Provoking Your Image

No denying, this season it’s all about a deep hot copper.

This fabulous color will make any eye color pop, making brown eyes richer, warmer.

It will pull out the warmth in your hazel eyes and turn them a luminous amber.

Your baby blues?  Add a hot copper and bring warmth into your eyes turning them a bright aqua.

And those lucky ladies with green?  All I can say is wow!  Your green eyes are gonna glow emerald.

Try it out for yourselves ladies, you’re gonna love this color.

Some Shadows you Might Like to try:
MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow Mythology
NYX Cosmetics Copper
Makeup Forever Copper 54

1.  Green is my favorite color

2. I eat stale popcorn with hot sauce

3.  Reality TV is a weakness

4.  I am a huge animal lover

5.  I love getting tattooed!

6.  I am shy in big crowds

7.  Flying in planes scares me

8.  I am an art geek

9.  I am a 49ers Fan

10.  I sing & dance in my car, a lot.

Our Face Book fan Kimela Shucart had a very good question: Why does my nail polish bubble when I put it on??? I don’t shake it up.

Here’s the answer:

Nail Polish can develop bubbles in the coat for several reasons, age, product, residue on actual nail, etc., here are a few tips to keep your nails bubble free:

1.  Use fresh polish.  Any nail polish over a year old is more prone to produce bubbles.

2.  Don’t shake the bottle.  Shaking it produces bubbles, instead roll the bottle between your palms to mix it.

3. Avoid thick coats.  Instead apply multiple thin layers of polish to achieve the desired coverage.  Thick layers can be hiding small air pockets and some brands have additional drying agents added to them to help speed up the drying process.  These can create bubbles in thick layers of polish as they are trying to dry it fast.

4.  Clean the applicator.  Some times the bristles in the applicator can trap air bubbles and thus pass them into the polish on your nail.  Try cleaning your applicator on occasion.  Use Acetone or Nail Polish Remover to clean it.  That should reduce bubbles.

5.  Clean Nails.  Make sure your nails are clean.  Sometimes applying polish directly after you have buffed or filed them can cause that debris to stick to your nail and contaminate your polish.

Well we hope this helps your nails stay bubble free.  Thanks Kimela for your excellent question!

MAC Cosmetics makes some awesome products, no one will ever deny that.  We all love the colors, the flash.  MAC has great stuff and here’s Our Artists Personal Favorites:

Raquel Siders (Master Artist) – Studio Fix.  It’s their powder foundation.  It’s super full coverage but not cakey.

Debye Martin (Stylist/Sr. Instructor) – Blunt powder blush, you can use it on your cheeks, eyes and brows.

Arrvada (Makeup Artist/Instructor) – Their lipstick, especially their Pink Plaid and Rebel!

Jenifer Haupt (Makeup Artist/Instructor) – Fix Spray, because it fixes everything!

Heather Martin (Lead Stylist/Creative Director) – Fluid Line, because it stays on all day without smudging off.

Abby Siders (Makeup Artist) – I love their shadows, especially the black, Carbon, cause it’s so nice and easy to apply.  Stays true to the color.

Liz Eason (Makeup Artist/Massage Therapist) – The Fixing Spray ’cause it’s RAD!

Kayla Lawrence (Stylist) – Studio Fix Powder because the coverage is endless.

Karen Her (Makeup Artist) – Brushes!!!! Because they are the tools that help me create a beautiful portrait!

Dana Schleth (Photographer) – Studio Fix.  Awesome.  Period.

Krystal Reed (Makeup Artist) – Fix+ Spray, it not only sets the makeup, it also can help to smooth out any blemishes.

Gio Redling (Makeup Artist) – I love their brushes – good quality.

Jenny “Cakes” Garten (Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist) -Ruby Woo lipstick! Cause red lips are FABULOUS!!!

Elya Preston (Stylist) – I’m the kind of girl that has that one eye shadow I use with every color.  I can’t live without this light shimmer shadow called Honey Lust, love, love, love it! It’s a super light golden color, I can use it heavy for a dark gold or just a touch of gold.

Lisa Lemus (Makeup Artist) – Sunbasque Cheek color – because it’s puuurfect on me and doesn’t highlight blemishes.

Angel Rotar (Makeup Artist/Modeling Instructor) – Fix+ Spray, definitely.

Arlene Culbreth (Stylist) – Their Lustre Glass lip gloss called Love Nectar.  The color and texture is amazing, no stickiness, super shiny and lasts a long time.  Love it.

Help is here!

Follow these simple steps and you’ll have brows you can not only live with, but that you’ll love!

1.  Don’t be afraid of hair spray
Hair Spray is your friend when it comes to any updo.  If your hair is slick a little hair spray will make it more managaeable.  It will help control flyaways and generally save your life in the updo arena.  Not too mention aerosol hair spray can be turned into a portable flame thrower, so I guess it could save your life in other areas too!

2.  Back comb
I am not talking a snooky do people!  But a little volume is needed for your hair to get that perfect sculpted look, or to just make an ok do a fab do.

3.  Lock your bobby pins
What this means, is create a base to your do.  Lock your first two pins, one over the other and build your style over this base.

4.  Mess up your hair
It’s no secret that hair that is just a little dirty, I am not talking greasy, pins sliding out dirty, is more manageable.  I mean if your hair is so clean that it’s slick with shine, mess it up a little with some hair spray, some mousse, a little something to help it hold all the pins you are going to be putting into it.

5.  Don’t be afraid
Play with your hair, nothing you do short of shaving it off is permanent.  Play with new styles and fashions.  It’s the only way you are going to learn.  So have fun, fabulous hair is waiting for you!

Designing Dreams is the collaboration of Designer Tiana Vega and Jennifer Richards.  Together with Couture Connection they created this festive event.

Designing Dreams was not only an exquisite gala affair but a fund-raising benefit event for the Sweet Dreams Foundation.

A portion of the proceeds from the event were scheduled to go towards designing a dream bedroom for 8 year old Aimee who’s been fighting Xeroderma Pigmentosa (XP) since birth.

Aimee’s condition makes her skin extremely sensitive to the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation, preventing her from exposure to sunlight, forcing her to spend her days continuously inside. By creating a dream room, designer Jennifer Richards helps the child enjoy the room of their dreams that can help ease the pain and also help in the healing process.

Hair & Makeup for the Event Provided by
the Stylists of Image ProvoCateur

Clothing Designs by

Tiana Vega
Linzel Couture
Nelli Rosh
Shamini
Jules Thor
Yennie Zhou
Melissa Kay

Sacramento Press covered the event as did examiner.com

Photos Provided by
Igor Kondrya &
Cool Style Photography

1.  Apply your foundation and powder as usual for a flawless, finish.

2.  Apply a Matte white shadow on lid and brow bone

3.  Apply Light brown shadow in crease

4.  Apply liquid black liner to upper lid, winging slightly out and at an upward angle.

5.  Apply White liner on lower lid along the water line

6.  Apply a heavy coat of mascara or apply false lashes

7.  Draw on or fill in your brows to define them.  Use a ½ shade darker then you normally would for an added glamorous touch.

8.  Apply your Blush:  Use a light peachy pink blush if you are doing red lips.  Use a pinky blush if you are doing hot pink lips.

9.  Avoid highlighting or contouring unless absolutely needed for balancing features

10.  Avoid shimmers in shadows, try to use all matte

11.  Apply your lips, using either bold red or hot pink for a more modern flare to your pinup look.

12.  Use black liquid liner to create a Beauty Mark on side where hair your hair is parted from

Name:Raquel Siders

Hometown: San Diego California

Occupation: Owner of Image ProvoCateur, Hottest Roseville Salon

Ethnicity: I am a mix of alot!!  Got sum Native American, Italian, Creole, German

Height: 5′ 4″

Measurements: 38″ 23″ 38″

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Relationship Status: Single

So tell us about a little about yourself?
I am crazy and totally random….   you cant really put me in a box… I swear way too much, but I pray everyday.. my favorite outfit is a wife beater, I  love to laugh and have fun always. I can be super low key and chill at home cookn or get glamed up and rock the town… Life is too short to be boring and serious…  I make everything fun.

How did you get into modeling & how long have you been modeling for?
A couple of years ago a photographer I know was like….

To read the rest of Raquel’s Interview in WWS Magazine please click here.