Sinning in LA

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ( Khalil Gibran)

Being kind usually pays off in the end. There are so many choices to make in the day where an angel sits on one shoulder and a devil on the other. Do you stay out and drink the extra glass of wine, or do you go home early and take care of the practical and necessary?

However the angel and devil feel about our pride, we’ve now found a way to be charitable and look beautiful at the same time. We’re pretty happy to spend $25 and get the MUDCARES four color eye palette. 100% of your MUDCARES purchase will go towards building homes for children in Kenya orphaned by AIDS - and you will look gorgeous. This way, you’ll feel as nice as you look.

The four eye colors on the palette are simply stunning. They are finely milled and highly pigmented which makes them very long lasting, important if you are Sinning in LA.

The pretty green Moss color with gold flecks weaved in doubles as a liner using a wet brush. Dulce De Leche, a soft whispery shade of pink, can be used all over the lid and up to the brow as a base and then you fill in Spanish Gold, a warm amber brown which is just as lovely as it sounds, in the crease. Cashmere is the perfect highlighter.

The palette was developed by the make-up artisans of  Make-Up Designory, or MUD. You might have already experienced their FREE monthly workshops in their stores every month, where accomplished professionals teach you the shortcut to looking amazing.

All proceeds from the palette go to NextAid, a non-profit organization committed to promoting community-driven, environmentally and socially empowering responses to the AIDS orphan epidemic.

Lauren Segal-Avenna, the NextAid co-founder and director, did not take long to decide which project to support.

"David Saunders, who is the founder of Red Rhino Orphanage Project,” said Lauren, “is a friend and colleague – who we trust.”

“We like how everything he’s planning for this facility is practicing the principles of sustainable development. Also, the children RROP is caring for are some of the saddest cases in the region. These are kids that have absolutely nowhere else to go. These were once babies who were literally left on door steps, trash heaps... totally abandoned," she says.

The MUD cares program is clearly making a difference for those who need our help, so hurry up and get a palette for yourself or someone else you think deserves to look immaculate. You can get it in a MUD shop in Burbank and SoHo or here.

Sinning in LA is giving away a palette to a worthy winner. Tell us about an Angeleno of great inner beauty, and you could be the beautiful winner.

Photos:
DJ Rap, DJ Collette, Eve Falcon, Samantha James, and Lauren Segal-Avenna  with their MUD Cares Palette of Eye Colors benefiting NextAid and its Kenyan partner, the Red Rhino Orphanage Project
Photo credit:  Make-Up Designory