliner tattooed on their lids?  You tell me.

But before you do, take a look at these great guyliner photos we found on the TMZ. See whether you can match the guylinered eyes with the superstar guy! 

Once the exclusive territory of of only homosexuals, punk rockers and showmen, well-applied guyliner is slowly but surely becoming more socially acceptable for heterosexual men who ascribe to metrosexualism, glamour, and general fabulousness.