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  • Beauty,  Fashion

    #Scandal 4 x 1: Back to Life From the Beach

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    Situation at the Location: Livin’ La Vida Pacífica In the opening scene of “Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia,” Olivia (a.k.a. Julia Baker) has gotten her life on the coast of Zanzibar. Curly, bouncy natural hair reigned supreme for the political fixer since we last saw her. Her beach was better with a pair of Dior Exquise Sunglasses, her Monique Pean White Diamond & Gold Cage Ring, a white Kosmos by La Perla Mare Non-Wired Swimsuit, a Roberta Freyman Nicola Dress Magik…and Jake. I imagined the former B-613 operative bathing her in countless ounces of Coola Body SPF 30 Unscented Moisturizer. These moments happened, of course, between rounds of sultry beach sex. Olivia’s lip-of-the-day, always, was…

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  • Beauty,  Hair

    The Scandal Look: Olivia Pope Hair

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    Blaq Vixen Beauty details the process celebrity hair stylist Lisa Villalobos uses to create Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) signature and iconic curls on the hit ABC TV show Scandal.

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  • Beauty,  Celebrity Nails

    Olivia Pope Nails: Kerry’s #Scandal Mani

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    Want Olivia Pope Nails to celebrate the last season of Scandal? Read on! Kerry Washington’s OPI Washington D.C. Nail Lacquer Collection is still available at Ulta. Olivia Pope Nails, Season 1: CND Shellac in Negligee + CND Shellac in Cocoa In Olivia’s fast-paced life, there isn’t a lot of time for makeup or nail color changes –Lisa Wong, Scandal nail guru to Allure Creative Nail Design (CND) spokeswoman Lisa Wong shared Olivia’s signature nail polish on social media. For Scandal season 1, Olivia wore a special gel nail combo: a thin coat of Cocoa as a base with a top coat of Negligee.  We saw a close-up of Olivia’s nails in “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”

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  • Beauty,  Celebrity Makeup,  Color Story

    Kerry Washington 2013 Oscar Makeup

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    I am obsessed with Kerry Washington. I’ve said this before and it still rings true today. I have a crush on her lips alone. This is also the woman who plays the fascinating Olivia Pope every Thursday night. Washington wore natural makeup with touches of rose and berry for the 2013 Oscars. I did not love the bodice of her Miu Miu gown. However, I will say it was a gorgeous color for her skin tone. The happy hue seemed to make her glow with the promise of spring and romance. Kerry Washington by Carola Gonzalez: Lancome Washington’s makeup artist Carola Gonzalez shared on Twitter some of the products she used…

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