Nichole was such a great client to work with.  She was having a very small intimate wedding and its started with only her and by the day off, we worked with her lovely sister and mom.  My team and I provided wedding makeup services and hairstyling for all of them.  I also did a small tattoo cover up for Nichole wish I was very proud off.    

Photography was done by Dan Graybill Photography.  Be sure to check them out if you’re looking for great wedding photography.  I’ve had the honor of working with them on a few weddings and the pictures always look great but what I love the most is how approachable they are.  Dan and his wife Sunny are genuinely so nice. 

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.  These were taken in downtown Lancaster, PA and at the Lancaster Arts Hotel Lancaster, PA

I really love to see how all things come together and when my clients trust me when I tell them that they will need to wear more makeup than they normally would wear and it will not show that way in pictures

I love my job as a makeup artist and am very thankful to be a small part of their special day and appreciate so much when they share images with me.

I am not a nail polish girl so I didn’t bother getting those. 

These are the 2 blushes

The pinky one is called Teh perfect Cheek and the Peachy tone to the right is called Legendary

These are the lipstick boxes.

I only decided to get 3 lipsticks of this collection.

These Lipsticks from the Marilyn Monroe Collection are very pretty.

From the left you have Scarlet Ibis which is a matte and it reminds me off Russian Red a bit, Love Goddess is also a matte and it looks on the tube more like a blue red but once I swatched it, it has a berry color to it. Pure Zen is a nude and it really reminds me of MAC’s Shy girl.
Below is a light swatch on my hand

I didnt get any of the eye shadows. I just have enough and I am not a fan of frost shadows.

I also got the lipglass in Phiff and the lip pencil in Beet.
I will have to try them out and get some swatches of these.
Overall, I am not a fan of all the collections, however I did really want to check this one out as in the past I have regreated at least not checking the collections.

Hope you enjoy.
Hasta Luego…

Please enjoy the pictures as much as I did.

Unfortunately the rain started in the early morning so the plans of the outside wedding were moved inside. However this bride didn’t let that stop her for marrying her soul mate and having a great time!
Photos provided by: Frank King Photography
www.frankkingphotography.com

I am a little behind on posting. I promise I will get on it as soon as I can. I have some recent hauls that certainly deserve some swatches and reviews.

This weekend while in Philadelphia, I stopped by the King of Prussia Mall. Of course I had to stop in by the MAC Cosmetics store.

I picked up a few goodies and saw they have a new palette.
See the pictures below.

I was excited to see these since I pretty much got rid of all my mac palettes and converted to the z palette. I have not yet figured out how many shadows I can fit in these but so far they look nice.

You can also buy the inserts for the blushes and shadows if you want to keep them in these.
Below is a picture of the inserts
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In closing, I am not sure that I will convert to these, I will have to see how I like them once I have used this one for a little bit.

Until the next one
Thanks for reading

Today I am trying out some of Avon’s lipsticks.  I picked this color because I thought it be a good color for someone with my skin tone. 

Of course the color is not as bright as what you see in the catalog but its a pretty nice color.  I think it may be a popular shade also for people that like a little lip color.  I thought it looked pretty nice on me.  Below are some pictures.  The cost was $4.99 on sale. 

As a makeup artist I am always trying new makeup and recently the Avon Campaigns have been very inviting.  So I gave in and decided to try out a few things and give them a try. 

Below is my first item, the Avon True Color Quad in Mystery.

I tried this out on my hand with a primer.  The colors are not as vivid as they look.  I also tried them on my mother which is of more of olive skin and felt like I really had to build the color.  I think I would probably combine it with a cream shadow to intensify the colors, but if you’re of very light complexion, this may work just fine.  I did notice without the primer it didn’t last as long either.  That being said, I would definitely use a primer.    Overall for the $5.99 sale price it was ok.  It would be a great quad to start with.  The packaging reminds me of chanel’s quads. 

Below are some pictures. 

Tom Ford lipsticks come in a range of shades.  These were a big splurge for me as they are $48 dollar each.   I love the color and the vanilla scent to them.  They are creamy and I love the packaging.

The packaging is very sturdy; they come in a nice square tube and as seen on the picture above, have the logo on the tip of the lipstick.  I love both shades that I picked.  I bought mine online at Neiman Marcus.

Today I would like to share some pictures of the glitters I purchased from Lit Cosmetics.

I’ve had my eyes on these for a while and I finally gave in an ordered some.  I noticed the line last year when a friend had mentioned seeing the company at the makeup show.

Lit Cosmetics is a Canadian based company.  They have tons of colors, sizes and finishes.   They also sell some brushes and adhesive for the glitters.

So far I have to say I really love them.  The clear base adhesive makes it so nice to apply.

Be sure to check their website address out at http://litcosmetics.com/ for a full list of colors and prices.

I will apologize in advance as I didn’t’ seem to get the right lighting but I hope this helps.   I hope to have some photo shoots in the near future using these.