Making Faces

I love make up. And I love giving make overs. Faces are such a cool canvas for another creative outlet for me.

Today my friend Corinna, whose wedding I'm shooting in Vegas in May, came over for a girl's play day. Cory rarely wears make up, so she wanted me to do a make over on her to get some ideas for how she wants her make up done on her wedding day.

"I want to look like a woman on my wedding day, not a 12 year old like I always look like. We're gonna be in Vegas for goodness sake, I need diva glam! Give me smokey eyes!"

She also has been amazed at how I achieve my "pouf" on my head that I wear sometimes (as seen in this pic of me that she calls my "Angelina Jolie with a pouf" picture from my MySpace page. Not that I think I look anything like AJ, but wow, that made my year to be compared to her.) So Cory wanted me to show her how to "pouf" her up too.

Here are the before and after results.


Before.



After.



Cory's "supermodel magazine ad" pic that she loved. She has a such a beautiful smile and laugh that it was hard for her to do the "seductive" face. I kept telling her, "Think, America's Next Top Model. As Tyra Banks would say, be FIERCE!" Yes, I'm a little addicted to that show. :-)



The magic tools and one of my favorite books we were looking through for inspiration, Making Faces by famous make up artist Kevyn Aucoin, may he rest in peace.



Cory kept running to the mirror to check out her "pouf." She couldn't believe how tall it was and that it actually stayed that way. I kept telling her, it's really not as hard as it looks. A little teasing and a little Hard Head hair spray and oila.



Some close ups of the eyes. "I don't think I've worn mascara since college," Cory said amazing me. Despite not wearing mascara much, I convinced her to wear fake eyelashes for her wedding day. These are her real ones though today.





And some fun shots on my furry pink rug.