Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Ghastly Flapper

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So I've been taking Halloween looks from Pinterest and applying them to the hair heads at the salon, this one is from this post. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/161777811587855163/

Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays, mostly because I love an excuse to dress up and pretend to be someone else. I also love dressing other people up and making them look like someone or something else, it's a great chance to really stretch myself creatively, I'm looking forward to Halloween clients and whatever ideas they bring in.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Before and After 2, Karissa



A big thanks to Karissa for letting me play with her face.  She came into the salon to visit with me and get her hair done and left with hair AND makeup.  Karissa has fabulous skin and a face I could make up over and over and not get tired of. She is also one of those people who cannot stop blinking and flinching when you apply makeup to her so it gets pretty lively and very amusing when it comes time to do the mascara and eyeliner.  I used MAC's face and body for the foundation with NYX's HD Studio Finishing powder and NYX Dewy finish setting spray for the skin.  The face and body foundation would have been fine on it's own but I was experimenting.  On lips are Flower's nude lip pencil and MAC's Blankety lipstick.  I've been using NYX's Black Bean jumbo pencil with a MAC 266 or 212 to get a nice controlled black line.  It can be smudgy on some lids so you can set it with black eyeshadow or a translucent powder like the HD Studio Finishing powder or you can just use a gel liner made specifically for eye lining.  Again, I've been experimenting.  I used MAC's Malt eyeshadow to fill Karissa's brows.  She made it very clear that she did not want me to groom them at all.  I respected that.  You should always listen to your clients if you want repeat business.  It's hard sometimes, but it must be done.  You may know what looks best, but they know what they like best and sometimes the two don't meet.  Lucky for the both of us, Karissa's brows are pretty good looking and don't need much help from either of us.  So that's Karissa before and after.  Thanks Karissa!

Friday, October 4, 2013

What's a Headshot and why do I need one?

So...that's my temporary headshot.  A headshot is industry lingo for a picture of a person's face or just their head, hence "headshot".  Why do I need one?  Well because a position I recently applied for asked for it. It's industry standard.  I don't know why but I can make a guess.  It's because people want to see what their makeup artist looks like.  Have you ever walked up to a makeup counter and picked who was going to help you based on who's face looked most like what you wanted to look like?  Yeah.  It's like that.
  Why do I look so long suffering you ask?  Because I really really don't enjoy having my picture taken.  It's why I always work behind the scenes.  There are only three people on the planet who have ever been able to take good pictures of me, two of them are professionals.  The other is my husband, who can always make me laugh.  I full well intend to get a professional headshot done, I just needed something quick, so I threw on some makeup, grabbed my camera and a friend and had her take a bunch of shots with the belief that one of them was bound to work.  Now you're looking at it.  And that's the story of the headshot. The End.

Fight Like a Girl!


Its October and that means quite a few things, but today, for this post, it means Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Something just jumped up and bit me and I was inspired to take pictures of all the women I know in hot pink lipstick making fight faces.  So all month you'll be seeing pictures and maybe hearing stories about how each person has been affected by breast cancer, because not one of us has managed to go unscathed in this fight.  Put up your dukes ladies!  Fight for yourself, fight for a friend or family member or just fight because it feels right.  Get yourself checked, get a friend checked, take a family member to get checked.  Be aware!  Arm yourself with knowledge and Check out the information the Cancer Center has.
  Now go fight like a girl!