Month: March 2012

Shake Your Beauty Comes To Harlem

After my early assignment with L’OREAL Paris for the Live Like A Man Men segment on Fox and Friends Saturday I headed over to BiBi Salon NYC in Harlem. This afternoon Tia Williams from”Shake Your Beauty” will be taping a segment at the salon on Maisha, the owner/celebrity hairstylist and I working. She also did a quick on-air interview, something that I wasn’t prepared for but I managed to get through it. Tia mention the segment would come out in May so I will keep you posted. See ya bye!

Maisha and Tia chatting while they wait to get mic.

ABOUT BRANDY GOMEZ-DUPLESSIS
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and Reshma Shetty. Brandy recently worked Stila Beauty Event in Greenwich, Fox and Friends Saturday, Stila Beauty Event in Danbury, NBA All-Star Weekend 2012,  Donna Karan Fashion Show, DKNY Fashion Show, Keva J Swimwear Look Book, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival 2012, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine Holiday Pop Up Store in Bryant Park, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway Finale, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Brandy has worked with Connecticut and New York top affluent and influential; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, and much more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets.

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Get Mad Men Glam With L’OREAL Paris

Saturday morning my day started really early. I left my Connecticut home at 5am so that I could get to Fox and Friends Saturday news station. The station were doing a lifestyle segment around the dramatic award winning series Mad Men, airing a special 2 hour season premiere tonight on AMC. Mad Men is set in the 1960’s and it showcase the life of 1960’s America and it’s historical fashion style. L’OREAL Paris Pro Team was asked to come in to glam up the talents for the morning segment to give them a timeless makeover.

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Melissa Paldino gave the talent effortless retro hairstyle’s using our popular ELNETT Satin hairspray. I did the classic makeup looks that the ladies on MAD MEN rock on the show and to achieve the looks I selected:.

A. Mitra Morgan before
On the expert A.Mitra Morgan I used:
*L’OREAL Paris Youth Code Serum
*L’OREAL Paris Magic Lumi Highlighter in Medium
*L’OREAL Paris True Magic Foundation in 
*L’OREAL Paris True Match Powder in
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible 24hr eye shadow in Endless Pearl
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible 24hr eye shadow in 
*L’OREAL Paris Voluminious Smoldering Liner in Black
*L’OREAL Paris Voluminious False Fiber Mascara in Black
*L’OREAL Paris Brow Stylist Custom Brow Shaping Pencil in Medium Brown
*L’OREAL Paris True Match Blush in Tender Rose C3-4
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible Le Rouge Lipstick in Beyond Blushing
*L’OREAL Paris Colour Riche leGloss in Raspberry Splash 
Kristi before picture

On Kristi I used:
*L’OREAL Paris Youth Code Serum
*L’OREAL Paris Magic Lumi Highlighter in Fair
*L’OREAL Paris True Match Foundation in Classic Ivory N2
*L’OREAL Paris True Match Powder in Classic Ivory N2
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible 24hr eye shadow in Endless Pearl
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible 24hr eye shadow in Iced Latte
*L’OREAL Paris Voluminious Smoldering Liner in Black
*L’OREAL Paris Voluminious False Fiber Mascara in Black
*L’OREAL Paris Brow Stylist Custom Brow Shaping Pencil in Medium Brown
*L’OREAL Paris True Match Blush in Innoncent Flush N3-4
*L’OREAL Paris Infallible Le Rouge lipstick in Ravishing Red
*L’OREAL Paris Colour Riche leGloss in Naturally Nude

Getting Kristi touched up before going on set

It’s a WRAP!!!!


After we wrap at 9am, Melissa and I were told that both cars were outside to take us home. But I had another gig at 11am at BiBi Salon NYC in Harlem with Tia Williams  for a Shake Your Beauty segment I had them drop me off there. Since I was early I was able to grab a bite to eat before starting round 2. 
ABOUT
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets. 

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Flirty Friday in Connecticut With Stila Cosmetics

On Friday I spent the day in Danbury, Connecticut doing fabulous makeup with Stila Cosmetics. A fun time was had, Bumble & Bumble brought in 4 hair stylists to do gorgeous hair on consumers and SEPHORA booked a DJ and a photographer. A fun way to kick off my Flirty Friday. 
My Flirty Friday look consist of me wearing the following Stila Cosmetics products:
*Stila Cosmetics Stay all day 10-in-1 HD Beauty Balm
*Stila Cosmetics one step bronze
*Stila Cosmetics Custom Color Blush in Pink
*Stila Cosmetics Stay all day waterproof liquid eye liner in Black
*Stila Cosmetics Jewel Eye Shadow in Blue Sapphire
*Stila Cosmetics Smudge stick waterproof eye liner in Triggerfish
*Stila Cosmetics Major Major Lash Mascara in Black
*Stila Cosmetics Lip Enamel in Nirvana
*Stila Cosmetics Sheer Color Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 in Warm
*Stila Cosmetics Illuminating Powder Foundation in 70 & 80 Watts


ABOUT BRANDY GOMEZ-DUPLESSIS
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets. 

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BEAUTY: New Shade Of Pink For Spring

Today I was feeling a little mischievous and wanted to know what would happen if I mixed my two favorite pink lip items together. I am either walking around nude or pink…on my lips. Being a PINK LADY, I am looking for a new lip color for spring so I decided to mix my favorite two items together. L’OREAL PARIS Project Runway Audacious Amazon’s Pout #685 and Stila Cosmetics Lip Enamel Luxe Gloss in Giggle. 

The custom color I came up with is called OBNOXIOUS PINK…what do you think?

ABOUT
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets. 

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BEAUTY: Spring Forward With Your Makeup

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Here in New York Metro Area we have been experiencing gorgeous spring weather. So it was easy to get in the mood the day of the photo shoot. When CeCi Johnson, Founder of CeCi New York text me that she wanted me to be a part of  CeCiStyle Magazine spring shoot I was elated. Spring, is one of my favorites seasons, beautiful weather and bloomed flowers; some of my favorites are tulips, bleeding hearts, anthurium, and alpinia purpurata.

CeCi managed once again to put together an amazing team of women to create the look. One of my bestie Melissa Paldino worked on hair, Helga Schaefer was the amazing photographer, and her assistant was a twitter friend that I finally got a chance to meet in work with, Andrea Langer.
My makeup palettes and inspiration look 
Just finished mixing foundations and highlighter colors

Giving CeCi a soft brow for this look.

Let the fun begin…luv doing the eyes.

Always a perfectionist on set

 Luv This shot Andrea!!!

Picture from New York Photographer Andrea Langer
Picture from Helga Schaefer

To get this spring makeup look I used the following items: 

*Prep face with Maya Water Facial Mist and L’OREAL Paris Colour Riche Lip Balm.
*MAC Studio Fix Fluid foundation mixed with Benefit High Beam 
*MAC Mineralize SkinFinish Natural 
*Inglot AMC Eye Shadow Shine #26
*Inglot AMC Eye Shadow #66
*Stila Cosmetics Custom Color Blush in Coral and Pink
*L’OREAL Paris HIP Color Truth Cream Eye Liner in Eggplant
*L’OREAL Paris Voluminious Mascara in Carbon Black
*Victoria Secret Beauty Rush Lipgloss in Strawberry Fizz
*Smashbox Reflection High Shine Lip Gloss in Pearlescent Shine
*GLAM Soft Taupe Brow
*even though you can’t see it in the pics I also used very light loose purple glitter under CeCi eye.

Andrea Langer caught a sweet moment with hairstylist Melissa Paldino on set

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ABOUT
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets.

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New Nail Color:Glamxurious For My Glam Girls

Excited that my custom L’OREAL Paris “GLAMXURIOUS” nail polish finally arrived. When deciding on the actual polish that I wanted to do I knew it had to have shimmer with a little pearl iridescent. Of course it had to bling just a little when the light hits it. The color I wanted the base color to look more grey and white because it looks great on all skin tones. I can’t wait to rock my custom polish.
Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi, and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, NY Fashion Week, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets.    

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From The Eyes Of NBA Makeup Artist: Third Day at NBA All Star

written by Connecticut / New York Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis
Make Up For Ever sponsor the makeup for the makeup team this year and here is one of the color palette that I used on Sunday. The makeup I used on music the Latin music artist Nayer was very similar to this palette. 
NEVEREST…These boys were awesome to work with. We talked about boys bands and my major crush on Donnie Wahlberg. Their manager is Howie from Backstreet Boys

Second day doing makeup on the group Pentatonix at All Star.

Pitbull sexy dancer Jamie Lee Ruiz…
The gorgeous Nayer backstage with the Ne-Yo, and Chris Brown before going on stage to perform with Pitbull during the NBA All Star half time show.

NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND 2012 WRAP PARTY!!!

ABOUT

Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, NY Fashion Week, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets.

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From The Eyes Of NBA Makeup Artist: Second Day at NBA All Star

written by Connecticut / New York Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis
I started my afternoon by going over to Digiwaxx Media suite. Monster Products demo their new high performance headphones collection during NBA All Star Weekend 2012 at a listening experience and product suite at Peabody Hotel. The suite was powered by Digiwaxx Media and drinks were sponsor by CIROC. Invited guests consist of DJ’S, artists, athlethes and industry heads to experience the best in audio headphones gear from Noel Lee, founder of Monster Cable, the creator of the popular Beats by Dre headphones.
Sponsor by CIROC picture by Dan Dion

Big Tigger picture by Dan Dion
Bill Bellamy picture by Dan Dion
Kid Capri picture by Dan Dion
MC Search picture by Dan Dion
DMC picture by Dan Dion
Scotty B picture by Dan Dion

Arrived at the Amway Arena to get the NBA Fan Patrol dancers ready for their performance with Flo-Rida. I wanted the girls lips to pop so I went with a bold red lipstick from Make Up For Ever and strong contouring with high shimmer on the cheeks. Flo-Rida was schedule for makeup not until 9:40 pm, right before show time. So I had time to get others ready and check up on the Fan Patrol.

After getting the girls ready I headed over to the trailer of the group Pentatonix makeup ready for their performance. Luv these kids, the entire time in the trailer they joked with each other that I could not stop laughing at them. The group consist of 4 guys and 1 female. They did practice on the song Starship, luv their version. 

DJ Rob Nice did an amazing job hosting the NBA All Star Weekend

Just finish getting Candian singer Katie Caufield makeup ready in her green room

Back in the glam room having fun with Niki Hall, NBA Stylist before heading over to Flo-Rida green room to get him ready to perform my favorite song, Good Feeling.

ABOUT

Connecticut Celebrity Makeup Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis works in New York and part time in New Orleans. This L’OREAL Paris Pro Makeup Artist has worked with celebrities like: Golden Globe & Oscar winner Melissa Leo, Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Kim & Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Julianne Nicholson, Jordin Sparks, Angela Bassett, Barbara Walters, Edie Falco, Ava DuVernay, Emayatzy Corinealdi,  and Reshma Shetty to name a few. Brandy has worked with New York top affluent and influential New Yorkers; Donna Karan International, St. George’s Society of New York, The Royal Wedding Bash, The English Ball for Burberry, world renowned event planner Marcy Blum, NY award winning CeCi Johnson, Women Of New York, to name a few. Brandy recently worked Donna Karan, DKNY, Keva J, Mercedes Benz Fashion Show, New York Fashion Week, Sundance Film Festival, VH-1 Divas, Real Simple Magazine, GLAMOUR Magazine #WOTY, OPRAH O YOU, Project Runway, VOGUE TV, Sperry Top-Sider, Burberry Beauty, L’OREAL Paris, International Latino Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, NY Fashion Week, NBA All Star Weekend, Essence Music Festival, New York Post and more. Keep up with Brandy by reading her personal blog “Inside the Life of a Makeup Artist” or follow her glamxurious tweets.

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