Showing posts with label Marta Cebrat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marta Cebrat. Show all posts

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Tantalum Magazine

 
Check out this beautiful fashion story photographer Jennifer Avello, wardrobe stylist Marta Cebrat-Czernik and myself created on model Marta of Factor Women! I wanted to show you how you can achieve the same looks at home by sharing a few of the products I used.
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Flower Power

Photographer | Jennifer Avello
Wardrobe Assistant | Hermina Chamnankit
 
 
The team was inspired by flowers, femininity and fashion, so I wanted to reflect an old Hollywood, glamorous mood with a modern twist for the hair and makeup. For this first look, I created classic, bow-shaped lips using Inglot Lipstick #409.
 
 
 



The eyeliner used was also Inglot!
My trusty, go to jet black gel eyeliner #77 mixed with Inglot's mixing medium: Duraline.
  
 
Together, these two create the best jet black, water proof, long lasting, pigmented eyeliner I have ever used. These two products by Inglot were recently voted as
 "The Best Melt-Proof Makeup" in the July 2013 Issue of Vogue India.
 
 
 I was a huge fan of Inglot for this story!
 
 
To create longer lasting curls, I used Bed Head Masterpiece Massive Shine hair spray before, during and after curling each section of hair with a 1" barrel curler from Hot Tools.
 
 
This is my most favorite hair spray EVER; it has the most amazing fragrance and it holds curls for hours.  I then pin curled each section and secured them with bobby pins. I let the curls set for about 45 minutes while doing Marta's makeup.


The Bed Head hairspray holds curls on all hair textures very well. 'Masterpiece' doesn't weigh the hair down and it helps you sculpt the hair through out the day; or in my case, through out the shoot. Marta's natural hair is waist length, so I created an illusion of shorter hair by doing a reverse victory roll on the ends of the hair.
 
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I pinned and tucked her hair for two reasons: 
- To help show the details of the garments better
- To create a more structured, sleek look for the mood of the shoot

 
The pink lip color was a mix of 5-6 different lipsticks and lip glosses, so I honestly don't remember every product I used. This is the fun part about being an artist, you can mix the colors to your liking until you get the right tone to set the mood. I wanted Marta's lipstick to mimic the flowers surrounding her, so I mixed the lipstick colors I had until I had the exact pink hues as the arrangement on set.
 
 
 As soon as Marta dressed Marta in the amazing couture hats by Arturo Rios, I knew I needed to choose a lip color to balance out the colors and the drama of the head piece, yet be fashion forward.


I chose a deep, chocolate lip color called, "Cherry Chocolate" by Bobbi Brown, which looked like cookies and crème next to the wardrobe.

I fell in love with this lip!


 
 
 
 


 
Read the interview from the team and view more of this amazing story at the link below! 
 


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

McKey Sullivan



Photographer Jennifer Avello, Stylist Marta Cebrat, Assistant Stylist Clarissa V. Pierre and myself worked on ANTM Cycle 11 Winner McKey Sullivan. The story was created December 19th, 2011

McKey is amazing, she is really truly amazing, EVERY frame was usable; that was the first time I have ever witnessed this type of greatness in my life!!!

The photos were submitted to two magazines, but they are now published in the Ben Trovato Blog :-)



Here are a few Behind The Scenes images:







And here are the final images chosen:

Photography by Jennifer Avello
Styling by Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Hair & Makeup by Andrea C Samuels with The Rock Agency
Stylist Assistant – Clarissa V. Pierre
Model – Mckey Sullivan @ Factor Women







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

Sunday, September 4, 2011

MCebrat SS 2012

This is the new collection from Marta Cebrat, one of my most favorite jewelry designers and stylists in Chicago. Here's here look book from her new collection. I like to call it 'Kaleidoscope' with the fun array of colors we used on model, Violet frame to frame.
Enjoy!


MCebrat S/S 2012 Collection
Jennifer Avello Photography
MUA & Hair: Andrea C. Samuels
Violet of Factor Women Chicago











I used MAC 'Lipmix' and custom made ALL the colors you see on model, Violet.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Shut the 'F' Up Boy!

I got to work with the lovely Nikki Lynette again!

For her video, 'Shut the 'F' Up Boy', her choreographer/video dancer on the left, Keeley Morris, created some hot dance moves. I'm still trying to do it!

Not only is her video fun to watch but what I love most about the music is her message:
1.) Nerds are hot.
2.) Natural hair is beautiful.
3.) Thick girls rock.
And there are plenty more!

Please check this video out and support the amazing Ms. Nikki Lynette!


Director: Justin Scurlock
Creative Director: Labake Oyebanjo
Choreographer: Keeley Morris
Make up: Andrea C. Samuels
Stylist: Marta Cebrat-Czernik
Dancers: Keeley Morris
& Jasmine Collins


Monday, May 23, 2011

Nikki Lynette

I got to work with the beautiful Nikki Lynette on her upcoming new mixtape. After meeting her, the word that is stuck in my mind is "BADASS" because she says it, lives it, breathes it every day and every hour.

I got to work with photographer Ten Photos and I also got to work with one of my most favorite stylists/designers, Marta Cebrat-Czernik.

Here is the cover of her new mixtape we collaborated on:


And the videos we got to work on:

The Beautiful People



NoBody Loves Me



#TEAMBADASS :)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

America's Next Top Model

So once October came, a flood of other things started to happen. Let's begin!!

So I had the chance to work with America's Next Top Model winner of Cycle 8, Jaslene Gonzalez. She is a very cool chick! She took direction from the photographer very well and we are all so proud of the amazing images we produced.

Big Shout Out (I feel like I came straight out of a 1990's sitcom saying that) to all the people that participated in the shoot, took time away from work, from school, even from their husbands to make this shoot beyond fantastic!
These were shot in Chicago, IL on Thursday, October 14th, 2010.

Model: Jaslene Gonzalez of ELITE

Photographer: Nuru Kimondo

Hair Stylist: Ziff Anthony

Wardrobe Stylist: Marta Cebrat

Jewelry: Angelica of Found Objects

Makeup Artist: Andrea Samuels


Photographer: Jabari J. Hunt.
He drove me and all my equipment to the location. Thank you Jabari!