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Dior's Crystal Studded Lips for spring 2013 couture show

Yesterday, at Dior's spring 2013 couture show, makeup artist Pat McGrath combined two themes she's been experimenting a lot with lately: textured makeup and layered lip looks, gluing red and pink Swarovski crystals on top of similar-colored lipsticks for bright, rosy pouts that dazzled all the way down the runway. It looked magical, pretty, and cutting-edge all at the same time.

However, you may want to skip the crystals for your next big date. You'd likely swallow a Swarovski stone the first time you tried to eat or drink anything, and kissing would be a challenge.

 Check out these sparkle-and-shine lippies for a reasonable fascimile:
Mehron Paradise Glitter in Dynamite Red. This loose red glitter can go over any red or pink lipstick. The key to getting the flecks to stick is layering on clear gloss before pressing the glitter on with a cotton swab.
Ka'Ori Glitzsticks. Glitzsticks are a two-step system: a creamy lipstick and a pot of matching loose glitter you press on with a brush. They come in red and pink, as well as electric blue, silver, and even bright yellow.
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Metallic Lip Tars. Not really into the taste of glitter? Try a metallic lipstick instead. Super NSFW is a gorgeous metallic red, while Yao! is a true metallic fuchsia.

Still want more? (God, you guys, you're killing me.) Try out layered lips without the choking hazard with the looks in "Pucker Punch," a lip story in our February issue in part inspired by McGrath's textured, multicolored looks. We show three different layered lip ideas and divulge the products you'll need to recreate the craziest runway effects we've seen this season, from dual-ended lipsticks and disco-ball glosses to loose glitters, neon pigments, and metallic foils.

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ETERNAL REBIRTH: The Artistic Process

Early February I was inspired to crate something mind blowing! I have always been driven by my “artistic process.” First I started of like every artist; by dreaming and then sketching. I had a vision of transforming the male model into energy (neutral, light,  and dark). I only had one model in mind Elias Montalvo; I've worked with him on an editorial 2 years prior to this shoot! I remember his striking face, and alluring gaze. Now that I had my concept and model I then went on the search for a photographer. Flipping through my Facebook I came across male photographer Thomas Synnamon who had an outstanding portfolio filled with dynamic shots of male models. Within days I was heading to Thomas’ studio on the out skirts of NYC with Elias.

   I wanted to utilize liquid latex (flesh tone, and black), my favorite product GLITTLER, customized black press-on nails, a bald cap, and a hand made wire head piece (which I can wrap fabric around to create an interesting silhouette to create these dynamic looks!

 

When all was said and done! Eternal Rebirth was created! I saw the images as a metaphor for life…. 

I wanted to take the idea of metamorphosis (evolution) and apply it to my models form, and photographers’ eye. The idea that birth is eternal fascinates me; it doesn't stop the day we were born. We as beings are constantly growing to new ideas, feelings, and sexuality. We are eternally infantile….As civilization(s) grow they will always go through moments of rebirth. Societies are forced to follow the “New Statuesque” because the old does not exist. “Eternal Rebirth” is a way of seeing yourself as a complex individual who is always developing by the laws of space and time. REMEMBER that we are energy, we never stop, we are constant, and CHANGE is constant….  

Tinisee Wreh-Buckman |Artist

Special thanks to Supernalia for using my work for their October exhibition!