Tag Archives: creative makeup artist

How to do a 1970′s Makeup Application

I get so many people asking me about how to do various makeup styles from different genres. Clearly the 1970′s is a really popular era, as my short post on 70′s makeup gets a lot of reader traffic! I don’t get many opportunities to do makeup from different eras, but it seems like the 1970′s...

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Synesthesia? Who knew?!

In 2006 while I was still working at Benjamin Moore, I took a Colour Training seminar put on by the Natural Color Institute from Stockholm, Sweden. We learned about a Natural Color System which builds on how the human sees color. Color is a subjective visual sensation and to characterize it, you have to describe...

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Sometimes you just have to streamline…

Over the past 6 months I have been incredibly busy, working a few jobs plus being a mother and wife. Not to say that my life is different from anyone else’s because everyone I know is busy. But sometimes when you are not actually going to an office everyday, it seems harder to keep yourself...

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Langara College Fashion Photo Shoots – Part 1

On this shoot, I went for a very strong “Twiggy-like” eye makeup. I wish I had more time to have perfected it because it is a tricky one to do….lots of layering and blending….

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Creative Photo Shoot – Hat Series

Vince has always a number of ideas for creative photo shoots and it is a pleasure to work with him. great laugh and big personality. And Alena Riane ain’t bad either! This was in early April so I have been remis….

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