Boots No7 Longer Lashes and Lash & Brow Perfector
June 26, 2007 by Shannon Nelson
Filed under eyelashes, grooming, makeup
Boots No7 Longer Lashes
What they say:
Dramatically lengthen and curl your lashes for an irresistably gorgeous look. The special formula, enriched with pro-vitamin B5 will make lashes look up to 30% longer and is smudge-proof.
What I thought:
I can’t say I noticed any dramatic lengthening, but my lashes did appear to be slightly longer. I also noticed that my lashes curled, especially those lashes on the outter most part of my eye. This mascara was smudge-proof as well. I want to say that this was a no frills mascara and I don’t mean that in a bad way. So many mascara’s want …read more
The Model Eyebrow by Elke von Freudenberg
April 29, 2007 by Shannon Nelson
Filed under Behind the Scenes, grooming
“The Model Eyebrow”
The secret to perfect eyebrows that no one ever tells you.
Top celebrity makeup artist (and a good friend of mine), Elke von Freudenberg, will be the first to tell you that eyebrows can make or break a model’s career. She should know. She’s worked on some of the top models for major modeling agencies in New York and Los Angeles such as Elite, Next, Wilhelmina and Ford, and perfect eyebrows are key, especially when designing a look for a new model.
“The first thing I see in eyebrows gone bad are two things. Eyebrows that look like a straight …read more
Setting a date with Alyn Topper
January 18, 2007 by Shannon Nelson
Filed under About Me, Our Beauty Tips, grooming
If you’ve watched the Bravo series, “Blow Out” then you are sure to know who Alyn Topper is. Both my husband and I liked watching it because I couldn’t believe that Jonathan was really that dramatic, although I hear his products are really good.
A month ago I found out Alyn was coming to NYC through an email Pierce sent out. Being the slacker that I am, I waited until 2 weeks ago to call Alyn’s assistant to try to set an appointment for March. Today she called me back and I will be meeting Alyn in person on March 3rd …read more
Esthetic Plus Tweezers
November 1, 2006 by Shannon Nelson
Filed under Reviews, grooming, product review, tweezers
It’s really hard to find a good pair of tweezers. My eyebrows have been in disarray because I purchased some tweezers, thinking they were going to be good, but much to my disappointed and my eyebrows on crack…they were not.
So when I read Elke’s review on Esthetic Plus’ tweezers, I knew that if Elke raved about them, then they had to be good. Just a little while longer I told myself looking at my almost unibrow.
Yesterday I received my Esthetic Plus tweezers and quickly ran up to the bathroom to end the misery of my overgrown brows. Elke knew what …read more






