Nordstrom Beauty Trend Show, Part 2: Makeup Tips with Lancôme Artist Jason
Welcome to Part 2 of my coverage of Nordstrom’s Beauty Trend Show held at the San Francisco Centre Downtown this past Saturday.
Right after the show, hundreds of women made their way down to the Cosmetics department where rows and rows of beauty stations were set up at every counter, gearing up to make over women of every color, young and old. My friends and I made appointments at Lancôme to get gussied up.
I got to sit down with Lancôme’s national artist Jason where he made me over and gave me some great makeup tips.
Jason’s Tip #1: For Asian eyes especially, if the eyes are slanted downward, this creates sort of a dark shadow. Dab a little bit of concealer on the outer corners of your eyes. This gives an instant illusion to a bigger eye and doesn’t make it look as droopy. Hopefully you can tell from my illustration, otherwise, trust me; when Jason did this trick on me, I saw an immediate difference.
Jason’s Tip #2: Give yourself a subtle glow on your minimal makeup days by applying bronzer with a huge powder brush where the sun naturally hits your face - top of the forehead, sweep across your cheeks in short, feathering upward strokes, the bridge of your nose (not the tip), right above your lip, and your chin.
Jason’s Tip #3: When you complete your makeup, apply a little bit of the blush color you used to your forehead, a sweep over your eyes, and above your lips. The one uniting shade adds a subtle color shift to really pull your look together to make it cohesive. Jason says often times the eyes, cheeks and lips look disconnected like separate entities without a common color thread.
At the end of our makeovers with Jason, I felt very lively and summery! It was fun that he put a seafoam blue on me as Lancôme isn’t really known for trendy colors. Here’s what he used for my FOTD:
Face:
- High Resolution Collaser-5x Anti-Winkle Serum
- High Resolution Eye Collaser-5x Anti-Winkle Eye Serum
- Absolue Bx Makeup with SPF 18 in Ecru #210
- Flash Retouche Concealer #1, Voile de Lumière
- Star Bronzer in Bronze Terre
Eyes:
- Color Design Eye Shadow in Drape (sweep all over)
- Color Design Eye Shadow in Personal Style (lower lid and lower waterline over Minuit liner)
- Le Stylo Waterproof in Minuit (upper and lower waterline)
Cheeks:
- Blush Subtil in Cedar Rose
Lips:
- Color Design Lipcolor in Top Model
- Juicy Tubes Smoothie in Spring Fling
If you ever get to go to one of these Trend Shows at Nordstrom, I definitely recommend it because it’s a ton of fun! My friends and I can’t wait until the next one already!
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On June 18th, 2008 Beauty Tyrant said:
You look lovely! The eye makeup really brightens up your face. Love this fresh look
On June 18th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Beauty Tyrant,
Thanks so much!
How are you diggin’ the blue eye shadows this season? Any favorites?
On June 18th, 2008 Carleenp said:
You look great! Also, you have been tagged! I put the link in url line of the form.
On June 18th, 2008 Brittany said:
Love it! And great tips. You are looking beautiful.
On June 18th, 2008 Mrs. Lynne, Makeupfix.net said:
Gorgeous as always!
On June 18th, 2008 Nikki said:
*whistles* cute cookie!!!! you look so “alive” and blooming!!! i love the tips and your makeover! thanks for sharing! I’ll try the concealer trick as I have my eyes slanted downwards too!
On June 18th, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Carleen!
On June 18th, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Brittany! I’m lovin’ your Cool Heat FOTD this week too
On June 18th, 2008 Lilan said:
Aww shucks, thanks Mrs. Lynne!
On June 18th, 2008 Lilan said:
Hi Nikki,
Let me know what you think of his concealer tip
And Happy Thursday to you!
On June 20th, 2008 kia said:
i love trend shows! great look for you! i love that liner!
On June 20th, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Kia! I’m sooo diggin’ the liner too!
On June 22nd, 2008 Anna said:
Your eyes are beautiful here Lilan! I really like it. Great tips. I’ve never thought about whether my eyes droop downwards but I’ll definitely try this trick anyway!
On June 23rd, 2008 Lilan said:
Thanks Anna!