Tag: Sara Jane Mercer

Get The Look Video: Pretty in Plum

Get The Look Video: Pretty in Plum // Belle Belle Beauty

For the last in our Get The Look series, Sara and Rebecca accent with plum shades. I love the soft, sophisticated look of this shade. Love these tutorials? Check out the other videos in the series hereherehere and here.

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“Using one color in various tones is anything but boring! Purple, plum, eggplant, and mauve combine perfectly on eyes and lips for the sultry winter look. Just make sure to keep your cheeks light to maintain balance.”

Get The Look Video: Pretty in Plum // Belle Belle Beauty

Links for brands used:

  • http://shop.janeiredale.com/
  • http://www.econveybeauty.com/

Get The Look Video: Smokey Goes Green

Green Smokey Eye // Belle Belle Beauty

I can’t really think of a more festive look for the holidays: a deep, smokey green eye. Sara and Rebecca use natural makeup from Jane Iredale, Ilia Beauty and Youngblood to get a party-ready look. Love these tutorials? Check out the other videos in the series herehere and here.

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“Who doesn’t love a sultry, sexy smokey eye? My favorite way to get a quick smokey look is by using RMS Beauty’s Cream Eyeshadow in Karma. With just a few sweeps of a brush I am ready for a night out. Pantone just named Emerald it’s 2013 color of the year so Rebecca and I thought we would update a smoky eye by having it go green!”

Final Look on SJM - Green Smokey Eye // Belle Belle Beauty

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images by Mia MacDonald 

Get The Look Video: How To Prep Your Skin

How To Prep Your Face by Sara Jane Mercer // Belle Belle Beauty

So excited to feature the third video from Sara and Rebecca in our “Get The Look” series. (Check out the first one here and second one here) Today, they adress the true foundation of a great look – prepping the skin. Using natural products, the achieve that perfect no-makeup makeup look.

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“A little black dress. The perfect bra. Nude platform pumps. Some basics take looks for ok to amazing! Like in fashion, every great makeup look starts with a great base. In this video Rebecca Casciano shows me how to get perfectly prepped skin using some of our favorite clean products from Jane Iredale, Kahina Giving Beauty, Young Blood, Tarte and CV Skinlabs. If you follow these skin prep steps any makeup look you follow with is sure to be flawless!”

How To Prep Your Face by Sara Jane Mercer // Belle Belle Beauty

How To Prep Your Face by Sara Jane Mercer // Belle Belle Beauty

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Editor’s note: This Kahina Eye Serum is one of my all time favorites.

images by Mia MacDonald 

Get The Look Video: Rich Lips and Winged Eyeliner

Get The Look Winged Liner and Red Lip on Belle Belle Beauty

So excited to feature the second video from Sara and Rebecca in our “Get The Look” series. (Check out the first one here) Like Holiday Luxe, Sara and Rebecca used natural makeup products to achieve the look, including one of my favorite lines, Youngblood.

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“While mixing too many trends can make you look overdone sometimes two looks are better than one! Winged eyeliner paired with a deep red lip creates a slightly retro look that somehow feels perfectly of the moment!”

The final look!

Get The Look Winged Liner and Red Lip on Sara Jane Mercer featured on Belle Belle Beauty

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images by Mia MacDonald 

Get The Look Video: Holiday Luxe

Holiday Luxe by Sara Jane Mercer on Belle Belle Beauty

I was so excited to stumble upon Clean, Pure and Simple – a blog about Manhattan, Whole Living lifestyle. The editor, Sara Jane Mercer, does it all – cooks, coaches (she’s a Holistic Health and Wellness Coach) and writes both on the blog and also for Whole Living Magazine. Her attitude towards wellness is friendly, approachable and inspiring – definitely has become one of my daily reads.

And being the beauty junkie I am… I automaticlly zeroed in on her great knowlege of natural skincare and makeup lines like Tata Harper, Jane Iredale and Ilia Beauty. So, after a little chatting, we decided to debut a series of beauty videos created by Sara and her makeup artist, Rebecca Casciano, on Belle Belle! Over the next couple of days, you will find several Get The Look short films featured. To get us started… Holiday Luxe. Hope you enjoy as much as I do.


“Holiday makeup should be all about shimmer and shine! For holiday parties and New Year’s Eve I like a bold eye with a slight metallic feel to it. When emphasizing your eyes make sure to keep the rest of your face subtle and neutral or you risk looking overdone!”

The final look:

SJM's Final Holiday Luxe Look on Belle Belle Beauty

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image by Mia MacDonald