Me at Sephora doing some magic

This is my good friend Caitlin Williams, this shoot was for her portfolio she is sending to ANTM wish her luck!!!

We wanted a VERY natural dewy look. I used Laura Mercier Silk Cream foundation, Laura Mericier Mineral Powder foundation and Givency bronzer on her eyes and cheeks. Lips we put Nars Turkish Delight

I got inspired to do this look from the NEW Lady GaGa video ( telephone ) when she is in the jail cell and her whole outfit is the yellow caution tape. She is completely wrapped up in it, even her face. I just thought it was amazing, so basically I just bought a bunch of wrapping paper and bows and went wild.

For her foundation I used a cream foundation by the Balm in medium shade. Using a cream made the pigment shadows stay, and be brighter. It was a fun shoot, and what a nice present she makes!!!

We were walking down Venice Beach and spotted this little stand where a woman was selling these hand made bows, i just fell in love with this one. The leotard is from American Apparel. I love this picture because it shows FO's amazing collarbone, I always joke with her calling it her "mustache collarbone" I think you can tell why!

I love Fo's freckles so I never use much foundation, because I want them to be visible so I just use a little bit of the Balm's "Time Balm Concealer." Its probably my favorite product, I use it every time I apply make-up. I even use it all around the eyes as a eyeshadow primer, it helps even the skin tone and brightens any darkness. As for the eyeshadow I used MAC "Passionate" matte pink and "Stars and Rockets" shimmer pink and for the lips I used Stila "Palm Peach. ."

We were going for a "GAP" look, very soft and natural. I had a lot of fun with this shoot because the energy was great, she was jumping everywhere so we got a lot of in the moment shots.

For the eyeshadow I used Stila "Kitten" and a bit of Urban Decay "Baked Bronzer" on her eyes and cheeks. When I do a natural look I like to add a little bit of whatever color I use on the cheeks for eyeshadow. Even pink, it really gives a nice fresh flushed look. Or like in this case a nice summer glow. I also used Benefit "Eye Bright" pencil, it is a pink eyeliner pencil that really gives you an awake look if you put it in your lower water line.

This is my version of a Geisha, creating this hair look was very trying on me. It was a definite challenge but I am happy with the outcome.

To create this look first off you have to have a lot of hair to work with. Second flexible AND strong hold hairspray, and probably 1000 bobby pins, I made "rats" so I didn't have to tease her hair and could create the illusion of thickness. a "rat" is a bunch of synthetic hair that you mold into the desired shaped and then wrap it with a hairnet. I then attach it to the head using bobby pins and then you mold the models hairs over the rat, and it provides the volume. Think of it like a better, softer version of a "Bumpit"

I had to climb a humongous pile of sand to get to the top of this shoot. The photographer had this idea that it would be beautiful if she were elevated with the clouds in bright blue sky with the wind blowing her hair around, i agreed.
Fo is actually wearing a wig I bought in down town Korean town in LA, we probably tried on ten wigs before finding "laylonie" as we named her! This was a very natural look, "BadGal" mascara by Benefit and a liquid liner in brown by MUD and a ruby red lipstick by MUD as well.

This is one of my best friends FO Porter, and yes she was was on cycle 12 of Americas Next Top Model. She is now being a workin' girl and signed with Nous modeling agency. Isn't she FIERCE!!!!

For this look I used black lipstick, and filled in her brows with black eyeshadow. I bought these awesome green lashes from Cinema Secrets, if you have time to check this store out please do its full of goodies.

This shoot was crazy, I got all this paint and just started splattering it everywhere it really brought out my creativity. I wanted to try something a little avant garde and out there.

In the first photo I actually covered her brows using a wax product, then putting spirt gum over them. You can also do this using a normal glue stick, and then covering it with foundation and set it with powder. I then drew on eyebrows above her natural ones in the desired shape . For the next photo i used MUD cream paints just layering different colors of lines. I like using the creams because they are easy to work with, and they blend well. For her lashes I just used a strip on her lower lash line, I think the effect is very adventurous.

I love me this red head, she is so diverse. I wanted this shoot to be dime lighted and mysterious, like a dark princess with a secret.

I love going places like Hobby Lobby or the the Dollar store and finding random quirky things that inspire me for looks like this one. I found blue strips with rhinestones, i cut them and shaped them to her eyebrows. The eyeshadows are MAC "freshwater" blue and "knight Divine" silver. I bought the headband hair piece at forever 21.

I felt a bit patriotic in this one. I was talking to the photographer about how she should pose... he was very eccentric moving everywhere, rolling on the floor trying to find the right angle for the shot. I love working with people that aren't afraid to try new things or get a bit dirty, finally we came up with this shot. I am very proud of this one.

On her eyes I put clear lip gloss, or "Ghetto-gloss" as my teacher Jackie called it. It gives a really shiny effect that I thought was intriguing, I would only recommend this for a photo shoot or short time period. The gloss tends to run down or melt and your wouldn't want it in your eyes. On her cheeks I used "Glimmer Bronze" by BonneBell. I love this product because it give a beautiful shimmer with a hint of bronze so you can contour your cheeks but still look natural, and its cost efficient. (Walgreens 3-4 dollars)

I did this shoot when I was still in school,I was going for a soft NYLON look. I loved the pastel colors of her outfit with her pale skin. She was fun to work with because she was playful with the look, we put candies in her hair.

For her eyes I used MAC eyeshadows, "Chrome" yellow "Bitter" green. On her cheeks I used MUD "Bubblegum" blush. And then I placed pink rhinestones from the dollar store on her cheekbone.

We did this shoot in an underground parking garage, it was amazing!!! I absolutely LOVE the lighting in these photos, we made it about two hours before security came and broke up all the talent we had going on.

I used Make-Up Forever HD liquid foundation on the both models and MAC eyeshadows and MUD blush and lipstick on female.

These are images from a photo shoot I did with my good friends, photographer Zach Hill and model Katie Ashcraft. Basically the idea behind this shoot came from a spread in a magazine I saw with Shakira; she was wearing thigh high boots with a black leotard with huge shoulder pads, it was so inspiring to me that I felt compelled to bring that idea to life with my own inflection. We had a plan to go shoot in the mesa, when we were driving and spotted this amazing graffiti wall.... the rest was just magic.

The make-up look I was going for was dark and very contoured, I wanted it to be dramatic so i tried to use an everyday look and just spice it up a bit by using darker shades and elongating her natural crease. I used eyeshadows taupe and black by MUD and Oyster by SmashBox for the highlight on her brow bone, black liquid and pencil eyeliner by Stila. For hair I wrapped her long hair around styrofoam balls and tied it with black rubber bands (and A LOT of hairspray).

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