Deida Massey’s Reel Beauty International program Africa

Deida Massey will be once again visiting the Uzima Center and while there spoke to the girls about their own goals and how to be an impact within their village. In addition, sponsors from the Global Health Initiative at the University of Chicago and countless volunteers collected hygienic items to give to the girls while in Africa.

Deida made both home and school visits while in Mwanza. The most alarming concern for Deida was the distance the girls traveled from home to school. As a result, Deida used the Bongo Bead Project as a way to raise funds to support the girls at the Uzima Center and their transportation needs.

The Bongo Beads are handmade paper beads made from Orphans at the Uzima Center to help pay their school expenses. Reel Beauty has partnered with the Uzima Center and the Bongo Bead Project to increase awareness on education and provide funding for our girls in Mwanza.

Uzuri Wa Kweli ,Tis the season to give.

  

 Uzuri Wa Kweli

               Tis the season to give. 

Reel Beauty will be returning to Africa in December and we are asking for your help. 

Please join me November 25, 2016 with donations of hygienic products  for the youth we serve there inside the Uzima Center.  

We are accepting donations of toothpaste, tooth brushes, sanitary napkins, soap (liquid), wash cloths, lotion and deodorant.

Please bring your donations on November 25, 2016 to 

4313 S. Berkeley Ave., Unit 1 from 3pm-6pm

Thank you for bring a blessing to our girls in Mwanza!!!

 Be the change

Beauty and the Beast.

Beauty isn’t always about how you look or what you wear.  Beauty isn’t about lipsticks and shadows.  Beauty is made of what’s inside of you.  How do you know you are beautiful; When you wear confidence like makeup.  When you value yourself more than you value things.  When you feel good inspite of your circumstances.  The real truth about beauty is knowing who you are.  Beauty is when you turn heads when you enter the room without parting your lips.  Beauty looks at the heart and works inside out.  Beauty isn’t loud or an attention seeker, beauty gentle introduces itself like a perfect stranger.  Beauty can only be pure.  It feels like a warm Summer night and it smells like fresh flowers.  Beauty is a new chapter waiting for a perfect ending.  Beauty is simply love; loving yourself enough to say YES!

Although beauty vies for its own standard, its contender is the beast.  The beast is beauty’s contrast.  It is often mistaken for the beauty by its inability to reach its full potential.  Often the beast deceives the spirit of beauty within and appears self-confident and secure.  The foundation of the beast breeds negative thoughts and words that come from a place that is not loved.  Its representatives are envy, negativity, self-hatred and enmity.  Beauty’s opponent the beast, can eliminate the highlights of a beautiful life. The beast robs beauty from its genuineness.  It maximizes the blemishes and conceals the truth.  While the beast within waits for the perfect moment to surface, if real beauty prevails it cannot show up first.  The beast cannot and will not win if the beauty in you is authentic.   When we yield our lives to love and the beauty surrounding us, beauty can only exist and the beast dies.  Therefore, the content above is not a fairytale, but a realistic journey called life so choose BEAUTY!!

Happy Makeup,

The Makeup Maven

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Glitz & Glam

The holidays have arrived and it’s time to get all glammed up!

One way to be sure you are turning heads when you walk in that holiday party is to play up your eyes.  Try using metallic silvers, golds, greens, blues and copper for boldness.  Second, build on whatever you choose using a deep black shadow to smoke the creases and corner of the eyes for intensity.  Third,  line using a black liquid liner or a black matte pencil to complete your stargazing look.  Don’t forget to accessorize with blush, mascara and gloss.  Last,  here are a few of my favorite things for this holiday season and great stocking stuffers

ULTA  Baked Eye shadows.  They are packaged with one solid color and one mystical color for fun.  Their textures are consistent and long lasting.  They retail at $15.

ULTA  Kabuki Brush.  This travel size brush is a perfect little gift for the woman on the go.  It retails for $6.30

CARGO Metallico Eye Pencil Set.  Here are the perfect pencils to create that holiday stargazing look above.  These creamy, blend-able and glittery pencils are easy to use and waterproof.  This set retails for $24.

Philosophy has five Flavored Lip Shines in Melon, Vanilla Birthday Cake, Mimosa, Coconut and Raspberry for those delectable cravings.  All retail for $10.

Now that you have what you need to complete your look with that holiday dress and some great finds for the fashionista, it’s time to celebrate.

Happy Makeup,

The Makeup Maven

 

 

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Past it’s Prime!!!!!!!

Have you looked in your personal makeup bag lately and noticed your products are due for a major revamp.     Having clean, new and sanitized makeup products along with brushes are necessary to maintain healthy and beautiful skin.   Our products  we use  are just as important as the technique behind your brands of choice.    Old sponges that are used over and over again causes bacteria build-up and can lead to severe skin issues.  I personal have seen women reuse old compact sponges and NEVER throw them out.   In addition, using  mascara that is old and dried out over and over again can build bacteria around the eye and cause irritation.   So, here are five tips to help you know when your makeup is past it’s prime!!

When makeup  smells bad. 

Most lipsticks and lip glosses start to smell bad when its gets old.  This is a good indication it’s time to toss it.

When the  texture or consistency of your product begins to change.

Product texture and consistency will change when its old.  The product will begin to separate into layers when this happens.

When the color shifts inside the product it’s time to let it go. 

Colors within eyeshadow, blush and powder compacts  are sensitive to light and the colors will shift.   Sometimes in most press powder compacts a clear hard film sits on top of the product and it doesn’t move.  STOP reapplying it to your skin and throw it away.

If a product begins to grow fuzz-YUCK!!!

Fuzz grows on products like eye shadows, cream foundations, lipsticks, powders and blushes.  If this occurs, you guessed it-TOSS IT!!

If the product has dark spots.

Dark spots are a clear indication that the product is old and cannot be reused.  This means your product is at the end of it’s course.

Now that you know what five things are clear indications your makeup kit needs a re-up, start tossing out the old and let’s start shopping for new and better products to help create a beautiful and healthy look.

Happy Makeup,

The Makeup Maven