These are just some amateur shots taken by, well me! Ha ha. I will post the actual pictures soon, this was one of the most fun shoots I have done!

This is the gorgeous Christen Orchowski, when I was thinking in my head how I wanted to do her make-up I knew I wanted to do something that was like a superhero, something sleek and mysterious. I took the black eyeshadow all the way up to her brow, when I started applying the shadow I started to question if it was going to work out, because of how dramatic it was. I didn't know if the look was going in the right direction. BUT I am a true believer that there are no "rules" to make-up, sure I personally have guide line but what works for me doesn't always work for others, and vise versa. (People always come into Sephora saying "I can't,I love this look but I it doesn't look good on me" "I don't know how to put eyes shadow on" ect. Basically what I'm trying to say is that you never know if you don't try, and if you get discouraged its just make-up you cant take it off but sometimes great things come from the trying something new.) So I kept going with the look, I think of make-up kind of like sculpting the face, you can manipulate to create the desired look and sure enough I found a look that I was very happy with.

The products I used:

I used Onyx eyeshadow by B.E. and Kat Von D's palette True love, I used the color Benji. It was a metallic cream shadow. When i applied it with my finger it looked like gold flakes. I used a brush and combed it through her brows. On the lips I used Dior 917 lipstick mixed with the Benji shadow.

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.