BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: PURPLE BLAZE

Hey Blossoms,

I'm definitely great at being a makeup artist more than a fashionista so when I find a great look I'm excited. That look has been blazers lately. Blazers are great. They are comfortable, classy and the right one can give you a sharp edge with sex appeal. I recently went out for dinner and decided that I wanted to have a look that "popped". Of course you all know what that means....COLOR!!! So as I looked at all my eyeshadow palettes my eyes kept going to the next 3 colors : PURPLE, RED & PINK  coupled with one of my favorite blazers to create the BLOSSOMING FACE OF THE DAY: PURPLE BLAZE !

PRODUCTS USED

FACE:

L'oreal Revitalift Moisturizing Cream

MUFE HD Primer

Black Opal Mattifier (in T- zone)

M.A.C. Mineralized Skin Finish in Deep Dark

M.A.C. MSF in Medium Dark (under eye & highlight)

M.A.C. Fix Plus

CoverGirl Ebony Bronzer

EYES:

Urban Decay E/s Primer 

Inglot Shimmer Red E/s (all over lid and blended up into crease)

Inglot Shimmer Purple E/s (blended into outer V and crease)

Inglot Light Pink Shimmer E/s (inner tear duct and brow highlight)

Revlon Colorstay Liquid E/l

Falsies

UD 24/7 E/l pencil in Zero (black e/l to line bottom water line)

Inglot E/s placed along bottom lash line in order that they are on the lid: pink, purple, red

L'oreal Voluminous Mascara

CHEEKS:

La Femme Blush in Cinnabar (orange blush)

LIPS:

lip balm

Jordana Brown Sugar L/s

HERE'S THE PHOTOS:

HOPE YOU ENJOYED! 

UNTIL NEXT TIME

LATER BLOSSOMS!

CELEBRITY INSPIRED MAKEUP MAKEOVER!

Hey Blossoms,

I'm back with another Sherry Blossom MUMO: MakeUp Makeover! This look was inspired by Kandi Burruss.

Kandi Burruss is a R&B singer, songwriter and record producer. She is best remembered for being a former member of Xscape. After Xscape disbanded, Burruss went on to help produce and write hits like TLC's "No Scrubs", and Destiny's Child "Bills,Bills,Bills" and "Bug A Boo" and even Pink's debut single "There You Go". Burruss was the first African-American woman to win ASCAP's Songwriter of the Year Award (2000). Most recently, she is best known for her debut in the second season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.

A childhood friend of mine flipped through a hair magazine and decided she wanted to go with a makeup look that was worn by Kandi Burress.

In the photo Kandi made great use of purple, lavender and pink. I thought the look was fun and definitely doable so we began.

I did not get a chance to snap a before photo(sorry blossoms I will try harder to remember sometimes you just get caught up in the excitement of a makeover!)

So on my childhood friend, I used a stick foundation, filled in and shaped her brows(she didn't get a chance to get them shaped no worries I made the brows up to look as if she had just came from the eyebrow salon), I used MAC's stars and rockets eyeshadow(lavender color with a iridescent purple glow) on her entire eyelid and stopped just below her crease and blended the color out for a softer look.I also used MAC's star violet(purple color with lighter lavender flecks) along her lower lash line to complete the eyeshadow look and make the eyes POP with color even more, black mascara to upper and lower lashes to open up her eyes more by defining her lashes and lash line, blush and a berry and pink colored lipstick and clear lipgloss went on to finish the look! See the results! She looked gorgeous, Kandi Burruss inspired but still unique to her face and skin tone!

This look was definitely fun to recreate and my friend had fun as well. She's a wonderful girl! Always on the go, a young woman with a degree in Journalism, she is a managing editor and writer for www.africastyledaily.com. As usual, a happy client and my work is done(until next time!) Stay tuned for more Sherry Blossom MakeUp MakeOvers(MUMOs)!!!! Later Blossoms!

THE MARY JANE MODELS

I freelanced at a gig where I was one of 5 makeup artists. We were there to make up the Mary Jane models for that nights event where they were to pick 4 new Mary Jane Model members. I made up 2 models.

They were beautiful women and very high spirited. The excitement for who would join their team of models that night was definitely permeating the room. The atmosphere was definitely that of nightlife. So many models trafficking in an out of the make up area, outfit changes and alterations, everyone talking at once, laughter, jokes and lots of smiling. The makeup artist were busy at work fixing and primping and powdering and anything else that needed to be done to make these ladies look even more fabulous. I took a few digi cam photos and it captured some of the beauty for a full effect you definitely had to be there in person.

This gig was really fun. It allowed for a massive amount of creativity. The idea was to make the ladies looks "POP" with color & creativity! Nothing was off limits.

The ladies were good sports too allowing their faces to be a canvas for such abstractness. The end result was definitely sexy! A night we will all remember. Big thanks to those ladies for allowing me to take photographs of them for my personal use. And whats a gig without the famous makeup artist and client picture(thank goodness I remembered I usually forget or the client leaves as you can tell from the pictures she was just about to walk out the door!) I was so excited I had remembered that I to grab 2 photos!

Thanks for reading about this fun event. Many more gigs and pictures to follow. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions feel free to email me or leave them below. Later, Blossoms