I truly enjoy every opportunity I have to create colorful, artistic makeup. Here are a few of my favorite shots from a recent fashion editorial I worked on. What a fun, artistic and expressive shoot!
I Dream in Colour – Flawless Magazine Feb ’13
What a great team we had for this shoot – everyone brought their a-game!
Model: Hailee Alexis Hussion
Photographer: Aalia Oursbourn
Stylist: Camille Wood
Hairstylist: Gwendolyn Sneed
MUA: Ann DeNicolo
Jewelry: b.mookie
One of my recent events was and Indian wedding at the Andaz San Diego. The bride’s style was polished contemporary meets Indian tradition. Check out my original inspiration board (from before the wedding) plus a new board with my bride’s real wedding photos.
1st board: my inspiration
Beautiful bride, Priya, had a gorgeous wedding gown and 2 different Indian saris. We changed her makeup to coordinate with each of her dresses – what a fun event! Indian weddings are so colorful and are truly amazing. I’m still daydreaming about how I can attend another Indian event so I can wear a sari and do my makeup like Priya’s. Don’t tell anyone but she said I can borrow her saris any time I want ;)
2nd board: my bride
Photographer: Scott Lawrence
Coordinator: Ethnic Essence
Hair Stylist: Tovi Christie
{close up of purple eye shadow: my iPhone}
While the 2012 color of the year was announced a few months ago, Sephora (one of the largest beauty retailers) just recently launched a new makeup collection in collaboration with Pantone (the global authority on color). The “color of the year”, Tangerine Tango, is that reddish orange we are seeing throughout men’s and women’s fashion, interior design and most importantly – makeup! I am a big orange fan so this makes me a very happy makeup artist! I’ll most definitely be using this for color inspiration for my own makeup and for upcoming projects.
For someone with brown eyes, orange will bring out amber tones, for someone with blue or green eyes, orange will further enhance the green or blue tones.
A fabric swatch of Tangerine Tango.
I’m dreaming of all the amazing looks I can create with all these beautiful orange tones…
bright coral lips & soft bronzy cheeks
rusty orange eyes & pale nude-peach lips
pumpkin-cinnamon eyes and pinkish apricot lips
One of my absolute favorite looks with this color is a really vibrant coral-orange lip paired with a very simple eye with just a little bit of black eyeliner and a whole lot of mascara. My list of ideas could go on forever.
