William and Gregory

A few weeks ago I did some photos of my adorable Store Directors little boys in Matthews, NC. They were so sweet and even though they became a little worn out towards the end they we're still good sports. Here are a few of my favorite photos:

Bridal Portraits

I had the pleasure of working with the lovely Sunny Hutchinson, founder of Themba Imagery and Jazzmin Jolly for a Bridal shoot a few weekends ago. Jazzmin isn't actually engaged but you couldn't tell from the photos because they turned out beautifully! This was my first time just being the makeup artist while the photographer worked their magic. Here are some of my favorite photos: 

Check out the whole album on Sunny's Flickr account as well as her other work!

Happy Halloween!

I'm sitting in my living room watching Dusk Till Dawn and handing out candy to the kiddies tonight. October is probably my favorite month out of the year for many reasons: the leaves start to changes, the weather begins to get a little cooler, fall fashions are much more exciting and Halloween of course! Now, I know Halloween isn't a holiday but in my book it is! I put in my request to work an early shift and to have November 1st off back in July- I told you I wasn't kidding.  This year I saved my money and didn't even buy a costume, I'm trying to do this whole "saving money" thing and I'd figured I could put something together with what I already have. Katie and I went to Dharma Lounge for their Le Bang Halloween Party, I ended up making my makeup my costume, I didn't really know where I was going with it but the finished product looked David Bowie inspired.

Katie was an LOLcat and her costume was really cute. If you aren't familiar with LOLcat I'd definitely suggest you to check it out here especially if you like funny cat things.

We were able to dress up in our costumes at work and I was a pin-up girl! I tried to stay true with the pin-up makeup with a subtle cut crease with a matte deep brown, soft peachy cheeks, and the iconic red lip. I had a hard time trying to make my hair look pin-up since it's so short now but I was happy with the way it turned out. I'm still rocking the wavy look just not as polished as yesterday.

Cleopatra

Zombie, Justin Beiber, and a Cat!

Halloween was good this year, I'm just going to be recovering from my post Halloween night cold over the next week.

Mountain Trip 2010

   Two of my favorite things: the mountains and Fall weather.

Andrews, NC.

Upcoming Events

I know we're only a week into October but I'm already loving it. Fall weather always put me in good spirits, it's my favorite season. I'm really looking forward to some awesome upcoming make-up opportunities and well as photography ones. On the 22nd & 23rd, I'll be participating along with some of my Sephora ladies doing the Simon Mall Fashion Show...

 After doing the Belk Fashion Show that Tim Gunn hosted in May, I was really looking forward to doing another one and my Store Director informed me today that I'll be doing makeup for it. Needless to say, I'm very excited. That same weekend I'm going to be working along with the very talented Sunny Hutchinson, Founder of Themba Imagery doing a modern day bridal look with a classic twist. To end the weekend I'll be doing photos of my Store Directors little boys. They are truly adorable, both of them look like that could be be in Baby Gap ads, just precious.

Since Holiday is around the corner, which in the retail world means working longer hours, dealing with even more ridiculous clients but then those checks are oh so wonderful. I'm in dire need of some new photo equipment and I'd figured I would start to buy things in bits and pieces. The first thing on my list is a new flash, I greatly appreciate the one Katie gave me (that I even forgot I had for a while) but I want to buy one for myself. I found one a good on B&H that's in my price range so I'll probably get that within the next month a diffuser but that isn't expensive. 

Chimney Rock

Sunday afternoon Katie and I ventured to the cute little mountain town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina. The mountains are one of my favorite places to go in the Fall and I've never been to Chimney Rock and Katie said her family used to go every year. The drive was only about two and a half hours and even though the sky was slighty overcast, the weather was beautiful. I took a lot of photos, many of them on my iPhone with the Hipstamitc application. It was the most productive yet relaxing Sunday I've had a long time. Here are some photos from the trip:

On the road!

We pulled over to take photos of the fields...

Creepy rustic barn

Almost there!

Some of the shops...

You've got to do better than this CR!!!

Rainy day rainbow leading us home.