Archive for the ‘La Femme’ Category

It has been quite humid in my part of the US. Now, I am not complaining because I know other locations have had rain non-stop.

I had been eying the La Femme Emerald sparkle dust, which is reminiscent of MAC Humid e/s, a wonderful mid-tone green that is versatile for all seasons.

In this look, I used Delft P/P and a smear of Pharaoh P/P as bases. I think Delft, Moss Scape and Pharaoh P/P are suitable bases by themselves, no need to mix.  La Femme Emerald on the lid and NARS China Blue in the crease.

Lip products used are NYX Barbie Pink lip gloss (base) and Style Warrior’s Purple Rite lipstick.

I think this product is definitely good quality and many top MAs use this brand. A little goes a long way!  No sticker shock on this price, especially in this economy.  The only con, which can also be a pro, is filled to the top, so I suggest putting the La Femme loose eye shadow powder in a container than has a sifter to reduce spillage.

More Swatches

Beatin’ the Heat,

Mix Maven

The Makeup Show is a must-attend for all industry professionals and students.  The Los Angeles show will be held from March 15-16, 2009, 9:30am-5:30pm, Daily. (Sunday and Monday)

THE MAKEUP SHOW L.A.
CALIFORNIA MARKET CENTER
110 EAST NINTH STREET
LOS ANGELES, CA

Advance Tickets
1-Day: $35
2-Day: $50

At The Door Tickets
1-Day: $50
2-Day: $80

Some brands that will be featured at the event are Lancôme, P&G Beauty, Smashbox, Mario Badescu Skin Care and Kissable Couture, Shu Uemura, Billy B Beauty, Embryolisse, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Pencil Me In, Make Up For Ever, Senna Cosmetics, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Three Custom Color, Linda Mason Elements, and Alison Raffaele Cosmetics.

The keynote speaker will be Billy B, Makeup Artist Extraordinaire.  He will be speaking on A Career in Makeup.

The show will also include workshops, seminars, individual hands-on workshops, business forums (touching upon beauty techniques and applications, skin tones and makeup products, tools of the trade and the business of the beauty industry), and product demonstrations.

The Makeup Show LA is proud to announce it’s palette of beauty authorities from today’s top celebrity makeup artists:

Billy B, Ve Neill, Scott Barnes, Napoleon Perdis, Maurice Stein, Ronnie Specter, Marvin Westmore, Crystal Wright, Joe Blasco, Robin Siegel, Elke Von Freudenberg, Sharon Gault, Eve Pearl, James Vincent, Orlando Santiago, Michael DeVellis, Jon Hennessey, AJ Crimson, Kevin James Bennett, Johnny Lavoy, Patty and Farah Bunch.

For more information about the Makeup Show LA 2009, check out the General FAQs and Travel Info.

I will be attending this event, so I do hope to see you there.

Mix Maven

Seymone, make-up artist extraordinaire, told me about La Femme products a few months back.  At the time, I was looking to purchase some blushes.  She told me the quality and prices were good. La Femme is a discount cosmetic brand that is quite popular among Professional MUs.  Seymone pointed me to MakeupMania.com.

I ordered a few e/s pans ($3), a couple blush pans ($3)  and some sparkle dusts, which are similar to MAC pigments and Ben Nye’s Lumiere Luxe Powders.  The  sparkle dust’s color payoff sans base is intense.  A jar (no sifter) contains 4.5g.

Ordering from MakeupMania.com was a delight.  There was a slight problem with the order and when I called to make changes, the customer service rep  answered on the first ring.  She quickly made the changes and the remaining order was shipped.

Here are swatches of La Femme’s Sparkle Dust I found on YouTube, which contributed to my purchase.

All MAC Products unless stated.

Face

• NC 50 Studio Tech Foundation
• Natural MSF in Dark

Eyes

• Matte Gel
• Benefit Lemon aid
• Greenstroke p/p
• LaFemme Khaki pressed e/s
• Purely Cosmetics Cream To Powder Bronzed Brown
• Embark e/s
• Neo-sci Fi Magnetic Fields e/s
• Eyeko Honey e/s (from the Makeout Girl Manga Book)
• Soba e/s
• Milani Color Brilliance Eye Pencil – Black
• Napoleon Perdis mascara

Cheek

• Warmed MSF

Lips

• NYX Tea Rose l/g
• Pink Manish l/g