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Bay Area wedding

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Since I lived there for several years, the Bay Area is like my home away from home, and some of my dearest friends live up there. I’m flying up tonight to meet with my friend Julie who is getting married this weekend and celebrating with two separate ceremonies. Tomorrow is our trial, and I think I’ll try out a natural makeup look with half-up half-down hair for her small Friday ceremony, and then a slightly more dramatic look with a soft romantic updo for her larger Saturday ceremony.

I am excited that the weather is decidedly more autumnal (finally!). After a long summer, I am looking forward to digging up my sweaters and jackets and boots and scarves, especially since the weather in SF is always cooler than LA.

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MAC master class and update

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

I recently attended a MAC Cosmetics Master Class in Bridal Beauty led by Victor C. It was held at the South Coast Plaza MAC Pro store and consisted of equal parts tips and tricks that Victor has amassed over the past 15 years of working at MAC and doing hundreds of weddings, as well as a live demonstration of two different bridal looks in collaboration with Julie, another MAC makeup artist and trainer. It was fun and informative, and I picked up some good techniques as well as a few new additions to my kit.

I’m also very excited to announce that I’ll be working with Theresa Huang of Theresa Huang Makeup & Hair Design. She does amazing work, and I am looking forward to being part of her team. I’ll still be freelancing and doing my own weddings, but this is a great opportunity for me to get hands-on training (especially with bridal hair) from an experienced artist.

In addition, I have several weddings and photoshoots coming up in the next few months. I’m definitely keeping busy!

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Boudoir shoot: Toni

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I just got the photos from the boudoir shoot I did with Mimi Nguyen and Toni a few weeks ago, and they are beyond amazing! Mimi has such a great eye, and she is really good at directing her subjects and making them feel at ease. Toni was so sweet and fun to work on; she confided that it was her first time getting her makeup professionally done, and that the shoot was a surprise for her fiance. She asked if I do brows too, and luckily I had my tweezers and brow trimming scissors with me to do a bit of clean up and shaping. Also, since her hairstylist wasn’t able to make it, I did her hair using a 1.25″ ceramic curling iron for tousled sexy curls, finished with bumble & bumble Spray de Mode before and after curling, for flexible hold.

Onto the pics! (Click on pics for larger view)

Getting ready.

Isn’t she stunning?

Toni has naturally lush lashes (look how nice her bottom lashes are!) which I enhanced with MAC #36 lashes, my favorite for a natural yet glam look. (click for larger pic!)