Photoshoot with Mark and Erica Preview

I did a shoot two days ago and Erica Little and Mark Sachet.  This is my second time working with Mark and can no longer count with Erica lol!  She wanted to do a very colorful, candy and glitter themed shoot and anyone who knows me know I'm totally down with that.  The night before the shoot I was trying to think of an easy way to get candy to stick to her face and came up with this:

I put elmer's glue over scrapbooking borders and jewels that had a sticky back and then pour the sprinkles over it, let it dry overnight, and ta da!!  They worked amazingly well!  Mark did an awesome job photographing Erica's fierceness...she always brings her A game.  By the end of the shoot I was covered in glitter, sprinkles, and colored sugar.  Mark's poor floor :)  Here's a preview pic of the final product:

Tons more than that...we did three looks and got tons of awesome photos.

Behind the Makeup: Photoshoot with Alex and Luccia

I awhile back I posted a few behind the scenes photos of a shoot I did with Alex Bussa and Luccia Cafiero.  We did two different themes for the day, the first was up close beauty shots and the second was water shots.  6 looks in total.  I got the finished product back and love these pictures!  Alex is a great photographer and Luccia is always amazing.  Here's a few of a favorites from the day and the makeup I used to create the look.

Base Used for Every Picture:

Olay PROX Moisturizer
Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream # 13, 14, and 17 mixed from palette #1
Temptu Airbrush Foundation #3 (foundation)
Temptu Airbrush Foundation #5 (contour)
Temptu Airbrush Blush #45 and #46 mixed
Too Faced Candlelight (highlighter)
Luccia has dark, full brows so not much was needed to fill them in.

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
MAC Eyeshadow in Dazzlelight
MAC Eyeshadow in Woodwinked
MAC Eyeshadow in Mystery
Bourjois Paris Kohl and Contour Liner in Noir Expert
Duo Lash Adhesive in Dark
Red Cherry Lashes #68
MAC X Mascara

Lips:
Foundation shade
Clinque Lipstick in Watermelon

Eyes:
MAC X Mascara
Rosebud Salve

Lips:
MAC Subculture lip pencil
Make Up For Ever Lip color #50

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
Lime Green Eyeshadow from Cargo Tahiti Quad
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Alice from Alice in Wonderland Palette
MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
Rosebud Salve
Duo Lash Adhesive in Dark
Red Cherry Lashes #68
MAC X Mascara

Lips:
MAC lip pencil in Subculture
Covergirl lip color in Kiss

Eyes:
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
MAC Eyeshadow in Shroom
Make Up For Ever Aqua Liner in Diamond Lagoon Green
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Psychedelic Sister
Cargo Swimmables Liner in Purple
Duo Lash Adhesive in Dark
Red Cherry Lashes #68
MAC X Mascara

Lips:
NYX lip pencil in Bloom
NARS lip color in Funny Face 

 

6 Hot Nail Trends for Summer

1. Shatter or Crackle Polish -  Who didn't go out and buy the Katy Perry Black Shatter when it first came out?  Since then these polishes come in loads of colors, from white to teal to hot pink, and every brand is racing to come out with their own line of shatter polishes.  For a wicked summer mani top a pastel polish with a silver shatter or a bright orange polish with a white shatter. 

2. Neon and Bright Polish- For those of you who love to get crazy, the louder, more obnoxious, most obscenely bright polish you can find, the better.  I love wearing polish that makes my eyes hurt to look at it.  I'm in love with Sally Hansen HD Nail Color Line.  My fav colors are Byte, Hi-Res, and Resolution. On a side note though...they're a little difficult to get off, so make sure you have time to soak :)

3. Metallic Polish -  Silver is HUGE this summer and is gorgeous with most every color.  OPI  has a silver shatter that came out with their Pirates of the Caribbean line that looks wonderful over pastels (another hot trend).  Sally Hansen also has beautiful metallics in the HD Line. 

4.  Chunky Glitter Polish-  Remember when you were a kid and loved painting your nails with sparkly, fun, chunky glitter polishes.  Welp, those days are back!  Every line makes them and they come in every color imaginable.  Wear them alone, or over your favorite nail color!  Milani has a gorgeous line of glitter polishes.

5.  Reds - What's sexier than a glossy, red lip?  Red nails to match of course!  And, lucky duckies, they're all over this summer.  Whether it's a metallic red, glittery red, shatter red...all are shades and finishes are gorgeous.  I especially love dark metallic and bright glittery reds.

6. Pastels - For the covertly sexy among us, pastels are beautiful, simple, and elegant.  Everything from Robin's Egg Blue to Lilac.  MAC has a few sweet colors for the summer, Ice Cream Cake, Mischievous Mint, and Little Girl Type...all super cute!

Summer Trend - Bright Shadows!

Bright eyeshadows are huge for summer, the brighter the better.  For this LOTD I picked orange, just cause it's the color I painted my nails the night before....I'm in an orangy kindof mood :)

Products Used (in order of use):

Foundation
MAC Studio Fix Powder NC43

Cheeks
MUFE #17 (contour)
Coral blush from Coastal Scents

Eyes
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer original
Urban Decay Eye Pencil in Yeyo (base, all over lid up to crease, waterline)
Urban Decay Eyeshadow in Muchness from Alice in Wonderland Palette (center of upper lid)
MUFE Eyeshadow #18 (all over lid blending into edges of Muchness, blended above crease)
Too Faced Eyeshadow in Silk Teddy (highlight)
MUFE Eyeshadow #04 (lower lash line)
Lorac Liquid Liner Pen in Black (upper lash line)
MAC Zoomlash Mascara

Brows
MUFE #17

Lips
MUFE #406 from 5 color lipstick palette #34101
Hard Candy Clear Gloss

Make Up For Ever’s Tres Vichy Lashes

I loved from Make Up For Ever’s Tres Vichy collection and I wanted to replicate the eye makeup for their Tres Vichy ad. It’s a really simple eye, and the lashes add a super cute detail. I used MUFE’s blush in 75(matte hot pink) on the inner corner of my eye, Cargo’s soft pink in the 4 shadow quad Baja in the center of my eye, and then MUFE’s eyeshadow in 91 (matte lime green) on the outer corner of my eye. I used Lime Crime’s Pink Poodle over 75 and Lime Crime’s Lime Criminal over 91. Then I used Cargo’s light lime green in the 4 shadow quad Tahiti as a highlight. I lined with my Lorac liquid liner pen on my upper lash line, and then used 75 and 91 on my lower lash line. Then I glued on the lashes. The glueing was a bit of work cause the little bows make the lashes a bit ackward, but they are super cute. For my lip color I used Korres Forest Pink lipstick mixed with Clinique’s Watermelon lipstick.

LOTD6 ~ Sunny and Bright

Products Used (in order of use):

Foundation
MAC Studio Fix Powder NC43

Cheeks
MUFE #17 (contour)
MUFE #112 (blush)

Eyes
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
MUFE eyeshadow #02 (all over lid to a little above crease)
MUFE eyeshaodw #18 (outer corner, crease, upper lash line)
MAC pigment (forgot name, it's a golden yellow color, over MUFE #02)
Light gold shimmer (highlight)
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer in Greed (highlight right under brow)
Lorac Liquid Liner Pen in Black (upper lash line)
MUFE #04 (lower lash line)
Hard Candy Take Me Out Liner (waterline)
MAC Zoomlash Mascara

Brows
MUFE #17

Lips
Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick in Brillant Bordeaux
Covergirl NatureLuxe Gloss Balm in Anemone

LOTD5 - Woodwinked ;)

Check out my kick ass earrings too...love them!

Products Used (in order of use):

Foundation
MAC Studio Fix Powder NC43

Cheeks
MUFE #17 (contour)
MUFE #112 (blush)

Eyes
Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer
MAC eyeshadow in Nylon (inner corner of eye)
MAC eyeshadow in Woodwinked (upper lid blended with Nylon up to crease)
Too Faced eyeshadow in Cocoa Puff (crease)
Too Faced eyeshadow in Sexpresso (lower lash line)
MAC eyeshadow in Dazzle Light (highlight)
Hard Candy Take Me Out Liner in Soy (waterline)
Lorac Liquid Liner Pen in Black
MAC Zoomlash Mascara

Brows
MUFE #17

Lips
MUFE Aqua Liner in 3C
Maybelline Color Sensational Lipstick in Fifth Ave. Fuchsia
Milani 3D Glitzy Glamour Gloss in Fashion Diva