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Last night film and television stars attended the 72nd annual Golden Globe awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.   Beauty Talk was definitely watching and taking note of all of the fashions as well as the hair and makeup looks.   Check out our latest edition of Beauty Talk to hear all of the Golden Globes Red Carpet chat. Click here  Beauty Talk and Red Carpet Beauty

Beauty News - Beauty Talk Sunday 1/8/12

1) Season 2 of the SyFy channel's special fx and fantasy makeup show 'Face Off' hosted by Makenzie Westmore will air this Wednesday, January 11th at 10pm EST/9 CST.  Join us on our BeautyTalk Facebook page for a 10 minute recap of the show.

http://youtu.be/VJErLgeyMzw  Face Off Season 2 trailer

2)  We are asking that you follow 'BeautyTalk' on Facebook by 'liking' our new Facebook page, Beauty Talk with Illusions online radio.  Follow this page for updates to Beauty Talk, guest information, beauty news, etc.  If you have any beauty related posts, please post them to this new page and not the Illusions Cosmetics page.  The Illusions Cosmetics page is for Illusions related business only.  Any non Illusions type of posts that are posted to the Illusions Cosmetics page will be removed.  Again, please post any BEAUTY related posts (Classes, seminars, product info, trade show info, beauty events, etc.) to the NEW Beauty Talk with Illusions page.  You may post as many different events as you like, but only once a week.  Thank You!

3) For those of you looking forward to an early start of the Makeup trade show season, please join the IMATS team in London on February 4 & 5, 2012 at Alexandra Palace, Great Hall J, Wood Green, London, UK.

Other dates for IMATS this year:
New York - April 14 & 15, 2012 - Pier 94
Los Angeles - June 23 & 24, 2012 - Pasadena Convention Center
Vancouver - July 21 & 22, 2012 - Vancouver Convention Center East
Sydney, Australia - TBD - Sydney Convention Center
Toronto, Ontario - TBD - Toronto Congress Center

If anyone has Beauty news that they would like read on our show, BeautyTalk, please email it to illusionsbeauty@gmail.com.

Beating the Summer Heat

Having fun yet?  We are well into the middle of Summer and the hot temperatures are holding steady.  Here are a few tips to keep your makeup/makeup look in place:

1) Use less foundation or don't wear any at all
2) Try bronzer instead of eyeshadow and blush
3) Treat yourself to lash extensions (Extreme, Nova, etc) instead of wearing mascara
4) If you wear a foundation, try using a primer.  It will help to keep the foundation on longer
5) Wear a lip balm (Rosebud, Kiehl's, etc.) instead of lip gloss or lipstick

If you want to add more to this list, please leave your comments.  For more beauty tips, follow Illusions Beauty on Twitter. (@illusionsbeauty)

IMATS 2011 - The Kickoff Event

Brushes, brushes, and more brushes.   I was so grateful to have been invited to the Pre-IMATS event sponsored and presented by Royal & Langnickel (www.royalbrush.com).  The event started at 3pm on Friday afternoon (IMATS eve).  It was so nice to be greeted by the R&L crew who were so very friendly.   They treated us to mini manicures, makeovers, wine, tasty treats, as well as a limited edition brush set created just for the event attendees.   The limited edition set was created by Kevin James Bennett and made of synthetic brush hairs.  I thought about being REALLY NICE and giving them away to a makeup 'newbie'........NOT!!!  They felt too good to give away.  I will add them to my collection of synthetic brushes instead.  This is the route that I'm taking with my brushes anyway.   My main reason for buying brushes with synthetic hairs is that they are cruelty free.  And why not use cruelty free brush hairs when they feel and are just as nice as animal hair brushes. R&L has some pretty nice choices of synthetic brushes too.  Out of approximately 500 brushes (most people don't believe I have that many), at least 60 are synthetic.  My very last purchase at IMATS was of Royal & Langnickel's Silk Green Line.
Here are a few pics of the event.    Thanks Michael & MaryAnne for a great experience.

Limited Edition brush set for attendees

Collection of Body brushes from Vargas

Vargas Bodypainting