Fresh Faced

And Ready For Spring

While Fashion Week is typically viewed as a time for fashion industry aficionados to predict what will be “in” next season, the same is true for beauty mavens in-the-know. Professional makeup artist Christopher Drummond — creator of the all-natural, vegan, mineral makeup line Christopher Drummond Beauty — scoured the runways during Spring/Summer New York Fashion Week this past September to come up with makeup trends that would complement the collections. He then took those trends and incorporated them into his line in a workable way, so the everyday woman could look fashion forward, but not over-the-top.

“Spring is a time when women are looking to break out of the dreary colors they have been wearing all winter,” Drummond says. “I figured that this spring, women would want a fresh change, but they would also want to incorporate a little bit of fun into their beauty routines, regardless of their age.”

According to Drummond, spring 2010 makeup is all about beautiful but muted colors; coral lips; and an emphasis on the bottom eyelid. His trend predictions for spring 2010 include:

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Go Behind The Scenes With TCW

PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT STILES

Photo shoots — especially for something as important as a magazine cover — are rarely simple affairs. The amount of work that goes into pulling off a successful shoot can be overwhelming. Getting the schedules of a handful of individuals to mesh for a three  to five hour period is difficult enough. Then, the proper place must be procured. From there, throw in the need for wardrobe choices, and intriguing backdrops. Imagine that the meter is running the entire time — all of the parties involved are on a tight schedule, and we need only one stellar photo for the cover! We’d be lying if we said this pressure cooker was no fun (we do thrive on this kind of “excitement”), but it is also enough to frazzle the steeliest of editors, art directors, and photographers.

One look at our March 2010 cover is proof, happily, that we hit our mark at the fashion photo shoot of Carolina Talent’s Nyquell Mashay on Feb. 1 — a snow day, no less — at Hodges Taylor Gallery. We had a blast, and we wanted to take you along on a behind-the-scenes look at one of the interesting parts of putting the magazine together. The March cover shoot was engineered by Michelle Young Hubacher and Anita O’Hara, and styled by Nicole Sinclair, creator of Style Sanctum. And, thanks to photographer Scott Stiles, we walked away with several covers from which to choose!

The Luck Of The Irish

Celebrate St. Patty’s With Chocolate Mint Brownies

Every March, families celebrate the annual Irish tradition of St. Patrick’s Day in a variety of ways, whether by attending a parade, celebrating the “wearin’ of the green,” or by preparing and enjoying an elaborate Irish meal. This St. Patrick’s Day, entertain your little leprechauns with chocolate mint brownies.

The foodies at The Food Channel dug a fork into the hottest tableside trends of the last 10 years to give us a peek at top tastes, favorite fare, important culinary influences, and fun food stories. All of the lists are compiled as opinion, and are not necessarily based on scientific evidence.

“We did this to create dinner table conversation as much as anything,” says Kay Logsdon, editor of The Food Channel. “Food is a natural meeting place, regardless of your political, religious or personal preferences — you can always talk about food.”