Selfies on Sunday...

 A super natural look from this past Sunday... I glammed the look up a little bit with a winged liner and a full nude lip. You could play this look up or down depending on your comfort level or what you  have to do for the day. Adding some false lashes would step up the look or just a natural liner instead of the winged would be a way to tone it down. I hope you enjoy!!! 

Happy Thanksgiving Week!

Makeup used for this look

Foundation: Loreal True Match in W2 (Using and F-80 Sigma Brush)

Under Eye color correction: MAC Prep and Prime Stick in Radiant Rose (Blended with my finger)

Concealer: MAC Pro Long Wear in NW 20 (Blended with a BeautyBlender)

Under Eye Setting Powder: MAC Shaping Power in Emphasize (Using a Real Techniques Setting Brush)

All Over Face Setting Powder: Rimmel Stay Matte in Transparent ( Using a Real Techniques Foundation Brush)

Eye Brows: Anastasia Brow Whiz in Brunette

Under Eye High Light: MAC Shadow in Rice Paper

Eye Crease Transition Colors used: Makeup Geek Beaches & Cream, Peach Smoothie, and Creme Brulee. 

Deep Crease Colors used: MAC Swiss Chocolate & Saddle.

Eye Lid Color: Be a Bombshell Eye Base in Submissive. 

Liquid Liner: Skone Cosmetics Tattooed Waterproof Eyeliner.

Mascara: MAC Zoom Waterfast Lash in Waterfast Black. 

Contour: Anastasia BeverlyHills Contour kit. 

Bronzer: Milani Baked Bronzer in Glow.

Blush: MAC Melba

 Cheek, Cupids Bow & Tear Duct  Highlighter: Makeup Geek Eye Shadow in Cinderella. 

Face Setting Spray: Urban Decay All Nighter 

Lips:Liner- Revlon ColorStay in Natrual,  Lipstick-MAC Lustre in Viva Glam & CremeSheen in Japanese Maple. 

Pics Using my Iphone 5s.

The beautiful thing about makeup for me is that I can use it to transform or enhance a person's true beauty for any occasion. Inner Beauty is the real tool that most people over look. If you are having a bad day or feel a bit down that usually translates all over your face. On the other hand if its a great day for whatever reason people will know because its plastered on your face even without you trying...makeup or no makeup.

When my girlfriends call me and are planning to go out, but aren't feeling great about themselves, whether is guy related, or body related or no one even knows whats wrong related.... I always tell them this.... Grab your favorite pair of jeans... the ones that make you feel like strutting. Thrown on a cute top that you are comfortable in.... a nice pair of heels or boots.... and then as many coats of mascara as you can stand and a fabulous lip stick. End result, you feel like a new woman.

Makeup can only make the outside of your self different, and sometimes just throwing on your favorite blush or lip gloss can turn your day around.

I love being a makeup artist. I love showing women different skills and tools that are game changers for them and seeing the look on their face when I'm done.

I know I have succeeded in a trial or an application when the demeanor of my client shifts, you can instantly see the confidence over flowing out of them. They get a little swag in their step and I love this reaction!

I know I feel truly beautiful when I feel good... so whether its on a day where the only thing I have on my face is  some moisturizer or on a date night with my hubs and I got the false lashes rocking... it all comes from the inside, Makeup can push us in the right direction on a bad day, but in the end how we feel is the true ingredient in self beauty.

Throw Back Thursday ...

Back in July I got to work with some really beautiful and fun women on a photo shoot for a great store in Allston, MA. Designers Circus is a fun shop for women that ... in their own words from their website.

"Designers Circus.

The Circus is as its name implies, a Circus of customers, customers as employees, designers, all friends, creating an experience for each other privately and inviting people in to the secret. It exists in New England but its known worldwide. Its a place, but its a philosophy and mindset too.

The Designers Circus is an under the radar clothing event, a sample sale, a warehouse sale, a pop up store, a guerilla store, and an experience in "social shopping" all in one.Thus began another shared journey, the journey of the Designers Circus."

With the holidays approaching I thought you might be in the market for some great clothes and want to support a local business check out Kathleen's shop, 1 Braintree St, Allston, MA. They also have a couple other locations as well. 

58 Fore St

Portland, ME 04101-4829

and 

29 Soundview RdGuilford, CT 06437-2937

They do an annual photo shoot for all their holiday post cards that they send out over the year. So even though it was a few weeks into July it was fun to do makeup for a year round project. Here are a few looks from the shoot. I had such beautiful models to work with. They were all employees of Designers Circus and they had such great energy... it was a pleasure to spend a Sunday afternoon shooting with these women in the seaport area.