Hi again!

Breakfast Television was fun this morning, although I am beyond tired now! I did makeup and hair for the Lotus Leaf fashion segment this morning. All being well I should have the video uploaded here next week! You can check out Lotus Leaf's website here

lotusleaf.ca/

The looks for the show were really natural with a focus on even skin, curled and seperated natural looking  lashes, fresh winter cheeks and glistening lips.

My fav products to achieve the looks were M.A.C. Mineralize Skin Powders which provide a sheer to medium coverage on the skin and have a softer look than most powders. They are great to use in winter because most people have drier skin at this time of year, and when powder goes on it shows the dry texture. Not with Mineralize, which has a lovely, soft appearance.

For the cheeks I loved using Fabulush Cream Colour Base by M.A.C on everyone cheeks, with a little bit of M.A.C. Melba blush on top.

To get the most natural looking lashes I used Great Lash Mascara (every makeup artist has got this in their kit!), but applied it in a new way. First I curled the lashes, then I wiped mascara from the Great Lash container on to a metal spatula, using a brow and lash comb I dipped into the mascara and combed upwards on the lashes. This is a great technique not only for the sanitary importance, but because you get less chunks in your mascara and it really elongates the lashes.

On the lips I used Diane Brill Lip Liner in Demi Cup. If you haven't tried Diane Brill products, you really should. She is such a treat! All of her products are designed after lingerie, so they always have sexy packaging and clever, sultry names. I then blended colours from my Ben Nye Lip Gloss wheel. This is the only lip gloss I find suitable for High Defintion makeup. Other glosses reflect too much light, but this light weight gloss has just the right amount of shine!

I also went to Allyson MItchell's opening tonight for her travelling show Ladies Sasquatch at McMaster in Hamilton. I had helped with this beautiful, amazing, larger than life show over the past month creating hair styles for the feminist sasquatches. There's a great interview with Allyson about the show on the Canadian Art website:

www.canadianart.ca/online/video/2009/01/15/allyson-mitchell/

If you are in the Hamilton area I really suggest you go to see the show. The creatures are intimidating in stature, but really individually they are interesting and relatable creatures.

More to come! I'm on a music video this weekend (and there are going to be surprise celebs involved! Ooh lala!) and a photo shoot. Check back for more hot tips, fav products and new images!

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Hi everyone!

Just a quick note to let you know my makeup will be featured for a fashion segment tomorrow morning on City TV's Breakfast Show. I believe it should be on around 8 a.m, so check it you can and let me know what you think!

My friend Shaun sent me this link today, which made me miss London. I love tweed and think we need to wear more of it n North America! These shots are definitely my style! Enjoy!

acontinuouslean.com/2009/01/27/london-the-tweed-run/

My favorite look this week is Kanye West's 'Bullet' hair style (the 'Black Mullet').
What do you think of Kanye's new do? I like! I also like his new, slightly chubby physique. Check out his inauguration performance here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1WyAEjTiqo

In Margot Makeup News, I had a very exciting week and have lots of news to share.

If you are looking to take a course in esthetics, I strongly suggest the Holistic Esthetics Program I have taken at the Royal Beauty Institute. Not only was Carmen the first person to do my brows 13 years ago (!!!), she was the BEST at doing my brows. I brought her the Rupaul autobiography (suggested reading for any glamour girl) and said 'I want her brows.' Carmen gave me the most beautiful brows, and painlessly! Now, I have learned many of her techniques and will be teaching and assisting with Carmen at the Royal Beauty Institute.

 
http://www.royalbeautyinstitute.com

And if you are interested in having some luxury pampering services, I will soon be working with an amazing spa that is opening at the end of the month on Queen Street West called Sunny Mummy. They carry all of the gorgeous Aveda products and for those of you with kids, they have day care in the spa! How great is that?

www.sunnymummy.com

I also did makeup for one of my favorite clients, Canadian author Rebecca Eckler this week. She doesn't need much, as she has beautiful skin and impeccable taste, so it's always a great pleasure to work with Rebecca. You can check out Rebecca's blog here:

http://sweetmama.ca/national/blog_rebecca_eckler/6677/eckler_plus_one_fake_face/

I used Benetint by Benefit when doing Rebecca's makeup and she loved it. This is a great product because you can dab a little on your cheeks for a rosey glow, or paint a little on the lips for a sophisticated red tint. If you are in Canada, they now sell this product at Shopper's Drug Mart (convenient!) and it is sold internationally at Sephora and Benefit boutiques.

Coming up on margot.ca - what television show can you check me out on next week? Check back to find out!

Kiss Kiss,

Margot

Hello makeup lovers!

I hope you all had a great 2008 and you're ready for a beautiful new year!

Coming into 2009, not being a believer in New Year resolution's, I made a list of the 12 best things that happened in the past year, rather than beating myself over the head making resolutions about losing weight (yawn!) and being better with my money (no fun and un-realistic). I would love to share some of the highlights of 2008 with you now, because I was a little negligent with the blog, but 2009 is different! I swear! I guess that's my only resolution - to blog more!

2008 was a wonderful year of international work for me - from being a live on air makeup for the TV3 Morning Show in Dublin, to doing makeup and hair in a cold bog in Scotland, then on to Fashion Week and an amazing period film entitled the Papyrus, which was shot in exclusive historic locations all over London. My favorite part was filming in the Atheneum

http://www.athenaeumclub.co.uk/

This is where the gentlemen went to tea in one of my favorite books, Oscar Wilde's Picture of Dorian Gray! It was a totally surreal experience.

After all of the adventures, travel, work and making loads of new friends, I'm glad to be home in Toronto!

Since my return I have been featured in The Toronto Star as a night creature, along with two of my dearest friends Andrew Harwood and Produzentin - check it out:

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/482192

My makeup work has been consistently exciting over the past few months, working with talented artists such as David Archuleta, the Backstreet Boys and the Priests.

One event in particular blew my mind - I did makeup for Alex Shnaider's birthday party this summer. If you don't know who Alex Shnaider is, he is the money behind the future Trump Tower in Toronto. You can only imagine the luxury I was a part of that evening. I was sipping Dom Perignon, touching up Gloria Gaynor's makeup (As in I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor!!!! Legend!!!!), giving Boney M (Daddy is still Cool!) my favorite M.A.C. Morange Lipstick, enjoying a private performance by Pras (It was sound check and I was one of the only people in the room!), as well as making the acquaintace of Wyclef Jean.

With 2008 being what I consider to be one of my best years professionally, I have taken the step of officially recruiting my two lovely assistants Alexandra Rotundo, who has assisted me for almost three years now, and Stefanie Kaufman, a talented makeup and hair artist who I worked the Alex Shaider birthday with, to be part of a new makeup company with me. Our company website will be up shortly and you'll be the first to know about it!

There's a lot to catch you all up on, but that's enough for now!

Stay tuned for more makeup events and tips as the year progresses!

Lipstick kisses,