Shaina Brown

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How to pick the perfect pair of lashes!

How to pick the perfect pair of lashes!

Mini Post Edition! Picking the perfect pair of lashes is like choosing the best suitable shape wear for that super sassy dress. This Holiday season, do your eye-makeup justice and dress her in the lash of her dreams (LOLOL!!) I was doing some resear...

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Black Up Perfect Matifying Primer Review

Black Up Perfect Matifying Primer Review

About two months ago (possibly three), I meet talented Makeup Artist Paulla De Souza. She is the Black Up BA for the company in Trinidad and Tobago and I am so sorry it took me forever to write this blog post! At Stechers Trinicty Mall, she did a de...

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Dread Head

Dread Head

Hey all! It has been a while since I posted and in this post I have a bit of a surprise! I guess you could tell from the title, I GOT DREAD LOCS!!!! I am so very excited about this new hair journey and I cant wait to see where it takes me. Who di...

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Ruby Wing Solar Changing Polish

Hey there! It's been a while since I have done a nail polish post or a review so lets get right to it. Ruby Wing describes their polish as: "Ruby Wing® is every free spirit's dream: nail polish that changes color in the sunlight or daylight with Sol...

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All that and A Box of Polish

All that and A Box of Polish

Ever since I was a little girl I loved nail polish and most of all, I love colours. I remember quite vividly growing my nails in secret competition with my mother as I adored the strength of her square shaped nails. Fast Forward to present my love fo...

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Post 'Summer' Blog

Post 'Summer' Blog

I havent posted an entry in a while cuz I have been busy with sooo many things. If you didnt know, I am the Lead Cosmetic Beauty Advisor at Wonderful World TT and I do blog entries for their website as well. Below I will be sharing all those wonderfu...

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Beauty trends that need to die before 2016 is over

Beauty trends that need to die before 2016 is over

It's the middle of the year, and already there are some beauty trends that honestly need to cease. The very bad habits of 2015 have rolled into 2016 and I am honestly not having them seep into 2017 (aww hell naww!) These are five of the beauty trends...

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MAC Studio Fix DUPE???

MAC Studio Fix DUPE???

Lord Jesus take me NOW! Well not just yet... I have all this awesome makeup to play with! Chocolate ladies, I am soo excited to introduce to you, a MAC STUDIO FIX DUPE! WHATT? YES!! So NW58 is the darkest powder shade of the studio fix line. Im not...

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Freeman Face Favs!

Freeman Face Favs!

I dont know about you but I luuuvvv me some inexpensive products that actually work! Most facial products that boast awesomeness tend to be very expensive and if they are cheap, they tend to be of very poor quality. Not so for the Freeman line of sk...

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Highlight, Contour & Slayy! - The Beauty Lesson

Highlight, Contour & Slayy! - The Beauty Lesson

Last week I wrapped up my 3rd makeup workshop,Highlight, Contour & Slayy! This class was for my chocolate sisters who had a hard time defining their features, because they just didnt know it was possible, or they didnt know what products to use so...

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Nail Polish of the Week Ep. 7 - Take a Hike!

Nail Polish of the Week Ep. 7 - Take a Hike!

Hello my beauties! It's been a long time since I have done #NPOTW and for good reason, but that doesn't mean I stopped painting my nails! My old camera died about 2 months ago and just recently I got a new one, so Im BACK WITH BETTER EPIC PICS!! (In...

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Plus Fifty & Flawless!

Plus Fifty & Flawless!

The Mature Women's Seminar At times doing makeup on mature skin can be very intimidating for makeup artist and mature women themselves, and for this reason I decided to conduct this seminar. In this seminar, with the help of my lovely model and atte...

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Curly Lashes Vs. Falsies

Curly Lashes Vs. Falsies

How to win the ULTIMATE BATTLE!! Let's face it. We curly lashed girls have the MOST annoying time trying to apply falsies. At one point after trying so many times, I just gave up and said that lashes are not for me. Some times you just want to add a...

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My Workshop!

My Workshop!

Sooo many days later I can finally sit to write this blog post! My workshop that took place on November 29th went well. I didnt get the turn out I would have liked but it was my first and you only learn and get better from there! I had two students,...

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Dark and Beautiful

Dark and Beautiful

When I hear women of dark skin say that they hate colour on their skin, I get upset as there is this misguided notion that women who are dark skinned shouldn't wear colour because they are dark. That is one of the most cantankerous statements I have...

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Mature Skin Makeup Don'ts

Mature Skin Makeup Don'ts

...with Do's for comfort The way you did your makeup in your teens or your twenties shouldn't be the same as you do it in your forties, fifties and beyond. Earlier this year I did a beauty blog post on Steps to Radiant Mature Skin [https://shainabrow...

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Clay Hair Mask? What??!

Clay Hair Mask? What??!

Disclaimer The following blog post was an experiment and not meant to be anything too serious. If you are just as nutz as I am and willing to try, go right ahead. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

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Getting rid of blackheads at home

Getting rid of blackheads at home

Let's face it. Our skin is not perfect but we must make it our duties to take care of that canvas! I cant tell you how many times during the past few weeks, women have asked me what they can do about their black heads. These can be very unflattering...

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Nail Polish of the Week Ep. 6 - Summer Rose Garden Punk

Nail Polish of the Week Ep. 6 - Summer Rose Garden Punk

Deep down I'm a rebel. So this week I did a dark yet summery bright nail design which also coincides with the nail challenge this week on Caribbean Polish-aholics [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1612022359045272/], GREEN. Before any one throws a his...

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