Matron of Honor Melissa

Remember Carmel's engagement session? Well her wedding was just a few weeks ago and I was able to makeup the faces of a few of my fellow bridesmaids. Melissa was the Matron of Honor and Carmel's best friend of 17 years. She's also one of my besties and now, my mommy mentor. She's a great mom, makes up THE BEST silly songs for her little boy A, and my go-to guide for all things baby. She really made my job easy because she is just so beautiful WITHOUT makeup! How in the world was I going to enhance this natural beauty? I ended up giving her a brown and gray smokey eye with very little smoke on the bottom. Here's her before and after:

Please excuse the rollers, but here's a shot of the eyes:

Products used:

• Primed with Sonya Dakar Pore Minimizer.  
• Face: CoverFX NaturalFX in M70
• Eyes: Sigma Bare palette, colors Snoop, Hitch and Approach for brow highlight.  MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack to line the upper eyelid
• Brows: MAC eyebrow pencil in Lingering
• Cheeks: Coastal Scents Contour Blush palette
• Lips: Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in Abu Dhabi

Melissa, you're beautiful inside and out and I can't wait to paint your face again. Maybe while the kiddies are playing :-)

Update: Jean's Casual Family Session

Remember my sister-in-law's casual family session look?  Well peeps, here's the finished product:

I really think Jean's look photographed well, and isn't my niece ADORBS????  Again, can't thank Debby enough for capturing the lovely Kim family.

Jean's Casual Family Session Look

Jean is the hubs' sister and she's awesome. She cracks me up, cuts my kid's finger nails (we all know cutting an infant's nails is like walking through a mine field), and can spot fake denim from a mile away. Jean, her husband and adorable 20-month-old daughter were visiting us from D.C. for the week so we thought it'd be a great idea to take family photos. Jean hardly needs makeup at all, just a little BB cream and she's good to go, so I decided to give her a natural look with just a pop of lashes. She's graciously allowed me to post her before and after pics. I'll post an update when the photos are ready from our uber talented photographer Deborah Coleman, aka, the Toddler Whisperer



Products used:

• Face: Dr. Jart Beauty Balm
• Eyebrows: MAC Eyebrow pencil in Lingering
• Eyes: Urban Decay Nake Palette
• Lashes: Model 21 Lashes #63
• Lips: Bobbi Brown Shimmer Lipgloss in Rose Gold
• Cheeks: Coastal Scents Contour Blush Palette

Jean, please come back soon! We miss the stomping, I mean pitter patter, of little feet and your charming family!!!

Carmel's Engagement Session

Carmel has been a dear friend for over 15 years now.  We met in the 6th grade and have pretty much been friends ever since.  She was actually a bridesmaid in my own wedding.  Carmel is engaged to Michael and I'm so excited for their wedding this weekend!  Back in February she entrusted me to do her makeup for her engagement session.  It was rainy day but girlfriend rocked it!  How beautiful is my BFF?!?



Photography by the talented LansangPhotography.com .  Here are a few more shots from the day:

    

Carmos, you're beautiful inside and out and we can't wait for your big day!

Hello world!

Hello World!  I guess that's an appropriate title for my very first blog entry.  Printing "Hello world!" out to the console is probably everyone's first assignment in their very first Computer Science class.  I'm a software engineer by trade with a new found passion for makeup!  I've played around a lot, done the girls' makeup in Vegas, applied lashes on the homies for bachelorette parties, and now Mama's gettin' serious.  Well, time permitting that is, with a full time job, a six month old baby, an awesome husband, oh and seemingly perpetual marathon training.  I'll be posting mostly makeup looks, some product reviews, and you may occasionally spot my little Cara Cupcake because she is JUST THAT CUTE.  So here goes...