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Carnival 2010: Last Looks!

Hey guys!

So apparently this is the winter of the decade, snow fuh so!!!!

So here is one last look for all you snow-bound folks, a little taste of sunshine!!!

I did my sister’s makeup for Carnival Tuesday, when everyone wears their full costumes. She played with Spice in the ‘Greece’ section, which was a vibrant purple and they looked really good on de road, crossing de stage. They had slightly large headpiecees and the frontline had a lot of encrusted rhinestones which glowed in the sun.

I used:

M.A.C. eyeshadow in Beautiful Iris (inner lid)
A mix of M.A.C. MES in Odd Couple (purple side) & NARS Duo Eyeshadow in Jolie Poupee (shimmer side) (middle lid)
Make Up For Ever eyeshadow in # 92 (outer lid)
M.A.C. eyeshadow in Cork (crease and browbone)
M.A.C. eyeshadow in Satelite Dreams (lower lid)
M.A.C. Fluidline in Blacktrack
M.A.C. Dual Edge Eye Pencil in Fab Orchid (lower lashine)/Dash Lily (flares)
Falsies
Givenchy Phenom’Eyes mascara in Phenom’Black
M.A.C. Lipglass in Atmospheric (base)
M.A.C. Gimmerglass in Blackfire (top)

Hope you guys enjoyed!!!!

Laters!

Looking for natural hair products in T & T???

February 9, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

So, I’m walking down the street, enjoying the blazing hot sun, and I stumbled across a little jewel on Ariapita Avenue. Tucked across the street from Veni Mange is a new store called Body Beautiful on D’Avenue.

Finally, quality natural haircare products at a reasonable price. They describe themselves as ‘Your One Stop Shop for Natural and Organic Bath, Body and Hair Products and Accessories….’. Right now they carry two lines, Nubian Heritage and Kinky Curly (I almost passed out when I saw this :-)!) They pretty much the full line of products from these two lines and they even carry shower massage brushes, 100% natural Shea Butter, aromatherapy diffusers, oils and candles. I spoke to the manager/owner and one of her hopes is to continue bringing in other brands like Jane Carter’s Solution. This, to me, is exciting news!!

Ladies and gents, check them out at:

Body Beautiful on D’Avenue

#62 Ariapita Avenue

Woodbrook (opp. Veni Mange)

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

221-6439/496-0628

bodybeautifultt@gmail.com

It's Carnival Time!!! Part II

February 7, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

Hi folks!!

I’m here with another look for Carnival 2010. This time I chose yellow as a theme and again went back to Tribe for my yellow selection of choice. Xi Ling Shi is Tribe’s offering and according to the website, Xi Ling Shi ‘was a legendary Chinese empress and the wife of the Yellow Emperor who discovered silk and invented the silk loom thousands of years ago’. Again, gorgeous costume!!

Xi Ling Shi, image courtesy of CarnivalTribe.com

Xi Ling Shi, closeup, image courtesy of Carnivaltribe.com

Island People Mas also has an offering in yellow from their 2010 presentation, Kutchela. Theirs is called Mudra, which ‘speaks of the importance of non-verbal communication among people’. Island People’s explanation continues, ‘ With its clinical meaning given as hand gestures, it is the essence of what is captured and related through use of the limbs that is in its profoundest meaning- that of the story of life’.

Mudra, Female Frontline, image courtesy of IslandPeopleMas.com

And here’s my look!

OCC is coming to NYC!!!!!

September 26, 2009 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

OCC Lip Tars, image courtesy OCC Makeup

So I’m a M.A.C. fiend, but I’m having a lot of fun discovering other brands. One of the hottest makeup lines out there is Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. OCC is a vegan-friendly, cruelty-free professional makeup artists line and they are best known for their uber-popular LIp Tars. These tars or glosses are made to be mixed with each other for customized lip colours so you find the colours are very intense, and are not really made to be worn by themselves. A very little goes a loooooong way and the chemist in me absolutely cyah wait to start mixing! They also make loose colour pigments, nail polishes, complementary lip balms and airbrush sets.

So I just got word that they may be coming to the Big Apple. They are supposed to be opening up shop on 27th Street and its going to open to the public!!!!! OMG! I’ll keep you posted!!!!

OCC is also available in Trinidad, at Katrianna’s Makeup Studio, 9 St. Ann’s Road, St. Ann’s, Tel: (868) 682-7758.

For more information on OCC, check out their website at occmakeup.com

Laters!