eye kande | Hollywood beauty secrets

Enjoy these past and present Hollywood secrets:

“Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Joan Crawford chewed gum to firm up her jawline.

Catherine Zeta-Jones eats strawberries to lighten her teeth (the malic acid lightens surface stains).

Gloria Grahame stuffed tissue under her upper lip to give herself a sensuous pout.

Demi Moore washes her hair with Evian water. She reportedly spends $36,000 a year for this beauty routine. Evian water has calcium, magnesium, bicarbonates, and silica.

Barbara Stanwyck pulled loose skin back using surgical tape hidden under the hairline above the ears.

Angelina Jolie is obsessed with body lotion. "I love to put on a lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case someone wants to tast me."

Angelina's favorite lotions are Shea Terra Nubian Honey Shower Creme ($9) and Shea Butter Body Lotion ($12) which both contact Africa-harvested ingredients. Fifty cents of each bottle sold goes to the Nubian Goat Project which purchases goats for needy Ethiopian families.

Carole Lombard shaded her cleavage lines and lightened the top part of her breasts to make them appear larger.

Marilyn Monroe painted her fingernails with clear polish "to make them whisper hold me, hold me" but painted her toenails bright red saying, "I think feet usually aren't pretty, so I use a vivid polish so that they will look saucy."

 

What beauty secret do you swear by?

eye kande | carrie underwood's wedding day

Carrie Underwood is set to marry today, July 10, 2010!

"Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along."

Makes me flutter with anticipation at the wedding day choices she makes - the makeup, the hair, the dress! Here are a few of my favorite Carrie picts and some details of the wedding day: 

 

Matt Fisher & Carrie Underwood - set to marry July 10, 201 at 

The Ritz-Carlton, Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. 

Carrie and Mike first met at one of her concerts in 2008

 and became engaged in December 2009.

Carrie's ring is worth a sweet $800,000.

The wedding is reported to cost $500K which isn't too far-fetched considering Mike makes $4mill a year and Carrie makes about $14mill a year.

There has been 250 guests invited including Mike's large family.

 

About her hair and makeup? Carrie says big hair and lots of eyeliner. She is a southern girl after my own heart!

Mike is handling all of the secret honeymoon arrangements but rumors speculate they will go on an 11-day trip to Tahiti and Bora Bora in the South Pacific. 

Congratulations Carrie and Mike!

face kande | the 10 minute makeup routine

Whether you are in a hurry or prefer a no-fuss makeup routine here is a how-to on creating an everyday look in 10 minutes flat with my sister, Stacia modeling. Just spend 1 minute on each step.

“For there is no friend like a sister, in calm or stormy weather, to cheer one on the tedious way, to fetch one if one goes astray, to lift one if one totters down, to strengthen whilst one stands.” -Christina G. Rossetti

Our before look. eek!

Step 1:
Prime: A primer is a must – it helps smooth out a complexion, conceal large pores, control oily skin and sets your makeup.
:: product: choose the best primer for your skin – I recommend checking out Sephora for several options.

Base: Especially for summer the best choice is a mineral powder. Apply in circles with a large brush or with a foundation brush for more coverage.

Conceal: Whether you have blemishes or dark circles a little concealing will go a long way to waking up your face and giving a more even complexion. Here we used a treated concealing pen and dabbed some white on the inside of Stacia’s eyes and some light concealer underneath.
:: product: Proactiv’s tinted concealer for blemishes and Pixie Beauty highlighting kit for eye concealer

Step 2:
Contour: Contour with a few strokes – start my making a fish face and contour right underneath the apples of your cheeks. Then with the excess apply to your temples, your jaw line and the sides of your nose.

Highlight: Highlight your cheekbone and your eyelid with a highlighting powder.
:: product: Pictured here on Stacia is Mac’s shimmer powder (one of me and my sister’s fav products)

Step 3:
Eyeliner: All you need for a quick makeup look is eyeliner – eye shadow isn’t necessary. Apply the liner carefully to make sure the line is smooth and perfectly applied. Here we’ve done a slight wing on the outside of the eye. We also added liner underneath for definition to show off her big, green eyes.

Eyebrows: Fill in your eyebrows with a pencil and shape with a brush
:: product: I love Mac Cosmetics blonde eyeliner called Lingering – it worked great on my sister’s brunette brows too

Step 4:
Curl lashes: Don’t skip this step – it will go a long way to waking up your eyes. When curling make sure to get the lashes from corner to corner and hold for 5 seconds.
:: tip: For a more dramatic curl warm the curler under the blow dryer or car heater for a few seconds.

Mascara: Layer a couple of coats of mascara on your top lashes –here we’ve applied to the bottom lashes as well.
:: product: Here we used Stacia’s fav – Cover Girl's Lash Blast.

Step 5:
Lip color: To finish apply a tinted lip gloss.
:: product: I used a coral Beauty Rush lipgloss by Victoria’s Secret

...10 minutes later