Beauty Decoded

Camera tricks: Whiter teeth

LeahVautrot — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:19:48 +0000

For the appearance of whiter teeth shades try a bright lipstick in cooler shades. It gives the appearance of whiter teeth. This is great because it gives you the opportunity to try something new! Bright shades of lipstick may be a deviation from your “normal” makeup routine and slightly daunting but they are very empowering. You also don’t have to wear them full force. Try applying with a lipbrush for a softer edge, I love rubbing the color in with my finger to give a romantic look. Eyes should be nude with lots of lashes. MAC Ladybug is fantastic for a sweet red. Stila Pomegranate crush Lip and Cheekstain is beautiful and great for your purse because you can touch up 2 things at once!

MAMA LOVE

LeahVautrot — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:09:19 +0000

This post is inspired by all my friends who are mothers and are becoming mothers. I am hoping that makeup artists and moms will discover the amazing Earth Mama Angel Baby line.

I have the privilege of working with Kaitlin Olson who is a new mom. Aside from the many other perks of collaborating with Kaitlin is her mother Melinda Olson. Why is she so special you ask? Melinda is awesome because she cares about baby skin and mother skin. Because Melinda cared so much she created the Earth Mama Angel Baby line with products that are free from parabens, artificial preservatives, dyes and fragrances. EAMB products are also toxin free and vegan.

This translates to some amazing products I use in my kit everyday. I looooove the New Mama Bottom spray. I’m sure you’ve heard of the trick for using Preparation H as a under eye treatment. I highly advise AGAINST this. However, New Mama Bottom spray refreshes skin and the cooling cucumber and witch hazel tighten bags and wake you right up. For everyday use it can be used as a fantastic toner.

I also love C-Mama Healing Salve. I keep this in my kit as a organic substitute for neosporin. This remarkable salve heals cuts rapidly and is great at healing acne scabs with little marking.

I also love the yummy, super moisturizing Happy Baby Lotion and Mint Herbal lip balm.

With these products your babies, mothers, models and actresses will know you care.

All Earth Mama Angel Baby Products can be purchased at http://www.earthmamaangelbaby.com/ as well as select retailers.

Hairstyle from Science

Leah Vautrot — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:52:11 +0000

Lucky for me on October 16th I was able to try HERCUT a new hairstyling product.
As a hairstylist myself I am always looking for the new product which is going to make life easier for my client and myself! I’m also always looking for a product that will empower my clients with what they need to maintain a fabulous haircut. I think my search just ended!

Studio BeautyMix at Fred Segal is who had this exclusive sneak peek!
I hadn’t washed my hair that day so I was definitely in need of a blowout, however I have a chin length shaggish cut and want to retain piecey texture even with a blowout. How you say? HerCut the Shag Catalyst.

Adina Pak applied the catalyst to my hair and began to blowdry as I learned more about the product. There are 5 different catalysts: The Bob, Long Layers, The Shag, The Blunt, and the Pixie.

HerCut was developed with the idea of instead of creating a product for hair type creating a product to enhance each women’s haircut! This is revolutionary as far as I’m concerned! You mean they can style their hair the same way as when they’ve just left the salon?!

This is due to their thixotropic technology which negatively and positively charges the hair to create the best texture. This works for instance with the Shag catalyst using patent pending Ionicon polymer by coating the strand and then molecules that are positively and negatively charged cause the strands to push away from one another creating massive amounts of spontaneous texture. The blunt catalyst has Compress-ion Polymer molecules that link together which ensures sleek unified texture. Long Layers catalyst has Inter-spring polymer to create volume and texture.

I wore my blowout for the entire weekend and it just looked better every day. I am very impressed with how well the product’s results lasted and am looking forward to doing my own blowout today. I will be trying out the entire product line at Sugar Salon and continuing my reviews.
If you want an easy, all in one no brainer product for your new style or even makeover cut, look no further than HERCUT.

13 and Ugly

Leah Vautrot — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:37:05 +0000

At 13 I was ugly. My arms were too long for my body, I was super skinny and my nose was too big for my face. 13 is when you’re in the 7th grade. Lots of girls had breasts by then, I did not. Lots of girls had boyfriends, I did not. I hadn’t even had a kiss and from the way I felt I looked it didn’t seem like that was a possibility anywhere in the near future.

So I thought I would seek out some encouragement from my mother. Now, my mother is one of my biggest fans, however sometimes she lacks tact with her honesty. I spent a lot of time in the mirror analyzing every hideous feature of me at this time in my life and after one particular long scrutinization I went to talk to my mom.
“Mom, do you think I’m pretty?” long pause.
“Every child is beautiful to their parent” Wow, so I guess the answer is no, is what I thought. Now you may be thinking this is terrible but I find it hilarious. I didn’t when it happened but now I have self esteem, and generally like what I see in the mirror. I always liked beauty and makeup and hairstyling, but I think this event contributed to my passion. Afterwards I started trying all those home beauty treatments, mayo deep conditioners, egg white masks and a beauty addict was born.

So here I am, on a quest for all things and definitions of beauty. I’m on a quest for what I feel to be truly beautiful within myself and others. I also love love love trying all the new beauty treatments and products out there and sharing all my knowledge. Ask me anything.