Showing posts with label Make-up. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Make-up. Show all posts

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Final Beauty Trials

So i did my final hair trial with Tracy (Oriental Oasis Salon and Spa, DC) on Friday, and Make up Trial with Liza (MAC Cosmetics, Fair Oaks Mall). Here are the results:


Friday, 8/24, 6pm: Tracy Duong, Oriental Oasis Salon and Spa, Washington, DC



I chose a classic all up bun, with a sideswept bang. The bun is accented with the jeweled headpiece I asked Edward Teng's team to create for me!


Saturday, 8/25, 5pm: Liza Panlaqui, MAC Cosmetics, Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax, VA





I chose creamy white/gold daytime smokey eye, peach on the cheeks, and a bronzy lip. She originally had me w/ a peach lip, which took some getting used to. I guess my face wore a "i dont know if i like this" look so she went and changed it to bronze. I love fake lashes, esp when they're put on correctly and you dont feel them!


What do you think?

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Smokey, Dramatic Eye

As I mentioned in my latest post, I decided to go with Liza of MAC Cosmetics at Fair Oaks Mall. She was the artist my sister recommended after Liza did hers for a wedding my sister was in. I used her for the engagement session below:
She has a facebook page where she posts her work at mac. Here's a sampling of some of the stuff she does:
She has a lot more, but those were the ones i liked best. In fact, I LOVED the eyes on the girl in the middle. I think i may just do that for the big day!

Monday, May 17, 2010

Hair and Make up Woes and Wins

Not sure if i told you but Katie Ricasa, Kater2you makeup, had to cancel on my wedding because she's pregnant and due teh day that I get married. Congrats to Kate!

So that leaves me to looking for a new makeup person, AND I still have to look for a hair person. So I went to try one out at a salon near the hotel and venue of my wedding.


Sloppy Sally:

I don't have pictures from my first hair trial from two weeks ago. I may post it later. It was hair and makeup actually.

Verdict: I liked the hair, but not the makeup.

Unfortunately, the make-up w/ Girl #1, lets call her SloppySally, i looked d sort of a racoon eye look that startled me when i looked in the mirror, and it was a bit sloppy. LIke i wanted to go in and "edit" her make up sloppy.

The hair was cute but it started falling when i was in the car on the way home, and completely falling when i got to my mom, who found my falling hair unacceptable and called me a racoon with my makeup, lol.

So, i'm probably not going to go with her. Also, she asked if my sister was my daughter, which to me doesn't exactly secure my business deal with her, lol.


Totally Tracy!

So after Sloppy Sally, I figured i should go with someone else. I dont know if you remember my Engagement Photo Session, but that day i went to a young lady that works for MAC in Fair Oaks mall who happens to do house calls for weddings. Anyway, I actually liked her make up (it was a bit much for everyday, but it was beautiful and photographed lovely) I decided i'd go with her. Now, I needed to find a hair dresser that makes housecalls...

Went to a hair trial last week. She is one of my good friend's former coworkers, and just so happens that the salon she works at is 2 doors down from my office! So i went there just this past wednesday for a trial. Not only was this really nice hair, but it STAYED! And she was amazing as a person!



There are flowers in my hair because I had Edward Teng do a headpiece for me that will go underneath/to the side of my bun. And of course, i forgot to bring it with me, so we improvised with these blooms she picked off from a potted plant. It was pretty funny. I liked her a lot, as well as my hair. Her trial is well priced. I'll go in there again with the actual headpiece later this summer so we can do a hair trail. She requested I grow my hair and bangs so she'd have more to work with. I'm excited to see her again!

Since she knows my friend, she's giving me and my sister a GREAT deal on my wedding hair and the bridesmaids' hair! I will have to tip her really big!

Friday, March 5, 2010

Make-up and Hair, Kater2You





Upon a recent recommendation, I have appointed Kate Ricasa of Kater2you Make-Up artistry to do my wedding party's make-up, as well as my make-up, hair, and lashes. I have a few pics of her work above, and this is her below:
She did a friend's wedding last september 19th. My friend told me she will actually do the makeup the way you want.