The only thing better than an awesome hotel & casino, of course, is a luxurious awesome hotel & casino. Last weekend was a glorious celebration of life, Ricky Martin and casino #winning compliments of the Borgata.

Night one, Fashion Indie dined at the hotel’s own Izakaya restaurant, devouring delicious Japanese cuisine and toppling tasty saké by the carafe-full.

Post-meal we skipped over to the Borgata Event Center to see none other than the recently reinvented Ricky Martin. Actually, his new songs are much like his old ones (except markedly gayer, more Salsa-influenced and basically all Spanish lyrics. Okay, maybe they’re nothing alike).

Regrettable decisions were made at MIXX nightclub after Ricky, obviously due to free bottle service.

With a camera-full of photos posing beside people we swear we’ve never met and several suspect texts from the night before, we awoke. Borgata’s Immersion Spa nursed us back to health via hot stone massage and jacuzzi action.

Dinner Saturday was hosted by Wolfgang Puck restaurant at the hotel. Have you ever tasted roasted chicken so good your face spontaneously combusted and melted to the floor? Me neither, but we were close.

With a new hot body and the energy of a squealing pig at a BBQ restaurant, Kathy Griffin told twisted stories from her life without taking a breath for over an hour. Verdict: disgustingly hilarious.

To cap the night, we went for a night cap with – surprise – more bottle service. It was just enough liquor in our system to prompt $200 being shucked from our pockets and thrown onto the roulette table. (Damn you, red 32.)

Fashion Indie returned to Manhattan madness Sunday morning with a pleasant, two-hour limo ride. What. A. Weekend!

For more on the Borgata and to book your own insane weekend, visit their website.

Want to steal Rihanna’s green and yellow eye makeup look? I’ve got a break down for you! Plus the colors used will look great on all shades of brown skin. It’s basically a win-win situation.

1. As always, beautiful makeup starts with beautiful skin. Cleanse, tone, and moisturize skin according to your skin type.

2. Since several colors are involved with this look and eyeshadow fall-out is possible, let’s do the eyes first. Apply an eyeshadow base like MAC Paint Pot or Urban Decay Primer Potion. Grab a green with golden sheen eyeshadow like MAC Eyeshadow in Swimming (or if you want something a bit lighter try MAC Eyeshadow in Juxt) and blend it on the bottom portion of the lid. Use an eyeshadow brush like MAC #224 for a smooth and blended application.

Next take a matte deep plum shadow like MAC Eyeshadow in Shadowy Lady and in a windshield-like motion, apply it into the crease. Try a crease brush like MAC #217.

For your brow bone highlight, try a shimmery golden eyeshadow like MAC Eyeshadow in All That Glitters or try a matte eyeshadow (or even concealer) 2-3 shades lighter than your skin tone—this will give you a great defined look.

Line eyes with a black eyeliner pencil. For a pencil that lasts even through sweat and tears, try Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes Pencil in 01 Mat Black. For a little drama, use a liquid liner like Urban Decay Liquid Liner on the top lash line and allow it to extend a little past the outer corners of the eyes. Hold the liner wand at a 15 degree angle or use the edge of a business card to help guide you.

Now take a pencil brush like MAC #219 and dip it into the green shadow shade and carefully line underneath your bottom waterline (the area underneath your bottom lashes) about half-way of the length of your eye. Then take a shimmery golden yellow-green eyeshadow like MAC Eyeshadow in Bitter and apply it along the other half of the bottom lash area as well as in the inner corners of the eyes. Apply two to three coats of mascara. Clean up any fallout or mistakes with a Q-tip dipped in water or eye makeup remover.

3. Apply liquid foundation using a foundation brush like MAC #190 or a makeup wedge. Be sure to blend all the way to the hair line, by the ears, and by the neck to avoid foundation mask. Set with a loose powder like Becca Fine Loose Finishing Powder using a fluffy brush like MAC #187. Some liquid foundations to try: Black Opal True Color Liquid Foundation, Face Atelier Ultra Foundation for Women of Color, Make Up For Ever Face & Body, Make Up For Ever HD Invisible Cover Foundation.

4. For the cheeks, apply a bright orange blush (don’t be scared—the pigments in our skin look best in brighter blush colors and if applied with a light hand will look gorgeous) like Cargo Blush in Laguna. If you went a little overboard with the blush, that’s nothing a dusting of loose powder can’t fix.

5. For the lips, try a Barbie pink lipstick like MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick. As tough of a shade as it may look, it actually works through the spectrum of our skin tones. Still not feeling it? Grab a nude lip or be bold and rock a red lip.

6. To add radiance to the skin (or to help avoid “powder face”) give your face a spritz of MAC Fix+ Spray. Or if you have trouble getting your makeup to stay put, try Urban Decay De Slick Makeup Setting Spray.

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And that’s that! Who’s trying this look?

~Danielle

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If you ever get highlights or know a thing about dry hair, you know it’s always a bit of a risk when your about to jump into the pool or dive through the waves at the beach. For one, chlorine and color just don’t mix. I mean if you walk into the salon looking for some blonde and you walk out of the pool with that weird tint of green, let’s just say your not a happy camper. And the salt water drying up your lusciously moisturized locks, don’t even get me started.

Now we all have something we need to get out hands on. Philip Kingsley’s Swimcap, is a leave in conditioner to protect against color damage, and dried out hair. You seriously can’t loose with this, run out and pick it up today!

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