So a while ago I wrote a 7 step tutorial to a beautiful nude eye and it finally made it in! YEA! Hope you guys enjoy

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Wlos channel 13 called my boss Scott Thompson to give his ideas on some hot red carpet looks, well he decided to put me in the spot light. Oh my GOD!!! He also chose one of our best hair girls Danielle Travers of Westone Salon to be along side show casing Oscar hair trends this year. For our fantastic models he chose Jackie and Kristy, some of my favorite muses. And to really pull the look together he pulled in fashion designer Sarahbeth Larrimore of Unabashed Apparel. What a time we had with Asheville’s Victoria Dunkle talking about Red Carpet hair and makeup.

http://www.wlos.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wlos_vid_6753.shtml

This time I have lots of images. As I said in my last post these types of shoots are my favorite because they pull together lots of talent we have here in Asheville ranging from makeup, hair, nails,photography to styling the shoot. Also you can see the different types of makeup talents we have at M@ga. Mendy Hoffman has now moved, but she has left us here in Asheville talent to aspire to, xoxo sweetie thank you for all you taught me. Also I have to include one special image just to let you guys know what type of boss I have, teehee, such a clown. xoxo I hope that you all get a HUGE box of chocolate!

hair by Danielle Travers photos by Dan Wickham nails by Heather Smith

For information on which dress is from where check the image and they will tell you where you  can get the looks.

Sorry Guys Makeup has kept me busy with work… and I love it!! So back in December the team at Makeup pulled to together for Sophie Magazine’s Valentine fashion spread. With this shoot we all were inspired by Vargas pin ups. Scott Thompson as the art director and the photography done by Dan Wickham was a recipe for a beautiful sexy fashion spread. We also enlisted one of our favorite hair girls, and my bestie, Danielle Travers of Westone Salon, and Heather Smith of Adorn Salon for a fabulous manicure, pulling the over all Vargas aesthetic to a complete look . These shoots are really my favorite kind.They pull together the wide range of talent we have here in Asheville for a single thought. These shoots also really give us the chance at Makeup to really show case all the different talent we have underneath one company.   Here are some behind the sense shots of this month’s Sophie fashion spread. For my Valentine model I chose one of my favorite local beauties Kristy. Oh and of coarse more images to come. xoxo

   

So as an esthetician/makeup artist I often get a look from people once they find out what I do for a living. Here in Asheville I have worked in runways, magazines, films, television, and helped women make their special days become even more special as a makeup artist and I find it all so rewarding. When someone comes to me about makeup I first tell them there are no rules and that this is not to mask themselves but highlight themselves. For me and my work skin is the last expression of the inner self. I once heard that fashion is the armor for the every day and makeup….. it is our war paint! And boy howdy I couldn’t agree more. I love my art and wish for women and men to first look inward before they look at the mirror. With fashion shows I have had the honor of working with some talented young ladies but tell them before the brush begins its work that they don’t need this to be beautiful. All they need is confidence and be solid with themselves first and the world will follow. Today media has really twisted our view of beauty. I can say that my images are airbrushed in some with makeup and in post but never I hope to this level.

So I want to share this with my readers. Take a look at this video and then look at the magazines and billboards. I think you will feel better about yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCH8UypKZtI&feature=related

xoxo confidence is the best lip color!

So at M@GA we have customers come into the store looking just for lessons and not for products. I enjoy these lessons because its about the woman, or guy in some cases, really it is just about the individual and their needs. I hear so many times “this is what I was told to do” and you should not just stop there. PLAY!!  Have fun and experiment with your look. Just because one makeup artist said your a coral doesn’t mean that you should never ever look at purples. Perhaps coral cheeks look best on you but lets say you have blue eyes, then take a look at a thin purple liner to make that blue POP. There are no rules when it comes to makeup (well I say always begin your look with your eyes and then foundation) but really its all comes down to taste and what you feel best in. Confidence is the best lip color on anyone.

Just to prove my point….. I was flipping through my pictures the other day and came across this photo shoot. It was really my first photo shoot ever! What a time I had but i got through it well I think. Back then I thought the only way to go was mate. POOF! The old me would kick the new me for ever loving shimmers and dewy looks. But that is just it we evolve and change and so does fashion. Any hoo… So for this photo shoot Scott challenged us to pick our four signature shadows and create a day and night look with them. To top that all off the four of us had to create our looks using only one model and that model had to be used between the four of us. Our lovely model Marlowe was picked for this project.  When we got the images we all laughed because we don’t even place blush in the same way. So here is to having fun…Cheers!

 photos by Dan Wickham   have fun and play! xoxo -Zack

I thought I would share this photo shoot that I got suckered into modeling for… but despite that this photo shoot was “FANG”TASTIC! (sorry had to teehee). The shoot is entitled “The Lady is a Vamp” and was for Sophie Magazine’s October fashion spread. The spread was shot by Dan Wickham, Serenity Eyre was lead makeup artist, hair by Danielle Travers of Westone Salson, and fashion by Sarahbeth Larrimore of Unabashed Apparel, and art director E. Scott Thompson.

photograph asst. Julie McMillan
silverbirchstudio.com
Models:
Jackie Franquez
Morgan Purdy
Jonathan Charles Ganong
Zack Russell
Scott Thompson

 

The miss beautiful Brooke Priddy from Ship to Shore asked me if I would lend my talents to what would be one of the funnest fashion shows this year. This fashion show was different from the rest here in Asheville because it was a benefit for LEAF (Lake Eden Arts Festival), a non profit connecting cultures and creating communities through music and arts.  The benefit raised over 11,000 dollars for LEAF in schools and streets.

“Guatemala and Mexico will receive new instruments, costumes for Rwanda, and Fredy, a teaching artist in Tanzania will be able to conduct a residency at another Roots & Shoots group in Arusha.” -leaf.org

For more information on how you can help LEAF international please click on their name and the link will take you to their webiste.

Other artists that helped on this project were the ladies and gents at Wink hair salon, miss Amber Hatchett of amber hatchett designes, and mister Parker J Pfister of parkerj photos.

Here are just a few pics of the evening.

 

Sophie Magazine has given the makeup artists here in Asheville and at M@GA a great way to express our artistry, in fashion shoots, wedding shoots, the covers, and much more. This month in Sophie M@GA ruled! Our own Serenity Eyre got a wonderful fashion spread shot by local photographer, and wonderful woman, Julie McMillan of Silver Birch Studio and Hair by, my bestie, Danielle Travers of  Westone Salon. Also stay up to date with beauty trends featured in Sophie by makeup artist E. Scott Thompson. Oh and I almost forgot to say I also got a little something this month in Sophie …an interview. 😀