Marilyn Manson: mOBSCENE Pin-up Zombie

This is what I love to do.

Pretty girls with gore just tickle my muse. To me, it's just the perfect combination!

I filmed a video for this look, so this is just a sneak peek of pictures to tease you with.

FacePaint Videos: Mysterious Tiger

A quick and easy tutorial on how to paint a tiger full face using professional face paints!

Enjoy!

Beautiful Butterflies: A Face-paint transformation!

After some difficulties with accessing my YouTube channel, I finally have it back up and running!

I recorded this video a little while ago and it's definitely one of my favorite designs to do at kids parties, festivals and events. The way the clients eyes light up, regardless of age, when they see themselves in the mirror is priceless!

Butterflies are a universal beauty and there are a million different ways to paint them, this is definitely my go-to, although I do indulge in a little more detail when I have the time. But with long line ups, this one can be done in less than 2 minutes with some practice.

Enjoy!

Zombie it up!

I FINALLY made a video tutorial!

Here's a few pics:

This year for Halloween I decided to skip all the skimpy outfits and go for the gore. I mean  what other time of year do you get to cover yourself in blood and look utterly disgusting while people compliment you about it?

Inspire Me: Tim Burton

Tim Burton's take on stories has always fascinated me. The twisted beauty that he creates is just breathtaking and always makes one think of a different perspective. I pulled inspiration from this for the look I did tonight. Hope you enjoy!

I think it looks very Edward Scissorhands.

Believe it or not I used a bright neon pink cream shadow for the base on my eyes. Transforming a color through adding and serious blending is a great to add versatility to your skills and makes fewer colors go a very long way. Try using a yellow with a brown, or like I did a bright pink with a black to create multi-dimensional colors that give great effects on camera. 

Also remember that when doing makeup with the intention of taking pictures, alot of it gets drowned out by the flash. In the pictures above, I used flash with only one of them, to really show more of the color. But the contouring and most of the color can be seen because I used a ton of it. Exaggerating the contouring makes it come to life, otherwise it just doesn't show up on camera! 

Alice in Wonderland: Red Queen

Alice in Wonderland is definitely my favorite story, I love both books and all the movies made based on them. On top of that I just adore Tim Burton and his many worlds. The looks from his movie are some that I have been wanting to recreate forever and I just randomly decided to start tonight. I was going to begin with Alice, but then had a change of course after I had started and went with the Red Queen.  I hope you enjoy the end product as much as I enjoyed the process of creating it!

I started off with a full lip, with lotsa shine. But then changed my mind and went for the more classic heart shape. I had to use a base for the blue, otherwise it would have never shown up so well! I used a face paint of the exact same shade. Facepaints really come in handy, they make the best bases for colors that need that extra boost to really show. The trick is to invest in good quality ones. There are plenty of beginners kits that include 8-24 colors that are perfect for MUA's. I have a full professional paint kit, it's how I started getting into creative makeup!

New Adventures: Belly Painting

I had the privilege to paint my very first belly paintings on my sister-in-law for my first nephew. It's an amazing experience as an artist and  as a future aunt. There is a massive difference between this type of body art and makeup or face painting. It's seriously magical and just plain fun and relaxing.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.