Check out the article I wrote for Glamour en Español!

Glamour En Español Jan 2011 article by Luis Casco

In this article I talk about my 3 favorite Foundation tips
They are:
1- Identify the color by looking for the one that disappears into your neck area (don't want your face and neck to be a different color!)
2-Apply your base with a brush- you don't waste any product and it gives you a flawless finish
3-Don't use the same foundation tone throughout the year- your skin changes so have at least two different ones or mix them together.

Liked Selena's makeup at the grammy's? Here's every product used..

Selena Gomez' look at the 53rd annual Grammy awards

COVERGIRL Lip Perfection Lipstick - Siren

Selena Gomez at the Grammy Awards by Celebrity Makeup Artist Karan Mitchell

Selena Gomez
The inspiration for Selena's makeup was to compliment the sensual champagne shade of her J.Mendel dress with a soft focus. I started with Selena's eyes. I first lined her upper and lower lashline with COVERGIRL LiquilineBlast eyeliner in Brown Blaze. I love how the liquid-like pencil blends so easily and that you can easily control its intensity. Using a medium eyeshadow brush I blended the light shade from the COVERGIRL Smoky ShadowBlast in Bronze Fire on the entire eyelid up to the eyebrow. I then took Step two, the darker shade, and with a smaller eyeshadow brush, I blended the color above and below the eye as well as into the crease of the eyelid. I then used the COVERGIRL Eye Enhancers Eyeshadow in Brown Smolder on the outside corners of her upper eyelids to create more dimension and drew a thin line with a slight wing to the outer edges on the upper lash line using COVERGIRL LineExact Liquid liner in Very Black. I finished her eyes with two coats of COVERGIRL LashBlast Volume Mascara in Black.
For her skin, I used COVERGIRL NatureLuxe Silk Foundation to give her a flawless finish. To highlight the t-zone and highlight under the eyes I used the COVERGIRL CG Smoothers Concealer in medium. To set the base I used COVERGIRL TruBlend Pressed Powder in #2 Translucent Light with a soft brush. I then applied to the apples of the cheeks COVERGIRL Cheekers Blush in Pretty Peach.
I finished her look with COVERGIRL LipPerfection lipcolor in the bright gorgeous shade of Siren.

Las instrucciones en Español:

Al maquillar a Selena, quise complementar el sensual vestido color champagne de J. Mendel, con un suave enfoque. Comencé con los ojos de Selena. Primero tracé la línea de los bordes superior e inferior de sus pestañas con el lápiz COVERGIRL LiquilineBlast Eyeliner en el color #420 - Brown Blaze. Me encanta cómo este lápiz que parece líquido se mezcla tan fácilmente y la forma en que uno puede controlar su intensidad. Después, utilizando una brocha mediana para sombras, mezclé el tono suave de COVERGIRL Smoky ShadowBlast en sus tonalidades Bronze Fire en todo el párpado hasta la ceja.  Entonces seguí con el segundo paso: la tonalidad más oscura y, con una brocha más pequeña para sombras, mezclé el color en la parte superior e inferior del ojo así como entre el pliegue del párpado. A continuación, en las esquinas de los párpados superiores, utilicé la sombra COVERGIRL Eye Enhancers Eyeshadow en Brown Smolder, para crear más dimensión, y tracé una línea fina con una pequeña curvatura o “colita” en los bordes en la línea de las pestañas superiores usando el delineador COVERGIRL LineExact Liquid Liner en Very Black. Para terminar de maquillar los ojos, apliqué dos capas del rimel COVERGIRL LashBlast Volume en Black.

Para la piel usé la base COVERGIRL NatureLuxe Silk Foundation para darle un acabado nítido. Para destacar la zona T y debajo de los ojos, apliqué el COVERGIRL Smoothers Concealer en mediano. Para fijar la base, usé los polvos COVERGIRL TruBlend Pressed Powder en #2 el tono Translucent Light con una brocha suave. Después apliqué el rubor COVERGIRL Cheekers Blush en la tonalidad Pretty Peach, sobre la parte más protuberante de las mejillas.

Rematé su look con el lápiz labial COVERGIRL LipPerfection en el fabuloso y radiante color Siren.

Kudos to Latina magazine!

So happy to see the March issue of Latina magazine which features Gray's Anatomy's Sara Ramirez.  Just love the way that they are embracing her latina beauty and curves!
The hair and makeup is a mix of Hollywood vintage and modern vixen.  Que bella!

Sofia Vergara needs your help to get Red Carpet ready!

Here's a fun promotion going on!  Visit www.facebook.com/suavebeauty and after voting on your favorite hairstyle, you can enter to win* a red carpet “swag bag” – and the chance to attend this year’s Emmy's show for a day of VIP pampering, glitz and glam, just like Sofia herself. Which hairstyle do you like better?

Sexy up-do?

 

Modern & Sleek?

Sophisticated waves?

Sofia Vergara is teaming up with hair care brand Suave Professionals®, known for salon-quality performance, to let America choose her red carpet hairstyle for the upcoming award show honoring television’s hottest stars– and is taking one lucky person along for the ride.

Sofia is asking America to vote for the hairstyle that Suave Professionals Celebrity Hairstylist, Jenny Cho, should create for her to strut down the red carpet (and possibly the award show stage!). Starting on August 16, fans can visit www.facebook.com/suavebeauty to review the three hairstyles in the running for the superstar’s exciting night and “Like the Look” that is their favorite.

 

Si Tv's Model Latina Casting dates released!

 2008 Winner Jessica Caban

Jessica Caban 

Codie Cabral 2009 Winner

Si TV is once again looking for 15 gorgeous Latinas to prove they have it all- style, sophistication, culture and smarts.  Sounds like you?  More information available at:
http://sitv.com/model-latina-casting-call

Here are the casting dates/times:

Hartford, Ct	Wednesday, March 31 3PM - 7PM Comcast Theatre 61 Savitt Way Hartford, CT 06120
Queens, NY	Saturday, April 3 10AM - 2PM Queens Center Mall 90-15 Queens Blvd Elmhurst, NY 11373 Go to 92nd St. West Entrance, Level 2
San Jose, CA	Monday, April 5 3PM - 7PM Hotel Valencia 355 Santana Row San Jose CA 95128
Los Angeles, CA	Tuesday, April 6 3PM - 7PM Verizon Wireless Communication Store 8300 Van Nuys Blvd. Panorama City, CA 91402
Miami, FL	Saturday, April 10 TBD

latina models I love! Rose Cordero

Dominicanas are tearing up the Fashion world right now!  Not only was  Rose Cordero one of the busiest models this show season walking in shows such as Rodarte, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, 3.1 Phillip Lim and Max Mara (to name a few)  but she also was French Vogue's first black cover girl in 8 years!

Personally I find her look is wonderfully fresh.  Love her natural texture hair.  She is 5'10" and has amazing hazel eyes.

She was discovered as a volleyball player in The Dominican Republice where a man approached her about modeling.  Turns out that the man that she ran away from was the biggest model scout in her country.  Rose didn't call him for a year until her aunt had seen him on TV talking about modeling.

Diversity rules and so does this Latina!!!

Besides the pictures also check out this cute video of Rose with another one of my favorite latina models (Cecilia Mendez) who I've blogged about before; they are both represented by Supreme Model Management in New York.

Huge trend for Fall 2010- Red lips!

I'm seeing them over and over, so I'm calling it red lips are going to be the rage for Fall 2010!!!

What's different this time?  Mostly no gloss, it's either a very matte texture or a creamy right-out-of-the tube consistency. 

Another trend-  Muted eyes usually balanced the strong lips but at some shows the drama was on!

 

Tory Burch
 

Proenza Schouler

 

Karen Walker

 

Prabal Gurung

Donna Karan

Herve Leger

 

Costelo Gliapietra

  

United Bamboo

  

Vena Cava

 

Luca Luca

 Had to get this one in :) Betsey Johnson

Latina event for a great cause

To all chicas in NY:

WHO:  Cover FX, dermatologists’ first choice for flawless looking skin, joins Patricia Mahecha, President of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Carlos Otero, master hair and makeup artist and Karen Hoyos, International celebrity from Colombia.

WHAT: Together, to celebrate Latino women they are hosting “If You Don’t Love Yourself, Then Who Would?” which celebrates Latino women and their beauty.  Cover FXwill be displayed with makeup artists on hand to answer questions and sample product. 

WHEN:           February 28^th, 2010

            4 – 7 pm

            62-05 30 Avenida

            Woodside, NY 11377

WHERE:        Natives Restaurant

                        www.nativesrestaurant.com

                        Jackson Heights, Queens

Movie passes winners!

Here are the winners of movie screening passes to see "Valentine's Day"

Ny:
Eliberty Jimenez
Literanista


Los Angeles:
Fanny Herrera
Abigail Nieto


Enjoy the show!

"VALENTINE'S DAY" ADVANCE SCREENING PASSES---just for my readers!!

I have special advanced screening passes to the upcoming film "Valentine's Day" with Jessica Alba, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez and Hector Elizondo among so many others!  These tickets are supplied by my friends at the studio and can be yours just for being a LATINA MAKEUP and BEAUTY reader.

There will be 2 winners selected from New York, 2 in Los Angeles and 25 in Miami!  Each winner will receive a pair of tickets.  To enter, please post a comment with your name, email and the city in which you would like to attend.  Be sure you are also a follower of my blog.  Winners will be chosen at random on Sunday and I will notify the winners on Sunday evening and supply you with all the details.  Good Luck and happy Valentine's Day!

An all-star ensemble cast comes together in “Valentine’s Day,” following the intertwining storylines of a group of Los Angelinos as they find their way through romance over the course of one Valentine’s Day.

Directed by veteran filmmaker Garry Marshall, the film stars Jessica Alba (“Fantastic Four”), Academy Award^® winner Kathy Bates (“Misery”), Jessica Biel (“I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”), Bradley Cooper (“The Hangover”), Eric Dane (TV’s “Grey’s Anatomy”), Patrick Dempsey (“Enchanted”), Hector Elizondo (the “Princess Diaries” films), Academy Award^® winner Jamie Foxx (“Ray”), Jennifer Garner (“Juno”), Topher Grace (“Spider-Man 3”), Academy Award^® nominee Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”), Ashton Kutcher (“What Happens in Vegas”), Academy Award^® nominee Queen Latifah (“Chicago”), Taylor Lautner (“The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), George Lopez (“Beverly Hills Chihuahua”), Academy Award^® winner Shirley MacLaine (“Terms of Endearment”), Emma Roberts (“Hotel for Dogs”), Academy Award^® winner Julia Roberts (“Erin Brockovich”) and award-winning singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.

Marshall directed “Valentine’s Day” from a screenplay by Katherine Fugate, story by Fugate and Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein.  The film is being produced by Mike Karz and Wayne Rice, with Toby Emmerich, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco and Diana Pokorny serving as executive producers.

The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Charles Minsky (“The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement”); Academy Award^®-nominated production designer Albert Brenner (“Pretty Woman”); editor Bruce Green (“Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”); Oscar^®-nominated costume designer Gary Jones (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” the “Princess Diaries” films); and Academy Award^®-nominated composer John Debney (“The Passion of the Christ”).

New Line Cinema presents, a Wayne Rice/Karz Entertainment Production, a Garry Marshall Film, “Valentine’s Day,” to be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.  The film opens nationwide on February 12, 2010.

www.valentinesdaymovie.com