Time to get excited for New York Fashion Week!

New York’s Fall 2011 Fashion Week begins tomorrow!  You can expect TEMPTU PRO to be behind the scenes at some of the hottest shows this season.

Last Fashion Week the TEMPTU PRO was the creative force behind the looks of six shows; Lorick, Risto, Max Azria, Wayne, Hervé Léger, and Gant. Talk about a busy season!  This time around you’ll see TEMPTU PRO at the Jenny Packham, Odilon, and Hervé Léger shows.  Don’t miss our exclusive NYFW coverage?  Keep checking our blog for daily fashion week news!

Crystal Renn goes under the knife in Vogue Paris

There is no doubt that Crystal Renn has taken the fashion industry by storm.  After reinventing her image as a plus-sized model in the summer of 2003 and penning her first book, Hungry, which documented the model’s struggle with compulsive exercise and fasting, Renn signed with Ford Models and soon emerged in Italian, American, and French Vogue with her new and fuller figure.  As of late, Renn has been flaunting her curves in a fashion campaign for Jean Paul Gaultier, and even landing the front cover of Glamour’s June 2010 issue with fashion and sports megastars, Alessandra Ambrosio and Brooklyn Decker.

The December-January issue of Vogue Paris, which is guest-edited by fashion guru, Tom Ford, showcases Renn as a cougar on the prowl, spoofing the uprising of plastic surgery.  Decked out in jewel tones and animal prints, Renn mimics the over-the-top trend with long, lacquered acrylics and heavy, dramatic makeup.  With dramatic results like these from makeup alone, who needs plastic surgery?

Bold Brows are Back!

Time to channel your inner 80′s Material Girl!

Bold brows are back for the season!

Thin and over plucked brows are out totally out! Say hello to thick, Brooke Shields-esque brows, that were seen all over the runways for Fall & Spring!

Brows are extremely important when creating a makeup look. Bold brows define the character of the face.

Tip: An attempt for bold brows can easily go wrong – First you want to make sure your eyebrows are groomed – Thick brows = yes, Uni-brow = NO!

The most important thing to remember is to always use an eyebrow color that is one shade lighter than your natural color. This will create a natural, more modern look that does not look out-dated.

Check out the TEMPTU PRO S/B Airbrow Set to help you achieve flawless, natural looking, fierce brows!

Match those brows with sexy, bold red lips and you’re ready for your close-up!

Look to Max Azria for Spring Looks

 

Max Azria’s Spring 2011 Runway show highlighted a super casual, soft, and fresh makeup look, sure to be a hit for the Spring.  Designed by makeup artist Lisa Butler and carried out by the TEMPTU PRO team, see below for the details!

The desired look for the show was to produce angelic-looking, youthful girls. The makeup was soft to compliment the collection which was made up of soft and muted peaches and creams.

“On the skin, we’re using a silicone and water hybrid, brush-on foundation called TEMPTU RETOUCH FOUNDATION to cancel out any redness and give a fresh, dewy look,” explained Lisa Butler.

To achieve a heavenly glow, makeup artists brushed the TEMPTU RETOUCH HIGHLIGHTER in Pink Pearl a little bit higher than the model’s natural cheekbones. They also used the same color on the model’s arms, legs, and décolletage to add a nice sheen.

To finish off the look, they added a peach blush just below the apples of the cheeks and left the lips and eyes bare.

Nothing to it! A beautiful soft and simple look that is totally wearable and easy to recreate!

How to Spend It with Alek Wek in TEMPTU PRO

How to Spend It, FT’s multi-award-winning magazine, has been celebrating beauty and style with sumptuous images and insightful features. This month’s cache includes super model favorite, Alek Wek, modeling textures and prints for the fashion forward piece Global Gathering. 

MUA Nives Riddles complimented the bold prints by airbrushing TEMPTU PRO S/B colors in Hi Def Pink, Blush color Raspberry, Adjuster colors Blue & Violet, Shimmer colors Gold & White Shimmer, and hints of Hi Def color Yellow.  See below for a closer look! 

Rock star for a day? Samantha Jones does it, it’s your turn….

Samantha Jones rocking out on the set of Sex and the City 2. Credit: Anthony Dixon/WENN

Samantha Jones, the bold and sexy character of the hot new film, Sex and the City 2 played by Kim Cattrall lets out her inner punk-rock princess. During the films much buzzed about 80s flashback scenes, Cattrall donned a temporary tattoo by none other than TEMPTU PRO. A company that in 1981 got it’s start with the film Tattoo, a cult classic.

Kim Cattrall wearing a temporary tattoo byTEMPTU PRO on the set of SATC2. Credit: Roger Wong/INFphoto.com

Getting a perm and trying to bring the Walkman fad back probably wouldn’t be the best way to get noticed (in a positive light) these days, a temporary tattoo from TEMPTU or TEMPTU PRO is a great way to infuse a little edge in your look without looking like you’ve gone over the edge!

Click here to purchase a temporary ADORN Tattoo Kit from TEMPTU, or for the actual Pro Transfer Tattoo used in the film you can click here to get it from TEMPTU PRO.

All the gain, none of the pain!

V Magazine’s The Body Electric

V Magazine’s spread The Body Electric shows us why TEMPTU & TEMPTU PRO is taking the makeup industry by storm!

Makeup artist Lisa Butler transformed model of the moment Jamie Bochert from gothic pale to beach bronzed to wild animal!

TEMPTU makeup makes it easy to mold and bend the realities of our existence. Using the TEMPTU AIR pod highlighters and TEMPTU PRO S/B in a variety of colors and formulas, Lisa Butler and her team created looks with airbrush makeup technology unsurpassed in its abilities.

jared gold. czarina.

 Jared Gold is known for his wild fashion shows where the ordinary gets a chance to become extraordinary; like madagascar hissing cockroaches covered in Swarovski diamonds or runway stars like Traci Lords and Jennifer Carpenter, or the fact that Gold decided to stage his show in LA’s historic Union Station instead of showing at the Smashbox Studio tents…  Saying that Jared Gold knows how to throw a fashion show would be an understatement, Gold is an artist pushing the boundaries of fashion- and when it came to his latest project Temptu got a phone call… 

Temptu was the official makeup sponsor for the 2008 Jared Gold fashion show. Every artist needs their tools to help them create their vision; for CZARINA the look was a neo-victorian fairy tale application that complemented Golds collection perfectly (at least we think so!)

You can find the products at www.temptu.com   

Benjamin Cho Fashion Show 2008

Temptu was proud to collaborate with New York fashion designer Benjamin Cho for his Fall 2008 Collection.

Temptu teamed up with Cho to create a limited edition temporary tattoo transfer featuring the art of downtown

art sensation Dan Colen. Top models Patricia Schmid and Milagros Schmoll wore the limited edition body makeup

full sleeve “look” made of red lipstick kisses.

With a long history of collaborating with the world’s foremost artists to create top of the line body art – from

Matthew Barney to KiKi Smith – as well as a rich history of designing makeup looks for New York Fashion Week,

Temptu embraced this intersection of art and fashion as a natural fit. 

Chelsea’s Altman Building was filled with art world stars, It Girls and Boys, and top fashion press from far and wide,

ambient band Growing played the soundtrack live, and the excitement was heady in anticipation of the show.

Cho did not disappoint – as always, his clothes were thrilling, imaginative, and beautiful to behold. Temptu was 

honored to be included in his vision.

 

 

Sure to be a coveted insider item, Temptu created limited edition tote bags featuring the Dan Colen for Temptu

body art exclusively for the Fall 08 fashion show. Chloe Sevigny held hers tight, and Style.com featured the bag

while instructing attendees to get to their seats on time or risk losing this hot, hipster must-have.

Check out the video!