Makeup, Life and all that comes in between

Whatta Summer!

2011-10-06T11:05:00.000-07:00

Wait, how ON EARTH is it October?? Wasn't it March, like, yesterday? WOW!

I've had an incredible year and it keeps getting better. Spent all summer in NYC when I wasn't traveling for work, but I did manage to get to quite a few places! Here's some fun shots from the last couple of months.


Hudson and his purple Mohawk in our NYC hood.

Moustache Saturday!!

Can you tell this was in Wisconsin?


Beautiful Richmond VA


in Montana... Location scouting :-)


Yellowstone River


You know this sign is here cause someone actually TRIED THIS...

The Makeup Show, NYC.

2011-06-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

I was in NYC for the Makeup Show last month and despite only having a couple of hours to hit the show on sunday, managed to make my product loving makeup artist heart happy (and make my bank account traumatized, haha!)

First off: HAKUHODO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh. My. Gosh. These brushes are insane. Hand made, expensive, and worth every penny. The level of quality here versus most brushes is the difference between a clunker car and a Rolls Royce. I can't say enough great things about these. You can buy them here: http://hakuhodousa.com/

Next....

BDELLIUM . These brushes are also seriously epic, but without the epic price tag of the Hakuhodo. Seriously, I think my favorite shadow brushes are $8?? Some of them also have an antibacterial coating which is great for those of us who are germaphobes. A fabulous option for someone building their kit without spending a ton of money, or when you need multiples of the same brush. Check them out here: http://bdelliumtools.com/products.php

Speaking of a new option for brushes, I've gotten so tired of carrying them around in brush rolls, then trying to keep the clean ones separate from dirty... bla bla bla.. Enter the Cozzette brush Vessel. I bought one for brushes and one for disposables, and I need to buy about 5 more. These are amazing.
https://roquecozzette.com/category/vessels/

Alrighty - gotta run, but I'll post more about the rest of the haul later when I can give the rest of the amazing stuff I bought the full rundown it deserves.

In my hotel room...

2011-06-30T17:26:00.000-07:00

So I'm in my hotel room after a long awesome week of work and thought I'd post some new work. This was shot in San Juan, Puerto Rico in January and I just got my lil hands on them :-)

Such a great team to work with, and PR is AMAZING!!!

One would think..

2011-06-10T12:39:00.000-07:00

As much time as I spend on the computer that I would blog more. A little late, but here's what I've been up to:

Spent some time in Hawaii last november working for Izod and here's some of the shots. It was a totally amazing adventure!

I'll add more soon!

New Years Resolution?

2011-02-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

So it's been...... almost a year since my last post and man, have things changed since then!

Thanks to my amazing agent Bobby, I've been working everywhere from NYC to Hawaii, Milwaukee to Miami, Palm Springs to Puerto Rico.. I could go on but you get the idea. 2010 was an amazing year of growth for me personally and professionally and I am SO grateful to everyone who helped me along.

My new years resolution is to get much better about updating the bloggy-blog (since I don't have aaaaaanything else that could get in the way ;-P )

So, here's some new stuff. I have a TON of new work coming out that I am SUPER excited about, and this is the first of many:

I did the makeup for this Hennessy ad that is the on back cover of GQ! It's always exciting to see your work in something national, and this was Super Exciting cause I'm out of town on a job right now and got to run across the street and buy the mag.

Here's the video that goes along with it:

What a special experience!

Alright, that's enough updating for one day ;-) I have to save something for the next post.

Gotta love google translate!

2010-03-06T12:20:00.000-08:00

So when I was working with SOLO a few weeks ago, they did a quick interview with me. I love working with them and hope I can make it back to Sweden this summer, we'll see.

I think the google translation of this is really quite hilarious though, there are some words that don't seem quite the same...

Enjoy!

Whew!

2010-03-04T21:25:00.000-08:00

Finally back in Miami after 4 crazy days in Exuma. Flying on a private plane is TOTALLY the way to go!! I think I'll request it from now on. Anyone think that'll work ;-) ?

What a crazy 4 days. We had a guy come up to us the first day saying that his new wife (they were on their honeymoon) had always wanted to model but didn't know how to get into it. So we agreed to at least meet her and OMG... Marisa Miller's lookalike! How amazing. We ended up shooting her for 3/4 of the day. Just goes to show that you never know what's going to happen in this crazy industry.

Anyway, here's some fun behind the scenes goodness.. Enjoy! And if you ever get the chance to go to Exuma...... I highly recommend it!

On the road to the resort

The view from my room

Ahh.... just another day in paradise

My set-up area. I know.. It's sooooo hard not having a motor home.. ;-)

On the 10 seater coming home. Everyone laughed at me on the island, but I was vindicated when we landed and it was FREEZINGGGGGG!!!!!!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....

2010-03-01T19:32:00.000-08:00

So I'm sitting in the Lovely Sandals resort in Exuma, getting ready to go to bed LOL!!

We're shooting swim and some tourism stuff, and the resort is really lovely. I would absolutely come back! We had 5 models today, and the same 5 for the next 3 days.. So I'll write more after this week of craziness is done. I have to get up at 5 am. Glamorous stuff, folks... glamorous stuff.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand... we're back!

2010-02-26T14:20:00.001-08:00

So I took a (LONG) unplanned break from blogging, but I'm getting back into it now. I was inspired to from working with the fabulous team from SOLO magazine in Sweden.

They all blog every day! I am so in awe of how they update all the time.

They come over every year to shoot a few editorials and so we shot all over the place. Here's the link to what they've been up to: http://karin.solomag.se/ and http://mode.solomag.se/ (click on the UK flag at the bottom of the page to translate into english)

There's even an interview with me in there!! LOL!!

We shot three editorials this time, all in Ft Lauderdale and then we went horseback riding!! It was so much fun and I loved working with them.

Here's a few pictures from behind the scenes:

See you soon!

When did it become May???

2009-05-09T12:21:00.001-07:00

So, apparently I've managed to not update this since March!! When did it become May already??

Season in Miami has come and gone, I worked my little tail off and am back in Dallas for summer. Miami was an amazing experience.. I learned a LOT, worked a lot and am grateful for the opportunity.

It's changed how I look at what I do for sure and I still don't want to do anything but this... but it definitely makes me more aware of how I'm going about things and how and what I work on.

On another note, here's a link to my agencies new video page: Agency Gerard Video . Go and take a look.. It took 3 tries to make that thing, lol.

More later..

Done, and Done!

2009-03-03T19:53:00.000-08:00

So,

My INCREDIBLY AWESOME booker, Bobby, emails us this morning to tell us that we need to have a Bio on the agency site.

This is what we came up with ^

I like it.

2009-03-01T21:17:00.000-08:00

So, I bring to you, THE LONG AWAITED SECOND POST..

Ok, maybe not long awaited. But I was on the Sephora site, sending some recommendations to someone, and felt the urge to tell people about some great makeup lines and colors.

First off, here's Make Up For Ever - www.makeupforever.com

I swear, they don't make a single bad product. Lately, I'm loving the HD Foundation and Powder, the Concealer palettes, the Lift concealer, the Pencil eyeliners and the Lip Liners. There's plenty more that's fabulous, but that's what I was using today and was reminded of just how great they are.

The Brow gels are unlike anything I've ever tried, and are just awesome. Waterproof, smudgeproof..... Sigh.

Let's move on to.....NARS! Another line that's just all around great. The powder (and the cream!) eyeshadows are staples in my kit, as are the blushes. Love, love love the glosses and lipsticks (Chelsea girls, Chihuahua, and so many more are always in my kit) And, I've condensed the lipsticks into little containers, saving so much space so I don't have to carry 80 million loose lipsticks around. www.narscosmetics.com

On to Tarte! The shadows and gel blush are just KILLER, and those pallettes they do every year are such a good deal. I mangle them apart and put them into my own pallettes so everything is organized and color coded.. www.tartecosmetics.com

If you're an organizing freak like me, YABY is the place to go. Liz makes these GENIUS little empties that you can fill with whatever cream you want and put in your own pallette. You have no idea how much space she's saved me. That, and if you want a crazy color, but don't want to spend 20 bucks on a color you won't use a lot, the shadows are the way to go. www.yabycosmetics.com

You can also get everything but Yaby on the sephora website, and yaby is available in the states at www.camerareadycosmetics.com

I'll post more later y'all.. It's getting late.

Well, then!

2009-03-01T21:08:00.000-08:00

So I've decided to join the ranks of "cool people who blog". Or maybe just "people who are really really late to jump on this whole blog bandwagon".

Either way, here I am.

Makeup and Hair artist in South Beach, Miami for the season, then off to where ever the jobs are next. Possibly Dallas. Possibly Elsewhere.

This Blog shall follow the exploits, experiments, experiences and anything else that starts with the letter "E" and pertains to my ... existence.

This blog has been brought to you by the letters B, and M.

Carry on.