Enter to win a signed copy of The Maybelline Story! ...Athena Karsant is an Internationally renowned Master Corrective and Cosmetic Tattooist in Beverly Hills and San Francisco.

Here's the winner of Athena Karsant's 12 days of Christmas giveaway.  Angie Mertens!Here's my prize from Athena's 12 days of Christmas Giveaway!! I love Mabelline! 

GIVEAWAY 5 - The Maybelline Story

If you know me, you know that I love to read and learn,

 but I absolutely have no time to read. This year one of

 the very few books I did read was The Maybelline Story.

 I just couldn't put this book down, and I know you won't

 be able to either. 

I am so excited to share this amazing book with you and the

 incredible story of the Maybelline Family. Sharrie Williams

 is the author of The Maybelline Story. She is the heir to the

 Maybelline legacy, is Tom Lyle William's great-niece and

 the granddaughter of Evelyn Boecher Williams. I am so

 excited to have this

 beautiful and

 wonderful

 masterpiece that

 Sharrie created. 

The Maybelline story is about a young 19-year-old

 entrepreneur who rides the ups and downs of life while

 building a little company called Maybelline. It’s also about

 his incredible sister-in-law, Evelyn Williams, (Sharrie's

 grandmother) who is so deeply affected by vanity it leads

 to ultimate destruction.  In the midst of all the drama she

 grows up trying to sort out what's real and what has real

 value.  The book is a rags to riches story with an interesting

 moral in the end you won't forget.

I can't wait to tell you that two of you have a chance to win a

 signed copy of this great book! That's right - this giveaway

 will have 2 winners! Click on this link to enter and find out

 how you can win!

Winners will be announced the 16th of December! Here is a

 picture of my daughter and Sharrie Williams taken last

 week when she picked up the signed copies! 

Remember you can enter every single day to win one of the

 giveaways - AND even get extra entries - just click on the link!

If you want to win one of these

 amazing books,

 click here to enter!

For more information on this

 special

 Athena's Favorite

 Things: 12 Days of Giveaways

To purchase this book, click here!

For more information on

 permanent

 makeup - visit my website

 Foolingmothernature.com

Here is the guest blog that

 Sharrie Williams

 wrote for my blog!

Here is the guest blog that I

 wrote

 for her blog!

Athena Karsant interviews Sharrie Williams...Karsant is an internationally renowned master cosmetic, corrective and paramedical tatoo specialist

Guest Blogger: Sharrie Williams author of The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.

Sharrie Williams

I am so very excited and honored to have my second guest blogger (the first was my daughter Krysten)! Sharrie Williams is the author of The Maybelline Story. She is the heir to the Maybelline legacy, is Tom Lyle William's great-niece and the granddaughter of Evelyn Boecher Williams. I am so excited to have the beautiful and wonderful Sharrie on my blog this week and I know you will enjoy every word below - I surely did! 

As a blogger yourself, what advice can you give others and myself about the blogging world?

I find it incredible how a blog grows organically just by showing up at the computer everyday and posting good material.  Three years ago I was excited to receive 66 hits my first month.  Now I can't believe I have over 35,000 hits a month.   Of course adding Twitter followers has been a big boost and Facebook expanded my online presence as well.   

Like Mabel in the book that burnt off her eyelashes on a hot stove, can you share some of your makeup secrets?

After I finish putting on my eye shadow I dab the tiniest bit of eye cream on my lids. This is an old Hollywood Movie Star secret I learned from my grandmother.  Another favorite trick of mine is, once I have my face make up and powder on, I buff it with a terrycloth washrag so it doesn't look thick and dull.  I also blot the oil during the day with rice paper or sometimes even a piece of a toilet seat cover in a public restroom.  Try it you'll be amazed. 

What is your must have Maybelline product?

I still use Great Lash mascara. The number one mascara in the world and I like Maybelline mineral Power make-up. (It looks great after being buffed.)

What inspired you to write this book?

Please click on this link to finish reading the rest of Sharrie Williams interview for Athena Karsant...

http://athenakarsant.blogspot.com/2014/01/guest-blogger-sharrie-williams-author.html

To learn more about permanent makeup, visit Athena's procedure page

About Athena

Athena Karsant

Athena Karsant, an internationally renowned master cosmetic, corrective and paramedical tattoo specialist, is one of the few Board Certified instructors through the State of California. With her Athena Technique, she has created an unsurpassed portfolio of permanent cosmetics, scar camouflage and more. In 2012, Athena was featured on The Emmy-Award Winning Television Show The Doctors. Her segment highlighted her solution to thinning eyebrows! In December 2013, she was honored with Best of Beverly Hills for Tattooing and Best of San Francisco for Permanent Makeup. To learn more about Athena visit FoolingMotherNature.com

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The Beauty of Coupling Permanent Makeup and Traditional Makeup: It All Started With A Mascara

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I remember, as a little girl, watching my mother get dolled up at her vanity each day. I would watch her as the beautiful bright lights surrounded her mirror and dream of the day I would be allowed to do my own makeup. I remember her giving me my very first Maybelline mascara; I must have been 13 years old. With excitement, I brought it with me everywhere I went. After that, I knew I had a love for all things beauty: makeup, hair, fashion, etc. Many years later I found what I was truly born to do: cosmetic tattooing and permanent makeup. If I had known then that I would be in the field that I am in now, I would have started my career a long time ago. I did not know that little mascara would open the door to something bigger and greater than myself. I naturally enhance my clients beauty rather than replace it. Coupling permanent makeup and traditional makeup makes daily life so much easier for all women, including those on the go, mature women, corporate women and everyone else in between. It's not only about the girly stuff; I have many male clients as well. Cosmetic tattooing can really make a man look 10 years younger.

It's amazing how shaping someone's lips and using a pigment that exactly matches their natural lip color can be an easy guide for women to apply their lipstick or lip liner. I can't express how many women can't wait to purchase a wardrobe of lipstick colors to apply to their newly shaped mouth after their permanent makeup procedure. I love how tattooing someones eyelash line with a fine line can open their eyes and give the illusion that theirs eyes are bigger, brighter and younger looking. Adding a touch of mascara afterwards is like the icing on the cake. Sadly, many women experience the occasional "oops! I smeared my eyebrow off!" But that never happens when they are artistically done with permanent makeup. I have had makeup artists tell me that they love when their clients have permanent makeup because their clients already have an eyebrow guideline to work with. Instead, they can spend their time on the fun things like contouring, eyeshadow, fake lashes, blush and a luscious lip color.

Cosmetic tattooing and permanent makeup have been around since the days of Cleopatra. It is an art that is has been around for thousands of years. Makeup itself has been used since practically the beginning of time. Coupling traditional makeup with any permanent makeup procedure is not necessary for every errand or outing that we do; however, not worrying if your lip shape is perfect or your eyebrows are even is a huge relief. I love makeup! While I do have my eyebrows, eyeliner and lips tattooed, I wear makeup every day to make dramatize my eyes or make my lips shiny. But, if my lipstick wears off... it's okay! It's crazy to think that the amazing career that I have started with something so small in size yet it was so powerful. It started with a Maybelline mascara.

Athena Karsant, an internationally renowned master cosmetic, corrective and paramedical tattoo specialist, is one of the few Board Certified instructors through the State of California. In 2012, Athena was featured on The Emmy-Award Winning Television Show The Doctors. Her segment highlighted her solution to thinning eyebrows. She is conveniently located in San Francisco and Beverly Hills, California.

To learn more about Athena Karsant, please visit FoolingMotherNature.com. 

I am so impressed with Athena Karsant's work, that I plan to have permanent makeup done on my eyebrows and lips. 

Athena Karsant, like my great uncle, Tom Lyle Williams..... is a Master of Before and After Perfection..... and that's what Maybelline is all about. 

Sharrie Williams is author of The Maybelline Story and a direct descendant of the Maybelline Family