Cat Eyes With A Twist

Winged Eye Shadow Ala Selma Blair

GET THE LOOK: This is a very different look for Selma Blair who usually goes for softer more subtle eyes, but she was rocking out in shimmery shades of purple earlier this week. Instead of the usual smoky eyes in gray she decided on softer feminine shades in purples and lavenders. A smoky cat eye created by flaring out a triangle at the outer corners of the eyes.

INSIDER TRICK: To get perfectly pointed cat eyes like Selma and do them with ease, Bender suggests using her cat eye liner stencil and eyeshadow kit in TDF or OMG! To flatter wide-set eyes, apply more pigment on the inner corners of your eye lids and sweep color up towards your brows. If your eyes are close-set keep the focus on the outer corners.

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Beth Bender's Celeb Looks - The SAG Awards

BEAUTY WATCH – THE SAG AWARDS

These Hollywood celebs looked beautiful and who can blame them with the Golden Globes being cancelled. They needed a reason to get gorgeous and gorgeous they were! Some of my favorites were Angelina Jolie, Andrea Bowen from Desperate Housewives and Marion Cotillard from La Vie En Rose. Make up artists and hair stylists worked overtime to get these ladies to the red carpet on time.

Andrea Bowen looked beautiful with her hair swept up and away from her face. Her make up was flawless and her perfectly groomed brows and sultry smoky eyes took front and center.

To get Andrea’s look start with the eyes first. Andrea went for a more dramatic smoky eye using colors in brown and amber shimmers. Her eyes were lined top and bottom with a black gel eyeliner and set with a bit of shadow for a softer look.

Start by applying color to the entire eyelid area with an eyeshadow brush and blending into the crease as seen here. If you have a Get in Line Eyeliner and Stencil Kit you can use the smoky eye template to create the shape before blending into the crease of eye. Don’t worry about concealer until the eyes are finished. I like to mix both colors before applying to the eye. Try Brown Sugar and Ambra Eye Dust, $16 at bettesboutique.com.

To finish the smoky eyes, with an eyeshadow brush apply a lighter shade to the brow bone making sure to blend color well. A great base color for this is Bobbi Brown’s Champagne Shimmer Wash Eyeshadow, $19 at Bobbi Brown.

Next take your black gel eyeliner and with a tapered or straight edge eyeliner brush carefully tap into the lash line as you line the eye. Extend the line out as seen here on Andrea and finish by lining underneath so that both bottom and top liner meet at the outer eye. As you get closer to the center of eye start to make the line thinner and blend into lash line.

Take a bit of Ambra eye dust with an eyeshadow brush and sweep under the eye to soften the line and give it a more dramatic look. Our new favorite mascara is Fiberwig but a good black mascara will do just fine. Add two coats and make sure to coat each lash for maximum lash appeal.

Clean up any mess underneath the eyes with a bit of eye cream and a Q-tip. Then apply concealer. For a flawless face add a bit of tinted moisturizer or a water based foundation. Use a sponge for more coverage and a brush for a more sheer finish. Try Vincent Longo’s Light Canvas Tinted Moisturizer, $38 or his Liquid Canvas Dew Finish Foundation, $48.50 both fabulous and available at vincentlongo.com.

On the cheeks a little cream blush in either a pink or peach tone adds just the right amount of color without over doing it. Try Kitty or Blushing Bride, $18 and both from bethbenderbeauty.com.

Stick to a light shade on the lips as well. Try Afterglow Lip Enhancing Gloss, $18 from Smashbox Cosmetics. It’s the perfect combination of a pink/peach gloss and has great shine.

Now go get your celeb look on ladies! Stay tuned for more SAG Award Celeb looks.

xoxo,

B

Beth Bender Beauty January Special

Let the sunshine in...

If you’re anything like half of the girls that work with me then you need and like to have sunshine in your life everyday. For the last three days it has been pouring here in Cali and in some area’s snowing like mad. Because we all know this isn’t possible to have sunshine everyday we turn to the bronzer, powder, cream, loose, whatever you fancy as long as it gets the job done.

Its the quickest way to give your face a little pick me up and give yourself an instant glow. It may not be sunny outside but your beautiful face will never know. During the month of January receive a complimentary sample of Sunkiss All Over Shimmer with every beth bender beauty online purchase. While you’re there make sure to check out Soak up the sun powder bronzer and Spring Break cream bronzer.

xoxo,

B

Let's Create Soft Smoky Eyes

Blake Lively from Gossip Girl has been getting quite a lot of attention lately. Seen here looking very glamourous and giving us a new and softer twist on the oh so famous smoky eye. To get this look Beth suggests starting with the eyes first and then finishing with foundation and lips.

Start by using two eye shadows together and then applying to the eye. Beth suggests a soft lavender and medium purple. Sweep the color over the eye lid using an eyeshadow brush. Try Love candy and Goddess Eye Dust both from beth bender beauty. Create the perfect smoky eye using the Get in Line smoky eye kit. Once you have the perfect shape make sure to blend well and extend the color slightly above the crease as seen here on Blake.

Use your bottom eyeliner stencil to line underneath each eye and soften the line with the fuller end of brush. For a sultry look finish by lining as close to the lash line top and bottom with a plum eyeliner pencil. Try 24/7 Glide on Eye Pencil in 1999 from Urban Decay. Finish with two coats of mascara. Try Fiberwig mascara available at Sephora and sephora online.

Once you have the eyes done move to the face. Apply a sheer foundation using a sponge for medium to full coverage and a brush for lighter coverage. Beth suggests either a tinted moisturizer or a light weight foundation depending on your preference. Try Light Canvas Healthy Fluid Foundation from Vincent Longo.

Apply just a touch of blush to the apple of cheeks using a fluffy blush brush, making sure not to over do it. Try Baby Powder Blush from beth bender beauty. A soft pink lip color applied with a lip brush. If you line your lips make sure to do first before applying lip color. Try Mitzi Lip Color from Nars.

Beth Bender's Beauty Finds

Calvin Klein make up is back and better then ever. I was a fan when his first beauty line launched in the late 90's. This was years before I started Beth Bender Beauty and created the Get in Line eyeliner kit. I fell in love with his eye pencils and still have three of them that I still use on jobs. They are fantastic and I am hoping that the new ones will be just as good. His eye shadows were also fabulous and I hope those haven't changed either. The packaging has but it looks like for the better because that was one of the flaws in the first line.

The new beauty line is quite large and includes everything for faces, lips, eyes and nails. The new line was developed by the ck Calvin Klein team, including Mark Carrasquillo, the company's newly named Global Makeup Artist, and Kevin Carrigan, Creative Director of ck Calvin Klein beauty and apparel.

The full line is not yet available in the states except for the glosses which are available at sephora. This is such a drag because there are so many women who would love to check it out. If you happen to make it as far as Hong Kong you might want grab a few eyeliners and eye shadows.

Beth Bender Beauty Out and About

I spy beth bender beauty

Did anyone happen to catch Britney sporting a new British accent last week while shopping with her already over with close friend Adnan Ghalib? What was that all about? Poor thing. Seen…shopping for a new top and came out wearing one of Betsey Johnson’s cute sweaters. I have two myself, they are so darling.

Did anyone happen to see her whip out her Ooh baby Lip gloss to touch up her lips? That color went perfectly with her new sweater. Even with all of the turmoil that follows her she still manages to find time to give her lips some loving. We do love you Britney.

Seen…Mischa Barton at L.A. nightclub Teddy’s earlier this month. Our beauty spy’s tell us she spent more than a few minutes checking out her eyeliner and adding some Onyx Gel liner to her already lined eyes.

Seen…Amy Winehouse who is still mad for the Get in Line Eyeliner Kit and made a point of telling my friend Carla who is a celebrity artist in The UK and was using hers on a shoot recently. Has anyone seen Amy’s new Blonde do? Gone are the trademark bee hive and long tresses. I think I prefer the darker shade but this may grow on me eventually.

Seen…The always beautiful Scarlett Johansson and beau Ryan Reynolds having dinner in Los Angeles. Our beauty spy’s tell us she excused herself to the ladies room and touched up her lips with some Chasing the Cash Lip color. Our reps tell us she loves the color so much she orders six at a time.

22 Beauty Pro Must Haves

Check out some of the beauty products that the pro’s can’t live without. This list was compiled by artists whose work can be seen on the runway, magazine and screen. A few of our favorite’s made the list including the Get in Line Kit from beth bender beauty.

1. Nars The Multiple in Orgasm love, love, love ($37, sephora.com)

2. CoverGirl LashExact Mascara ($7, at drugstores)

3. MAC 205 Mascara Fan Brush ( $17, maccosmetics.com)

4. DiorShow Mascara- We love this!! ($23, sephora.com)

5. CoverGirl LashBlast Mascara- We love this too!! ($7, at drugstores)

6. Benefit Dallas ($28, benefitcosmetics.com)

7. Fresh Supernova Mascara ($25, fresh.com)

8. Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock SPF70($10, at drugstores)

9. Fresh Absolute Concealer ($22, fresh.com) Great consistancy

10. The Get in Line Stencil Kit from Beth Bender ($36, bettesboutique.com)

11. Vincent Longo Light Canvas Tinted Moisturizer ($38, vincentlongo.com) Love this product!! It is the best tinted moisturizer!

12. Pureology Hydrating Shampoo ($26, pureology.com)

13. Pureology Nanoworks Shampoo ($55, pureology.com) My favorite shampoo. I call it “Hollywood hair Shampoo” because it makes your hair feel like a superstar!

14. Maybelline New York Instant Age Rewind Double Face Perfector ($9, at drugstores)

15. Beauty Blender ($20, beautyblender.net)

16. Dr Brandt Micro-dermabrasion($75, sephora.com)

17. L’Oreal Paris Carbon Black Lineur Intense Felt Tip Liquid Eyeliner ($8.50, at drugstores)

18. N.V. Perricone M.D. Ceramic Skin Smoother ($75, nvperriconemd.com) Great product.

19. Linea P-R-O C2 Hair Straightener ($200, Linea-pro.com)

20. Revaleskin Day Cream with SPF 15($120, revaleskin.com for physician locations) An amazing product for your skin. We love this!

21. Texture Expert Infinium 2 From L’Oreal Professional ($23. lorealprofessional.com for salons)

22. Serge Lutens Lipstick in Mise a Mort ($75, Barney’s New York)

I Spy Beth Bender Beauty

Seen…The Pussycat Doll’s Nicole Scherzinger stopping by MTV’s TRL in NYC. Our beauty spies tell us she gave her beautiful eyes a quick touch up with her Get in Line eyeliner kit and her lips some shimmer and extra shine with Baby needs Bling Liquid lip color.

Seen…Jessica Alba and her beau and daddy to be Cash Warren at the Laker’s game in LA. Looking even more beautiful as an expectant mommy. Our beauty spies tell us she was getting lot’s of lip loving from Cash. Must have been the Chasing the Cash Liquid lip color she was wearing. It tastes as good s it looks.

Seen…Liv Tyler who happens to take her son Milo to the same park as my personal beauty spy and sister-in law, Lars. Her son and Milo are the same age. Liv wears Reddy Freddy lip gloss and our Baby Blush and was telling Lars how much she loves them both.

Seen…New Country singer sensation Carrie Underwood attending the Movies Rock event in LA. Her make-up looked flawless and her hair gorgeous. Our beauty spies tell us she had her Get in Line kit that she pulled out of her tiny purse to add a little more color to her eyes and finished with a bit of Chasing the Cash Liquid lip color.

Beth Bender Beauty November Special

Look what we’re giving away with every purchase..

Our November special is going strong and until the end of the month we are giving you a full size sample of Paris is Burning Liquid Lip Color. A favorite of Nicole Richie's, Scarlett Johansson and Paris Hilton.

New to the line? Check out our best seller, The get in Line Stencil kit from beth bender beauty $36, at bettesboutique.com. The only smoky eye kit you will ever need to create the best smoky eyes and cat eyes in seconds! Also available in a Travel Set for those gals on the go, $16 at bettesboutique.com.

xoxo,

B