shots from November photo shoot

These are some shots from my most recent photo shoot with my photographer Henry Riggs. This shoot was fun, I wanted to do something dark and grungy... something to match my most recent mood. I did a really artistic dramatic eye.. something black swanish. We shot in the studio which was a lot of fun. These were the photos I picked for my blog... I like the expressions and the lighting in these particular photos..I did not want to do a beauty shoot this time. I wanted to do something different. I am pretty happy with the way that these came out. 

These remind me of old vogue. Below is my reference pic.. where I got all my ideas. 

Makeup Transformation

This week at work I had the pleasure of doing some of my co workers makeup to practice for some clients that came into the salon on Saturday for a wedding... Below is a photo of my friend Leah. I used the products our salon carries which is Jane Iredale... as you can see she has some redness so I used an under eye concealer and something that had a more matte finish because she likes heavy coverage. I did a nice simple fall look on her eyes as well.

This second photo is a bridesmaid that came in to get her makeup done... She wanted a dramatic smokey eye with some falsies... She had a darker completion so I did some grays and some purples to make her brown eyes stand out. They were really happy with how it looked. Her skin looked flawless as well. I am pretty bummed I didnt get a pic of the second brides maid though. 

Fire Ball and Fairy Makeup!

Halloween was crazy... So many people came to me for makeup.. I only had time for a few. These are some photos of what I did. My sister ( who is pictured first) was "FIREBALL" for Halloween she wanted a look that was pretty intense.. something that she had never done before. I had so much fun with this look. I was really really happy with the way that it came out. It wad not hard at all. I used a reference picture but of course I made it my own. For this look I used Ben Nye "Clown White" as the primer, only because its more of a heavy base makeup and it makes the color stick way more proficiently and makes the color more intense.  We added gems for a more creative look. She even had the hair extensions to match! 

Below is my friend Aimee. She was the tooth fairy for Halloween. I wanted to do something super girly and cute because thats what I think of when I think tooth fairy. Lots of glitter and glitz! I wa happy with how this cam out. Aimee does not really ever wear tons of makeup so I wanted to do something creative but not too crazy intense. I used some glitter, pretty purples and I decided to do a cute elegant design on one side of the face with liquid liner.. I thought this was a nice touch.  

Joker Makeup! Halloween LOOKS!

-Joker Makeup-

So this look literally creeped me out for a little while... This took me about an hr and a half;. It was a little bit complicated just because of the placement of the teeth. I used only a few different products for this look it was not too complicated. I am really happy with how it turned out. Once again I doubted myself with this look,.. I did not think I would be able to do it but I think Ipulled it off... I added a little touch of green under my eyes just to add that "Joker" vibe to it.. 

for this look I used Ben Nye "Clown White" all over my face. 

For all the wrinkles I traced my real wrinkles while scrunching my face and just traced them with gray and black shadow with a skinny thin makeup brush. For the darker black and the black on the teeth is all liquid liner! 

Hope you enjoy! More to come! Happy Halloween! 

Lady Gaga look #2

This is another Lady Gaga look that I did the other day it was really simple. I just used liquid liner for the lightning bolt. I loved this look from her Poker Face video.. I got this wig and thats exactly what it reminded me of... this look I feel is also very David Bowie which I dont mind either. 

Lips-I used a nude color that I had and added a pink shimmer on top. 

For the highlight I used Hard Candys "Glamoflauge" which is great stuff 

Eyes- I used a color similar to MACS "Woodstock" and a bit of "Passionate" and "Girlie" by Mac.

Nice Simple Fall look

This is a look I did the other day that I loved...It was really simple I did a nice subtle smokey eye, with this really pretty new lip stick i bought it is wet and wild and Its called black orchid. I love it for fall. On top of it all its matte and it stayed all day at work. I got this idea from a photo I saw on pinterest. I love using browns and golds for fall. I love how it looks. Hope you enjoy. I used smashbox and elf and urban decay for this look.

this is the photo I got my idea from... of course i am not this beautifullll.... 

Creepy doll makeup cont.