Friday, December 25, 2015

Zink Magazine Winter Issue with Kliq Studio




The Winter Issue of Zink Magazine just released before Christmas Day. Grab yourself a copy on news stands at Barnes and Noble!


"You & I"
Photographer | Carissa Lancaster of Kliq Studio
Model | Marta of Ford Models
Hair & Makeup | Andrea C. Samuels of Factor Artists 
Nail Artist | Ashley Gregory of Ford Artists


This was one of my most favorite projects I worked on for 2015. We had the gel paper concept planned out, but I had no idea what colors to choose before hand, so I literally brought every glitter, pigment and eye shadow color with me to prepare for the day. 



I have to start off saying that I absolutely love the team behind Kliq Studio. This was our first time working together on a concept that Ashley Gregory and myself really wanted to bring to life. Carissa and Le allowed us complete creative freedom; it was really refreshing and amazing to work with people that believe in your talents and give you all the time in the world to work your magic.



I started off clean, which is something I always recommend to every makeup artist. Starting off with clean makeup helps me see my canvas (my model) in a very raw and bare moment; it also helps me map out the features on her face that I would like to highlight in the editorial. I really loved the clear nails Ashley applied on Marta, the transparent makeup & nails looked so perfect together.



So I played with my usual favorites for the first look:

AJ Crimson Cream Foundation in Shade #1 & #2

This foundation is so amazing, it creates the perfect dewy, glossy effect on skin and it bounces off the lights beautifully.

Make Up For Ever "Full Cover" Concealer #3


I applied Inglot Face & Body Illuminator #61 all over Marta's hands, arms and face.


On the lips, I used Dior Addict Gloss in "Angelique"



The second look was not featured in Zink Magazine, but it is the current cover for Nails Magazine February Issue


I used Tom Ford lipstick in "Reckless" as the base


and Inglot gold pigment in #24 in the center of Marta's lips.




Here's an unedited image from my camera phone.


Look 3: I wanted to play up Marta's eyes and mimic the faded effect the gel paper created on her skin, so I created an ombre' effect on her brows with the lipstick.



I used Tom Ford "Bruised Plum" on her brows and brow bone

I applied Inglot Gold Pigment all over Marta's top and lower lid.



On her lips I mixed OCC Lip Tar "Androgyne" with NYX Lip Palette in "Oranges"


Look 4: I wanted to create a wet effect on her eyes, so I used "Silver" pigment by mac with a clear gloss on top on the outer corners of her eyes. 


On the inner corners I used a red eye shadow #50 by Inglot.




Ashley created this amazing silver foil on her nails and I fell in love with the results.

Look 5 was not chosen by Zink, but we all loved this look.


The yellow in the inner corners of her eyes was actually an accident.


I used Inglot Yellow Face & Body Pigment #237 for my first time and I had no idea it would splatter every where. I was about to clean it off and start over, but by that time it was starting to get dark outside and I didn't want to waste too much time. I just went with it and made a splatter effect with a neon pink pigment from MAC.


The blueish green on her lower lid and top lid was Inglot eye shadow #317 with Inglot black gel liner in #77


Look 6: We were going to go even more crazy, but the model needed to leave at a certain time so we had to cut it short. I kept it super simple and applied Dior Addict Lip Glow Balm with "Turkish Delight" by Nars on top. 






Overall, I am super DUPER happy with the results the team created!!
We had a blast on set and I look forward to creating even more beauty editorials in the future.





4 comments:

  1. Excellent blogpost, Andrea! The images are so fabulous, each one! I especially love the accidental yellow on the inner corners of the model's eyes. The nails are soooo on point in each image! Great review! Tailor Linn :-)

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    1. Thank you so much for supporting me. I love you :-)

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  2. Wow! Thank you for letting us inside your amazingly talented mind! Thanks for being transparent and even sharing your mistakes! I love that you use so many brands. Makes me want to do more mixing and matching with my kit. Also makes me feel better about my passion to continually grow my makeup collection..I remember bumping into you several years ago when you were repping for aj crimson. Pretty cool that you really loved the foundation that you repped for. You are an inspiration!

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    1. Thank you for the feedback Jocelyn! I really appreciate your kind words. :) Yes, I still rep AJ Crimson, his foundation is really nice.

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