Saturday, November 26, 2011

CLEONS NYC Fashion Show Casting Call




So here we go again with CLEONS!! :-)

Makeup Artists Kat DeJesus, Marie Wood and myself along with Hair Stylist extrodinare Donte Mitchell were called upon to create some awesome-ness for the advertisements of CLEONS NYC Casting Call for his fashion show in 2012. He wanted us to go OFF, get Creative and Crazy, and we did!!

Here are a few shots of the work I contributed for his ads.

Enjoy!


Model 1: Megan Graveline
Photographer: Jon Recana
Designer: CLEONS
Makeup & Hair: Andrea C. Samuels

Just a brief story behind this look:
I had just completed a wedding earlier this morning with 9 bridesmaids, so my brain was almost fried. CLEONS Clothing Co. always revives me and gets my creative juices flowing, so I just freestyled this look. I usually plan and sketch what I intend to create, but not this time, I just let it be and flowed with it. CLEONS requested that I add something 'metallic' to the makeup. So I started thinking about the reflection of snake skin, birds feathers, animal fur... and just worked it out from there.

I used silver & copper metallic pigments, lots of eye liner, and extreme lashes by Ardell.










Model 2: Skye Ameila
Photographer: Jon Recana
Designer: CLEONS
Makeup & Hair: Andrea C. Samuels

For this look, CLEONS showed me Skye's first garment, which had a circular pattern. I wanted to create an opposite effect to make the dress stand out more, so I added a rectangular pattern around Skye's brows and kept her makeup fairly simple compared to Megan's makeup. I then added a double layer of blush to create a laser beam effect. I don't understand what I come up with half the time, but I just flow with it. :-)









If you are a model in NEW YORK interested in wearing CLEONS amazing garments, contact him NOW!! He is having a casting call right here: >>>>

April 14th, 2012
Space On White
81 White Street
New York, NY 10013
4:30PM - 8:30PM

Email: cleonsclothing@gmail.com
FB: http://www.facebook.com/cleons
Twitter: http://twitter.com/CLEONSclothing

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Errol Dunlap


So, this guy right here is pretty cool. As a man and as a photographer, you should get to know him before he gets famous. I'm just sayin.

Errol Dunlap.

We hit it off pretty well, starting bouncing ideas off of each other for a few weeks, found some beautiful agency models and created some amazing images. Here are a few images we created last month.

We have more projects coming up in the future so watch out!!

Enjoy :)


Tiffany Moore | Factor Women
Photo & Editing | Errol Dunlap
Makeup & Hair | Andrea C. Samuels



Savannah Thomas | The Rock Agency
Designer & Stylist | Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Photo & Editing | Errol Dunlap
Makeup & Hair | Andrea C. Samuels


More Images are on my website ===> www.andreasamuelsmakeup.com

Thursday, November 10, 2011

CLEONS Clothing 'POP Art' Fashion Show 2011


For those of you unaware of the Chicago designer CLEONS, here are links to my previous posts about him and the work we've done together:

CLEONS 'BALL' Fashion Show 2010
CLEONS ADS 2010

Chad Leon, the designer, is one of the HARDEST working designers that I've worked with so far. Every year he has more and more garments walking down the runway. Chad knows how to put on a productive, professional and entertaining show and he's an amazing man! Here are a few photos of the makeup I did for his latest, and last, fashion show in the historic DuSable Museum in Chicago, IL. I also learned that I have become increasingly faster year by year.


-The first year I worked for CLEONS in 2009, I was only able to do makeup for 2 models within 2 hours.
-The second show in 2010, I was able to do makeup for 3 models within 2 hours.
-This year, I did makeup for 3 male models and 4 female models within 2 hours. Speedy Samuels on the prowl!! :)

Photographers: Karl Ray, Jon Recana, Ty Kyu, Ka'Lan Jones, and Rashied/RHM Studios

Face Beaters: Marie Wood, Kat DeJesus, Theresa Jones and myself

ENJOY!



Behind The Scenes with model Naima Eagle Tail | Photography by Ka'Lan Jones



Behind The Scenes with Cynovia Potts | Photography by Ka'Lan Jones


Model: Chris




Model: Juan Gabriel Fitch from NYC




Model: Sherrod Burress


Dancers: Sherrod Burress
& Ashtar Isborn


Model: Naima Eagle Tail




Model: Cynovia Potts



Model: Katie Ellis (I did her makeup for three seasons in a row :)