Spooky season Makeup

 It's been a long time since I've posted on this blog and I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my painty heart. To be honest, life has thrown all of us so many curveballs since 2020 and when I wasn't working and creating new art, my heart was broken into pieces. I took that time to dive in deeper to discover who I was as an artist and realized Face and Body painting wasn't all I had to offer. I could do so much more. I dabbled in calligraphy, canvas painting and perfume bottle painting. I will post more about that later but, I am so much happier now being at home and just offering my services for parties and event again. It's been 4 years of building my business up again and as of right now I no longer have a plan to travel teaching but, who knows what tomorrow will bring. I try not to ever say "Never" because as we have all seen our world can change in a flash.

 Anyway, I finally figured out my login info to this blog and hope to start posting again regularly. Well, at least a few times a month. That's a goal I think I can commit to.

 We're coming up on the Halloween/Harvest season and I've had the opportunity to create a Fantasy/beauty look for a wonderful client of mine who was just an absolute pleasure to work on. I mean, Have you ever worked with a client that you feel you want to ask to use to be a model for future projects because she's just perfect?! That is exactly who I had the pleasure to work with and you can see why below. 

It was my clients birthday and she was having an epic Friday the 13th birthday party. She was going for a vampy/witchy look with a pop of Red so we can up with this. She needed her makeup to last all night. Her party started at 8pm but because I was booked, I had to do her makeup at 1pm and be finished by 3pm latest. Of course being who I am I couldn't just let her put everything together without my help. I helped her fix her headpiece and showed her how to style her wig and headpiece together. I love what I do and when it all comes together I just feel like YESSSSSS inside. I mean, isn't this why we do what we do as artists anyway?

To create the base for this look and make it last I used ProAiir Hybrid Airbrush makeup in Flo White so you know she was gonna glow under that black light. ProAiir is my go to makeup for so many reasons but, I absolutely love how well it stays put and how vibrant the colors are.

Pro tips: Shake this makeup up well. The pigment tends to settle at the bottom but, just shake it if it's been sitting on your table for a while and add a few drops to your airbrush cup. A little goes a long way so start off with a few drops then, add more as you go.

On her eyes I used the following products:

Matte Fluid eye paint in Art of Darkness by About Face cosmetics

Hola Chola Palette from Colourpop which I believe was limited edition so the Gone Matte is a great alternative. Honestly any matte Black and Gray eyeshadow will work on this look but, I really do like the matte colors from Colourpop cosmetics.

Followed up by a haze of black from ProAiir 

and for a fun pop of Red on her eyes I used Asylum loose pigment by Sugarpill.

The eyeliner is Black from the ProAiir Solids line. One of my all time favorite products to do linework with. I use a couple of drops of the prolong to activate the makeup and it's locked and loaded and not budging all night.

On her lips: I used Black liquid matte lipstick from Milani cosmetics.

 I did a light haze of airbrush on her neck, back and arms in Flo White so there was a continuation of color from the face to the body. All in all this took me about an hour to complete because we had to stop and do some outfit changes, adjust the headpiece etc. 

Here's a little video short of the process.

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25 days of Christmas Face painting designs 2019

 It's been a very long time since I've done a face painting challenge and I felt like it was time to up my Christmas face painting game. This was definitely a major challenge for me painting everyday especially after day 23 when I started to get sick, then on Christmas eve I almost went to the hospital after I painted. It was scary but, I put myself in the hands of God and prayed for healing. The next morning I felt so much better. I'm still recovering now but, I know I am healed because I have faith in Jesus who is our great healer.  

 I am truly thankful to all of the artists who joined me in this challenge. It really kept me going. I put it out there via instagram for anyone who wanted to join me and a few did. It was really fun to see everyone's different interpretations of Christmas face painting designs.

I hope you are inspired to try a challenge of growth for yourself no matter what season it is.

 Here are my 2019 Christmas face painting designs...

Day 1... Peppermint Cheeks

Day 2... Santa's Helper

Day 3... Poinsettia eye design

Day 4... Dancing Snowman

Day 5... Polar Penguin

Day 6... baby polar bear

 Day 7... Reindeer

Day 8... Buddy the Elf

Day 9... Hot cocoa hot tub

Day 10... Snowy Cardinal

 Day 11... Christmas Fairy

Day 12... Christmas kitty

Day 13... Rudolf the red nosed reindeer

Day 14... Candy Cane mask

 Day 15... Christmas tree

 Day 16...Snowflake eye design

Day 17... The North Pole

Day 18... Holly Berry Mask

Day 20... Holly Berry Tutorial

Day 21...T-Rex

Day 21... Christmas Unicorn

Day 22...Baby Winter Fox

Day 23... Christmas bells

Day 24... Christmas candle

He is light to the world John 8:12

Day 25... Christmas Angel

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly host praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, goodwill toward men. 

Luke 2:13-14

I hope you had a wonderfully blessed Christmas season and here's to a blessed new decade in 2020!

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Skeleton Face painting

 Anyone who knows me knows that I love painting Skulls and Sugar skulls so, it should come as no surprise that when I was asked by the director of this video to re-create a skeleton design I painted on him for Dia de los muertos last season of course I said YES! Here is the director and inspiration design for the video below:

 And here is the music video by #1 Reggae Artist on Billboard... Stylez called
"Skeleton Fresh"

I will be teaching Skulls and Sugar Skulls in a few cities in
 the United States, Canada and Australia this year..
Up first is Santa Fe, New Mexico

 You can learn more here:

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Superhero party face painting (Makeup Monday)

 This weekend was jam packed with parties. One of my favorite parties was a Superhero themed party. The birthday boy wanted to be The Flash and his mom was sweet enough to request a matching design. I also painted a makeup inspired Spider-Man look and a first request for me for the “new Wonderwoman” crown, which I’m so pleasantly pleased with. All of these designs were a first for me and by first I mean, the first time I’ve tried them in this style.
 I even used a new Red face paint  from Cameleon called Fire and absolutely loved the opaque, true Red color. It’s not new to the line, but it was new to me. How was your weekend. What new designs did you try? Leave a comment below.

The Flash Face painting

Wonder Woman Face painting

Spider Woman face painting

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