Darla 911:Makeup Advice

This week I decided to focus on makeup tips that everyone can use no matter what look they are trying to pull off. This is a collection of my favorite tips and pete peeves that will help you build the foundation of a super fabulous look!

FACE:

I am a HUGE supporter of PRESSED mineral foundations/powders. They are all in one and they cover flaws really well. My favorite brand is Glo Minerals, its a bit of a splurge but its amazing!

Make sure that you always put a shadow base/concealer on your eyelid and under your eyes. Try and get a color that is a couple shades lighter then your skin tone and then even out the color with the mineral makeup powder (about 2 shades lighter then your skin) over the top.

One of my biggest pet peves is when people use lighter powder to highlight their foreheads, nose and under eyes. Tyra Banks is of course beautiful but she is guilty of doing this way too often. YUCK!

If you pick up any Vogue right now you will see that going tanning or wearing bronzer is OUT OF FASHION. Catherine Zeta-Jones was guilty of applying WAYYY too much bronzer (at least wear matte bronzer if you insist) in this picture. If you are fair skinned, embrace it.. Its very hot right now, and thank goodness because I'm practically albino!

On the other hand, make sure you dont look like you are washed out and dead like J-Lo in this picture. JEEEZE!

EYES:

All I am going to say is Kim Kardashian's eye makeup looks ridiculous (it matches her dress tho! ha). Most teenage girls do this exact same look with black eyeliner, and ITS TIME FOR GIRLS TO BE MORE CREATIVE WITH THEIR MAKEUP!

TIP: Apply black eyeliner just to the water lines of your eyes. Apply a black or brown eyeshadow under your eye as a blended liner, this adds more depth and looks more mature.

Most people dont realize that mascara needs to be replaced about once every 2 months or so. If it dries out it will look cakey and gross on your eyes. Dont pump your mascara brush in the tube, that will just get air trapped and dry it out faster.

TIP:If you are looking to get awesomely long and plump lashes without applying falsies, apply a few coats of mascara.

Rounded cat eyes are SO out this season so try something more edgy and angled like Katy Perry.

TIP: Use a tissue as an angled straight edge to get your eyeshadow straight and also to collect eyeshadow dust. I use this technique every day.

Next week I want to answer your questions! 

Submit your questions to this post and next week they will be answered :)

XOX,

Hey Everyone!

This past week was a lot of fun and went by WAYYY too fast. Ever feel like your life is flashing before your eyes? I keep having this feeling like I am running outa time and I have to get everything done I want to get done before its too late! I guess thats a good way to live though, you only live once right?

On Wednesday I went to the Rave in Milwaukee and met up with the HILARIOUSLY funny boys from Suicide Silence. I had never met them before but I had a BLAST with them and I look forward to hanging out with them again. We did a little interview which was great and I hung out with them til about 1230 and headed home.

I keep having major insomnia and cant fall asleep til 6 or 7 in the morning and its really starting to annoy me. I dont have a problem working all night because that is when I feel most inspired. Unfortunately a good majority of the world isnt on the same schedule as me so I gotta get up and live by their schedule for meetings, phone calls, etc.

On Thursday I went back to the rave to interview two of the guys from Saosin and Eye Alaska. Chris and Beau from Saosin are too funny and talk a lot! Its going to be a great interview and Im looking forward to hearing what all of you think of it :)

This weekend I am finishing up editing ALL of my interviews, yes I am actually going to hunker down and get it done. I only have about 7 more to do so it shouldnt be toooo bad.

Tonight my friend Alaina is walking in a fashion show in Madison so I am going to head out there for that. Should be tons of fun, looking forward to seeing some cute clothes!

Next week I am going to buy a white sweep online and start doing makeup tutorials for DarlaMakeup.com and also for my buzznet features.

What Kind of makeup tips do you want to see?

What bands do you want me to interview?

I am interviewing Every Avenue next week, what questions do you want me to ask them?

XOX,

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Next week I am heading to the Rave in Milwaukee to interview the hilariously funny boys from Every Avenue. Submit some creative questions that you want this guys to answer and I will try my darndest to get them answered that day! Submit your questions ...

For this week of ScarletMadeline's Makeup Mastermind, I am going to chat some more about the characters of the new movie "Twilight Saga: New Moon." I have taught you how to get the vampire look, and this week I am going to teach you how to get Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reeds looks (when they aren't all vamped up).  Get vamped up ...

ScarletMadeline's Makeup Mastermind: The Guy-Liner Trend is SOO Over! The Transformation of Pete, Trace and Davey in 2009.

In the last few months it seems like the guyliner trend is going OUT the door. It seems like as the most popular guyliner trend followers are getting out the eye makeup remover as they get older.

PETE WENTZ

BEFORE: Now I cant say anything about Pete and his guyliner, because he always has looked great (in my opinion). Pete is THE trend setter (of our generation) when it comes to men's eye makeup. Although, I have to admit that I have never been a big fan of guys in makeup, even Pete's. 

AFTER: Last month Pete Wentz had his head shaved on stage. Since that night it really seems like Petey's look has drastically changed (in a darn good way). He looks so clean cut and mature! This is why men shouldn't wear eye liner, because they look SOO much better without it.

DAVEY HAVOK

BEFORE: Now I think we all know how I feel about this mess of a look on Davey. Im sorry, but long finger nails, smokey eyes and lace finger decore will never be attractive to me.. SO THANK GOODNESS THAT IS OVER!

AFTER: It seems like with the release of AFI's new album, Davey has reinvented himself. I never thought that I would say this, but Davey got hot! Im digging the scruffy face and short nails. I especially like that he looks like a GUY! I may have to go see AFI now to see his marvelous transformation in real life! 

TRACE CYRUS

BEFORE: I am a definitely a Metro Station fan.. I mean really, who doesn't like to shake it? Trace is a good looking boy but I was NOT into the eyeliner he use to wear. It was just pushing the stereotypical "scene kid" look too far.

AFTER: Trace definitely stopped wearing eyeliner, but instead replaced it with tattoos on his face. I think he can totally pull it off now because he's young, but I always wonder what people with this many tattoos will look like when they are 50??  If he feels good about them though, that is all that matters right? Anyone else looking forward to Metro Station's new album??

How do you feel about all these musicians new looks?

I know my mother would KILL me if I got tattoos on my face (even though I am too scared of needles to do it anyways), how do you think your parents would feel if you had many tats as Trace?

If you could have any of these guys do YOUR makeup who would you choose? I would let Davey do mine. He is REALLY good.. I just don't like the makeup on him.

XOX,

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I have been sick for literally two weeks, so I had some MAJOR cabin fever and needed to get out of the house!

I felt better on Friday so, I went to the Rave to interview Forever The Sickest Kids. It seems that for the last year I am always running into these guys so it was fun to interview em and hang out again. Super fun boys!

When I got there, Jonathan showed me some magic tricks. He is one tricky guy! I cant even shuffle cards so I was impressed haha

The interview was funny. I will post it soon. I have to edit it quite a bit because it is literally a half hour long!

We hung out for a bit and then I went inside to watch them play and meet up with some other friends. I have never seen them play before, they are really good live! I suggest going to check em out on the Cheap Date Tour (going on right now). I am going to be honest, I dont know a whole lot of their music but after seeing em I will definitely listen to more songs. Plus, they have a ginger kid in the band so they must be good right? I did however know the song "Woah Oh" and danced my booty off.

After the show Caleb, Kyle, my friend Alaina and I went to a little diner across the street for some food. Last week when I was super sick I was diagnosed with Gastro intestinal reflux disorder. Which basically means I cant eat anything greasy or acidic or I will be in a lot of pain. BUMMER! So all I drank was tea. But darn, was that some good tea!

For Halloween, I got dressed up as Amy Winehouse (pictures coming soon)! I was shocked that people knew who I was, since I was the ginger version. I met up with my friend Ashley down in Chicago and we went to go meet up with FTSK at their Halloween show at the House of Blues. I got all the way down there and realized that the show ended an hour earlier! I felt SOOO bad that I missed it. Luckily, I met up with em and visited for a bit before going to another party on the other side of town.

It was quite the adventure driving all over Chicago. Usually the unplanned adventures are the best. I met lots of fun people and was up til 7AM hanging out. 

I will have a lot more pictures up soon!

What did you all do for Halloween?

What did you dress up as?

XOX,

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There is something so fun and easy about blowing money on shoes or purses (even if you will never wear them) because you dont have to spend 20 minutes in a changing room to decide if it looks good on you. All shoes and accessories are fabulous on anyone so who wouldnt love to buy them? Because I love buying shoes and purses so much, that is what I spend the most money on.

$110 from Carlos Santana

Like most girls, I LOVE high heels because they make every outfit look SOOO much more flattering. Wearing heels makes your legs look longer (which is great for short girls like me), they help flatten your stomach and make your butt a tiny bit more perky (?? for lack of a better word).My grandmother always use to say that you can go out in a sub-par outfit but if you are wearing great shoes, the outfit looks like its worth a million bucks! I love to splurge on Betsey Johnson heels. I also love buying discounted designer heels on websites I find in google

My new obsession are the SUPER fabulous YSL platform pumps that usually retail for $800 or more, I like to buy them on various discount sites for a fraction of the price (usually about $100-150 a pair). I realize that is a bit of a splurge for one pair of shoes but they are TOTALLY worth saving up for. For that much of a discount, how could you not be tempted to wear the same shoes that celebs like Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian rock on a daily basis? 

$20 and $28 at Forever21

I love stores like Forever21 and Charlotte Russe stores because you can spend very little on a new outfit and then go home and make it look way more glamourous with accessories. I LOVE to buy skirts (TUTUs ROCK) and then buy a few different tops to go with it (that way you have a bunch of new outfits in one easy purchase). You can never have too many wife beaters, they go with everything and you can layer stuff over the top of them for fall.

Me with Hey Monday. I am wearing a wife beater, one of the high waisted skirts (pictured above) and my Jessica Simpson gladiator Pumps (Below). Under flowy skirts like the ones above I usually wear shorts underneath so that if they wind blows, no one sees my bootay! Keep it classy ladies haha

I am a curvy girl (I have hips and am a tad bit busty) but I LOVE to accentuate my waste so I wear high waisted WIDE belts with a lot of my outfits. I also usually wear high waisted skirts or dresses when I go out.

Some staples you should have that help accentuate any look (whether its jeans or a dress):

$8 at Forever21

1)Thick high waisted belt. I suggest getting BLACK first because that is always slimming but you can also get fun colors too!

My mom and I at Warped. I am wearing a very plain romper with a black high waisted belt. The romper came with a tiny string belt but was really unflattering. Usually outfits that come with built in belts look cheesy so get rid of the old belt and replace it with something unique and flattering on you!

2)PUMPS. Black and nude are always good staples for any closet but getting funky colors like LIME, CHEETAH or RED an go with just about anything as well!

$59 Jessica Simpson

These Shoes are the most comfortable heels in the world! I wore them a ton over the summer because they didnt hurt even after 12 hours at Warped Tour!

3)Lots of Necklaces or bangles are great for adding a little extra to any outfit, without over doing the glitz

$6 Forever21

I wore the necklace above to my sponsorship meeting with Victoria from Cobra Starship. The dress (that I got from Forever21) shape was super cute but not very creative alone so I spiced it up and made it more form fitting with a belt. I also wore some black ALDO platform pumps  and purple tights from HUE :)

4)Red nail polish. Long fake nails are SOOOO out. Go out and buy a $2 bottle of red nail polish and keep your fingers and toes fabulously fashionable for less. Classic beauties like Marilyn Monroe and Betty Paige rocked short red nails, this is a trend that will never get old.

5)a NICE purse. I love HUGE purses because I carry a lot of stuff with me and they always look fab. I always carry tons of stuff like video cameras, flat shoes (for when my feet hurt from heels) and Tons of makeup OF COURSE! I suggest staying away from brands like  Juicy Couture and Coach. Those brands have become too mainstream for my taste, everyone and their mother carries those purses so try something funky and fresh!

$170. Betsey Johnson

6)Nice Loose fitted cardigan sweater. These open fronted loose sweaters are great with dresses or jeans and they add just a little bit of glam. I lovvvee this trend. You can also pair these with high waisted thick belts too and they look awesome!

$30 at Forever21 and $50 at Victorias Secret
For my interview with Broadway I wanted to be comfortable (for the show) so I wore a wife beater, a cardigan (from Express) and some jeans. I accessorized the simple look with some bangles.

Of course, then you should always try and put effort into your makeup and make it look awesome. That will always make an outfit look a lot more spiffy, if your makeup is kickin!

What trends do you really like?

Where do you shop for clothes?

What brand of accessories (shoes, purses) do you like the best?

XOX,

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I got my passion for makeup from my mom, who LOVES prosthetic makeup (and rocks at it). Growing up, it use to EMBARRASS me SOOO much when she would volunteer with the PTA every Halloween and dress up. Not only would she dress up but she would apply prosthetic witch noses and bloody scabs and warts all over. It grossed me out when I was younger but now I appreciate that she is the reason why I love makeup so much.

I love hearing everyone's makeup stories and tips and today I got some GREAT zombie makeup from Buzznet user "I'm on my way."

"How To Look Like A Creature Of The Night!"

By "I'm On My Way"

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"I've noticed that they're are a lot of journals on how to look uber cute for Halloween. Well, that's fine and dandy. But some of us aren't gonna be sailors or vampires or ballerinas. No, some of us are gonna throw cutesy out the window and go for strait up, shit-yourself-scary. What I'm doing this year is a little thing called ZOMBIE. You know, zombies? The walking dead? They supposedly eat brains? Yep.

Want to learn how to pull this bloody look off? Read below."

This week I thought I would talk about some of the nominees from the mtvU Woodie Awards, Karen O and Anjulie in particular. After you read about these makeup tips to get Karen O and Anjulie's looks, then go cast your vote for the mtvU Woodie Awards nominees and watch on December 4th to see if they won! But, for now stay here and learn about their look. Get the look of the Woodie Award nominees

A few weeks ago we got an email from Cobra Starship's managers asking if we would send Victoria some Darla Makeup.. We were so excited so of course we said yes. Over the weekend we were invited to meet up with Victoria and I also interviewed her. We chatted about the makeup and we learned about how much of an animal lover she was.

My mom and I have always wanted a pot belly pig that lived in our house and we found out that VickyT had one when she was growing up! How cute is that.

They were awesome live and you should definitely try and check them out on the tour they are on right now with Boys like girls, The Maine and of course another band we support VERSAEMERGE!

I think I might be getting sick, which is sort of a bummer.. I hope I dont get the swine again!

I am going to start doing video makeup tutorials again, what makeup tips would you guys like??

What other bands do you think should wear Darla Makeup?

Any strange pets that you have always wanted?

XOX,

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Last week Buzznet member Mariala gave you your homecoming fashion tips, this week of ScarletMadeline's Makeup Mastermind lets learn how to do your makeup for homecoming. Even if you are not your school's homecoming king or homecoming queen, you should still know how to standout at homecoming. Get yourself the look for free with ScarletMadeline's lesson, look at Betsy Johnson dresses, Kim Kardashian's eyes and Ashlee Simpson's smile. Homecoming look ...

What are you wearing for homecoming?

If you could take any celebrity as a date for the dance, who would it be?

XOX,

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For this week of ScarletMadeline's Makeup Mastermind, I am going to talk some more about Halloween. Learn all about the makeup tips one needs to know, to get the Alice and Edward Cullen looks. We all know that the Cullen family is no ordinary vampire family. They don't look like your traditional vampire brood. They are pretty plain with their makeup and dress in trendy clothing. Go vamp this Halloween ...

Halloween is all about going to the extreme and wearing something you would not normally wear. A costume! A costume is not complete without the right makeup. Halloween is the 1 day of the year where even little kids can wear makeup. Do you know how to get the look you are going for? This week ScarletMadeline's mastermind will show you how to get the Tinkerbell look or the pinup look. Check it out ...

Last weekend I went to see some friends from Breathe Carolina preform at the Rave and interview the band IRival (Dance Rawr Dance Tour III). I had never heard of them til my interview, but they are super good and you should check them out! They are also super sweet boys!

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I will have my funny interview with them up soon. 

We ended up having a goofy party down in the haunted basement of the Rave. It was super fun. There was so much moisture in the air though that I kept slipping and falling on the pool slope. Basically, I have bruises the size of texas on my booty!

Greg (IRival), some people I dont know?, David (Breathe Carolina), Alaina, Me and Ziggy in the Pool

David, Alaina, Ziggy and Me in the Pool

Chrissy, Ziggy, David, Alaina, Greg and Me in the Rave Pool

I also finally uploaded some pictures from Warped Tour in Milwaukee.

This is me and my mom (Beth) after she finished cutting everyone from VersaEmerge's hair. She is also my Darla Makeup Business partner. Yes, We are both fake gingers hahah

This is from Warped Tour in Chicago. Me, Anthony (former Drummer from VersaEmerge) and Alaina

That was a super fun day, Anthony is the nicest guy.. AND HES GINGER, so of course I adore him.

Ps, Check out the new Alternative Press Magazine because Sierra from VersaEmerge talks about Darla Makeup

"Darla Makeup is the only makeup that I wear"- Sierra

Thank you Sierra! You are too sweet!

It seems like tons of bands are breaking up or regrouping.. Chiodos, VersaEmerge.. actually I guess that its HAHA

What do you think of bands replacing members?

Do you like my hair better the bright orange or the regular red color?

My mom and I have been feeding wild life for as long as I can remember. We feed about 70 wild turkeys every day, an opossum, some raccoons, a muskrat and just recently three baby deer (we think they are triplets because they are always together). We also have two ducks that hair their babies in by our pond every year!

All the animals are so comfortable with us that they come to our back door to beg for food :) Of course being the saps that we are we always feed them. What's nice about this though is that they dont dig through our trash because they aren't hungry!

I love all animals and I think it's important for people to realize that their lives are just as important as ours!

The other day a female turkey brought all of her babies into our yard, for turkeys to show their babies shows trust because they are very private animals. We thought this was awesome, they are really cute!

If all goes well this weekend I am interviewing Irival and Owl City (WHO I LOVE!)

I am excited :)

Otherwise, Cash Cash and Breathe Carolina will be in town and it will be so nice to see all of them! What nice boys!

Do you feed any wild animals? See any cute animals by your house?

So last weekend I went to the Broadway, Enter Shikari and The Bled Show in Milwaukee. I interviewed Broadway which was a total blast, what a funny bunch of guys!

ps, thats my new hair color :)

Later on I got to meet up with Rou, Rory and Chris from Enter Shikari, it was so nice seeing them again (I interviewed them a few months ago). What NICE BOYS! I ended up going to a party with them and it was super fun, they are hilarious. We were up all night laughing and jumping the fence to the pool that was closed for the night. The security guard was not very happy! 

Rou and Rory 

After staying up all night we all ended up going to down to Chicago to see them play again, which was exhausting. They are INCREDIBLE live though, I definitely recommend them!

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I have a TON of interviews coming up in the next few months and I will be asking for your help in coming up with questions!

What big tours are you pumped to go to?

I am pretty excited for the Cobra Starship tour with VersaEmerge!

I was also pumped to go to the Glamour Kills Tour, but its going to be in Milwaukee on Thanksgiving.. Lame-O-Rama!

Of course it is easy to cake on the black eyeliner when you don't know better. But, to prevent your mom from telling you that you have  raccoon eyes, pay close attention to the women in the music business who don't cake on the black eyeliner and still make their eyes pop. Eyeliner tips ...

The 1980's are totally the new 2000's. Why would you look new if you could look like Joan Jett; all punked out, bad ass and stylish at the same time. Chekc out Joan Jett's makeup and take a closer look at how to get the look. ScarletMadeline's mastermind ...

So the other night I was up literally all night working on a press kit and was watching music videos. That music video for Drakes song "Best I ever had" came on. I was watching it and was completely puzzled as to why Drake would hire the kid from Degrassi to play him in his music video. I thought, maybe Drake is really ugly and wanted a body double? So I decided to google Drake.. and I realized.....

DRAKE is AUBREY GRAHAM who played JIMMY on DEGRASSI!!!!

Now, I am not the biggest fan of that song, but I was IN LOVE with Aubrey for a lot of high school and middle school.. so this is pretty freaking awesome!

WHAT A BABE!

Its nice that when he was done with Degrassi he didnt fall into obscurity.. 

DID YOU KNOW IT WAS THE SAME GUY!?!

why didnt anyone tell me this!?

Hey Everyone!

This contest was tough to judge and thank you all for participating! 

After much debate the winner is  Corirayne for her makeup tips for the Leighton Meester Picture!

 Corirayne's advice was great and straight to the point :)

"I would smoke it up a bit and apply nude pink lipstick.

To get Leighton's look;

FACE: Apply medium converage foundation and conealer and set it with a translusant powder. Apply a sheer golden blush.

EYES: Apply a shimmery grey shadow all over the lid. Then appy a slightly darker grey in the crease. Line the top and lower lashline with eye kohl and smudge it. Apply a generous amount of mascara to the top and bottom lash line. Fill the brows in lightly.

LIPS: Take a brick red lipliner and line and fill the lips. Apply a generous amount of gold sparkly red gloss."

Thanks to everyone who participated! We will be having another contest soon!

Congratulations Corirayne I will get your makeup out to you asap!

You won our very popular EyeLights Collection as well as some of our popular Tools and one of my favorite lip glosses :)

Love and Lipgloss,