Girls, Girls, Girls!

So I told you about the Boy's Commercial Shoot I did w/ Troy Moth a few mths ago. I also did a similar Girl's shoot w/ Troy recently. The styling is a little more edgy but I really like the pics and I think it's a great addition to my Commercial book.

The models are Fayruz & Jacquie (Sutherland):

Boys, Boys, Boys!

As a makeup artist it's important to have a well rounded portfolio that includes - Editorial, Beauty and Commercial looks. When I came back from Shanghai I knew the area my portfolio was still lacking in was Commercial which in Toronto is what will actually get you the work lol.

Everyone kept saying the same thing. We love your book and you have great Editorial and Avant Garde Beauty work but you really need more clean Commercial work. I knew this was true but the hard part is finding a photographer to shoot a creative of Commercial work b/c let's be real...it's not very creative and who wants to shoot that for free just to build the book.

So when Troy Moth, one of my favourite collaborators and photographers said he also needed to build his Commercial book I was thrilled. A few mths ago...when it was still relatively warm and sunny we shot a great boys commercial shoot. Really clean, really commercial and overall perfect for my book!

Here's a few of my favs from that shoot:

Btw the stylist from this shoot was Nadia Pizzimenti (Judy Inc.).

Kill the Queen - Halloween 2009

I know I'm a makeup artist and Halloween should send me into some sort of orgasmic frenzy but it doesn't really. Sure I don't mind getting done up and going out for the night but overall I'm not obsessed w/ the Special Effects Gore makeup. I took it in school just so I knew the basics but it was definitely not my passion. I find like Star Wars people who are into Special Effects are REALLY into Special Effects lol!

Anyway, I decided to go out for Halloween to Tattoo Rock Parlour...it's a rock bar/tattoo parlour in Toronto and overall I really like it. Cool music, decent crowd and a good time. Very last minute costume but overall I think it was a cute idea. I went as a murdered Prom Queen. Got to still do the pretty makeup and look hot but also include some of the gore that goes w/ Halloween. I did the stab wounds very last minute like practically walking out the door so don't judge too harshly...plus it's weird doing it on yourself lol.

So here's a few pics from the night:

"Oh No...Someone's After Me!"
"I'm Scared and Vulnerable...but still Sexy"

"AHHHHHH!"
"I'll Get You W/ My Shoe"

Beware the Prom Queen
I'm Murdered but that doesn't mean I can't look Pretty!

Btw if you didn't notice my crown says "Bitch"...I'm a Prom Queen - Enough Said lol!

Massari - Body Body

So here's the Massari music video I worked on about a wk and a half ago. They must be really pushing this song to get the post production done so quickly. The other music video I worked on in the Summer still hasn't been released yet.

Hope you all enjoy - btw I did the makeup and hair on the girl in white, the girl w/ the really curly hair on the bed (yes that took a long long time lol) and another brunette that I won't be able to distinguish to you.

Off to Chicago!

I'm at the airport waiting for my flight to Chicago. The bf has a biz trip there this wk and my b-day is also this wk (Oct 15th for anyone that's curious ;) ) so we decided to combine the two into a mini trip. I've never actually been there so I'm kind of excited. Plus of course I'm excited to go to the US and do some SHOPPING (esp. since the CAN $ is almost at par).

On the weekend I got to assist on a music video for Canadian R&B singer Massari. It was for his new single Body Body and the video should be coming out really soon actually. Massari was really nice and down to earth which was really cool b/c you never know how stars are going to act.

Even though the call time was for 6:30 am ugghh the day actually went really smooth and didn't feel that long like it sometimes can on set. The key artist Buffy was really cool and I would totally love to assist her again and the other assistant Taylor was really nice too.

Basically, other then Massari our job was to sexify his harem of women that were in the video lol. At first Taylor and I thought we only had to do 2 girls each but as I was in the middle of doing the one girl's hair (which took FOREVER b/c it was SOOO thick and had extensions lol) we found out that there were actually 7 girls not 4! Needless to say after that first girl I sure didn't spend an hr each curling all their hair into ringlets lol. Although, her hair did look gorgeous...I was actually quite impressed w/ myself as hair is the one thing I'm really working on right now. The clothing stylist in fact even came over at one point and said he loved her hair and asked me if I was hair first then makeup lol! God I swear that's probably the best compliment I've heard all year...I was like NOOO I'm sooo not hair first then makeup but thank you so much for thinking that...btw can you call my agency and tell them that lol ;)

Also should have some really nice new pics coming out soon shot w/ Troy Moth. Very clean commercial work but that's what I need in Toronto.

Bryan Lockyer Shoot

Last wk I mentioned I did a creative w/ photographer Bryan Lockyer. Today he sent me a few images that he worked on today and he'll get the others to me soon. I know he was a bit disappointed w/ the styling but overall I like the images he retouched so far. Can't wait to see the others!
*If you want to see the pics bigger just click on the image :)

P O S E D Blog & Magazine

Back when I was still in Shanghai a fellow blogger and makeup artist Sian Lidgate contacted me about writing for this upcoming Scottish fashion magazine and blog her and some photographers were creating. I thought this was a really great way to get some more international exposure so of course I jumped at the idea. At the time I was planning a trip to Beijing and a night at the Peking Opera which I thought would be a great topic for my first article.

They held the article for a few mths b/c they wanted to wait for the printed version of the magazine to come out. Unfortunately, that's been postponed a little bit longer but they have published my article on the blog and I can't wait to see it in print!

So check out my article for P O S E D Magazine & Blog!