Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Jane's ménage á trois

Previously on Jane by Design Jane got demoted after failing miserably at breaking up with Brad, Billy’s breakup with Lulu lasted about 24 hours and India still wants to light Jane on fire so she no longer has to compete for the affections of Gray nor Jeremy.

Today Jane has chosen the perfect outfit for getting her hopes and dreams crushed once again. Donning a black and white geometric print mini with tights and a rocking studded jacket, she offers Billy shotgun. Just as he’s about to explain to her that he’s boning the spawn of Satan, they’re interrupted by Gray’s latest ramblings regarding the fashion empress of Japan. This phone call lasts the entire drive to school upon which Billy’s once again interrupted by Lulu who just cannot seem to keep it in her pants. She instantly marks her territory with a gross slobbery kiss on Billy which makes Jane just sick to her stomach so she bails. I feel you Jane, I feel you.


Billy chases after her like the knight in shining armor that he is. He explains they’ve been dating for a few months but Jane just can’t bear it. Unfortunately she’s got class with the latest power couple where they are discussing Wuthering Heights. Apparently these kids read a completely different version of the classic than I did because somehow it related perfectly to the Jane/Billy/Lulu love triangle and this entire scene has just become an allegory for their lives. Thankfully Mr. Teacher comes to my rescue and skips that lecture completely.

On the other end of the school Nick wanders into Ben’s office. They share some sort of male sports talk bonding type thing. Ben makes sure that Nick has his game face on and then Nick goes on about his life and his feelings. He’s got pressure from his parents, friends, teammates, pets, landlord’s cousin’s professor’s mom, etc. So Ben does exactly what I would do. He opens the secret door leading to Rita Shaw’s office and shoves Nick in there. Please note that Ben and Rita practically share an office. It’s only a matter of time before they break in Ben’s desk the same way Jeremy and India treat the Donovan Decker office.


At lunch Lulu introduces Billy to her friends Cam and Harper. For a popular girl, Lulu really has so little friends. Anyway, Cam instantly insults Billy who has a witty comeback and then Jane just stumbles over staring at Billy. He stares back. Then Lulu stares at Billy before giving him permission to follow Jane.

He apologizes again and Jane is more than understanding. Just kidding, she hates Lulu with the fire of a thousand suns. Billy’s rambling on about how he needs to her to survive because he doesn’t understand high school and popularity or why Lulu won’t let him touch her hair when they hook up (it’s the weave, dude) but Jane just shoots down those puppy dog eyes and walks away.


At the office Jeremy is literally hyperventilating over this Japanese woman coming to visit. Jane tries to help him calm down but she is far too distracted by Jeremy’s bowtie to get anything done. Once this Miyoko person arrives Jeremy wows her with his extensive knowledge of Japanese and by “wow” I mean he totally offends her and she is already one cranky biatch. She finds him patronizing and condescending. Jeremy’s next order of business if putting Miyoko in the capable hands of Jane. Her first command is to pick up some lunch but it has to be half-vegan which is just a synch. Jane rushes over to the half-vegan café on the corner and picks up three orders of half-vegan steaks.

Once Miyoko has inhaled a half-vegan dog biscuit she is just about ready to meticulously pore over Jane’s collection. She hates everything so Jane stumbles into Miyoko’s makeshift office and begs her to like the collection. Miyoko, whose accent mysteriously disappears for a minute is willing to give them another shot if she gets a date with Jeremy.


Jane comes home to find Ben practicing his sports sign language. He’s practically fluent but she’s just way too preoccupied with Billy’s love life to care. Thankfully, Ben knows all about Billy and Lulu since he spends his lunch break spying on the popular kids at school. You know, just like old times. Ben, like anyone else with an X chromosome, understands why Billy would keep Lulu a secret from Jane but he puts aside that rationality to play the dutiful big brother. They share one of those typical sibling heartfelt talks where anytime she says anything, he instantly already knows more than her because he’s king of the school, being the coach and all. Typical sibling stuff. He teaches her some more sign language which somehow solves all her problems.

Jane takes Ben’s advice and shows up at the baseball field where Nick is working out in jeans. I am no baseball fan but I’m pretty sure you don’t practice any sport in jeans. Regardless, he’s more interested in staring at her ass than hitting a home run, anyway. While balls are flying at their heads at 90 miles an hour he takes it upon himself to question her about the dance. She turns the tables on him and says he should have waited for her to come back. Then they schedule their next date at a time TBD but not before they finish this date which consists of him humping her while simultaneously teaching her to play baseball.


At school the next day Ben is super jealous of Nick teaching Jane to play baseball. He’s supposed to teach her that! He’s her brother. Then they get sidetracked by an episode of the Billy and Lulu show which is on display in the courtyard. Jane runs off to cry in the bathroom but Ben has an idea. He strolls into Rita Shaw’s office to insult her but also get some insight on what it’s like to be unpopular because he really doesn’t want Jane to end up a guidance counselor like Rita Shaw but then it just turns into some weird sexual tension thing.

In art class Lulu and Harper are talking about art porn. Then Harper reminds her that dating Billy means she’s going to be as unpopular as Jane. Lulu doesn’t care because she doesn’t let other people’s opinions get her down, except maybe her father’s. Elsewhere, Jane is done crying but she can’t get her locker to work. Billy apparates out of nowhere and pulls out his wand to do a quick spell opening her locker. He’s like “I miss you” but Jane just stares at him solemnly.


At work, Jane explains to Gray all the wonders of Jeremy such as his amazing knack for languages and his irritating charm. Jeremy instantly pops in with his irritating charm and convinces Gray that Jane needs to go to the dinner later with Miyoko. Jane runs to Carter who puts on a fashion show in her honor as is customary in any television show about fashion. She finally chooses the dress Jeremy custom-made for her out of a rooster and then she meets him for their date with Miyoko.

Miyoko is obviously fashionably late but her absence allows Jane to teach him some sign language and catch up on Miyoko’s wikipedia page. Jane hits a challenge when she can’t read the French menu but luckily Jeremy’s irritating charm comes to her rescue and he orders for her. Jane’s so impressed and even Miyoko can smell the sexual tension between the two. Meanwhile, Ben’s home alone digging through his old yearbook and smiling at pictures of Rita Shaw wearing headgear. Guess what she’s doing? If you guessed dreaming about Ben, you are right.


Billy stops by unannounced for an Xbox rematch against Ben who has to hide all of his high school memorabilia. Ben explains that Jane is out for the night but he is available to listen because he’s been taking notes from Rita Shaw. Billy’s worried about Jane but more importantly he wants to define the term “lie.” Then the two of them have a tea party while Ben doles out some more Rita advice.

At the French restaurant, Jane is having trouble with French etiquette, sign language, and fish. Finally Miyoko runs to the bathroom leaving Jane and Jeremy to get to it, which they don’t do. Instead Jeremy urges her to check on Miyoko. She heads to the loo and gives another one of her heartfelt monologues which no doubt reminds Miyoko of herself when she was young. Big surprise!


Jane’s next order of business is to challenge Miyoko to an eating contest at a diner. Jeremy is not impressed with diners or paper napkins or anything of the sort, because, if you don’t remember, he’s British and they are oh so proper. Anyway, then the most amazing thing happens! Nick is at the diner too! Yes, the same Nick from the baseball field and stuff. It’s all about to go down. First, there’s that animalistic look that Nick and Jeremy exchange where they telepathically tell each other to fuck off and Miyoko is just loving every second of it, but then, Nick’s date shows up making all of the awkwardness go away. Miyoko makes the wise decision to promote Jeremy’s latest design but he’s more worried about whether Jane thinks his charm is irritating or irresistible. She finds it to be a little bit of both. Once she’s gone Jeremy invites Jane back to his place and like the idiot that she is, she turns him down. Um, Jane, what the fuck?

Obviously Jane would rather go home to the coup de main that awaits her at Chez Quimby. She gets home and finds Billy on the couch waiting. She’s willing to forgive everything as long as he really likes Lulu, which he does so then everything’s sorted out and they’re friends again. Just as scheduled.


Next week Jane's going to Paris, Lulu and Billy will most likely break up again, Ben and Rita will continue to use the secret passageway between their offices to drop by unannounced, and Harper will continue to silently pine away for Lulu's heart. Also, Gray will continue to oversee the company from the television in her hotel room.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Jane smells a Birkin

This week Jane is granted the greatest privilege in the fashion world; Gray is allowing her to borrow her prized Birkin bag. Unless you are completely fashion illiterate, I’m sure you know what a Birkin is, besides the down payment on a house, that is. We also get a little insight into Gray’s life. She also went to Parsons, as did Jeremy AND Gray’s ex-husband-to-be, yes Gray’s life sometimes exists outside of that 42” plasma she lives in. More importantly, though, Parsons appears to be the only fashion school on the planet to these people. Seriously? Have they not heard of FIT, FIDM, Academy of Art, even community colleges offer fashion courses.


The boss is going to an auction for the weekend but while she’s gone Jane has like a million things to do before the trunk show. If you don’t know, a trunk show is like a pop-up store in your house. Oh, you don’t know what a pop-up store is? It’s basically when the shopping comes to you. No waiting in lines, or paying for stuff. It’s kind of awesome and you have to have millions of dollars to be invited to one. Anyway, it’s all happening at Gray’s home while she’s gone and there will be hell to pay if anything happens to that house.

In Jane world, big brother Ben is super duper excited to start at his new job teaching Sex Ed to Jane and her classmates. Oh boy, I cannot wait for that episode, as long as it doesn’t turn into a spec pilot for a Secret Life spin-off. Ben exchanges some sexually frustrated banter with the guidance counselor Rita Shaw. They are so about to get it on!

Meanwhile, Jeremy and India get a late start to school, I mean work, because they are busy diving right into bed with each other in the morning. Jeremy teases her as they exchange some more sexual banter until she jumps into the shower to drown out her sorrows over Jane becoming Gray’s new BFF.


Lulu’s day is not off to a good start. Her early morning ritual of seducing Billy in the janitor’s closet has been denied, then her BFF (a.k.a. teenage Alicia Silverstone) is all over her case for not having a boyfriend. They too exchange some sort of sexually frustrated glances until she’s called into the guidance office. It turns out Jane and Lulu are the smartest kids in school, literally, they are both ranked first in the class and are now fighting for valedictorian. Lulu puts on a cute face for the VP but then she turns around and just metaphorically stabs Jane in the heart, in more ways than one. The situation only gets more convoluted when a HUGE test is announced in PreCalc that could be the deciding factor between valedictorian and not quite valedictorian. Jane turns to Billy for help and being the dutiful best friend who’s banging the enemy he tells her not to worry to which Jane responds “Easy for you to say, she’s not all over you.” Great choice of words Jane, excellent really.

At work, Jerdia illustrate the adult version of Jane’s friendship with Billy. Seriously, Jeremy is totally India’s Duckie. Jeremy offers her some rational sane advice which goes in one ear and out the other. Instead, India chooses to sabotage Jane, of course because that’s what she does.

So remember last week when Nick was OBSESSED with Jane? Yeah, he’s not anymore. He actually wasn’t even in this episode, but, his relationship with Jane made an excellent allegory for the Billy/Lulu drama that’s going on. Jane runs off to continue stalking Nick leaving Billy to overhear that Lulu’s dad is going to rip her a new one if she’s not valedictorian. For someone who’s shit at golfing, this guy has insanely high standards.


Jane’s list assignment is not going well. Between Gray’s ridiculous demands and India’s sabotaging Jane’s day is not looking up. India marches into her office all high and mighty and offers her some more unsolicited bad advice to which Jane responds with a monologue about Gray’s undying love and gratitude toward Jane. It was all very odd but enjoyable nonetheless. India does not like monologues one bit so she messes with the invites to the trunk show. It is no longer an exclusive event but actually a rager.

Billy comes to Jane’s rescue by driving into the city to help her run her errands. They hit everything on the list. Billy even sacrifices some of his signature hipster headgear in return for out-of-season flowers. Lastly, Jane has to break up with Brad, who happens to be a naked model who lives with other naked models like they’re in some sort of ancient Greek bath house.


The trunk show is going expertly until Brad shows up wearing a bouquet of roses in order to get Gray back. Jane shoves him in Gray’s bedroom only to reappear and find out that the party has been infiltrated by dozens of party rockers. They love Gray’s house and the free booze. Carter, this weeks GBF is apparently terrified of people since, clothes are his only friends, so he takes off like a bat out of hell leaving Jane to get a million people out of the place. India arrives just in time to turn up the party. At Chez Quimby, Ben and Billy (why does every guy this episode have a name that starts with a B) are playing video games until, surprise! Jane needs Billy’s help so she fires up the BillySignal. He jumps in his Bilmobile and arrives just in time to play some classical music which instantly scares away the party rockers, that is except for India who seems to have some sort of May-December crush on Billy. By the way, did anyone notice lesbian Billy dancing at the party? I feel like this show has exceeded the fauxhawk quota this episode.


Jane and Billy get to work cleaning up the house sans India’s help since she’s passed out like a freshman pledge. Billy takes India home and sneaks out the back door just in time for Gray to storm in and find the place spotless. She’s not pleased though when she finds a little present in her bedroom: Brad. What I want to know is how the guy just sat up in her bedroom all night when there was a party going on downstairs. Unfortunately, Gray is not looking to rekindle her romance with Brad so she demands her Birkin back. I like to think that in Gray’s life a Birkin is her version of a brownie point. Right now Jane is at 0 Birkin points.

The next morning Jane is trying to learn PreCalc through osmosis by falling asleep on her book. She and Ben bond over being in high school together again and then she jets off to school so Billy can quiz her before the big test. I have to say, I am shocked that Billy didn’t wake up in India’s bed that morning instead because I totally got that vibe from them at the trunk show party the night before. Plus, that’s what the guys in Jane’s life do, they sleep with her enemies. First Billy + Lulu then Jeremy + India. I’m sure Nick and Lulu got together at one point in the past and it’s really only a matter of time before Bindia happens. Regardless, Jane and Billy are too cute for words up until she freaks out over Lulu who is totally going to beat her at valedictorian. Billy cheers her up by telling her that she and Lulu might have more in common than they think which only makes me think that they’ve both been to the party in Billy’s pants (hello, episode 8 plot twist). In PreCalc Lulu looks like she’s about to hurl all over her desk as she furiously scribbles down equations. She is even further nauseated when Billy smiles at Jane.


At work a hungover India yells at Jeremy. How dare she?! He is beautiful. Just as she tells him to bug off she utters “your ridiculous accent is hurting my head” which just perfectly explains how I feel about most people on most days. After Jeremy gives up on his attempt to cheer up India, he overhears Jane’s second breakup with Brad and misconstrues it as a signal that she’s single now, with some help from GBF Carter who spins it just perfectly for Jeremy to ask out Jane again next episode. Meanwhile, at school Lulu professes her undying love to Billy who stands up for himself and tells her to fuck off. Just kidding, he makes out with her to get her to shut up which is exactly what I do anytime anyone thinks it’s okay to talk to me about feelings.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Jane By John Hughes

Episode 2 of Jane by Design should have just been called Sixteen Pretty Pink Candles. It’s literally right out of the John Hughes universe. I wasn’t totally sold on it until this episode and now I’m hooked. This episode opens with Billy’s sexual fantasy about Ms. Dean. Once they’re finally at school we see posters for the dance everywhere and Billy immediately asks her to be his date, he’s totally into her. I know it! This week, I’ve learned that Andie MacDowell’s character is named Gray, or maybe Grey. That investigation is still pending. Turns out, Gray needs Jane to work on Saturday at a fashion preview which means the dance is definitely a no-go.


Jane has a tiny meltdown in the elevator with Birdie and the latest gay best friend. This one is about 20 years younger and 20 shades darker. Were we not supposed to notice? Anyway, Jane has got to get to work on this fashion preview assignment but Jeremy and his sexiness keeps getting in her way. He is just trying to help her but she can’t get that image of him and India out of her head. Jane quickly ushers him away and India comes in just in time to give Jane another piece of unsolicited and misleading advice. Thanks India, we can always count on you to shit on the parade.




Out at the country club, Billy’s working as a golf caddy, again with the surprises on this show. Nick, he’s the popular jock who keeps ogling Jane, is hitting up Billy for some dating advice, specifically regarding Jane. Billy’s first client today is Judge whatever who just happens to be Lulu’s dad. Billy makes googly eyes at her which totally throws off the judge and she books it out of there before their cover’s blown. The judge obviously knows what’s going on and he is not a happy camper especially since Billy’s better at golfing than him.


Back at the office, Jeremy is not loving Jane’s cold shoulder so he turns to India for comfort. That works out perfectly because she cons him into taking her out on a date. I think India needs to write a book on how to wear leather dresses to work in order to bone the sexy British man at the office. While Jeremy is daydreaming about India’s leather dress, Jane is getting chewed out again by Gray who hates the preview outfits. Gray offers her one last chance but not before taking off with her creepy troll friend Patricia.




Billy finishes his round of golf with the judge and gets a visit from Lulu at the clubhouse. Their sexcapade goes sour when Nick walks in on them and gives the usual “I didn’t see that” look. The next day at school Billy confronts him and begs the guy to keep his mouth shut. Nick complies under one condition, get him a date with Jane. It is a testosterone battle between these two very reminiscent of She’s All That or 10 Things I Hate About You which makes me like this more and more. Unfortunately, Jane’s not buying Nick’s act and she shoots that idea right down. Now Billy has to report back to his lover Lulu, she is furious that Nick even found out. Here’s a thought Lulu, if you don’t want anyone to find out about your secret relationship, stop making out in public, just saying. Thankfully Billy comes to his senses and dumps her on the spot.


At her office, Jane get a lovely visit from India who is just dripping with bitchittude. Jane tells her where to put it and Jeremy comes to her rescue helping her put together the line. The sexual tension runs rampant as they order in and dine on his desk, the same one that he and India where pounding on before. He totally tries to kiss her and she calls him on his shit which was awesome. Then he tells her not to worry about because they could “have something special” which sounds just as corny spelled out as it did when he said it. Sadly, nothing happened even though I so want it to despite the fact that she’s a minor.




The next morning Jane gets her first paycheck. A whopping grand! Billy finds her in a comatose state staring at the check like manna from Heaven. Then she and Billy engage in some very inappropriate displays of happiness rolling around on her carpet almost like India and Jeremy were rolling around on that desk. At school Ben and counselor Rita get in a little sexual spat about him working as the new athletic director. I can smell a hookup. In true John Hughes style, Nick and Billy strike up a partnership where they compare notes on getting girls, specifically Jane. Nick takes his new insight on the mystical Jane Quimby and awkwardly asks her out to the dance which she awkwardly accepts. It’s just magical…until Jane realizes she can’t go to the dance because of the fashion preview. Luckily, the dance is a block away from the preview and Jane has a new plan to dash around between the two. Look, I grew up in the 90s and I’ve seen this before, in fact I’ve tried it, I’ll predict now that this scheme will fail.


Following in Molly Ringwald’s footsteps, Jane takes her mom’s old pink dress and turns it into this super edgy pink leather thing which just makes Billy drool. She and Billy arrive at the dance but there is no sign of her at the preview which is just making Jeremy sweat. How can he impress her with his suave foreign ways if she’s not around? Finally, Jane summons up the courage to make eye contact with Nick sans drool and they tear up the dance floor and swap high school confessions.




She cuts their dance short by speeding off to the bathroom where Billy’s turned the middle stall into her own personal change room. Donning black, she heads to the preview and now Jeremy is sweating just to keep his job because they are on a time crunch. She fixes everything for the preview and jets between the two parties all night exchanging witty banter with Billy, making googly eyes at Nick, and trying to keep her scheme a secret from Jeremy. That is, until she accidentally shows up at the preview in the wrong dress. Then one of the dresses rips and Jeremy has the fabulous idea of putting Jane’s Pretty in Pink dress on the runway instead. Everyone loves it! Big surprise. Even Gray thinks she’s cool but that only mean India’s about to up her game.




At the dance, Nick’s sick of waiting around so he bails. When Jane finally shows up again the dance floor has been cleared out but guess who’s waiting for her like some sort of Jake Ryan. Just guess….okay, it’s Billy, which we were all expecting. I just love them together and now I’m more than excited to see what’s going on next week. Who is Jane going to choose? Please don’t be Nick! His acting is horrible and he kind of looks like he’s taken too many footballs to the face.


Pictures from ABC Family

Jane by Design - Pilot

Jane by Design is ABC Family’s new comedy about a teenage girl who manages to get an amazing job as an assistant for a large fashion house. Think Devil Wears Prada meets Mean Girls. Now we meet Jane. She drives a clunker to school and she’s flanked by her BFF Billy. Also, she’s invisible, a little bit like Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries. We find out she’s got a major crush on Nick, the most popular guy in school. Huge surprise, but obviously she and Billy are like a modern day Gordo and Lizzie, I’m calling it now.



Jane’s home life isn’t the best either. She lives with her jobless older brother since their mother has obviously disappeared into thin air and her father died recently. Jane’s a little worried about her brother Ben’s financial situation so she stumbles upon a great job as an intern for a fashion company allowing her to leave school at eleven every day.


At the interview, Jane hijacks someone else’s slot and somehow gets a part-time position as an executive assistant to Andie MacDowell that pays 34K, very much like Christina Applegate in Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. Except Andie only communicates with her via skype on a huge flat screen. I think she may live in there. Immediately after her interview Jane is introduced to her arch-nemesis India, yes that’s her name, not her homeland, and she’s a biatch. Luckily Jane has Birdie, again that is her name, to help her out. Now, enter Jeremy. He’s the very sexy British something-or-other. It’s hard to pay attention to what’s going on when he speaks. He has a very suspicious blowup with India that just reeks of sexual tension and swiftly proceeds to romance Jane with his delicious accent.


Back in reality, Jane gets a call from the mortgage company and is informed that Ben’s WAY behind on the payments. This is bad news and prompts Jane to commit fraud, with Billy’s help of course, to make sure she gets the job and the paychecks. Billy is reluctant at first but he caves real quick when Jane promises to go to a party with him. Of course, that’s a priority for sure. This party seems like just the perfect way for Billy to show Jane that they should totally be more than friends, but no! He throws us a huge curveball. Billy’s been banging Lulu, the queen bitch, behind everyone’s back, but she wants to keep it all under wraps because of her daddy issues or maybe she doesn’t want people knowing she’s dating a smart guy. I don’t get it. Obviously, he’s in love with Jane. Billy, what are you doing? While Billy’s off banging Lulu Nick just apparates out of nowhere and flirts with Jane because that’s exactly what hot popular guys do, make googly eyes at Lizzie McGuire, I mean Jane.




The next day, Jane has her first day at work and it’s insane. The girl seems to be phone illiterate, but most importantly, Andie wants her to monitor India like a hawk because the witch with a B is after Andie’s job. Next Jane sits in on this meeting where we learn that their company is immune to the economic downturn so really they can afford to hire as many teenagers as they want.




In a fascinating little tidbit of information, we cut to Ben who is called in to meet with Jane’s advisor. Apparently he was a dick to Rita, the guidance counselor and she is pissed. Now that they’re both sexy adults though, I am near positive they will be dating in T-minus 6 episodes.


Meanwhile, Jane’s at a bar drinking with her coworkers and making googly eyes at Jeremy which he finds very beautiful. Just when he’s about to bed a 16 year old, she’s like “I have got to get out of here” so she bails only to be sideswiped by big brother Ben. He’s worried about her coming in late and forging his signature and all sorts of things but deep down he doesn’t care, because he doesn’t really want to pay the mortgage with his $0 salary anyway. He’s more interested in how she makes his signature look so cool.


At work, Andie MacDowell is freaking out because she is to receive a SHIPMENT today. Yes, a SHIPMENT and Jane needs to keep this SHIPMENT away from India like her life depends on it. It seems that Andie says the word SHIPMENT just like Voldemort says AVADA KEDAVRA. Anyway, it turns out this SHIPMENT is just a bunch of metal broches of different insects. The worst part, Jane is about to miss her midterm because she had to pick up the SHIPMENT. At least she can jack her boss’s Porsche to make it in time. Then she takes that Porsche back to the office and saves her boss’s ass by pitching the sparkly insect jewelry as the inspiration for the new line. Something tells me they’re not going to be able to stay afloat is they keep selling insect broches. Oh no, who will hire all of the teenagers now?




Jane totally floors India with her presentation and confronts her afterward acting all high and mighty so we definitely know who the good guy is. Jane is totally gonna win this one until Andie chews her up for presenting everything without her and then Jane walks in on Jeremy and India breaking in her office. More surprises! At the end of the day though, Billy’s there for her and she’s still got her dream job, not to mention, Billy’s there! He needs to dump that crazy queen bitch.

Photo cred: ABC Family

Monday, January 2, 2012

Pretty Little Liars Opening

I am always getting questions about what colors were used in the opening sequence to Pretty Little Liars. I am positive that it's either CGI or it has been heavily color corrected, but regardless in honor of the return of PLL today I am going to give my suggested products to achieve similar looks. First off, that lipstick is a sheer orange red much like MUFE's Rogue Artist Intense #21. I use a similar baby pink nail polish like the one in the opening called Seeing Pink Elephant from O.P.I found exclusively at Sephora. Lastly, the eyes are everyone's favorite part of the opening. For golden eyes I start with Bobbi Brown's Metallic Long-Wear Cream Shadow in Goldstone as a base. I follow that up with MAC Eyeshadow in Nylon. I love Sephora's Kohl Expert Pencils and they are perfect for going over cream shadow. Line the lashes with Brun Perfect and then smudge any mistakes with a mini Q-tip. Finish the look with Lancome Hypnose Doll Lashes mascara in So Black! I will be posting a tutorial video for this look soon but in the meantime enjoy these new products!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

New Year's Resolution

Okay, for the year 2012 I have decided to finally keep up with a blog. I will be posting once a week (at least, hopefully more) and providing awesome advice on how to get started as a makeup artist, tips & tutorials on how to do your own makeup at home, and some money saving tricks to get the best products for less. Sound good? Yeah, that's what I thought :)