Ultimate Vegas Outfit

I was recently approached by Vegas.com to participate in the search for the #UltimateVegasOutfit. I am actually going to Las Vegas in February and was very excited to show off my vintage style. I chose to put together an outfit for the day and one for the night. I also decided to try and use mostly items that I already own so that I can truly say that I approve of their quality and how they look on the body.

Top: Pinup Girl Clothing, Doris Top in white ($54)
Belt: Pinup Girl Clothing, Black bow belt in black (this is no longer available, but I also love their patent leather belts without the bows. $16)
Sunglasses: Pinup Girl Clothing, Rockin' Cat Sunglasses ($24)
Earrings: modcloth.com, Retro Rosie Earrings in Dusty Rose ($12.99)
Skirt: Pinup Girl Clothing, Jenny Skirt in Mary Blair Train Border Print ($102)
Shoes: Shoe Bakery, Premium Pink Syrup Ice Cream Flats ($165)
Purse: Pinup Girl Clothing, Retro Rotary Phone Clutch in Pink ($54)
Hair Scarf: Pinup Girl Clothing, Vintage Style Sheer Hair Scarf in either black or pink ($23)
Not pictured: Pinup Girl Clothing, Jennifer Two Layer Petticoat in White ($60)

Dress: Pinup Girl Clothing, Niagara Dress in Pink Bengaline ($120)
Earrings: Pinup Girl Clothing, Enchantress Bow Earrings ($32)
Shoes: Mod Cloth, Sass and You Shall Receive Heel ($49.99)
Purse: Etsy, Ostrich Feather Clutch - Light Pink & Gold ($146)
Hair Pin: Pinup Girl Clothing, Crystal Hair Pin in Baby Pink ($100)

Spring Concept Shoot

This is the last of a series of four based on the seasons, Spring! Our lovely model Michelle Tate made this look effortless with her flaming red hair and porcelain skin. Casey of Greyline Photography used some new techniques that she learned at the After Dark conference. Here you can see the series together:

Top left: Winter, Top right: Spring, Bottom left: Fall, Bottom right: Summer

I started by airbrushing Michelle's skin with my Belletto airbrush system. I then defined her brows with Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil. I used several different shades of green eyeshadow to get this look. I used a couple from my Sleek Palettes until I got the right look. I added Makeup Forever diamond powder on top for shimmer. In order to make her eyes look bigger, I added lashes on top and bottom. But the bottom lashes I placed lower than her actual eye and filled the gap with white cream from my Makeup Forever Flash palette and set it with white eyeshadow. I used Illamasque cream blush and the lip was achieved by using the coral color from the flash palette.

Michelle's fresh face on the left, a close up of the shadow and lashes on the right.

Sleek makeup palettes

Work in progress

Here a close up of the final result:

A close up of the final result of Spring

And the full shot:

As you might be able to tell, this was inspired by Shakespeare's Ophelia

Some other things to note, the flower hair piece was made by Jules Designs event florals. The dress is by BonnerBell, a local designer. Support your local artists!

Here is a shot from the same shoot with different hair, dress and a darker lip:

Pink Bow City Magazine Pinup Contest

I'm in a pinup contest. The winner gets her photo in an issue of the Pink Bow City magazine. To vote, please click on this link: VOTE! or the photo below and like or share.

Concept Shoot: Winter

The winter/ice/snow queen.

One down and one more to go. So far Greyline Creative and I have completed Summer, Fall and now Winter. We were inspired by the seasons for these fun photo shoots. Sometimes we like to stretch our creative muscles and do some photos that are more creative, unique and more editorial. This shoot was no exception. For winter we tried to capture the ethereal feeling of a winter snow queen. We decided that pink would be a good accent color because we saw so much blue used for similar shots and we wanted to do something different. I made the pink collar out of coffee filters that I dyed pink. I created a cage and then filled it with the flower-like paper much like a parade float. The twig head piece was made by a local floral designer, Jules Design. The hair was a combination of white spray and a substance called angel hair. I had never used this before and it was wonderful. It was like a mix between spider webs and hair. It created really lovely puffs that mimicked snow.

We had a beautiful model, Morgan, who was very kind to allow us to do whatever we wanted. I covered her well moisturized face in white makeup from the Makeup Forever flash palette and contoured her face with ice blue eyeshadow. I added glitter to her eyelids and used Ben Nye white mascara on her eyelashes. I have her some rosy cheeks with pink powder blush and berry kissed lips with a combination of clear lip gloss and a dap of hot pink eyeshadow in the middle of her upper and lower lips.

Top left: dying the coffee filters, Top right: Morgan before
Bottom: Close up of Morgan becoming the snow queen.

The other seasons in the series.
Left: Fall  Right: Summer

Christmas Present Ideas for the Pin Up in Your Life

Do you have a pin up girl in your life? Not sure what to get her for Christmas. Here are some ideas.

You can't go wrong with a Sephora gift card: http://www.sephora.com/

She will love anything from Pinup Girl Clothing:
http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/

Every true pin up girl needs proper undergarments:
http://www.whatkatiedid.com/en_us/

For the extra special girl, go big with the Whirling Turban:
http://whirlingturban.com/

She will love this vintage hair styling book:
http://www.hrstbooks.com/vintage-hairstyling

You could also buy her a subscription to this pin up magazine to give her inspiration:
http://www.pinkbowcity.com/

Vintage Glamour

Here is a photo from my latest session with Greyline Creative. This is Gail. She wanted an authentic vintage look. My idea of more authentic look includes more sculptural hair. Her hair was actually longer, but I pin curled the bottom all the way around to give it a Marylin appeal. Gail's porcelain skin and blonde hair also helped. Contact Greyline if you want to set up your own vintage photo shoot.

More Fashion Show Pics

Here are more photos of my segment of the NWA Fashion Week fashion show, "The Seven Deadly Sins." These wonderful photos were provided by Victor Chalfant Photography.

Katie Terrell as Greed

Abi Moser as Wrath

Lindsay Smith as Sloth

Buffie Merryman as Pride

Jessica Gray as Lust

Katy Jones as Gluttony

Melanie Messina as Envy

Sketches

Now that the show is over I can share my sketches. They turned out pretty close to the final results. The only one I actually water colored was Gluttony. Also check out some photos from the show by Greyline Creative.

NWA Fashion Week

Seven deadly sins

Just wanted to post a photo of the final results of the project I've been working on since November. A fashion show segment inspired by the seven deadly sins. I'll be posting more photos of each outfit very soon. Thanks to my beautiful models, my helpers Katie and Casey, again to Casey for the photos and finally to my wonderful, patient, supportive husband Brad.

Beautiful Kate

Here are some of the latest photos from our (Greyline Creative and myself) glamour photo shoot. You too can be beautiful and capture your beauty forever. Book a session today!

1920's Photo Shoot Inspired by Downton Abbey

Update: Click here to view the rest of the images from the shoot.

This look was inspired by Mary Crawley from Downton Abbey.  The model Shayla was perfect for the part, elegant and graceful. This was actually the first really successful finger wave that I have done. I found a wonderful tutorial by Tara Harman.



At first I tried this with just regular hair gel, but that didn't work. The key is to use the gel she uses in the video, Clear Ice. After I set the hair in clips I dried the hair under under my vintage hair dryer.

For the makeup, I lightened her eyebrows with a bit of glue stick and concealer. I then drew on a thin line above the brow that pointed down at the end. The 20's brow is much more of a soft curve than an arch. The 20's look also concentrates the shadow in the inner corners of the eye and underneath the eye. The lips are angular with an exaggerated cupid's bow and narrowed on the ends.

Finger waves set with clips.

Finger waves set with clips, pin curls on the ends.

Set with a dryer.

Smokey eyes using a purple shadow brings out Shayla's brown eyes.

Final look with the angular lip before brushing out the hair. Photo by Greyline Creative.

Final look after brushing out the hair. It's a bit softer. The lips are softer here also.
Photo by Greyline Creative.

Fayetteville High School Deca Fashion Show

I was asked by Black Cherry Vintage to do hair and makeup for a local fashion show put together by the Fayetteville High School Deca club. It was crazy and fun. I had a very beautiful model which always make it easier. She had lots of hair so we went with a Brigitte Bardot/Malibu Barbie look. I also got to use my new makeup case, which I love! It's compact, but can hold a lot of stuff.

For the hair, I used a curling iron to create standup pin curls all over her head. This was to create some waves. I then sectioned off her bangs and use a hair rat to create the giant pouf on top. I just folded the hair rat in half, pinned it to her crown and then swept the hair over it. This saves a lot of time ratting. I left her bangs down.

For the makeup I wanted to add a pop of color to go with her outfit. I chose a sea foam green eyeshadow from my Make Up For Ever Flash Palette. I swept this over her lid and then added pink eyeshadow to the crease. I gave her some stronger eyebrows with an Anastasia Brow Wiz pencil. She had actually already put the false eyelashes on herself so I didn't have to. I then finished it up with a bright pink lip that was a combination of different colors.

Outside of my new SHANY cosmetic case. Of course it's pink.

Inside of my new SHANY Cosmetic Case

My beautiful model before hair.

Brigette Bardot Hair

 

Malibu Barbie makeup

Hair from the back