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Before And After – Jaquelyn

September 15, 2010

 

I just did an editorial photoshoot and had the pleasure of working with model, Jaquelyn Collazo and photographer Sergio Vazquez.   She was gracious enough to let me do a before and after!  For the first look we did, I focused on Jaquelyn’s gorgeous eyes and accentuated them with some dramatic liner, gold shimmer and glam faux lashes.  Also shown is another look where I pumped it up a little bit and had a little bit of fun.  She was transformed from sweet to sassy on the same day :)   More photos from the shoot will be posted on the blog soon!!!

Maris was called on Saturday for a last minute makeup artistry job for a movie that is filming in Naperville.  The movie is called Shakey and is directed by Kevin Cooper.  Most of you may not know Steve Lemme by name but you’ll sure know him from his role in Super Troopers!  Maris also did makeup on Alfonso Arau, all the extras that day and  Janet Ulrich Brooks (who was the lead character).  Congrats to Maris on becoming a celebrity Makeup Artist! :)

The dress that was provided to us courtesy of The Frock Shop was so classy and a little bit vintage that we had to rock it out a bit.  The flowers that Kristen of Kio Kreations created were filled with all different shades of pinks, purples and blues and accented with feathers and lace.  It was my favorite bouquet from the shoot!  We rocked KC out with a dark purple smokey eye inspired by the flowers, we the defined eyebrows and kept the lips pale to draw attention to the eyes and not compete with them. The hairpiece that Megan Lim created was perfect and adorable to use on any day besides your wedding day.

Danielle is just gorgeous to begin with and vintage was one of the looks I was looking forward to the most.  I had originally planned to do a very classic Marilyn look but when I saw the wedding dress and the amazing bouquet that Kristen from Kio created, I was inspired to change it up.  I pulled the coral color that I saw in the flowers and intensified it in the lip color.  Mary Kate rocked out the hair with some waves and a cute feather hair piece finished the look.  Danielle was great in front of the camera, she was recently married so she’s had a little bit of practice ;)   Kara also found the spot for the shoot (besides taking incredible pictures!) and it was in the last spot I would of picked but boy she was SO right!  More looks to come!  Enjoy!

Photoshoot Sneak Peek!

July 16, 2010

I had the pleasure of working with Kara Schultz – Photographer, The Frock Shop (dress rentals), Kio Kreations (floral) and Megan Lim Jewelry on a photoshoot a few weeks ago.  We did 6 different wedding themes and here is a sneak peek of 3 of the looks we did – Rocker, Simple Chic and Vintage.  We had so much fun working on this shoot and can’t wait to show you all the pics.  I will be updating the blog on each of the themes with details in the next few weeks.  Thanks to my girls for the hair and makeup assistance!