"YOU ARE A BABE"

KRISTIN GALLEGOS | THE FORMULA

"I started off as a ballerina and that is what I thought I was going to do, but I got to a fork in the road and decided it wasn't for me anymore. Backstage, you end up having to do your own elaborate theatrical makeup, so I already had some sense of using makeup. Someone had suggested that I go into it professionally, which had never occurred to me. I researched it and took a little workshop in LA and then moved to New York to work in fashion. I brought a portfolio of test shoots I had done in LA and was so lucky that I immediately started getting booked, which I am very very thankful for, because that could have easily gone in a different direction [laughs]."

“I’ve been doing the same makeup on myself for a while now. I just do concealer where needed, (Laura Mercier, Secret Camouflage). I then use the Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder on top of that, as needed, on my T-Zone. I put the Smolder MAC Eye Kohl in the waterline of my eyes top and bottom. Next I do a little more of the pencil underneath the eyes. Then I set it with a bit of Carbon black MAC eyeshadow to give it that messy smudgy effect. I keep the focus underneath my eyes because my bangs are super long. So you can’t really see the top of my lids. I finish off the eyes with mascara top and bottom with L’Oréal Voluminous.”

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Benny Horne for Harper's Bazaar Australia March 2012 Issue "Age of Aquarius"

Photographer: Benny Horne

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Holli Smith for Hercules Magazine Fall 2011 Issue // Rare Perfection

Photographer: Paola Kudacki

Fashion Editor: Francesco Sourigues

Hair Stylist: Holli Smith

Makeup Artist: Sil Bruisma

Manicurist: Rica Romain

Model: Niyma

Model: Hannelore Knuts

Model: Matt Norkiun

Model: Ollie Edwards

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KRISTIN GALLEGOS

"HOW CAN I KEEP MY EYELINER IN PLACE ALL DAY?"

Dear Kristin,

What's the best kind of eyeliner to use when you want it to stay on all day?

Xoxo,

Melissa from NYC

You have come to the right girl about eyeliner!!! I never leave home without my black smudgy eye!  My personal favorite pencil is MAC's Eye Kohl. I use the black Eye Kohl called Smolder....Using the pencil in the waterline of the eye really makes the eyes pop and gives it a more dramatic effect. To ensure that it will stay all day I use an eyeshadow powder on the lash line to set it and blend it out...My favorite brush to use for this is Nars Small Dome Eye Brush. It's an amazing small blending brush....If you are looking for more of a graphic liner to work with, I absolutely love Make Up Forever's Aqua Cream Liner. It's waterproof and long-lasting. It's a great alternative to a liquid liner because it is much easier to use. It can be applied in a clean graphic way with a small angled brush..I would suggest getting MAC's #208 angle brush. You want to start applying the cream from the inner part of the eye with the pointy part of the brush pointing inward, and drag it out toward the outer part of the eye.  You want to start thinner and thicken out the line as you are dragging it out.

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Talia Shobrook For V Magazine Spring Preview 2012 // Pop Rocks

Photographer: Mick Rock

Fashion Editor: Catherine Newell-Hanson

Makeup Artist: Talia Shobrook

Hair Stylist: Bok-Hee

Manicurist: Bernadette Thompson

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Holli Smith for Y-3 S/S March 2012 PREVIEW

Photographer: Collier Schorr

Fashion Editor: Jay Massacret

Hair Stylist: Holli Smith

Makeup Artist: Sil Bruinsma

Model: Harry Goodwins

Model: Valerija Kelava

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Hairstylist Holli Smith for V Magazine #75 Spring 2012 Preview

Photographer: Kacper Kasprzyk

Stylist: Jay Massacret

Makeup: Alice Lane @ Jed Root

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Rolando Beachamp and Eric Polito for Marie Claire January 2012 Issue

Photographer: Fabio Chizzola

Stylist:Laura Ferrara

Hair Stylist: Rolando Beauchamp

Makeup Artist: Eric Polito

Model: Myf Sheppard

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Hairstylist Leonardo Manetti for Dazed & Confused January Issue

Photographer: Yelena Yemchuk

Stylist: Karen Langley

Makeup: Yadim @ THM

Model: Julia Frauche @ NEXT

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