Brunette Ambition (22 page)

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Warm a light styling cream up in your hands and then run it through the hair, working the curls to create pieces and a sexy, tousled effect.

RED CARPET

GOLDEN GLOBES MAKEUP

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Use a kohl liner along the top only—make the line as clean as possible and then wing it a tiny bit. Apply a small amount of shimmery dark brown eye shadow to a domed brush and then feather the line back and forth a bit. Apply two coats of mascara to the top, wiggling the wand at the base of the lashes as you move up. Use a dark brown mascara on the bottom lashes (apply vertically, like a windshield wiper) to open the eyes up a bit and to keep the overall effect nice and romantic.

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Using either a cream or powder highlight that’s shimmery pink or shimmery gold, highlight under the top of the eyebrow (right where it peaks) and also at the inner corner of the eye.

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Taking a blush brush, apply a soft pink blush on the apple of the cheek, patting and swiping as you move up the cheekbone. Work gradually and lightly. It’s much easier to add more blush than to have to take it off and start over.

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Use a lip pencil to define the lips in a nice, soft pink, feathering it inside the lip a little bit so it’s not a hard line. Add a super-high-shine gloss in pink to finish the look.

RED CARPET

GOLDEN GLOBES HAIR

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Part hair to the side, and then, using a three-quarter-inch curling iron, curl everything forward toward the face, creating uneven waves as you go.

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Make a horseshoe section of hair up top—essentially everything from the front to the crown of the head—and clip it for later. Then gather all the hair from the sides and pull to the center of the back of the head. Braid this hair, which is key for taming lots of layers and adding texture, and then secure with a little elastic at the end. Twist the braid into a bun, and put your first bobby pins through the elastic, forming an X. Moving around the bun, affix it to your head with X’s of bobby pins. This anchors the look and will keep your hair from slipping.

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Rub a light-hold styling cream in your hands and run it through the top section of hair to create pieceyness, then push hair forward over the bangs or forehead before bringing it back. If any loose tendrils are longer than chin length, pin them back into the chignon.

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Take a reusable mascara wand and spray it with a flexible-hold hair spray. Work around your hairline and neck, cleaning the look up as you go. The mascara wand is key for very small amounts of hair that need to be tucked into a chignon. Flyaways are fine up top, but you don’t want any around your ears.

SUNDAY BRUNCH

GLOWY BRONZER + COLORFUL EYES

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Take a big bronzer brush and sweep across your cheeks, forehead, nose, and ultimately neck. Build gradually, shaking off as much product as possible before applying. It’s much easier to add more than to start over!