You Have To Jump to Fly!

I cant believe this all started only a few months ago! My Jewelry company Hide Your Feathers is now occupying most of my time, and I'm loving it!

A week before the kick off of Glam nation, my good friend Tommy Ratliff called me to let me know that he had referred my design work to the band, and that Camila Gray, the keyboardist would be giving me call. I was so happy to hear that Tommy was actively promoting me, he has always been very supportive of my art.
I exchanged some emails with Camila and came up with some custom orders based on vague email descriptions and pictures of her that i found on Google. For jewelry design, hair color and length is important and I didn't know what she looked prior to our email exchange.

Camila requested jewelry for the Glam Nation Tour and for this i tried to incorporate her Urban-Indie-Boho style with a bit of stage glam! She also requested pieces for photo shoots with her personal music project UH HUH HER.

I will be creating replicas of the pieces I made for her and posting them on my blog in the next week or so.

I also took the opportunity to create more pieces for Adam Lambert. I created the GLAMBERT FEATHER HAIR EXTENSION. www.HideYourFeathers.Etsy.com


For this piece, I referenced to colors and styles Adam has worn in the past, and put my own personal twist on it! The Deep blue is a fabulous stage color, and the length and wiring adds a dramatic flare! I also created a feather brooch that I will unveil later in the week.



According to Tommy, my work has caught the attention of an important stylist, but I am not at liberty to speak of the details! If this goes through, you will all be the first to hear about!

~Chantala
@hideurfeathers

Glam Make Up Tutorial!

Hello everyone! Finally I have put together a Glam Make Tutorial using photo stills! I tried to break it down into short and simple steps so that everyone can do it!






I started by prepping my model with light coverage MAC foundation, and false eyelashes for extra Glam!




















Start by applying white (or any light color) shimmery eyeshadow to the inner half of the eye lid, and along the brow. For extra drama, apply a primer to your lids before you apply the shadow.























Second, apply a dark gray shimmery shadow to the outer half of the eye lid. Don't worry if you mess up, blending will fix it!















Now take a clean, soft brush, and blend the gray into the white. Lightly run the brush along where the two colors meet and take your time!































Finish with a dramatic sweep of eyeliner across the top lashes. PEncil liner, liquid and cream liner are al good choices. I used MAC's cream pot eyeliner.







For extra drama, I applied little white crystals using eyelash glue.

Eyelash glue is also great for keeping glitter intact. Apply a little bit below your eyes and then apply the glitter. The glue will keep the glitter from getting gin your eye and from running.

Finish your look with some wild accessories from www.HideYourFeathers.Etsy.com

Hope this helps!

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~Chantala

More makeup advice....

A few techniques I left out from my last makeup tutorial, A Few Humble Suggestions....:

1) I highly recommend investing in a higher end foundation. A little goes a long way and they last for months. Drug store foundation formulas tend to dry your skin out, and gather and crease. Also, higher end foundations are more likely to match your skin tone so you can wear smaller amounts to cover small blemishes, without coating your entire face.

For application: Do not use a sponge. It sucks up all the foundation. Instead, try using a fluffy brush. I know they make foundation brushes, but they're so thick and tightly bound that they tend to just smear the foundation around. I prefer to use something similar to a blush brush. All of the soft little bristles help the foundation apply smoothly and evenly.

Lastly, I recommend using a light and translucent powder to set your foundation. This is a good daytime look. Too much powder can make you look old. We've all seen people with way too much powder and foundation on, and it's not pretty!

2) A few mascara tips:

Don't pump the brush. It puts air in the tube and dries it out. Also, if you think you're getting sick or a virus, throw it out. The virus can live in the tube. Yuck.

Also, don't try to "juice it up" with water. I've seen people try to do this. Just buy a new tube. ;)

For application: Start at the base, and shake the brush as you move outwards. It helps distribute the mascara and separate your eyelashes. For a more dramatic look, layer your mascaras. For example, I use a dryer formula of mascara to separate my lashes, and after they set, I apply a wetter formula that lengthens.

For your bottom lashes, drag the tip of the brush back and forth. Try not to go all of the way across your eye, unless you're going for a very dramatic look. Only go about halfway in, and make sure that you have a little bit of powder on under your eyes, to keep your eyelashes from dotting your cheeks.

3) For the most part, drugstore eyeshadows are relatively the same formula as higher end brands, and work just as well. For more dramatic and bold colors, I go for Mac eyeshadows and Urban Decay. For daytime makeup, I really like Almay's color palettes. You can buy them according to your eye color, and they're cheap.

For application: Invest in a brush. The little sponges they come with are too coarse and don't really do anything. Even using your finger is better than using a sponge or foam.

For a more dramatic look, put a primer on your eyelids. The color will be creamier and stand out. An eyelid primer is like a glue. It holds the makeup in place and it will last all night, like if you're going dancing, or to a concert. ;)

On my next blog, I will discuss eyeshadow application and color combos more in depth. :)

Man Make Up Do's and Dont's.

It simply is not fair that the joys of makeup be exclusive to women! After all, everyone should have a chance at accenting their beauty and hiding their flaws. However Man Make up was a trend of the 80's, right? WRONG!

Man Makeup and the delicate art of man-scaping is being resurrected by modern day Alternative and Glam Rock! What was pioneered by artists like Alice Cooper, The New York Dolls, David Bowie, Twisted Sister, and Kiss (just to name a few) is being upheld by modern day musicians like Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Adam Lambert, Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga (just kidding). ;P

However Man Make-up can go wrong, hideously wrong!
Here are a few tips to pretty up your boy all while carefully avoiding the evil drag clown look.

Tip 1: Eyes

EYELINER AND LASHES
It is a common fact that men have beautiful and untouched eyelashes. Play it up! Mascara is a great way to open up the eyes and brighten the entire face. Black and brown eyeliner should be applied like it would be on women, close to the lashes. This really is the best look. Men tend to apply their eyeliner like a thirteen-year-old girl discovering make up for the first time. I call this the pre-teen Raccoon look, and it is not pretty. Think the singer of the Cure, Iconic and Amazing? Yes. A little scary? Kind of. Smokey and smeared liner is sexy. Think the singer from My Chemical Romance. Hot

EYESHADOW
Stay far far away from Bright Colors. Some men, as Adam Lambert has shown us, can pull off the darker Blue and Purples. I even use a corn flower blue eyeshadow on Tommy sometimes, but what often comes to mind and also haunt my dreams is the makeup of Dee Snider. I Love Twisted Sister, and I highly doubt beauty was Snider's goal, but the blue eyeshadow up to his brows is a horrible reminiscent of my great aunt Lavina, mixed with an evil clown.

TIP 2: LIPS

LIPSTICKS AND GLOSS

For man Lips I recommend pinks and reds that aren't too far from their natural lip color! For Tommy I use Milani's Hot Pink Lip gloss with glitter. The Hot Pink is muffled by his Olive Skin Tone so it doesn't stand out, just enough to show off his natural pout.


THE OVER ALL GOAL OF MAN MAKE UP

Man Makeup is suppose to highlight their sexiness. I met Tommy in eyeliner and can't picture him any other way. I mean, can you pictures Billy Joe of Green Day without it? Its accents his eye shape and adds to his looks. However there is a fine line between sexy man makeup and drag. There is a stigma that all men who want to wear make up are drag queens and although I love my Drag Queen Friends, it is not to say that all men who rock the glam look are in drag! In my experience doing make up, I have found that 99% of men love having their makeup done; they find it fun, new and exciting! My dad was all about his Pirates of the Caribbean makeup on Halloween. :)

-Chantala


*Disclaimer: I love Lady Gaga, The Cure, Twisted Sister, and all Drag Queens. Esp. Frankie Starr.