Pro Tip – How To Be A Great Makeup Assistant Part 2
As I mentioned in part one of How To Be a Good Makeup Assistant I receive calls and emails regularly from artists wanting to learn from me, assist or be mentored by me. In most cases out of three dozen or so emails one person might catch my eye and our emails might actually lead...
Pro Tip – Kit Focus Bridal Part 3
Bridal bookings are definitely in high season! Right now my team of artists are booked just a about a year in advance. Something that I had hoped for but didn’t necessarily expect when I started on this journey in the bridal business. For some artists that may seem normal and mundane but for others who...
Beauty Tip – Creating a Weekly Beauty Routine
Even though I have been in the beauty business for decades I fully admit that I am not great about keeping a steady beauty routine (other than morning and night cleansing) It’s not that I don’t want to run to the spa for a mani and pedi or that much needed weekly or monthly facial,...
Pro Tip – How to Be A Great Makeup Assistant! Part 1
I receive calls and emails every week from aspiring artists (and fashion stylists too) who have recently started or are trying to break into the business and want to learn/assist. And though most profess to be passionate about success and willing to do whatever is needed to be my assistant, when the moment of truth...
Pro Tip – Kit Focus Bridal Part 2
One of the most challenging things for a newer artist is to navigate which colors and formulas they need in their makeup kits. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard an artist say ”I buy all these things but I always seem to be missing something!” I remember feeling the exact same...
When To Toss Your Old Cosmetics
Now I don’t know about you, but doesn’t Spring just feel like the right time to un- clutter and purge the unnecessary tid- bits hanging out in your closets and drawers? Something about the newness of the season just makes me want to feel carefree and unencumbered by junk. So, I am starting with the...
Pro Tip – Positive Networking
One of the things I encounter on almost a daily basis are eager newbies who are trying to make their mark as freelance artists. Talking to these fabulous young lovelies and hearing their stories over the years is what put me on the path to coaching and mentoring. I can relate to having an immense...
Pro Tip – Kit Focus Bridal Part 1
New artists come to me often for advice wanting to know what they should have in their kits. There are usually two directions a new artist will take either A) starting out with “safe” basics so they feel like they covered the bases but haven’t invested too much money. Or B) buying every color of...
Lighten Your Brows
I’m not necessarily saying you should jump right in and go the route of Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo with your brows but if you are a raven haired girl lightening up just a shade or two can help lend the effect of a mini lift to the brow. In...
3 Minutes to a Sun Kissed Look
Women ask me every day what they should do to look polished and pretty without spending much time in the mirror? The truth is you don’t need much to pull off the sun-kissed look above. Just an handful of products will do the trick and it shouldn’t take you more than 3 minutes from start...
The Nakeds
About a zillion years ago when I was just a girl who locked herself in the bathroom to practice makeup skills on herself there was a line called Ultima II. This brand was absolutely beyond. It was the first “prestige” brand I ever purchased makeup from. In fact my hero Kevyn Aucoin was the Creative...
Look Natural Even With A Smokey Eye!
If I only had a dollar for every time someone asks for a “fresh, natural makeup with a Kim Kardashian smokey eye” If that sounds like an oxymoron… it’s not…no really! You can wear a dramatic smokey eye look without looking like a character from one of those scary Japanese horror flicks. And might I...
