baubles and bubbles

Time for an update now that Halloween has passed...

October is always filled with a ton of weddings, festivals, and parties, etc. so naturally it is one of my favorite (and busiest) months.  If you have never been to Epcot Food and Wine Festival, I highly recommend it!!  I go every year because I'm a big foodie.  Plus, mix great food and spirits with a little Disney magic and you can't go wrong.  This year I celebrated my guy's birthday at Food and Wine.  Cheers to the years! 

 

Then it was ParkAvenue Fashion Week where I was once again lucky enough to work backstage doing makeup for several of the models.  This is an event that keeps getting better and better.  I love seeing the designers pull together a collection that represents each of their unique styles.  And I love the challenge of stepping outside of the norm beauty makeup to do some more creative makeups.

#5daymakeupchallengesoutheast

At our most recent MAC Update training, we were challenged to create five different looks and showcase them on Instagram.  I'm an +Instagram addict...  some may even say #hashtagwhore.  To which I reply, "long hair, don't care."  HA!  This challenge was actually kinda cool because it's so easy to get stuck in a makeup rut.  Even us brilliantly talented makeup artists can find ourselves grabbing the same products day in and day out.  And not just for our own makeup applications, but for clients as well.  It's not exactly a secret that I live and die for Constructivst Paint Pot.  Each day we were told to describe what the focus feature was, products used, and the estimated time to complete the look.  While focusing on lips, eyes, skin, trends, etc. isn't too extraordinary of a task, listing the actual products used can be rather daunting.  This can be difficult for a #macgirl or #macboy since we have a million products on hand and sometimes (often) get a little product happy.  Each day of this challenge, I would decide upon my "look" and the focus feature then force myself to use a limited number of products as well as brushes.  I think this was a great refresher for me as a makeup artist to think as a customer would and to test my artistry skills.... two things that can always use a little improving. 

And here is a visual of my journey through this challenge via my Instagram pics:

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This lipstick color is my power color.  I feel like I can get anything I want when I wear it.

I'm typically not a fan of super high-lighted skin, but the trend is growing on me.

My FAV quick, easy eye look is always a brown smoky eye.  ALWAYS.

I have been using Violet Pigment for years...  it's a surprisingly easy way to add color!

You can never go wrong with #33 lashes and blacktrack...

just catching up...

I can't believe I never posted a pic from Halloween?!  Crazy how times flies...  SOOO much has been going on that I guess it just slipped my mind.  October was a crazy busy month with a few weddings, Halloween makeups, and working the Park Avenue FashionWeek Show!  It's a tough life living the dream, but someone's gotta do it!  Actually, it's not tough at all. Anyways, here are a couple shots from October worthy of sharing...

First, HALLOWEEN:

sunburned FL tourist

my brother as a dead FL tourist

Then, Park Avenue FashionWeek:

a perfect mani

MAC Cosmetics "Steamy" with Sephora by OPI "G-listen to Your Heart"

Because baby, it's cold outside and I'm longing for the beach-filled, sunny days ahead...