My Image Journey—a Sweet Surrender Part 2 of a three-part series by Mary Jane Mahan, author, actor, Authentic Beauty writer and reformed makeup chicken (maryjanebrain.com) Alyson Hoag is simply brilliant, a true revolutionary. Not only is she waking up women who’ve been brainwashed by the cosmetics industry to give up our authentic power, she’s reaching …
Our Spring Photo Shoot Unfortunately it is going to start getting colder again, but that’s not going to deter us from doing our spring photo shoot this Friday for our new spring looks. I always get so excited every time a season changes because we’ll debut our new looks! Basically, the 2010 spring looks will …
My Image Journey—a Sweet Surrender Part One in a three-part series by Mary Jane Mahan, author, actor, Authentic Beauty writer and big fat makeup chicken (maryjanebrain.com) February 11, 2010 will stand as one of the most relief-filled, empowering Thursdays of my life, the day I surrendered my fears on the salon altar of Authentic Beauty (AB) and …
Bert’s Big Adventure 2010 Send-off Today I saw magic happen. It was magic in the form of the sparkling eyes of children, the utter joy of their parents of seeing them happy & the love & genuine fondness between all the families who were gathered at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel for the same reason. They …
So I’m taking a break from info on make-up application to bring you up to date. First off I was a co-chair of a fabulous event-the V-Day Atlanta Benefit Concert for Women and Girls of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, Feb. 9. As many of you know, V-Day is a global movement to …
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Headshot Make-Up: Your Professional Image I have been a makeup artist for over 20 years. Throughout my career one of my biggest pet peeves is seeing a picture of a dynamic, powerful woman that does not portray her as such. I have seen a few doozeys in my time. I don’t want to embarrass anyone …
The real skinny on brows Like I said in my Piedmont Review column in my article about brows, I have a hard time watching TV. It’s not the programming & it’s not the reality shows. It’s the eyebrows on beautiful women on TV-eyebrows too thin, eyebrows waxed half off, brows that travel straight across with …
The O Glow: The basics on blush, bronzer & highlighter It’s true. Throughout my entire career, I’ve been told to apply blush so many different ways, it’s no wonder every client I meet is totally confused about where to put blush. But the reality is that blush exists because it creates the illusion you are …
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What are we doing this week? So ok, I know it’s been somewhat calm these past few or so weeks, but we have geared back up again to hit spring in full force in mixing & mingling category. This week is jammed full of events & my only free night, last night, was spent writing! …
We’ve gone over the skincare basics & what gadgets are Authentic Beauty approved. Now I want to educate you about foundation. Painting over your smooth canvas (your skin), in artist’s terms, should be quick & easy. You just need to know how to do it most efficiently. I’m sure you’ve heard about lots of ways …
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