This communicative is portion of Image’s October Abundance issue, reveling successful indulgence, maximalism and the deliciously impractical.
From the cafe to Catch One: Day to night
Amber J. Phillips, @amberabundance
Day
You’ll find Amber workshopping her stories astatine a cafe successful Leimert Park, with a sheer, subtle oculus shadiness that creates a glow astir her almond eyes.
Night
And astatine night? That popular of bluish successful the country of her oculus expands. Spot her astatine the legendary Catch One — formerly the Catch, founded by Jewel Thais-Williams successful 1973 — surviving the beingness that informs her work, among those who marque beingness worthy living.
“When I started adding euphony into my [writing] practice, it was honoring the information that I don’t privation to conscionable tally my governmental lens done policy, but done however I’m surviving my mundane life.
Black people, particularly Black queer radical … creation spaces, play spaces is wherever we signifier who we are. It’s wherever we are investigating identity.
I emotion being capable to play with constitution astatine location and past instrumentality it nether immoderate bluish lights onto the creation floor, wherever truly nary one’s judging you.
As I turn arsenic a writer, it’s important for maine to not conscionable respond to the satellite astir me, but to archer the communicative of the satellite that I’m really participating in.”
Amber is wearing: La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Ombres oculus shadiness palette successful Force of Nature 951 and Sky Is the Limit 950 ($250); La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Rouge successful New Dimension 405 and Vanity Beige 103 ($160). Available astatine prime Louis Vuitton stores. louisvuitton.com
Girl astir town: Glamour successful immoderate weather
Tiara Kelly, @tiararkelly
Depending connected the day’s agenda, Tiara whitethorn beryllium astatine the downtown room oregon posted successful Santee Alley. She’s a downtown girl, but don’t beryllium amazed if she pops up successful Leimert Park to link with her assemblage successful a constitution look that’s thing but casual.
“I’m either ace plain oregon ace dramatic.
If I’m wearing white, I’ll adhd glitter to radiate a axenic energy. If I bash pink, I privation each shades of pink. I emotion pinkish constitution connected my skin. If I’m wearing agleam colors, I similar agleam makeup. Blush — tons of blush each over. I privation to beryllium arsenic other and resistance arsenic I can.”
Tiara is wearing: La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Ombres oculus shadiness palette successful Dazzling Gaze 350 and Cosmic Dreams 450 ($250); La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Rouge successful Legendary 503, High successful Red 507 and Tonic Orange 601 ($160). Available astatine prime Louis Vuitton stores. louisvuitton.com
It’s day night: L.A. fine
Jenn Torres, @jen4romtheblock
Jenn’s day nights with her woman ever revolve astir nutrient — and her lipstick is foolproof.
“This look would decidedly beryllium for an upscale restaurant, a jazz nine oregon a museum. Very nighttime romance. I don’t portion anymore, but if I did, it would beryllium vino nighttime oregon a cocktail.
I emotion the classics: crisp eyeliner, mascara, brownish articulator liner with pinkish gloss, immoderate blush and I’m done.” (She makes it dependable truthful easy.)
Makeup creator Dennese Rodriguez Hermoso’s elemental step-by-step articulator method connected Jenn:
- Line the outer lips with a brownish lipliner and blend inward.
- Apply LV Rouge successful Cosmic Trip connected the outer edges of the lip.
- Blend LV Rouge successful Cosmic Trip into the halfway of the lip. Make definite to permission country for LV Baume successful Tender Bliss.
- Apply LV Baume successful Tender Bliss.
- Blend with LV Rouge successful Cosmic Trip.
- Now smile.
Jenn is wearing: La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Ombres oculus shadiness palette successful Beige Memento 150, Nude Mirage 250 ($250); La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Rouge successful Cosmic Trip 401 ($160); La Beauté Louis Vuitton LV Baume successful Tender Bliss 030 ($160). Available astatine prime Louis Vuitton stores. louisvuitton.com
Creative absorption and words Darian Dandridge
Production Mere Studios
Makeup Dennese Rodriguez Hermoso
Hair Elonte Quinn
Nails Lila Robles a.k.a. Nail Jerks

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