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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 | Marta Cebrat-Czernik of Factor Artists

Model | Marta of Factor Women Model Manageament

Wardrobe Assistant | Hermina Chamnankit

Makeup & Hair | Andrea C. Samuels of Black Board Group

 

 

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! 

 

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Glossed & Found | Summer Travel Fashion Editorial

"America The Beautiful" July 4th Editorial out now on www.glossedandfound.com! 

 Head to the website to see more photos from the story! 

This was the most relaxing day I've ever had in a long time on an editorial. The team traveled to Harbor County, Michigan and discovered a cute town full of spicy personality with unique, kitschy areas. Model Jasmine of Factor Women did a splendid job!! I had such an amazing time. Here are a few behind the scenes photos from the day.>>

Here's Jasmine and my hand! 

Having fun on set, flying kites!

These Sophia Webster heels alone were one of the highlights from the shoot. 

We all loved these!

 

Last look of the day>>

PHOTOGRAPHY | Jennifer Avello Photography
CREATIVE DIRECTOR | GRAHAM KOSTIC
STYLIST | HELEN BERKUN, FORD ARTISTS
HAIR + MAKEUP | Andrea C. Samuels | Makeup Artist
MODEL | Jasmine Ann Shogren | FACTOR WOMEN
STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS | Rebecca Neenan, FORD ARTISTS + Ant Muggz
FILM | Jordan Lindley
FILMED ON LOCATION IN HARBOR COUNTRY, MICHIGAN

 

 

Head to GlossedAndFound.com to see more of this Patriotic Editorial!!

DIY Lipstick Palette

I am in LOVE with The Container Store! 

 

This store is THE go-to place for every artists organizing needs. I always head to the store on North Ave in Chicago, IL. I'm pretty sure I could be an employee there because I know the store a little TOO well. 

I wanted to show you all how you can use one of their unique containers for your benefit. There is a section of The Container Store with tiny, random containers. They are very inexpensive, between .50 to $8, depending on the size, color and style you choose.  

So I found this container for $2.99. 

It's flat, wide, and perfect for any kit. It will keep all your lipsticks in order!

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So I took this home, cleaned it out, and grabbed all my random Maybelline, MAC, and Inglot lipsticks in tubes.

I used a spatula wand to scoop out all the product from the lipstick tube, then used a q-tip to smooth the surface of the lipsticks.

If you want your lipsticks to look smoother, I would microwave it for 8-10 seconds.

If you like, you can label your lipsticks on the back of your palette with a label maker, permanent marker, or whatever floats your boat! I personally like my palettes to look clean and simple, so I chose to not label this palette. 

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This is one of the fun parts of working in your passion, re-organizing and re-thinking how to save space for yourself is not a chore! I'd love to see what your custom palettes look like when you finish.

;-)

Corn Nuts

I had the awesome opportunity to work with photographer Ross Feighery for the Corn Nuts 2013 advertisements. Tattoo artist, Jason, created the old english "Lopez" tattoo by freehand with sharpies! So talented!

I was brought in to create a dirty, slightly sweaty effect on the talents skin for camera as well as lightly grooming his facial hair. Here are a few behind the scenes shots as well as the final shot chosen for Corn Nuts.

 

Head to www.cornnuts.com to see the full ad!

Damaris Aguiar + 10 Photos

This is the lovely Damaris Aguiar.

She is Miss Cuba 2012 and is also the current Miss Universal Petite 2013.

This girl is such a sweetheart and full of energy on set! Damaris usually has commercial or sexy themed photo shoots in Miami, so we wanted to make her look more street. Take a look at the awesome-ness photographer 10 photos and I created together when Damaris came to Chicago a few weeks.

Photographer | 10 Photos

Makeup + Hair | Andrea C. Samuels

Wardrobe | PRSVR

Model | Damaris Aguiar

 



 

 

 

 

10 has a very unique camera that creates one image into a three dimensional mini flipbook.

I have NEVER seen anything like this before, it's super amazing. 

Take a look!>>

 

3D Images of Damaris Aguiar

More 3D Images of Damaris Aquiar

 

 



The Makeup Show 2013

I was fortunate to be able to represent two of my favorite brands this year: NARS and AJ Crimson.

 

 

Day 1 | June 9th, 2013: Thanks to the awesome makeup artist Jen Brown, I had the opportunity to work side by side with super cool artists like Nora Hess, Kristina Marie Fehrherm, as well as NARS makeup artist Phuong Tran.

 

Phuong was in 4 inch heels for
EIGHT.

HOURS.

STRAIGHT.

That woman is a trooper! On top of that, her face was sooooo flawless with a perfect red lip courtesy of NARS "Jungle Red'' lipliner and one of the most popular red velvet matte lip pencils sold that day, "Dragon Girl." We were SWAMPED with makeup artists, makeup enthusiasts, beauty bloggers and husbands trying to keep their wives calm.

 

 

 

I fell INLOVE with the beauty ads that surrounded our booth with model and muse of Nars, Stella Tennent, and makeup by the always amazing Francois Nars. So inspiring.

 

 

 

I bumped into a LOT of familiar faces through out the day, even new people that I talk to via instagram and facebook. It was nice to see humans instead of a touch screen version of faces. Time flew by so fast! At the end of the day, I literally had no time to shop.

I was WHIPPED and ready for bed.

 

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Day 2 | June 10th, 2013: I was able to assist AJ for a second year. I helped set up the booth with beautiful artists from Los Angeles, Atlanta and Detroit, Michigan. As soon as AJ stepped on the scene, people started flocking towards him immediately.

 

 

AJ's new BB creams, lipgloss colors and foundations were selling like hot cakes! Every one was able to witness or be apart of his live makeup demos and learn quick tips about the products from AJ himself.

 

AJ is a suberb leader to learn from; he is so humble, down to earth, and cool as a cucumber. He has a very easy going approach to selling his products which helped bring the whole team at ease; we were all able to help every customer that needed to find their foundation shade and try on a lipgloss color. Time flew by and we all had a great time!

 



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During my lunch break, I had a brief chance to listen to one of my most favorite artists, the makeup artist for Halle Berry from Cloud Atlas: Sian Richards. That movie did not get the credit it deserved, neither did Sian for the epic makeup she created for Halle. Sian was such an inspiration for never giving up, knowing your worth, sticking up for yourself, your ideas and your artistry. Sian has such a sweet, genuine, and amazing outlook on living life and fulfilling your dreams. Sian helped me realize that being an artist first will carry you through so many jobs for many years to come.

 

Sian also launched her makeup brush line in collaboration with London Brush Company. She sold the group how silky and innovative her brushes are and how they will literally 'glide like water' on faces, so I am DYING to use them on my next project.

 

Please support this amazing woman and check out her brushes:

http://www.londonbrushcompany.com/

 

 

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 I didn't need to replenish a lot of products this year, so I came home very light handed this time. Here is a brief haul of the products I invested in this year:

 

Blender Cleanser by: Beauty Blender

 



 

This was actually a gift provided by Beauty Blender for our booth and this was THE BEST gift ever. I am SUPER inlove with the Blender Cleanser solid soap. I haven't found ANY thing to clean my little egg puffs properly, but this bar is genious. The blender cleanser comes with a removable grid to clean your brushes and beauty blenders more thoroughly than ever before. The grid helps to get inbetween the bristles of your brushes much better than your fingers. I HIGHLY recommend you grab one for all of your tiny eye shadow brushes as well as you beauty blenders. 

My beauty blenders look like a happy little Partridge Family now. 

 

I also purchased my first Z Palette for all of my loose blushes and eyeshadows and I could never leave home without a refill of my top favorite brush cleaner: Cinema Secrets.

 AJ's booth was also surprised with a dozen fresh face charts from Michael Cartier Onsouvanh of The Powder Group. His hair is always so EPIC!!

 

 

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I had a fabulous time and met with amazing people all weekend.

Cannot wait for next year!!