Eighteen Year Old Eyes with Smashbox Photo Op Under Eye Brightener

Though I regret my adulthood every time my rock-climbing, Yosemite-dwelling cousin rolls through town I have mostly resigned myself to adulthood and the rewarding careers it has thrust upon me. My major hesitation however is the resulting trauma to my eyes. You heard me. My eyes. They are chained to a computer most of my waking hours with the exception of those spent driving or showering and are now aging at a disproportionately advanced rate as compared to the rest of my body. Red, dry, baggy. It's a mess.

With a little bit of luck and a lot of Smashbox (don't you just love Davis Factor?) this mess is completely concealable. Yes the men who make model hangovers vanish have packaged their little beauty secret into this delightful , $18 tube of 18-year old eyes. I haven't gone a day with out it in about six months. Enjoy!

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Bow and Arrow with Makeup by Lori Taylor

Bow and Arrow just showed their collection at LA Fashion Week and everyone was raving afterwards. Elegant. French. Detailed. Beautiful. Classic. The girls were made up as a combination of '80s Brooke Shields and Brigitte Bardot and Lori Taylor's makeup was the icing on the cake. Here she is describing her makeup for this show.


The girls were stunning and the clothes were beautiful. Delicate articulate pieces of art that alluded to a beautiful French spy.


Here is the show closing.

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Backstage at Nicky Hilton's Nicholai - LA Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2008

Some shots from the hair/makeup tent at Nicky Hilton's Nicholai. The Nicholai girl's look was equestrian, after a long day of horseback riding.

Below is Marta Walsh of Talking Makeup interviewing Lori Taylor. Isn't she the cutest thing you have ever seen?

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Lori Taylor's Makeup at Octavio Carlin

Lori Taylor is everywhere at LA Fashion Week. She is exuberant, creative, kind, and clear in her instruction to the makeup artists re-creating her designs. I watched her fearlessly lead two makeup teams today; Octavio Carlin and Veronika Jeanvie. She picks one model and applies her makeup, explaining each brush stroke and each sparkle to her team of makeup artists who look on and ask questions as necessary.In this video Lori explains her take on the makeup she did today for Octavio Carlin to Marta from Beauty Interviews.


As I waited backstage with the team of makeup artists for her arrival I noticed an image of an Audrey Hepburn-like woman taped to each makeup station. Lori picks this image and then walks the team through each step in creating the "woman" for the show. Whereas the Octavio woman was very 40s glamorous the Veronkia woman was completely space-age and dramatic. No matter what woman Lori is creating she is fun to be around, knowledgeable, and excessively talented. Her joy for makeup is almost childlike and her generosity shows in her patience with lurking bloggers such as myself, to whom she seems endlessly willing to explain each show's look.

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