Amazing Athens - the end result!

*does a happy dance and beams with pride*

Amazing Athens - Behind the Scenes

I am on a 4 month holiday in Greece (www.fourmonthsingreece.blogspot.com - shameless plug!). Our model, Moneta Brcina, is from Slovenia and came to Greece this year to model. Petros Hatzianastassiou the great photographer arranged the shoot and we shot at the top of Penteli mountain, so many beautiful locations to choose from there. The outfits were showcased at Athens Exclusive Designers Week (kindly supplied by Dusanka Duric), Moneta looked gorgeous in them... long limbs + designer outfits = bliss! I don't have the edited pics yet but was blown away with what I saw on camera. I can't contain my excitement so here is a behind-the-scenes shot!



.....and a pic of the dress on the runway at Athens Exclusive Designers Week


here's the link for more info on the designer Dusanka Duric (how pretty is she?) http://www.axdw.gr/designers/c36/?curaid=37

Bridal Boredom

I am not a fan of bridal makeup. Uptight brides resisting any colour on their faces, panicked bridal parties, the inevitable peanut gallery that insists they know more about makeup than you do.... I am not a fan of bridal makeup!

My portfolio has beautiful girls in it, they simply outshine any bride I add to my portfolio. Overall I find that brides are not pretty, they are not ugly, but next to the models pics they just do not compare.

So I decided to do a bridal studio shoot complete with a fake bride and borrowed dress. I am a fan of 'frides' - fake brides!

I love my job!

*drool*
yes I got to powder this boy's nose... of course it was absolutely necessary to get real close and press my body against his, there just wasnt any other way to get the look done

TFS - Time For Shoes!

In order to build up my portfolio I have done countless TFCD shoots (you exchange your Time for a CD with the photos - no one makes money out of the deal but they all get photos to add to their portfolio). On one of the TFCD shoots I went to the model was given a sparkly gold pair of sandals to wear, in my size! I gushed and gawked so much about the shoes that the photographer eventually gave them to me. I will work for shoes!

Sweet sweet Jane

My mom has a small box of pink sugar crystals that set her back R80. We arent actually allowed to use them cause they 'cost a lot of money you know!'. My nieces often stick a licked finger in the box while granny is not looking. I snuck the box out and used it for a shoot once, pretty pleased with the result. After the shoot, we hid downstairs, licked and dipped, and I told my nieces all about the shoot and pretty Yolandi

Photographer: Johann Marx, Model: Yolandi Nel

Paint by numbers

I am luuuurving M.A.C's paint pots, I am particularly obsessed with Delft. Green shadow over Delft is to die for! I use Painterly as a base for most of my eyeshadow applications. Big thanks to Desiree for introducing me to paint pots(http://oohlalamakeup.weebly.com/): Des is a huge inspiration to me, she is an extremely talented mua and the biggest M.A.C addict I know