Tag Archives: Chanel

Beauty Bytes: October 19, 2012

By Meli | Published: October 19, 2012

Be careful taking the bus today – Barbie Flu is catching! In Odessa, Ukraine, there are now three(!) young women who’ve self-recreated themselves as the iconic doll. First it was Valeriya Lukyanova (aka”Amatue“), whose surgical modifications helped create her own fairy tale reality (she also teaches astral projection). Now two more “Barbies” have emerged: Valeriya’s friend, Olga Oleynik (“Domenika”) has also had surgeries to accentuate her otherworldliness. And 19 year-old makeup and hair artist Anastasiya Shpagina (“Anime”, pictured …

Posted in Beauty Bytes | Also tagged Amatue, Anastasiya Shpagina, Andy Warhol, Anime, Barbie, Barbie Flu, beauty, Beauty Bytes, Beauty Drinks, Beauty Penalty, Beauty Privilege, Beauty Retouch, Coca-Cola, Domenika, Double Exposure, Eyelash Retouch, Face Lace, Faking It, Foton, Geetika Sharma, Inc, Kay Montano, Lakshmi Choudhry, Meli Pennington, Metropolitan Museum, Olga Oleynik, Photographers, Photoshop, Phyllis Cohen, Sanofi, Valeriya Lukanova, Vera Renczi | Comments closed

Other People’s Makeup: Reign Apiim

By Meli | Published: October 10, 2012

“I want to look like a piece of art every day.” Reign Apiim brings her art to life. “I’ve been studying art and art history since I was in junior high, and why not bring that into my look?” The recent Parsons graduate took some time to find herself: “I started with my hair – I was dyeing it and cutting it to look like my favorite pop stars. But then I realized – I’m an artist, my most valuable …

"I want to look like a piece of art every day."

Posted in Other People's Makeup | Also tagged Crown, eBay, Headpiece, India, Jewel, Makeup, Meli Pennington, New York, Parsons, Reign Apiim, Vintage | Comments closed

Beauty Bytes: September 21, 2012

By Meli | Published: September 21, 2012

Did Maybelline rip off a New York graffiti artist? New Yorkers are familiar with (and mostly amused by) Patrick Waldo’s calligraphic “moustache” written on poster faces in the subway. Now the “Moustache Man” is facing the dark side of fandom: unlicensed copying. First, Zara had one of their designers place a “moustache” on a skull for a t-shirt. And now Maybelline has a calligraphic “eyeliner” on one of their ads. Waldo, who has stopped his tagging after …

Posted in Beauty Bytes | Also tagged AJ. Herrera, beauty, Beauty Bytes, Cle de Peau, Dick Page, Fractals, Kay Montano, Maybelline, Meli Pennington, Moustache, NYFW, Patrick Waldo, Shiseido, Wonder, Zombie Apocalypse, Zombie Beauty Pageant | Comments closed

Other People’s Makeup: Deborah Buck

By Meli | Published: July 5, 2011

“I’m a painter, and that inspires my sense of color,” says Deborah Buck, an artist whose paintings have been translated into fabric designs, and the owner of Buck House, a home furnishings and jewelry store on New York’s Upper East Side.

“This is my little bag I carry with me everywhere, it’s got my favorite brushes in it as well. I like a mix of high-end and drugstore brands. Sometimes the best things are at the corner drugstore. I …