Behind the scenes at Elyse Walker shoot

Here is a snap I took yesterday during my shoot for stylist Elyse
Walker's promo www.elysewalker.com. Photographer Melissa Rodwell
captured the gorgeous Yuliya with LA Modeks www.lamodels.com in the
most AMAZING designer clothes. I wanted to buy everything!!

Behind the scenes at my shoot for Mirrin Magazine

Yesterday I had the privilege of collaborating with photographer Melissa Rodwell, www.melissarodwell.com on an amazing story for London's Mirrin Magazine Summer 2010 issue www.mirrinmagazine.com. Our stylist Angela pulled tons of fabulous clothes and jewelry. Our models Ana, and Eugenia at Photogenics, and Daniel and Amadeus at Ford were fantastic, and totally got into the vibe of the shoot, and hairstylist Damian Monzillo www.kateryaninc.com rocked out some wicked hair!

The look and feel of the shoot was very Victorian, and I wanted to bring out that otherwordly antique feel with the makeup. On Ana and Eugenia I used OCC Makeup pigments in Copperwire, and Brasstacks all over their lids and under eyes. I then lined both the girls and boys eyes on top and bottom with Le Crayon Kohl eyepencil from Lancome in "Black Ebony", and smudged the lines with a brush to make the whole thing very diffused and undone looking; but still sexy and smokey.

The location was gorgeous and we shot just down the beach from Diane Von Furstenbergs house in Malibu, Ca. The weather was sunny and beautiful, and the pictures were magical...Can't wait to see the final images!!!

Mark Glow Baby Glow Lip Gloss

I am really loving this gloss from Mark. It's 2 glosses in one, a soft champagne beige, and a fresh pretty peach. The colors are so perfect for spring, and the texture gives a really gorgeous wash of color that stays. They smell really good too! I have to say, I've been using this one lately on all my models and they are a new kit staple for me. LOVE!!

Iris Moreau Makeup

Behind the scenes at Kohl's with the beautiful Allie@Wilhelmina

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Red Balloons!

Ah balloons...Carefree, and lighthearted, they bring out the child in all of us. In this story that I shot with New York Photographer Tiff Pemberton www.tiffpemberton.com; he captures that youthful playfulness. Fun!!!

Todays thoughts...change isn't always better!

I'm all for keeping things fresh, and modern, but a couple of weeks ago, I got the not so bright idea that going from a life long brunette to a platinum blonde would be an absolutely genius idea...WRONG! Talk about a BIG MISTAKE.... I loved the color; just not on me! When will I ever learn??? (Big Sigh); anyway, I tried it for a week and a half and I felt (and looked, trust me) like a desperate housewife from Pasadena...Let's just say that was Definitely NOT the result I was aiming for when I imagined having fabulously glamorous blonde hair! Sooo, coming to the realization that I was not born to be a blonde (so sad :-(); I spent 5 hours at the hair salon today dying it back to it's natural chocolate brown shade. I am now feeling like myself again, although much chagrined, exhausted, and really wondering what on earth was I thinking? (I obviously wasn't), and WHY I put my poor hair through such torture. I have learned that I really need to stop (cue music) and "wait a minute", before listening to that overly gleeful (and annoying) inner voice telling me to "try something new"! Sometimes doing less (at least in my case) really is more. Something to think about... :-)