Arrojo's Nightmare on Hudson

I was grateful to be invited to Arrojo's Halloween bash. Arrojo is a high end salon in TriBeCa, with prime real estate and a school in it as well. 

They hosted a fun party on Thursday night the 29th of October for some Halloween festivities consisting of snacks, drinks sponsored by Hangar 1 and to watch Nightmare on Elm Street in their auditorium. 

I had a blast! They had masks made by Steven Klein and eyewear designed by Kerin Rose Gold (the woman who designs lady Gaga's eyewear) and we could try them on and take photos with them!

The drinks were delicious, the monster mash was our go-to!

Finally after mingling and inhaling the light and airy kettle corn, we sat down to watch the movie. 

Out our way out we were given awesome goodie bags with their Arrojo hair spray and gel! 

It was an awesome time, thanks Arrojo!

Santera Tequila Launch Party

I had the pleasure of going to the Santera Tequila launch party, hence the post title, and taking my sweetie, Nicky.

The launch was Monday September 28th at 7 pm at The Box in LES. I have heard how crazy fun The Box is and I was excited. But the amount of fun I had was not expected!

The launch had free cocktails made with Santera tequila; they had a choice of Margarita, El Incendio and one more drink that I cannot remember the name. We had el incendio all night- it was delicious! Made with their Santera blanco, Campari, grapefruit and sage simple syrup. Such a yummy refreshing drink. There were waitresses walking around with bites from Leyenda, which were SO good. They had pupusas!!!! NO ONE ever has pupusas I was exhilarated.

There was an awesome DJ playing such a great mix of music, but he stopped so that the founder could make a speech and show us a short film about who Santera Tequila is. The film was great, it took place in Jalisco and showed the jimadores working and they spoke of their work as well.

After the film, we all toasted to the good life and the party proceeded!! There was a seductive fire-eating dancer, she was awesome and danced to Black Magic Woman. There were flamenco dancers and even an illusionist walking around. Basically, it was the best party ever.

It was a blats!! And definitely made the rest of the week bearable! Who knew partying on Mondays was so much fun?

It was an incredible party, with incredible people, incredible shows and incredible drinks! They gave us a good bag on our way out with a USB, a bottle of El Incendio, dried sage, a cocktail book and matches, all in a cute canvas bag.

Best of luck to Santera Tequila! It goes down so smooth and tastes so yummy. Check them out and watch their story here :)

End of Fashion Week After Party @ Goldbar

What a great way to end off a great week. Going out to an open bar after party hosted by the one and only, Jon Harari, was the cherry on top of a fun fashion week!

Jon Harari always has the best events, he knows everyone and is a ton of fun! He threw a birthday party for his photographer and good friend and decided to also make it a fashion week after party, since it took place in the last day! September 17th!

I invited my good friend Lee, which it happened to be her birthday as well and I of course took my sweetie. 

We dressed to impress and had an awesome time. 

Goldbar was a beautiful place, good drinks and fun music. And of course great company!

Backstage NYFW: Chiara Boni's La Petite Robe Fashion Show with Aveda

I was so incredibly excited when I found out I was invited backstage at Chiara Boni's show with Aveda!! I made the accommodations that I needed to make in order to make sure that I could be there. I, along with a few other bloggers, were invited to take it all in.

The show was Wednesday September 16th at the ArtBeam in Chelsea. A beautiful open space that usually hosts fashion shows and other exhibitions.

If you don't know who Chiara Boni is, I advise you to drop everything and check out her website, her show and her looks. Chiara is an Italian designer with fresh fun looks inspired by every day life.
This SS16 show was magical- A Delicate Rose; full of blush tones, corals and pinks, you felt as if you were walking through a garden in full bloom at Spring's peak. It was beautiful.

I had the chance to meet and speak to Jon Reyman, the head hairdresser for Aveda and Spoke & Weal, who had come up with the hair look for the models and also with Janell Geason, the head makeup artist who came up with the natural garden glow make up look.

Amid the chaos of models getting their hair done, their make up done, their nails lacquered, interviews and dress rehearsals, I was lucky enough to get my hair done and speak to both Reyman and Geason.

Michelle, a lovely hair dresser for Aveda and Spoke & Weal, told me that a hot trend right now was small braids that made a fun statement, she proceeded to cornrow the part of my hair to just make a fun accent. I loved it!

Jon Reyman created the look he was going for on a model for us, he told us "We're putting in a few loose finger waves and we're making it really messy, very crunchy and we're gonna make it a little airy with this halo of texture. Then we're putting some dry shampoo in the back and were doing a little twisted barrel curl and mess that up. The hair is gonna be very strong, wet and then dry, it's gonna have some airiness to it and some edge to it, I think it really kind of youngs up the look. It's very cool and really on point for the season.

Reyman says that the trend for SS16 is all about really done and undone hair, it's an accessory to the clothes. Whether it will translate to the consumer is up to them and how they want to take it. I say go for it! If there's one thing you take away from Hair trends for SS16 is definitely texture, messiness and controlled chaos. Fun ;)

Janell Geason spoke to us with a model that she had just finished making up. She explained "As you can see the look has definitely taken inspiration from Chiara Boni's colors of her line, which is all about pinks, corals, reds, so think almost blossoming flowers in the spring. That is really what I thought about. The complexion is just really beautiful, just tinted moisture, kind of where needed, very fresh. Concealer where needed and then I just used out translucent mousse powder for just a really light dusting of powder. Nothing looks heavy. For brows, we just kind of gave her a little bit of shape, it wasn't about making them super dark it was more about just taking her natural shape and enhancing it. For eyes, it's just about taking a little bit of a lighter shade than her skin tone. Just to give a little sheen to the eyes, it's not about eyeshadow its about right in the center to make her look super fresh. Mascara on the outer corners to make it look wide awake look. For cheeks, we took inspiration once again from the colors, I used two different cheek colors, I used one called apricot whisker, which is more of a warm peachier, coraly tone, which I put along the C shape and just along the apples of her cheek we did a rose blossom. So it's just two different cheek colors to create a really fresh spring look. For her lips, what we've done is used our purple sage lip liner, which is your lip color but a little bit deeper. We lined it and diffused it out and we used one of my favorite colors for spring, its called Wild Fuchsia, which works well with the line, because it's all about those beautiful fuchsias. And then just to mix it up again, we took just in the center of the lip a nourishing lip elixir in sunkissed melon, so once again it's kind of this play on coralies and pinks and fuchsias, kind of combined together to create something that is just fresh and really pretty and very Italian girl- which is very Chiara Boni,"

I had a great time backstage meeting awesome artists and hearing a little bit about upcoming trends and about their work! I advise you to go check out Chiara Boni's collection because it was so beautiful! Think florally spring!

And that is when the best quote of all time pops into our heads "Florals for spring, groundbreaking!"

Alterre NY Shoes Launch Party

I was cordially invited to the Alterre shoes launch party on Tuesday September 15, by the super-sweet and down to earth founder of the great company herself, Shilpa.

The launch was a 1940's themed party with a jumpin' jazz band at a speak-easy styled social club that is members only, The Norwood Club. 

Upon walking in, you had to say a secret password in order to get your cocktail tickets. "Do you dig my jive?" 

Indeed, I dug it! Svetlana and the Delancey Five, filled up the room with great music and got the crowd to start swinging! 

The specialty cocktails they were serving were: Gimlet, Manhattan and Hanky Panky- the cocktail made especially for their launch. 

Now on to the best part, the SHOESS!

Alterre is an innovative brand that lets you mix and match your shoes, while having comfort, quality and fair labor in mind. 

Their styles are influenced by 40's starlets, hence having their shoe styles named after them: the Jackie, the Marilyn, the Billie, the Tilda and the Elsie. (The Tilda and Jackie are my favorites!!)

Ever carried multiple shoes to work or driven yourself crazy thinking which shoes to bring along on your next trip? 

Alterre was created with you in mind! 

"With our patent pending technology, you can mix and match your shoes to fit your lifestyle. With over 65 combinations, it is easy to transform your look from day to night and pack light for your next vacation. Customizable and comfortable, they are the perfect pair for any occasion. These shoes are as versatile as you are!"

The best part? 5% of their proceeds are donated to the women's abuse shelter, Restore NYC. So not only is this company stylish, comfortable and unique, they give back too! 

"You get to do good while you look good!"

Shilpa and her fellow Alterre ladies did an incredible job setting up this launch. The 40's theme really portrayed the vibe of their shoes. 

Congrats ladies!! And I wish you the best of luck and continued success!! 

Check them out! Alterreny.com  

NYFW 2015

Ah, the week we all look forward to, New York Fashion Week. I was super lucky this year to have been invited to attend some events, shows and parties!

Needless to say, I had an amazing time and blogs for each even are to follow. 

Big thanks to Daniel Silverstain, Paul Frank, Alterre Shoes, Aveda & Chiara Boni and my good friend Jon Harari for an amazing, full of fun, busy week!

Birthday Makeup

Hi!

So last weekend, August 29th was my birthday, and as many of you, I like to go all out (on my make-up of course!)

My outfit I chose to wear was cobalt, navy and white striped culottes with an off-white crop top and my strappy metallic louboutin sandals. 

I wanted to make my eyes dramatic because I wanted a nude lip since I knew I'd be a eating a lot and I get lazy to reapply 😇. 

So I decided to go for a blue smoky eye!

I've only ever done a blue smoky eye one other time, and I decided to go for a lighter blue mixed with gold. For my birthday I wanted an intense eye so I reached for my Borghese Five Shades of Cool palette, my Lorac Pro 2 Palette and my colourpop super shock shadows from the Metamorphosis palette called Kindness. I have been wanting to use Kindness for months now and never knew how, so I figured it was the perfect opportunity. Kindness is a duo chrome blue, purple black green shadow, I will show it below! 

The Look:

1. I primed my eyelids with my Lorac eyeshadow primer. 

2. I then set it with Buff from the Lorac Pro 2 palette

3. Then on my sigma E40 brush I took Nectar and Soft Brown from the Lorac Pro 2 Palette and started blending it into my crease, building the color up slowly just to get a nice natural transition color. I like the nectar and warm tones in the cream for a cool toned eye because it gives it a nice balance. The wariness brings out the blue more and makes it look more vibrant. 

4. I took Navy from the Lorac Pro 2 palette with a smaller blending brush, Morphe and put it directly into my crease and just under it so that there's a nice gradient from crease to lid. Being careful not to go above the crease. 

5. I took borghese's Eclissare ColorEdge eye pencil in graphite night and put that all over my lid as a base for the colourpop shadow. 

6. I then blended out the edges to make it not as harsh with Navy from the Lorac Pro 2 palette and with Shiver and Chill from the Five Shades of Cool palette. 

7. The fun part!! I took Kindness and dabbed it all over my lid with my finger, building it slowly until I was happy with the intensity. 

8. Continuous blending! I went back into the Five shades of Cool palette and directly into my crease I kept blending with Chill

9. To intensify the look, I took Numb from Five Shades of Cool and put it only in the outer corner for a more smoky seductive look. I used a pencil brush for this. 

10. Keep blending!

11. Then I put snow from the Lorac Pro 2 palette in my inner corner and on the highest point of my brow bone.

12. Moving on to the lower lashline, I started off with the Graphite Night pencil liner and smudged it out with Chill from Five Shades of Cool palette. Then to add gradient, I blended with Shiver from Five shades of Cool as well. On top of that I added Blue Ice for some shimmer and a bit of Kindness to make the lower lashline pop.  

13. I finished the eye with a winged liner, mascara and falsies. The falsies I used are Koko Lashes in the style Misha. 

 

On to the face:

1. Of course I had moisturized prior to doing the eyes 

2. I used L'Oreal Infallible Pro-matte foundation in N3 and used a beauty blender to stipple it on. 

3. I then went in with my borghese hydrating concealer in naturale and concealed under my eyes in a triangle shape, a little on my forehead and on my chin. I blended out with my beauty blender

4. I set my concealer with my NYX contour palette mixing the banana shade and beige shade. 

5. I used that contour palette to bronze up my temples, under the cheek bones and jaw line. I use basically all the bronzers in it

5. I added a little blush for this look, I used borghese's Thrill blush from the Eclissare ColorRise blush collection.

6. For highlight I used my all time favorite highlight, colourpop's Lunch Money highlighter on the tops of my cheekbones, above my brow arch, on the tip of my nose and Cupid's bow 

7. For lipstick I used MAC's posh mineralize lipstick and added NYX's butter gloss in Tiramisu  

7. Finally I set my face with NYX matte setting spray!

Here is how the look turned out:

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