LILY COLLINS was almost unrecognizable when she stepped out for the British Fashion Awards recently! The 22-year-old star of “The Mortal Instruments” usually opts for a very feminine and youthful classic red carpet look, but Lily kept her cool and toughened up a black Mulberry pleated maxi dress with a long gold ear chain, a tousled shoulder-length dark red mane, a pout that was decked out in a lush burgundy color and a fun studded manicure.

Hairstylist Lisa Eastwood added some unkempt sexiness to Lily’s shorter tresses using Shu Uemura styling creams and texturizing sprays, while makeup artist Mary Greenwell gave her a sultry finish. “Lily has a new hair cut, which is fabulous! It is shorter, choppy and very contemporary, so we wanted to leave it unkempt and kind of wild. Very unstructured. We worked the makeup to go with this look to make her appear very much of the moment with a simple soft smoky eye and dark berry mouth. I used as few products possible—this keeps the look real and uncomplicated,” Mary said when expressing her inspiration. | continue reading..

JENNIFER LAWRENCE suited up in a short black satin Christian Dior tuxedo dress for the Hollywood screening of her movie “Silver Linings Playbook”, and with her long dark curls swept up into a high twisted bun, all focus was spotlighted on Jen’s smoky eyes, sculpted cheekbones and petal pink pout—which she worked with celebrity makeup artist Jillian Dempsey to achieve her youthful and beautiful look.

Jillian created strong intense eyes by combining a defined black line on the upper lash line with a smoky, khaki shade on the lower lash line. She used Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Khaki, Chanel Quadra Eyeshadow Palette in 19 Enigma and Guerlain Terracotta Khôl Kajal Eyeliner in Black Frida before swiping her lashes with Dior Diorshow Mascara in Black. | continue reading..

It was all about glamour for “Twilight” actress NIKKI REED when she attended the 2012 MTV Movie Awards! She and her costars picked up the award for “Movie of the Year” for the fourth installment of the vampy series, “Breaking Dawn: Part 1″.

Nikki was rocking golden tones from head-to-toe, and makeup artist Kate Lee helped her tie the look together by keeping it “soft, but still sexy,” according to Kate.

The approach taken made it a look that’s easy to take from the red carpet and recreate on yourself for an evening out. There wasn’t anything heavy and over done, but it was fresh, glamorous and striking all the same. | continue reading..