Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Dan'ee & Nina

It's not often enough (sadly) where I get to do makeup on the beautiful darker spectrum of skintones. I was happy to be able to have the opportunity to shoot 2 in 1 day!!! To boot, I got to play with around with the new Kett Hydro Liquid pigments on their skin, which I knew would be beautiful...








Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Go See & Be Seen...

I had a day full of castings today to find the perfect girl for an upcoming beauty shoot. For those of you who don't know, I go about casting by first contacting the agencies and reviewing the packages that they send to me. Then, from those, I narrow down the girls that I would like to see, if any, for an in person casting/go see. The girls come in, I look at their books, polaroid them and narrow down even further. I will equate it to the director who is looking for the star; you know it when you see it. There are a ton of things to look for during the castings which are usually very short, (less than 5 minutes in duration) so being organized and not straying from the concept is essential. It's also great as well to see what girls are new in town (great exposure for new faces to be introduced to us) and especially for beauty (which is what this was for) I need to get a look at the skin up close and personal; I don't play that fix it in photoshop bit. If you can make it as perfect as possible from the beginning, why wouldn't you???



Je suis désolé...

It's not that I've been on haitus from blogging on purpose. I've just been hard at work in the past 2 weeks and was not able to blog about several of the projects that I was working on at the client's request. While fighting through the effects of Mercury's retrograde on my personal and professional life, I waded through the month of May and found myself so busy towards the end of the month, that I have not been able to update things until now...I did feel that an apology was in order however, since, most times, I update here on a somewhat pretty regular basis...Updated posts are coming...Thanks so much for standing by and in the future, I will do my best to warn you in advance of my blog 'down time'...

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

"At What Cost", the Video...

This is a friend of a friend's video that I worked on at the start of the year. He just finished the edit. I kid you not he filmed this on one of the coldest days of the winter outside.... So cold, that I....I'm so ashamed to admit this,....had to wear Ugg boots!!! There! I said it! I know, I know...but enough about me: click on the promo piece below to link to the vid...

Friday, May 8, 2009

Tar Babies!!!!!!

I got home today and was thinking about how there are so many things in my makeup pot that are brewing and that I feel are blog-able, but cannot at this time due to various reasons or another. Just as I was thinking about writing an apology entry, I had my attention diverted by a package that my postman left for moi.....(drumroll enter here: ___....) my OCC Lip Tars finally arrived!!!!

My OCC Liptars in the 'Shwag Bag'...still in the shipping box

My friend David is the genius behind Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics and these fabulous Lip Tars! As with the rest of the OCC makeup line, their promise to "commit to innovation both in color and texture as well as concept and selection" holds true with these newest additions. Lip Tars combine the longevity of lipstick with the ease and application of a gloss. Super glossy, super saturated in color, long wearing and drying down to a moisturizing satiny finish. Yum. And, not only do they come in a variety of colors that remind me of Skittles, but they come with super cool names like: Grandma and Feathered! Yum again!

As a makeup artist, I've nearly seen it all, as far as products are concerned, so its extra nice when something like this comes along and since I've been doing makeup for a long time, it's rare that I add 'new' things to my permanent kit (restock and replace yes; the addition of an entirely new product lineup, usually no), but, these have made the exception cut. Into the kit they go! Thanks David for creating Lip Tars to make me swoon, and to play with, and to create pretty pictures with, but also for reminding me that I've not seen ALL that all has to offer!

The OCC Lip Tar lineup

OCC Lip Tars as well as the rest of the fabulous OCC makeup collection are available online at www.occmakeup.com

Muse/I Want To Be Her...

Kate Bosworth update:

STILL LOOKING AS PRETTY AS EVER.




Some smashing looks she's chosen:


It's Gotta Be Love.

One word: BALMAIN.
I'm really actually speechless when it comes to Balmain's Spring/Summer '09 collection. My jaw literally hit the floor when I viewed the images of the runway show. These are some of the best designs I have seen in awhile. Balmain certainly knows killer style!
My favourite look of them all.

Absolutely adoring the entire white on white look.

The tweed gives it a Chanel feel, plus the jeans are amazing.
For the Fall/Winter '09 collection the looks became more hardcore chic girl with the introduction of more blacks and white's used as the colour palette.

Definately suits the winter style for 2009.

I can't forget the glamourous dresses that feature in the show also. They're absolutely stunning. The flowing material and the added jewels would make any girl feel special.

The jeweled sandles complete the look which makes Balmain a stand out show.