Last month I had the great pleasure of working with Renee for The Miss Chinatown Los Angeles Pageant. Renee is such a beautiful person and really great to work with. She had full trust in me and I seem to know what she wanted. We were pretty on sync when it came to making sure that things were taken care of and nothing missed. Although she didn't win or place, I had many come up to me and voice their sadness of her not winning or at least placing, which I thoroughly agreed with. I had a change for hair and makeup for practically every outfit. Quite hectic let me tell you, but very fun. We had done a trial day, but still changed things last minute. I don't think I've ever done a hairstyle so quick. Her boyfriend David, who was there during the trial supplied the photos. I just loved the way he couldn't stop "gazing" at Renee while I worked on her and she showed her different looks with her outfits. The look in his eyes were just priceless, the look we all hope to have in the person that we love looks back at us. Just beautiful! You'll find David in the beginning shot and on stage with the plaque.

I know it's been a little while since I've updated on here. Can we say busy. While I'm online and just downloaded some great photos of my model of which I wanted to share. Photos by Roy Rossovich

Okay, I have a lot of catching up to do here don't I. August was a really busy month but first I need to post some from the previous months.

Here's Jessica getting ready at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach. Great scenery on the ocean being sung by Sealions. That day was a very calm day on the ocean as it was inside the hotel room getting everyone ready. Those kinds of weddings always really nice. Just the excitement of waiting to meet the one person they love and want to spend the rest of their lives with.


Here's Linda and her entourage. I did 2 of the BM's hair and makeup



I work on many Jewish Orthordox weddings with a Makeup Artist friend whenever she needs help with a large wedding party. Often times working with wigs. I've amazed myself with some of the hairstyles that I have done with the wigs and usually do not have my camera along with me to take photos of the work and if I do have my camera, we are soooo busy that I don't have a chance to take a photo. So I don't think I have any of the wigs, but here are some of makeup that I have done, specifically, would you be able to tell that she had a nasty bruise on that lip. Covering that was easy, if it were swollen, don't think it would have been as easy.

Jen is a party planner and she had quite a task the day of her wedding up in Rancho Del Cielo in Malibu. www.ranchodelcielomalibu.com If you ever need a planner, you definitely want her on your side. Beautiful place, but the weather wasn't looking to good. Being from the east coast I don't normally feel any humidy out here, but that day up in the Malibu hill I most definitely felt it so I had to make sure as best I could those curls would last.

Jen was in her bridesmaids (Cammy's) wedding and thought well enough of me to use me herself.

The first photo is from her trial and the rest from her wedding day.

Vanessa wanted to wear her hair up and then be able to bring it down. So the hairpins were put in so they could be taken out without disturbing the rest of the hair. No easy feet as her hair was really thick and heavy. I'm sorry to say though, I couldn't get a photo to show the after shot. Sarah took the first photo and you can check out more of her beautiful work from Vanessa's day on sarahkchen.com/blog/?p=238

I'm so excited, today I got my copies of July's Kewl Magazine in which I did hair and makeup on Anna Maria, Alyson and Meaghan. All very sweet girls and so much fun to work on, thank you girls.

So on saturday, some friends and I got together to do our yearly 48 hour film project. www.48hourfilm.com

This is the explanation: The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which you and a team make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. On Friday night, you get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in your movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Then it will show at a local theater, usually in the next week.

The beautiful heroine of our 5 min short is case #18 of Deal or No Deal Marisa. I wanted to do a Lara Croft kind of feel and didn't want a lot of makeup for her. And basically, she doesn't need very much either.

Check out the short on youtube: Miss Liberty

One of the most important things that we could do in preparation for a special event is to take care of our face and get it in the best condition so that your makeup looks even better than it normally would. The first thing to do is to drink plenty of water and hydrate yourself. That's especially true for anyone that is flying in from out of town. You know how thirsty you are when you're on the plane and then get off. Imagine how your face will just drink in any moisture that's in your foundation or face lotion. It'll never be enough.

Okay, so you've been drinking enough water, but have you been exfoliating that face? Your makeup will thank you and so will you once you see how flawless your makeup can look when it's properly exfoliated and your makeup just glides on. Key areas to pay attention to is your T-zone and especially the NOSE. Exfoliation doesn't have to mean a scrub and my favorite product to use is the Alpha Hydrox line. www.neotericcosmetics.com/alpha-hydrox. It's difficult to find in stores, but it's one of the most affordable lines out there and even more affordable when you go to their website and see what they have on special. My absolute favorite is either the AHA Souffle from the New Generation or the AHA Enhanced Cream from the Original line. Just put it on your face at night along with your moisturizer and you wake up with your face exfoliated. How simple is that?! I've been using it for years when in my mid 20's I started to break out like a teenager. Well, maybe not that bad, but when I did breakout, it was usually one huge one in the most obvious of spots. But this really kept the breakouts under control, because my face wasn't clogging up. When I don't use it, boy do I see and feel a difference in my skin.



On to the next step. Moisturizing. There are many moisturizers out there and truthfully, many good ones. That will come down to preference and what works for you. What works for one person, doesn't necessarily work for another. I've used different ones and it's usually due to finances. But when I can afford it, I love my Dermalogica Active Moist. And when I feel my skin needs just a little more, I add a couple of drops of Stress Relief Treatment Oil. It's made of natural oils of Lavender, Sandalwood, Orange and more. Check out their website for more information www.dermalogica.com






Do you ever have those days that you just don't want to put makeup on but you feel you just can't do with out? Well try this trick. Take your favorite moisturizer and your favorite foundation and a little into your moisturizer. Just enough to add some color. I would say usually about 2-3 parts moisturizer to 1 part foundation. Also depends on whether your foundation is cream base or liquid. But now you have the best of both worlds without a lot of fuss. Then just put on your Masacara (and eyeliner if you like), a little blush or bronzer, lip gloss, lipstick or lipbalm and 5 minutes max and your out the door. If you want to play it up just a tiny bit more, take whatever you choose for your cheeks, blush or bronzer and just swipe along the contour of your eye. Really can't be any easier than this.

Hope you liked this bit of information and that it helped in some way.

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A few photos from a job done at the St. Regis hotel in Dana Point. Braids seem to be a big thing as of late. Photos by me.








My best friend Michelle who's also a makeup artist. Well she was getting headshots done and called upon her friend to do her hair and makeup. Gosh it was so hard to make her beautiful. (hope you hear the sarcasm in that)




This is Emmalou, one of my clients who is on her way to a fashion show where the look was to be the '60s. So it's all about the lashes, liner and red lips. Beautiful!




I wanted to show how this style can be done on short and long hair. You'll notice the longer version on one of my earlier posts and I had a request for it from someone with shorter hair, to be honest wasn't sure it could be done, but as you can see it worked with beautiful results.

This is Janora and I worked with her on an informercial I did a couple of weeks ago. I made sure to have someone take photos and put her in my portfolio. She's gorgeous and I love working on ethnic skin.