Imports from India Popular in Santa Fe-Style

Imported garments, clothing, scarves, bags and other accessories are popular items in creating or adding to, that Santa Fe-style. 

With a slight Bohemian look and feel, beautiful textiles and quality, many of these types of pieces sell in clothing stores around Santa Fe and the southwest because they mix well with the looks that we so love. 

Add so chunky jewelry and an exotic scarf and you have a great look.

Handmade Leather Craftmanship with Santa-Fe Style

Another little jewel that I found a few days ago. A naive-inspired and hand-crafted fanny-pack. You just never know what you will find that you can pick up easily to add that bit of Santa Fe-style to your wardrobe and adding accessories is one of the easiest way to do it.

Beautiful detail and mother of pearl buttons

This is going to come in handy strolling around Santa Fe!

Celebrating National Lipstick Day - My Pick, Lancome

It's national lipstick day, so I will celebrate with a little Landcôme lipstick in "oh my shimmer," paired with gold and bronze eye shadow from LA Colors. I love all these shades because they can take the end of summer bronze on into fall. 

Who's Ready for Fall?

Here's a peek at some fall styling ideas from STYLE Santa Fe.

Just lovin' this fringe deep brown top with the suede boots. Add a print woven bag and some near-matching turquoise and coral earrings and it's an amazing fall look. See how nicely the colors flow.

Bag and earrings available on Amazon. Top and boots from Venus.

Beauty is Not Only Skin Deep

It is said that beauty is only skin deep, 

but I believe that your outer beauty is

a reflection of the inner you. 

Reflect your inner self.

                                     ~c, bruedigam

Makeup Forever Excessive Lash Mascara - Product Review

Makeup Forever Excessive Lash Mascara - Product Review

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If you have been following my mascara reviews, you know that I am picky about mascara. This product did not disappoint! As a matter of fact, I have not used anything else since I got this mascara. Watch the video to find out more!

Video - Cinnamon Girl Makeup Look Quick Tips

Get the quick tips that you need to create this new makeup look from STYLE Santa Fe, Cinnamon Girl. Quick and easy. This is a great look for fall.

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Tie-Dyed Eyes Makeup Look

Tie-Dyed Eyes

Makeup Look from STYLE Santa Fe

Experimenting with fun and bold colors can help you express your inner creative goddess. One fun look that I have developed is Tie-Dyed Eyes. Tie-dye is very much a part of Santa Fe-style as the style was partly influenced by the hippie movement, by bohemian artists and free-spirited creative minds.

You may pick your own colors. I am going to suggest working with about four colors for your tie-dyed eyes. You may select these colors based on your favorite tie-dyed piece of clothing. For this tutorial, I will be matching the colors to a tie-dyed top that I own in beautiful blues, browns and golds.

First, after completing your other makeup applications, line the eyes as you normally would to shape and define. Use a brown, brownish-black, black or even a blue, depending upon your tie-dyed color choices and your skin tones.

Begin with a matte, base brown. Apply from the inner eye up and out across the crease and on the inner area to just below the brow and outward.

Next, select a bright blue shade of eye shadow. Using a wet-dry eye-shadow brush, dab a light application of the blue in the inner eye corners extending out just a fraction like an eighth of an inch, a fourth at the most.

Now take the same blue color and wet or dampen your brush and swipe your color and apply to the outer area of the lower lid from the outside of the pupil to the corner of the eye and extend upward to “lift” the eye. Repeat the process on the upper lid from the outer corner of the pupil to the outer edge of the eye, meeting the lower line that you extended upward. Smooth and soften with a small dry brush.

Now use the gold eye shadow and apply from the mid-lower lid up toward the brow area above the crease. Blend well. Choose a gold that is really shiny, even metallic, that will really “pop.” Wet your brush and apply. Wetting the brush for these colors will make them jump out even more and it will give them longer staying power. (I applied this look in the morning and by bedtime it was just as pretty). Blend well. With a small liner brush, just hit under the eyes with a light brush of the gold for extra sparkle.

Highlight with a white (matte is better because we really just wanted to blend and smooth). Go over all eye colors lightly with the white blending and smoothing, especially blending the edges of the gold into the blues on inner and outer corners.

Use a sponge to wipe any excess colors that “drifted” outwards of the cat eye corner, and blend upward at an angle. Brush over the entire look with your favorite bronzer if it is for evening-wear. If it is for daytime, brush over the entire area with a soft matt blusher on pink or tan just to tone the sparkle down a bit so as not to overdo for daytime. Go back with the gold if you need to refresh any areas.

Touch up your eyeliner in any areas that need touched up or re-lined. I used the Mr. Write pencil liner in gold that I recently reviewed and although I did not care for it as an eye-liner per say, it does work nicely to add a little more gold sparkle to the inner eyelid corners. Dust all and set with translucent powder.

This particular look can be finished and complimented nicely with a sparkly gold lipstick.

Have fun with it and be creative. If you do not have the eye shades that you want, do not be afraid to mix your own. This technique may be tailored to work with any color of tie-dyed outfit to suit your color schemes and skin tones.

Great Pre-fall Look

Loving this outfit and Sam Edelman 'Rudie' Studded Fringe Bootie from Nordstrom. Putting it all together for a pre-fall look that can bring in those fall colors as summer fades away. This look really works well for STYLE Santa Fe.

Fun-day Sunday

The weekend is a great time to bring out your playful side, let your self relax or be daring, as you express your own unique style without the confines and constrains of the work week. You have the freedom to explore and express all that you wish to be. 

Enjoy your Sunday in style, your style. 

Correcting Style - Adding Southwestern Accessories to Casual Business Dress

There are some easy ideas here to add a bit of southwestern flair to a casual business outfit but what is wrong with this picture?

The bracelet and necklace are a perfect way to add that southwestern look to an everyday outfit. The handbag however is overkill, outdated and in being paired with brown shoes causes the look to lose its flow. The white shirt is also out of place. 

Better suited would be a either a print blouse with the brown and turquoise colors in it or a simple solid black blouse which will give a much more polished look even as casual dress. The bag needs to be replaced with a brown color that will match the shoes thereby giving flow to the entire look. A hobo bag with minimal fringe could work well and really add to the overall look. The shoes can work but replacing these heels with a pair of brown dress boots would be ideal, even booties if it is warmer weather. 

In what scenario then would the turquoise bag be appropriate? 

Possibly paired with western or leather boots that have a mix of turquoise and brown or tan in the boot, then worn with jeans or a denim skirt. 

Video - Free Your Inner Style with STYLE Santa Fe

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With your host Cheryl Bruedigam,stylist and beauty consultant.
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Find Your Style and Free Your Spirit

Free your inner style . . . 

Find your style and free your spirit. That is what STYLE Santa Fe offers. It is about uncovering your own unique style that is uniquely you. Once you do this, there is a freedom that will be experienced by coming to know who you truly are and what is right for you. No more following fads or the herd, it is time to be you.

Explore the articles, videos, tips and reviews that will help you get down to the core of your own style or feel free to contact me for a style and/or beauty consultation and let's free the inner you.

Cheryl Bruedigam, STYLE Santa Fe
Stylist and Beauty Consultant

Video Review - Dirty Little Secret Illuminating Baked Highlighter in Bellisima

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theBalm Cosmetics/Mr. Write (NOW) Eyeliner Pencil in Jac B Bronze – Product Review

theBalm Cosmetics/Mr. Write (NOW) Eyeliner Pencil in Jac B Bronze – Product Review

Although I admire and applaud all that theBalm Cosmetics’ founder, Marissa Shipman, has created and accomplished, I did not care for the Mr. Write (NOW) Eyeliner Pencil in Jac B Bronze.

The color is very beautiful, a light shimmery bronze, with light being the key word; too light. It just does not show up. I have medium skin tones and I am used to a dark brown or black for lining. I tried applying it just for some extra sparkle on the lower inner eye but still it appeared a no-show. I believe this color might (only) work on a blonde with very pale skin. I will note that the pencils do come in darker shades and are available at the website. I will also note that the colors are named after men, i.e., Bill, Brian, Wayne, etc., which is kind of confusing to me because there is nothing to go on other than a picture of the pencil and the pencil’s male name. That just does not work for me and I am not twenty, so neither does the whole Mr. Write name-thing.

This pencil has the self-sharpening tip that rolls out. Not trying to be a negative-Nellie here, but when I tried to apply the pencil, the tip broke easily and immediately, and of course we all know that heat affects any eye-pencil, and I had just received it in the mail. After bringing more of the tip out and applying, it did not flow or apply easily. I personally have found very few of these type of tips that do not break constantly or that apply smoothly. My favorite that I had found was by Katherine, but has been dis-continued (of course). Jordana EasyLiner works very well. Otherwise, I have a drawer-full of eyeliner pencils both regular and reractable/self-sharpening, that do not work.

And last but not least, there is no smudger on the end and in my book, a smudger is a must.

These pencils retail at theBalm website for $17.

So overall, sadly, I am sorry to say that although I love bronze, I will have to turn down Mr. Write in Jac B Bronze, as well as his other friends as far as a regular day-to-day eye-liner.

Update: I have continued to experiment with the pencil in its bronze/gold color. I have included it in my tutorial on my makeup look, Tie-Dyed Eyes, so I am happy to have found a use for it. It is better suited for enhancement than lining. 

Video Review Jelly Pong Pong Caribbean Sun Bronzer Duo/Aruba

Jelly Pong Pong Caribbean Sun Bronzer Duo/Aruba – Product Review

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This bronzer duo is a product that I was looking forward to using and reviewing. I do love it . If you have a light complexion with warm tones, the duo shades of Aruba will work beautifully. They go on easy and blend well. It contains Argan and mango butter which is supposed to be moisturizing, it is a powder though

Use the darker shade beneath the top color for a double-bronze effect or use the darker shade beneath the cheekbone to contour and the lighter shade on top of cheekbone to highlight. An easy quick trick is to turn the rotate the container in your hand so that the light color is on top and the darker shade is beneath, then sweep bot with your brush and apply. This technique will do the contouring for you when you are in a hurry by adding the darker color beneath the cheekbone and the lighter color on top. Viola!

Dust the lighter shade above brows on forehead, down the nose and on chin for that just-kissed-the-sun look.

It comes in an easy little compact with a quality mirror. Brush is not included but who uses those little brushes anyway?

Overall, I would buy this product again. It retails for $24.95 at their website.

ColorMates Lipstick - Product Review

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Welcome to Style Santa Fe, this is Cheryl Bruediam here with a quick review on ColorMates Lipsticks. I first discovered ColorMates a few years ago when I was in Santa Fe for a wedding. It was raining and I needed a mascara touchup so I ran into a grocery store and all they had were ColorMates. It got me through in a pinch so when I saw them at my local store I thought I’d check them out and let you know how it went. I love the lipsticks. These little jewels have gorgeous colors and amazing staying power. They’re also super moisturizing.

I have three colors here today, Pink Frost, Berry Root and Peach Fuzz. The Pink Frost is really more of a mauvish frost and the color is light and sheer. The Berry Root is my favorite of the three and is really more of a bright hot pink and I love it. The peach fuzz is a bright shimmery peach and pretty true to its name.

I’m just going to apply the Berry root real quick so you can get an idea of how well and easy it goes on. (PAUSE) There, it looks great!

So if you’re on a budget and wondering what line to use or you’re in a pinch and need a quick fix that you can rely on, ColorMates is the choice for lipstick. And best of all, at least at the local store near me, they’re only one dollar a piece. Yep that’s what I said, one dollar, can’t beat that. So, I love ‘em, you’ll love ‘em and I’ll be back with reviews on other ColorMates products soon! 

Thanks for joining me, this is Cheryl Bruedigam with Style Santa Fe.

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Mellow Cosmetics Eye Shadow/Plum - Quick Product Review

Just a quick look at Mellow Cosmetics' Baked Eye Shadow in Plum. Watch the video to find out if you will like this product.

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This color is so rich and beautiful that I made a video so that it could be seen better.

This baked eye-shadow is from Mellow Cosmetics. It is also available in Coco.

I found this product very similar to the Dirty Little Secret Eye Shadow that I recently reviewed. As a matter of fact, it was so similar that the two go extremely well together. I used the DLS Bellisima as a highlighter with this Mellow Plum and it was gorgeous. 

This product is available online. It is very affordable and I would absolutely buy more of these shadows. 

Review by Cheryl Bruedigam of STYLE Santa Fe.