Birthday girl...

Had the Joy of working with a past client who this time brought along a friend. she was celebrating her BDay in DC and I had the pleasure of giving her some shimmer. As you can see, she is already a beauty.

Products used-

Foundation: graftobian (3 shades for contour, highlight and foundation color)

I set her foundation with Ben nye banana powder and black opal oil absorbing finishing powder in medium.

Eyes: redbrick, embark, forgot the name of the pigment on her lid but all lid colors are MAG. Also used fig and sketch to define the outer corner. ($1 lashes)

Contour: blunt blush by MAC
Highlight: took some shimmer to the high planes of her cheek bones and brow one as well as her nose, using gold deposit MSF by MAC.

Cheeks: Milani baked blush (forgot the color) but these blushes are gorgeous!!

Lips: mixture of l/s including fresh brew by MAC and cork liner. Also a frosty pink gloss by sephora was used. Side note: SEPHORA has some amazing glosses for a good price and they offer more product than MAC.

Summer Bride

My beautiful Soror wanted to glow and look Golden. That's exactly what she got! Lol

Products:

Face- graftobian HD foundation for highlight and foundation, Dark MSF by MAC, blunt blush by MAC for a contour, sweet as cocoa blush by MAC for a bronze cheek, gold deposit MSF for the golden highlight applied to her nose and high planes of her cheeks.

Eyes- foundation to sculpt her brow along with spiked brow pencil by MAC and boy girl gel by MAC. Saddle and embark in the crease, coppering reflects pigment by MAC. Flesh tone liner in her waterline to brighten her eye, embark shadow on lower lash line for a soft liner. Wispie lashes.

Lips: fresh brew MAC, mixed with a frosty pink. 9 times out of 10 I mix my lipsticks.

I set her undereye with bennye banana powder. Mist her face with some final seal by Ben nye.

Catch the Beat: Bridal edition 2

This is one of my favs! I had the pleasure of doing this beautiful bride for her fabulous wedding. She looked stunning, soft with a glow and a soft smokey eye with pale pink lip.

Product listing:

Face- graftobian foundation, costal scents concealer, dark deep MSF by MAC, blush (forgot) , highlighted with gold deposit MSF by MAC.

Contour- blunt blush MAC

Eyes- I'm sorry I don't remember any of the colors.

Brows- spiked brow pencil MAC

Lip- pink MAC palette (mix of colors) hush by OCC lip tar

Catch the beat: Prom edition

This gorgeous HS senior was a pleasure to work with. She has such beautiful and full brows as well as pretty skin, so doing her face was a piece of cake. She wanted a natural glow so we used some golds and corals to accent her dress.

Product list:
Foundation: revlon photo finish
Corrector: orange (MAC)
Under eye concealer: MAC NW40 studio finish
Powder: MAC MSF dark (set foundation)
Ben nye banana powder to set concealer and highlight
Eyes: coppering, embark, brown down, red brick, pink bronze pigment (all MAC)
Lip: mixture of MAC lipsticks
Blush: ???
Contour: blunt blush
Highlight: gold powder

Catch the beat: Bridal Edition

Bride: Danielle Freeman
Location: Baltimore, MD


I had a blast doing this bridal party... They really made it a party!

Product Rave: Revlon Photo ready liquid foundation

I typically use cream foundations on clients, however when I first began building my kit I purchased this foundation from my local drug store. I have never used them until this weekend because this line doesn't have a match for my shade. However, this foundation is very silky and creamy without feeling heavy. It photographs beautifully and it has build-able coverage. For my bride this weekend (previous post) I used my Sedona lace kabuki brush to stipple on the foundation, it blends seamlessly and is long lasting. I would suggest this foundation for an up and coming artists who is looking for an affordable foundation that photographs well. I believe I paid close to $12 for this foundation and I plan to use them more, especially on light/fair skin clients. I also suggest using a fibre brush or flat top kabuki brush to buff this foundation into the skin, remember to take the excess foundation to the neck, under chin and forehead for a seamless look.

Fairy tale Wedding

Our inspiration for this look was a pic the bride showed me of Kim Kardashian who rocked a smokey look with full flirty lashes . So we modified it a little just so that is looked very bridal. She still has a good contour and pronounced under eye highlight along with a nude lip and very full flirty lashes, we just swapped out the dark lid color for a gold glittery color So this was the end result and she loved it.

Product list:
Face- revlon photo ready foundation, black opal finishing powder, mehron foundation as a highlight, Coastal scents concealer.

Cheeks- Milani baked blush in Rosé, MAC soft and gentle MSF

Contour- MAC blunt blush

Eyes-embark, redbrick, wood winked, reflects copper glitter ... All by MAC

Lashes- creme lashes (forgot the number 😔)

Lips- NYX natural liner, revlon gloss