Bridal makeup | Consultation

 

Monday I had the pleasure of working with this sweet bride to be! She was such a doll and seemed as though she waited on Mr. Right! She had such a great personality and brought her Mom along as well who was just as sweet.

She had some pics to show me that she had pinned to Pintrest. I have a lot of brides who seem to pin their inspiration looks there. The look she showed me on Pintrest had mainly gold on the lid. She also showed me different lip looks she wanted. She didn't want a bold lip but some pink. I will insert a pic of the first look we did with the gold.

After seeing the gold it wasn't quite what she thought it would be and I had showed her several different golds to choose from, including some from all of the Urban Decay Naked palettes. She wanted to add some mauve/pink to the gold. I showed her Buzz from the Naked 3 palette and she said that was it! We added it to the outer V, half of the lid and to deepen it some I added Bitten by Makeup Geek and she loved it! She also loved the lip choice. I used Cocomo lip liner by Milani and MAC's Please Me lipstick. It was the perfect pink nude pout! I like to pick lip colors for my brides I can purchase to add to their touch up kits if need be or a lip choice that isn't hard to duplicate or find if they ever wanted to continue to wear the lippie after their wedding.

 

Her Before

The Gold look

The final look

A Happy Bride to Be!!

Here are a list of products I used(per my notes):

 

Highlight eye rice paper/saddle

Embark crease

Gold mac lid

Down brown transition

Nw50(foundation)

Buzz naked 3

Bitten makeup geek...outer v

Coccomo lips

Please me MAC lipstick

213 lashes

Smolder eye liner

Waterproof mascara

Highlight nc50&nc45 set with Carmelo powder by Ben Nye

Improper copper cream base as a highlight

I think the end result says BRIDE!! Lol. Needless to say...Guess what?!.....She booked me on the spot to be her MUA for her wedding!! I will add she was referred by a previous bride from 2013. My last Bride in fact! I look forward to working with her on her special day! I almost forgot...she is also booking me to do her and her Moms hair and possibly a bridesmaid as well! Woohoo!
If you all haven't guessed yet, I love doing brides! I love behind the scenes work but I really enjoy working with Brides! I'm looking forward to bridal season!!

 

My January favorites | 2014

 

Here are a few of my favorite Beauty products for January!

One product not shown is the Milani nude eye primer. I love this primer as much as the urban decay primer potion.

What are some of your monthly beauty favorites? What products did you find yourself using over and over? I'd love to hear your favorites as well!

Rimmel Stay Matte Primer

 

I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was very relaxing. I managed to hit up Walgreens and CVS this weekend and last week.

 

While in Walgreens I saw the display for the Rimmel stay matte foundation and primer. Unfortunately there were not a huge shade selection in the foundation collection but I did pick up the primer. I had also picked up the new covergirl primer as well(I will have a seperate review of that later). Why did I buy two different primers? I have no idea! Lol. I'm just always on a hunt for a great primer for my oily combination skin and really anything to combat a little sweat here and there. But can I tell you all that this primer right here is a winner!!

 

I wanted to wait until I did my haul video to brag on this product but I could not hold my excitement in any longer! Of course the day after buying it I had to give it a go! Immediately I liked the texture of it and could tell by the feel of it that it would pretty much do what it described to do. I will be honest and say that I thought initially it would only hold up for about five hours. Can I tell you that I know I got at least nine full, long hairdresser hours out of this! OMG! Normally during the day I get oily in my T-zone and on a busy day my forehead may sweat and my foundation begins to slip. Well honey, let me tell you!!.....I'm going through my day as normal and around let's say my six hour after putting this on, I was at work and had finally got a break and looked in the mirror and I couldn't believe what I saw. My makeup looked as it did when I put it on first thing that morning! I started to touch my face just to be sure I wasn't crazy...lol and yes it was still in place! I was like WHOA! I really couldn't believe it! I thought about what I had did different to my routine. I had also picked up some of the B6 spray by Urban Decay last week and had spritzed my face with that prior to my moisturizer, the rimmel primer and foundation. So I assumed the combo must have did the job. Well I wanted to see if this was really the case. The following day I used the primer again and my regular moisturizer's(I've been mixing 2.) and the same result. Actually I wore my foundation longer this particular day and didnt take it off till I was ready for bed. I normally take my foundation/makeup off as soon as I get home.

 

I'm really considering going all of them off the shelf before they're gone! I'm just joking! But I do think I need to go get a back up!

 

Price: $4.99 ($1.00 coupon at Walgreens )

Long lasting

I have no cons for this product! I hope they keep it in stock and keep it as a regular item!

Have you tried this primer? If so tell me your experience! If you haven't tried it and your an oily girl like myself don't walk but run to your Walgreens!

 

Fall/winter Bride

 

I'm a little late posting this beautiful bride. At any rate , I had the pleasure of making over this beautiful bride in October of 2013. I really wanted to wait to get the final pics from my bride but decided to post anyway.

 

Products used:

Foundation: Mac prolong wear concealer in nc50 &nc45

Blush:Mac Raisin

Eyes: (all mac unless other wise stated)... Naked lunch, fig 1, embark and uninterrupted

Lips: jordana lip pencil in coco loco and Varneesh lip gloss by MAC(discontinued)

I set her face using MAC MSF in dark

I also did her hair as well and the hair for mostly everyone in the bridal party. Makeup for her bridal party was done by me and my assistant. My assistant and I had to get through a marathon that was happening that same day but made it happen and got the bride and party finished in time with out a delay on her big day! This was by far one of the best brides I'd ever worked with! All my brides are usually easy to work with but she was definitely a pleasure!

 

More pics of makeup and hair

 

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Hard Candy CC creme with SPF demo and a review!

 

Today I'm doing a quick review on Hard Candy's CC creme with Spf15. I picked this product up a few months ago and had never used it. About 2 weeks ago I gave it a try for a few days and decided to do a review. Following will be pictures of the process I used to apply the product and what it looked like after a few hours of wear. At the end of the pics I will give my opinion as honestly as I can.

So here I am with nothing on my face besides lip balm on my lips.

I applied the product using a real techniques powder brush.

As you can see I've already done my brows and the product appears to be very dewy or moist.

 

Taking another small Real Techniques brush I begin to blend and spread the concealer out.

Using my beauty blender I begin to do more blending for an airbrush and seamless finish.

 

Once my concealer is well blended to my liking I take a large powder brush by real techniques and apply MAC's mineralize skin finish in deep dark to take a way some of the shine.

 

Here are the final results! I forgot to mention my color selection was dark. As far as a good color match I'd say pretty close.

So here I am about 5 hours later. I used Urban Decays De-slick spray to set with. I love the spray because with my normal routine it holds my makeup for atleast 8 hours! Well not so with this CC creme. As you can see through my blurred pic ...lol...there is some shine poking through around my nose area and my forehead. Ok my T zone is shiny! Lol.

I found it to slip and slide a bit through out the day and if I touched my face it left fingerprints. So I had to wash and sanitize my hands constantly. I've been on the hunt for a great BB creme or CC creme and basically still no luck!

Since these pics I have yet to use the product again. Now I will be honest and say maybe I used too much . But I believe even with a small amount it may still be a tad bit oily for me. I have combination oily skin and believe this may work for someone with dry or dry combination skin. If you give it a try definitely start with a small amount. I personally like a medium coverage with my foundations and sometimes full coverage. Is this product buildable? I personally wouldn't try to because of the oiliness. Would I repurchase? Maybe once I've mastered the oil control. Would I recommend this product? Like I said earlier I believe this would work for someone with dry skin.

 

I may give this another go. Once I do and if I like it I will be sure to share with you all!

 

Have you tried this product? If so I'd love to hear your feed back and how it worked for you!

 

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Juxt or Brill eyelook!

Hi ladies! I try and remember to blog once I've done a video but as usual I forget because I seem to be uploading in a hurry. Anyway here is a look I posted on Instagram the other day and decided to do a tutorial on it.

Products used:

On my nails: Butler Please (Essie)

Face:

Cover girl Queen foundation, Mata Hari blush(NARS) and uninterrupted pro long wear e/s by MAC as a contour.

Lips:

Cork lip liner(MAC), Please me lipstick(MAC), Pet me please lipstick(MAC) and clear lipgloss

Eyes:

Ruby kisses eye primer, painterly paint pot, juxt or brill e/s(not sure..it was depotted), uninterrupted prolong wear e/s, plumage e/s and rice paper e/s.

 

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Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer

About a month ago I went to sephora and wanted to try this tinted moisturizer. I had heard so many great things about it!

Bridal consultation

Whenever I get a call about a bridal consultation I get excited and nervous all at the same time! I love doing brides! But at the same time I want to give them the best consult/trial they have ever gotten. Also I want them to love it!

Thrift Store find: Artist series/ kit organization

 

So I'm often browsing and cruising the aisle's of my local Thrift store. I've short named it the "T-Store"! Lol. Usually when I go in I have an agenda and sometimes I don't. A few weeks ago I ran upon this bag. As I looked at it I knew it was used for travel and toiletries.

Bridal Beauty

I had the pleasure of making over a Bride last week at the National Harbor!  What a beautiful Bride she was!  She sent me some pics from the photographer and I wanted to share with everyone.

I couldn't wait to post them!  I posted some to twitter and I know some of my twitter friends was  wishing I wouldn't have posted so many but oh well!  Lol

The Bride!!

 

Hi everyone!  Last week I did a post on a bridal consutation.  Needless to say the wedding day arrived this past Saturday 3/12/11.  It was a pleasure doing this Bride.  She didnt wear makeup but yet in still wanted to look flawless on her special day!  Like I said in my consultation post she picked her colors.  They were beautiful purples. I added the gold just to set the purple off plus it was one of the colors of her wedding.

This was my first wedding of 2011!  I was excited to do this wedding because it kicked off Bridal Season for me. I knew being this would be the first wedding of the year I had to bring my A game.  I wanted everything to be flawless about her makeup (no pun intended)!  Because I knew with this one wedding could bring more.  I didnt do the bridesmaids but even still it's all about the Bride!

I was sorry that I couldn't stay for the wedding so that I could have possibly met some soon to be brides or clients but duty called in two other parts of town.  I was on the MOVE!  Lol 

You can best believe that I have looked at the pics and critiqued them a thousand times.  I see a flaw here or there or something that I could have blended more or gave more attention to.  But thats why I've learned to take my own pics so that I can have a constant reminer of what not to do next time.  Sometimes I don't need the pics because the minor mistake coud be something that sticks with me or in my head to never do again or try a different way next time.


Also before I finished the look especially after the foundation I would take a pic just to see how it would look or turn out in photos.  But all in all it was a great experience and shall we say......."On to the next one!"

Bridal Consultation

Today I'm making  a post about a recent Bridal consultation that I had.  It was my first Bridal consultation of 2011.  I had touched on some bridal tips a few weeks ago and said that I would continue to do a series of Bridal tips as we head into the bridal season.  With that being said what better way to start the bridal season with a consultation. 

A consultation is so important when dealing with a a bride to be.  The consultation should be centered around what the bride's vision is for her makeup for her big day.  With the consultation you find out important things that you need to know such as :  Do she have any allergies, what foundation can't she wear, does she want airbrushing, does she need tatoos removed, where is the wedding located, how many bridesmaids will you be applying makeup for, colors of the wedding and of course the date and time of the wedding.

With my Bride to be she wore absolutely NO makeup.  I figured she'd like to look like herself but just a tad bit enhanced.  But here is were the consultation comes in and usually I find interesting once you ask the bride is there any particular eye color she'd like or anything specific.

Well my bride said her colors were a deep purple and yellow.  She picked a pretty purple and it was a plumish dark purple.  It shocked me being that she didnt wear makeup at all!  But I'm here to please the bride.  She picked the dark purple and when I swatched it for her she said it looked a lil dark.  But she had also picked a lighter purple with gold reflects to go with it.  I showed her a way to get the dark purple without it looking like a black eye!  Lol  she loved it.   I also put a lil bit of goldmine by mac in her tear duct area just to brighten her eye up and add that touch of yellow gold that she described in her color's of her wedding.

Here are a few pics of the Bride at our consultation

Items used:
Foundation: Mac Studio tech(NC40 & NC42)
Eyes: Rice paper e/s by Mac(highlight under brow arch)
         Agate e/s by Mac (outter V and crease)
         Trax e/s  by Mac (on lid and top of the agate e/s)
         Black liner on bottom and top lid(pencil liner)
         Mascarra: Falsies by Maybeline(waterproof )  
Contour & Highlight: Shadester, lightsweep, Ben nye bannana powder & emphasize
Blush: A mauve color out of my 28 bush palette
Lips:Milani lip liner pencil , Revlon Mauve creme lipstick and Oyster girl lip glass by Mac

I thought the look came out very nice considering she doesn't wear makeup at all.  I've looked at the pics several times to critique my work.  After looking at them I decided when the wedding day comes I will give her more  setting powder  and maybe warm her skin up just a tad bit more.  But all in all she was pleased!

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Hey everyone! I'm back! I've been researching on how to build a better bridal business and came across this article I thought would be perfect for my readers. Before I decided to use my make up skills as a business I did mainly Brides! Well looking back on it which it's been some years ago. I now know some things that I did wrong in the Bridal business. In 2011 it's so much more to just doing make up for a wedding. 1. What are you offering your Brides? 2. Do you consultate with your bride prior to the date? 3. Are you offering any type of discount to the bride for a certain amount in her party? 4. What are some of your marketing ideas for reaching brides? 5. Do you follow up with the bride after a consultation just to make sure you all are still on the same page? There are so many things to consider when trying to please a bride to be! I've just listed a small amount of things to take into consideration. But much more to be explored. I will try every week to do a column on Bridal business. I find that bridal business is a booming business for MUA's when handled correctly. Any comments? Leave below! XOXO