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Lovestruck bridal event

My team and I will be doing hair & makeup demos at this event taking place on Sunday, November 16th from 11am-8pm. For complete details, please visit www.lovestruckbrides.com

See you all there! :)




Lovestruck - Vancouver's Most Interactive and Fashionable Bridal Show!

Portraits of recent work

Portraits of beautiful ladies I recently did makeup on... Please click on each image to enlarge.

Media - Metro Vancouver

Below is a recent article in the Metro Vancouver newspaper that I was featured in...

Alex's Wedding Day

I also got the opportunity to work on one of my hair assistant's makeup for her wedding day! Meet Alexandra, one of my fabulous co-workers! She got married early this year and I arrived at her home to do her makeup. Here's a photo of us once I was all finished glamming her up... and yes, this first photo was taken in the bathroom where she was glancing in the mirror and inspecting to make sure she was extra gorgeous.

Anna's Wedding Day!

For Anna's October sunny wedding day, my amazing hair assistant Melanie & I arrived early at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver to work on the hair & makeup for the bride and her 3 lovely bridesmaids.

Anna's theme colors were red & white...and I will never forget the beautiful & sparkly bright red "Dorothy" shoes that she wore.

Below are a few pics from her big day. Thank you Anna for allowing me to use your lovely photos!! You gals were awesome; we had sooo much fun dolling you ladies up!

And here's the happy couple! Love this shot...it's so titanic!

some more pics

Here are a few more recent pictures of me working on some clients for weddings, fashion shows and makeup parties. Wish I didn't look so serious in the shots, but I was highly concentrated on my art work and the photos were shot randomly. I honestly don't even notice when the photographers are snapping away but one of these days I'll try to remember to smile and say "cheese" for one and post it up! :)

Please click to enlarge...

Bacardi Fashion Show

This past June I had the opportunity to key what turned out an awesome fashion show at Celebrity's nightclub.

I was asked to gather up a team of 6 hairstylists & makeup artists (myself included) and together doll up 15 already gorgeous male & female models. All of them being very successful models from Vancouver. One of them was Sisi from the reality tv show "Canada's Next Top Model".

They all looked fabulous while getting to model the latest styles of Rock and Republic, Lady Dutch, Citizens of Humanity and 7 for all Mankind clothing.

It was a great show and at the same time Bacardi launched their new delicious flavour "Bacardi Breezer Raspberry Dragonfly" which everyone got to sample for free all night long! The pretty bright pink bottle the drink comes in is what first attracted me to taste it, and it was absolutely delicious! But don't worry... I only drank once I was completely done with doing makeup! :)

The team of 6 of us makeup & hairstylists: Rouve, Alexandra, Melanie, Zofia, Tom & I. Thank you for all your help guys, your the best! I'd also like to thank two wonderful ladies who made it all possible for us, Jennifer Isted & Elizabeth Walsh... big hug to you both!

Below are a few pics from the show for all to enjoy!

Cecilia's Wedding Day!

For Cecilia's April wedding, my two wonderful hair assistants Melanie & Alexandra and I arrived at the beautiful River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, bright and early to work on the lovely group of ladies.

Cecilia had a hair theme for her bridesmaids which was one of a kind; they all had 1930's hair style which turned out absolutely gorgeous! It was just brilliant!

The pictures speak for themselves and tell you her fairy tale wedding story. Thank you Cecilia for allowing me to use your fabulous photos!









And here's the happy couple!

Betty's Wedding Day Story

Another one of my recent bride's, the lovely Betty, has kindly allowed me to use some of her photos to post up on my blog.

For Betty's February wedding day, I arrived at a room at the beautiful & romantic Brockhouse Restaurant in Vancouver to do the makeup for her & her maid of honour, Andrea.

I first started off with Andrea's makeup. She mentioned to me that she was comfortable with wearing makeup and that she wanted a pretty style that would match her gorgeous slinky black dress. Below is her finished look, which she very much liked.

Betty on the other hand wanted to have a very natural, angelic makeup style. She explained to me that she normally didn't wear much make-up at all, and that she wanted her application to be as soft as possible. Her skin was already literally flawless, so I ended up giving her a natural look in a breeze. Here's a photo of me applying on her eyeliner.

Here's a pic of the both of them once they were both ready!

And here are some more lovely pictures of the bride & groom...

My Pro Makeup Kit

Want to know what I carry in my make-up kit? Well I imagine you're probably curious, so I'll tell you.

In my kit I have a little bit of everything: MAC, Clinique, Merle Norman, Makeup Forever, Lise Watier, Niko, Mehron, Rimmel, Estee Lauder, Cargo, Orra, NAO, Smashbox, Christian Dior, Ben Nye, Celebre, L'Oreal, Cinema Secrets, Dermablend, Kryolan, and more...

I carry over 120 eye shadows, over 100 different shades of lipsticks & lip glosses, over 15 shades of blushes & concealers, perfect to match and go with every skin tone out there!

Like I always say, every brand out there carries something great. There is no such thing as "the best brand". As long as the makeup truly lasts and enhances your beauty, that's all that matters. Below is a recent photograph of my makeup kit. Voila!

Tanya Tagaq Gillis

Over the winter, in collaboration with my talented photographer friend Sarah Race, I did a photo shoot makeup for Canadian Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis. She is a popular composer and performer who developed her own solo form of Inuit throat singing, which is normally done by two women. Because of her unique talent, Tanya was quickly discovered and has collaborated and toured all over the world with big artists including Bjork and the Kronos Quartet.

Tanya's debut album was released in October of 2002. Her music is stunning emotions and provocative sounds of aggressive grunts and growls, gasping rhythms, moans & sighs; it is truly impressive. She won the best female artist at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards in 2005.

While doing her make-up, I got a chance to chat with her for a bit and I must say she is a beautiful person inside as she is on the outside. Not only is she incredibly talented, but she's got a sweet personality as well as a contagious sense of humor.

Tanya was featured here on the cover (above) of the winter 2006 issue of Words & Music Magazine by Socan where you can see the makeup job I did on her. The beautiful shots were taken by Vancouver photographer Sarah Race.

Below is a picture of us during the shoot. From the left; myself, Tanya, Sarah...