Fashion Scene: The Vagina Monologues

Fashion Empowering Women Foundation will be hosting an event to help raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls. The event also benefits Our Place DC, a non-profit organization that provides services and advocacy to help women rebuild their lives after a period of incarceration, and the DC Fashion Foundation, a non-profit organization created by the Greater Washington Fashion Chamber of Commerce to support the local fashion community.

V-Day brings the issue of violence against women and girls front and center in the culture and the community. In order to understand the grave importance of this cause, one must know that violence is an issue that plagues all women and men in every part of the world. To better show the depth and scope of violence against women, V-Day has compiled a list of statistics and resources that evidence the impact that violence against women has on the individual, and the community. V-day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM) and sex slavery. In 1994, a play called The Vagina Monologues, written by playwright Eve Ensler, broke ground, offering to the world a piece of art like nothing it had seen before. Based on dozens of interviews Ensler conducted with women, the play addressed women’s sexuality and the social stigma surrounding rape and abuse, creating a new conversation about and with women. The Vagina Monologues ran Off-Broadway for five years in New York and then toured the United States. After every performance, Ensler found women waiting to share their own stories of survival, leading her to see that The Vagina Monologues could be more than moving work of art on violence; she divined that the performances could be a mechanism for moving people to act to end violence.

Entertainment will be provided by Grammy Nominated Washington D.C. native, Carolyn Malachi. Please check out her interview clip below from the 53rd Grammy's on CBS.

When: Friday April 29th & Saturday April 30th 

Where: Montgomery College Performing Arts Center (map)

Time: 7:00 - 11:00 pm

Tix: $25 Students | $35 General Admission

Please try to come out to not only support a great benefit, but to enjoy yourself and if nothing else walk away more informed and empowered about a great cause.

I have two free tickets for the event that I am giving out to readers, be the first to contact me and tell me why this cause is important to you and you will win the tickets.

Celebrity Make Up For Less: Alexis Bledel & Jessica Beil

Do you ever see your favorite celebrity at an event or the red carpet and their makeup is done so well and you wonder, how do I achieve that look? And more importantly, how do you achieve the look without spending hundreds of dollars? I love the look on Alexis Bidel and Jessica Beil: Classic eye with full lashes, fun pink lip and peachy golden cheeks.

Face:

Mix your favorite bronzing powder (will only need a small amount) with face moisturizer - rub in hands together and smooth all over your face.

Victoria Secret Brilliant Shimmer - $14

Eyes: 

For more drama, add falsies, otherwise use your favorite thickening mascara. 
L'Oreal's Extra-Volume Collagen Mascara - $8
Line lids with both a black eye shadow and liquid liner - that's the secret for lasting lid lines. First use a an angle brush to line lids with the black shadow, then go over the line with the liquid liner. I use MAC Black Tied - $14.50 and Rimmel London Liquid Liner in Ebony Black - $5.00

Lip:
MAC Quite the Thing! - $14.50 - For those with medium to brown skin tones.
MAC Insanely It! - $14.50 - For those with fair to light skin tones.
This lipstick actually has sheen to it, so it provides color and glossy finish.

Cheeks: Use a peach colored blush - this color will vary between skin tones.
Rimmel Lasting Finish Blush Autumn Catwalk - $5
Rimmel Lasting Finish Pink Sorbet - $5