My Style Wins Charity Event- Nov 2014

I am ever so grateful for opportunities to give back. When you have a business, it is not only about the profits but how others can join or gain in your profits.

I was invited by HouseIt Prod. to do makeup for a charity event in downtown Miami hosted by My Style Wins, a South Florida non-profit org that provides support to mentoring programs and youth groups for girls ages 12-18. (You can see my logo at the bottom as 1 of the sponsors!)

I had 3 models to work on; each having different skin tones and types and the required look was a gold smokey. Ofcourse, like an artist, sometimes your mind and fingers deviate just a bit depending on the person as some colours truly enhances a person's features.

I had an amazing time and just wanted to share with you all with a few untouched, unedited, RAW photos.

 I can't express how much grateful I am and so thankful for these opportunities. I believe all of these are part of God's divine blessings and favor for my life. THIS IS FASHIONISTA NEWZ!


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The Oil Boom- Fall 2014

Oil Boom?

What in God's name do you mean? What does oil have to do with fashion or makeup?
Well my dears, there's a lovely trend of using natural oils and serums as facial repair treatments and moisturizers!

I really did't take notice to it but lately I've been seeing a lot about serums to repair environmental wear from your face.  A makeup vlogger I follow was raving about the "Farsali" facial oil and now drug stores are carrying them. I even got a sample from Clinique and because I had no idea what to do with it..it kinda just sits in cupboard amongst all the other facial stuff I use. Now, as I was about to write on another topic, I saw a couple mentions in Cosmo mag about these oils and serums and decided this should be my topic for the week.

Gasp!! What?? How can this be?? Wouldn't this clog my pores?

Well, the use of oils on the face isn't something new. I remember hearing about using vitamin E on the face to clear dark spots, use coconut oil and vitamin A to curtail acne as they have antibacterial functions or use Jojoba oil to moisturize and reduce fine lines and wrinkles. But for me, an acne-prone combination skin person, I wasn't trying to try any of those because for me, oil is a recipe for serious  a breakout session on my face.

However, with age, comes experience and new technology and Cosmo has researched and reported that chemists and scientists have found ways to combine key ingredients to assist in repairing, renewing and rejuvenating your skin without the irritations. Some companies like Skin Inc even custom make serums and oils for you according to your skin type by having you compete a detailed quiz.

So I did try the serum sample from Clinique a couple times and here's what I discovered:
- it truly acts like a moisturizer
- there's not rubbing in like creams..it just absorbs right into your face and neck
- it doesn't feel oily, heavy or dry but more silky
- it didn't clog my pores...I haven't broken out with any rash or pimples
- it truly does what it claims to do (my post acne dark spots have diminished with the few times I used it)

This is an era where LOOKING YOUNGER is super important to us and believe it or not, there are some girls in their late teens and early 20's are implementing botox into their facial care routine. So if you are looking to improve or update your facial care products without using botox to speed up the renewal process or  spending lots of cash on facials, you can continue with your facial creams and maybe add a few serums or oils to your regimen and see if that improves any minor complications or issues you may have with your face.

THIS IS FASHIONISTA NEWZ!

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Recreating Poison Ivy - Halloween 2014

Hallo Fashionistas!!!

If you all didn't know by now, I love to dress up, create and recreate things. For a very long time I always wanted to portray the DC Comics supervillainess, Poison Ivy!

She's a very sultry character with outstanding characteristics of fire red hair, red eyebrows, ivy all over her body and green skin. Granted her ability to control plants as an Eco terrorist and use it to her advantage against attackers or other villains...that particular part of her didn't appeal to me; it was more of how can I Nail this look than portray her characteristics.

So I started off my using my old Island People mas carnival costume (bra and underwear which already has leaf-like designs on it), buying rolls of ivy from JoAnn's fabric, boots from the $9.99 store that was on clearance for $5 and a headband to attach the ivy to.

Then next was making sure I had apple red nails, which I used by Wet n Wild, my toes were already pedicured with Gwen Stefani's new Holiday 2014 OPI collection in purple and to achieve the green skin....I used glitter gel and green shimmery eyeshadow. Surely I wasn't airbrushing or painting my skin green...I have sensitive skin.

The part that took the most time was...THE MAKEUP! OMG I researched over 10 makeup vloggers for months to achieve the look I wanted. I didnt want to look evil but yet capture that poison ivy look. So eventually it was a mixture of my own ideas and some of that of the vloggers. 

It took a lot of practice to get RED EYEBROWS and I painted my false eyelashes red, then the eyelook was a gradient effect I chose from vlogger Lil Pumpkinpie05 and lots of contouring. Finished it with Red blush and red lips...woooo..that was A TASK!!!

GREEN SKIN...RIGHT??? LMBOOOO

The red hair I tried with it but...that's the best I could get it since I didnt want to bleach and dye my own hair...so I used temp gels. But overall I think I did a great job!

FULL LOOK AT COSTUME PARTY, MASK

THIS IS FASHIONISTA NEWZ!

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