One Fine Day in Sydney

Are you keen on meeting some of the most creative, fun & talented wedding vendors from down under? I met up with the great minds behind the One Fine Day fair: Nadean, Jess and Marissa to help create the images for the latest OFD campaign. It was so much fun creating the makeup for this very elaborate evening themed wedding shoot, I am so in love with that huge flower headpiece and the sequins dress... I chose a warm deep wine colour for the lips and a warm peach with bronzer & contour on the cheek for this dramatic but radiant look. The eyes I kept classic and smokey with plenty of mascara. It's important to keep the skin light and radiant as a balance. While I most of the time love a more natural look for brides, with all the extravaganza & red carpet styling in this shoot I feel that this makeup just ties in and works with the dim lighting. What do you think? Would you go for a bold lip or smokey eye for your wedding?

Don't miss out on the next ONE FINE DAY fair in Sydney which is coming up in September. The last One Fine Day Fair in February was so much fun! Check out my little post about it here. I met the most wonderful people and can't wait for the next one. Come by and say hello, I am looking forward to seeing you there!

My can't live without wedding makeup products...

I got asked to let White Magazine readers know about my favourite makeup products in my kit for a feature in their current print issue. I listed: Make Up Forever HD Foundation, Avene Thermal Water Spray, Tata Harper Aromatherapy treatments, Hourglass Veil primer (be careful on dark skin and in flash photography with this one!) and Laura Mercier Powder Unviseral! There are definitely more, like my fav concealer, which is By Terry Touche Veloutee and there are so many great products out there, that this small feature couldn't list them all! Please get in touch if you have any questions in regards to the products! I am happy to answer all of them. This is NOT a sponsored or promotional post, all recommendations represent my own opinion

Do you have staple products that you are loving so much, you feel you will use them forever? Or do you keep changing your products around, always on the hunt for the lastest beauty trends?

I love my job- thoughts on being a makeup artist

Have I lately told you how much I love my job?

Well, in case I haven't : I love my job a lot. And even more. Everything about it. And I am striving to keep learning and building on my skills. Being a make up artist, is such a rewarding job. Not two days are ever the same, I am constantly meeting new people and that inspires me. Connecting with people and creating something beautiful. I feel so grateful that I am able to do what I love. It's definitely one of those job's where you never stop learning, which is perfect for my curious self.

Fashion VS Weddings

I love every little bit about it. Making the decision to become a freelance makeup artist was one of the best I have ever made. As many of you know I do two different kinds of work, makeup for brides/private clients AND fashion/editorial work. The two are very different from each other and I truly love them both. Working weddings and being able to make the brides look their best is such a fabulous job, however also very challenging.

There is a common myth in the makeup artist world, coming from artists, that do weddings, although they don't enjoy them, doing it "just for the money" or as their "bread and butter", referring to their brides as if they would be the worst task on their to do list. Even to the point that some artist think that no good makeup artist would do weddings. I work for the love of it. Life is tooooooo short to do anything that you don't truly enjoy. I feel I am wasting my time if I spent it with things that I don't really care about, and I can only do a good job if I am enjoying and loving my work and bringing all passion and focus to it. And yes, I dearly love the fashion work as well, the creative, quirky side of my job, meeting new people, listening to vibes & trends and finding a way to mirror whats happening on the catwalks and on the street.

The Best Of Both Worlds So here is the truth: Many of the worlds best and most famous makeup artists are working on weddings! I love weddings full stop. I even used to design wedding dresses and am just totally in love with LOVE. A hopeless romantic that can't get enough of real love stories, it's the right environment for me. I have not worked on any tacky weddings or with any bridezillas ever. I have only ever worked with beautiful people inside and out. And I don't take on every client either, if I find they have a completely different style and philosophy about beauty, I do turn clients down from time to time too. Another thing that really surprises me is that fashion and weddings are still seen as too almost opposite industries by many. It's time to wake up and see the signs! There are so many fabulous fashion designers creating wedding dresses today, there are magazines like Vogue Brides who are highly editorial and so many wonderful online magazines like The Lane and countless blogs that show that fashion and weddings belong together! Recently Refinery 29 features regular wedding posts as well, and I think the trend is for fashion and weddings to go hand in hand. There is so much more room for creativity and opportunity to splurge on great design or simply loose yourself in your best ever DIY projects. Not that every wedding has to be a fashion spectacle nor an over the top event. But where else can you wear couture gowns, big head pieces or get a professional hair and makeup artist? I love the big and the small weddings, the simple and the extravagant ones.

And I find it's time for fashion&weddings to grow together! I will try and find a nice balance here on the blog in the future.

I am looking forward to all the coming years and where my career will take me. Thanks for taking the time to read through this LONG post! What do you love about your job?

Lace a wonderful shoot for Polka Dot Bride

Sometimes you just get to work with the loveliest people. Like with the dream team for this lace inspired wedding photo shoot. The wonderfully talented artist and stylist Alice Richards, who wrapped trees in Lace , the genius behind the camera Lisa Diederich and the loved up couple Deborah & Myles, I had a wonderful time. How gorgeous is Deb's red hair? It was such a pleasure styling it and doing her bridal makeup. Check out Polka Dot Bride for the full feature and credits! I really made some new friends on this shoot! Thanks everyone for being so awesome.

Editorial For White Magazine

Just a little peek out of the wedding editorial for White Magazine . It was such a lovely team to work with and we had the best time putting these together. It such a wonderful honest magazine, that I always enjoy flicking through. So grab the current issue, which you can get online or Australia wide at the newsagent. There is also a feature of my must have makeup products in there!

And psssst.....we did another super exciting editorial for the next issue, which is coming out in August. I will keep you up to date.