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!!

 

 

Glossed and Found | June 2013

I had the amazing opportunity to come up with innovative, yet easy makeup trends for the

June 2013 Beauty Editorial of:

www.glossedandfound.com

Glossed and Found is an on-line video magazine that features weekly fashion tips and beauty secrets from pros in the fashion industry. I was honored and proud to be apart of it with photographer Jennifer Avello, videographer Jordan Lindley of Glossed & Found, Wardrobe Stylist Galina Kapustina of Factor Artists, Models Mary & Marta of Factor Women, Prop Stylist Erica Milde of Ford Artists, and the amazing man that brought us all together, Glossed and Found Art Director, Graham Kostic. This beauty focused editorial was inspired by the 1960's era infused with a modern twist. Here are a few more photos from the story:

Please head to www.glossedandfound.com to read the full article!

 Please watch the video and learn a few makeup tips from me!

Enjoy :)

Glossed and Found Summer Makeup Trends

Bambi Magazine | May 2013

Wardrobe stylist Thomas Vaughan, photographer Jennifer Avello and myself wanted to create a story with metallics galore: metallic makeup, skin, jeans, wardrobe... All Gold Everything!
We chose model Ashton of Ford Models to bring the metallic story to life.







I experimented and pushed myself to a new level of hair styling as well as playing with new makeup products. I was practicing finger waves on models for many months on various test shoots until I was finally ready to create the challenging style for an editorial.

Practice makes perfect!

I never played with metallic pigment on lips for an editorial, so I tried a few new techniques on the spot and let the artistry flow. Spontaneity is usually the best way to create new makeup trends.

I worked with Illamasqua Ore Pure Pigment on the eyes, lips, cheekbones and as a highlighter all through-out Ashton's skin to play off the wardrobe.





I also worked with Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge in "Chocolate Cherry" as the lip color base and topped it off with Bobbi Brown Lipgloss in "Canary" to pop with the Miu Miu sunglasses.

Here's a look at the eight page story that was selected for the May Issue, as well as a few extras that we all loved.













 

  

*Updated 06.03.13*

Also our Metallica story was reblogged by fashionising.com!
Follow the link below to read more from blogger Tania Braukämper.

The Magic of Metallics

Maybelline & Rodarte at SAIC 2013

  Maybelline New York sponsored the makeup for SAIC's 2013 annual fashion show, "The Walk'. 

 

I was honored and thrilled to be apart of it with these two lovely ladies again:

Viki Moon and Lindsay Tosto. We also got to work with new face, Danielle Boulden!

The day started at 5:45 am. 

I was way more excited than tired!

 The Factor Women and Chosen Models went through makeup and hair before the final dress fittings.

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Key Artist Gabriel Almodovor created a unique look for the show:

Red pigment on the brow bone, yellow pigment in the crease, orange winged-out eyes.

This was really difficult for all the artists to re-create, but we had no time to take our time.

We were assigned to complete all 60 models within TWO HOURS.

The pressure was on!

Hair was provided by artists of Ulta; they created really beautiful, modern wigs and chic hair styles.

The fashion was AMAZING!!

 Myself and Viki finally taking a break after hours of makeup! We had to complete hair and makeup for the models four times; first time was dress re-hearsal at 9am, second time was a second dress rehearsal at 12pm, third time was a show for the school faculty and family at 3pm, the last time was the finale at 7pm.

Lindsay Tosto and myself were asked to do makeup for the amazing design team: Rodarte

 These sisters are so humble, sweet and awesome!

I worked on Kate (right), she preferred a natural look with a soft, bronze smokey eye. I showed her the new BB Cream which she adored because of its light weight feel. I also showed her the new "Whisper" lip colors by Maybelline. I recommended the "Go Nude" lipbalm, which was a nude, slightly taupe lip color and she LOVED it. Her cheekbones were amazing to work on! I showed her the new Bouncy Blush by Maybelline in "Peach Satin" to pop her cheekbones for camera.

Hair was created by two amazing artists of Ulta using Redken products.

After we finished the Rodarte girls, Lindsay and I ran back just in time to finish the models for the final show.

The Rodarte Sisters with the President of SAIC on the red carpet.

For the final walk through, all the artists were invited to watch the show.

We were relieved to: 1) Have a seat and 2.) Take a look at our work walking down the runway

Here are a few photos from the show:

 

 

Caroline Hougen (designer) was one of my favorite collections to watch on the runway. She brought nostalgia, consistency from outfit to outfit, a GREAT song choice which is still stuck in my head 24 hours later and great craftsmanship to the stage.

 

 

 Tess Olson was another one of my favorite designers!

 

Photos from Chicagoist.com and Christopher Free of Project Captured.

More photos coming soon!