Graduation Ball Makeup

Last Saturday I did a graduation makeup for 2 young ladies, 17 to be exact for their graduation ball. They are both from Poveda.

I love Alexas dress especially at the back.:-)

sorry  the above photo is a bit yellow. I was the one who took most of these photos..the ones with bad lighthing.LOL

I used hot rollers to create volume and soft curls to Alexas hair.

Kyla is my niece in law. She wanted something edgy and dark so I used a midnight blue glitter base from smashbox, silver grey eye shadow and placed a MUFE diamond powder. For her hair, I just culed the ends.

My shoot with Iya

I love this look. I really want to recreate this look and do a tutorial. Just need spare time! :-)

I used diamond powder, pink glitters and white powder pigment.

this look is one of my favorite. I used a bald cap & used airbrush makeup for this look.

This is a day look. I did a tutorial on this look at my channel in you tube.

Christmas Party Makeup

For Meryll (Mega Magazine Deputy Editor) I used a Makeup forever Duo matte foundation and set it with NC30 Mac loose powder. Before that, I used primer on her T-zone because she has oily skin, I used Smashbox oil free primer. For concealers, I used Bobbie brown peach for under eye are, and MAC nc30 for spots, red marks.

Since Meryll is Pale. I wanted a natural warm blush so I  used Cover girl cream blush in Cinnamon and Loreal golden peach blush. For the eyes,  I used bronze and golden brown from Smashbox quad and eye wish palette and topped it with MAC champagne gold for  a little bit of shine. For lashes, I opted to use Mac mascarra and some falsies.

For the lips, its Revlon Nude and Victoria Secret gold gloss.

For Ck ( Advertising head of Mega Magazine)

Kryolan foundation and Cinema secrets loose powder. MAC nc30 for concealing and peach Bobbi brown for under eye.

Eyeshadow is MAC barestudy, as base and matte brown from Smashbox eye wish palette and MAC espresso for the crease. Mascarra is from Maybelline and some false eyelashes. For the lower lashline, its a bronze cream eyeliner and bronze eyeshadow, both from Smashbox. SInce the lips is very strong, I balaced the makeup with pink cheeks. I used Cover girl cream blush in Berry and prestige powder blush.

For the Lips, I used Lancome Red Cherry, Truco Red liner and Revlon Russian Red gloss for the extra oomph and shine

Some more pictures..

Behind the scenes Globe G-cash shoot

Kathleen our model and her sister stylist Karen..

David Fabros, our photographer and me, goofing around during break. David and I go way back, when I was still the Marketing Head of Bobson. I've known him for more than 7 years.

This is Karen before makeup..

Karen's many faces.. here I used MUFE foundation, MAC nc30 loosepowder, Covergirl cream blush with Prestige pink blush on top. Loreal eye shadow for the eyes. I used the golden pink shade as base and the  medium brown for the crease. Lipstick from Loreal, Rosewood. Mascarra is from MEGA volume Maybelline in black.

I intensified the blush a bit and change the lipcolor into red by  Lancome and then I topped it off  with Revlon Russian red lipgloss, which is my personal favorite.

Here I just added a darker shade of brown, espresso from Mac at the outer corner .For the lips, I used Loreal Toffee and Revlon mineral lip glaze.

For more of Kathleen's pictures, please check my facebook page, Beauty makeup and so much more!

Jill and Chica at the Philip Morris event

Last Friday I got asked to do makeup for some ladies at the Philip Morris event at Sofitel. I did the hair and makeup for these 2 wonderful, lovely ladies, Chika and Jill.  Chika's makeup is sort of a 50's glam makeup, but I modernized the eyes and added sparkle. The hair was Veronica lake inspired.

Jill's makeup is very chic. Silver eyes and bright fushia lips to match her gown. And since the event is held at Sofitel ballroom, lights would be yellow of course.That is why I made the makeup a bit intense than usual, since the lights will diffuse the makeup!

TIP: for night event, do not use a makeup with SPF. It will reflect light and will make your face look abit washed or lighter than usual, because the titanium dioxide (responsible for the spf ingredient) will reflect light. Also, use a primer so that your makeup last longer.

MEG Generation, Fashion Reality Show

I did Athena's makeup and this is her before picture. She had great skin ans she is  also, very tall. :-) She was such a professional, doing her makeup was such a breeze.

The light washed the makeup :-) but the eyes is smoldering..

Before picture. The concept was arabic eyes. I had very little time to do the makeup, as in 35 minutes..

This picture was taken before the rehearsals. No lipstick yet..

Just applied gloss-she is still due for rehearsals. I look soo tired, I woked up at 5:30am that day, and got lost .  I arrived  super late.  Good thing the models were busy fitting and was still finishing breakfast ( yup, these models eat!! hahaha )   so I didnt miss a lot.LOL.

These are the judges. I did the makeup of Miss SAri yap (at the center) and several of her appearances.
I  was a little nervouse at first. but Im glad she likes my makeup ;-)

Candice Adea,our very own prima ballerina

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Last August I got a call from MEGA magazine & an email about a shoot for Candice Adea.She is one of the few Prima ballerina in the country. She recently won a silver medal at a ballet competition in the US.  

The day of the shoot I woke a  up at 6am, left the house at 7am and arrived at PICC past 8am.  I found Candice making use of her precious time...taking a nap. She had been doing rehearsals non-stop, 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Wow, that is real hard work. 

with JM, her partner and boyfriend and of course  me!! :-) I look like a cow beside Candice.LOL.
JM became a ballet dncer because of the many hourse spent waiting for Candice, he thought what better way to spend more time together,than dance together right?  Smart guy.

I couldnt  post the pictures right away because MEGA has yet to publish the issue last October.

I just took a picture of the article .Its the Oct issue of Mega. Check it out!

Hiyas Fashion Show 1

My recent Fashion shoot with JR Salas & Janna Roque

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of working with JR and Janna. It was fun & Photography make up is my favorite. JR was going for 2 looks, Punk rock & a sweet day make up. Of course, in photo shoots, you start with the light make up first & you just add up as you go in to the darker heavier application & use of colors.

I used a lilac & purple eye color for the sweet day make up because Janna looks really good in those colors ( I know, I worked with her several times ) and it brings out the color of her eyes, which is hazel brown.

For Photo shoots, MUA prefers matte colors. In my case, I used a little sheen for the base ( iris from mac) but applied a white creamy base to tone down the sheen, but its still there if you look closer. I did'nt do heavy contouring & I used a pink Mac lipstick with a purple tint ( purple rite )

For the punk look, I just added more blue & purple ( odd couple ) & lots of
mascara & black gel liner, all from MAC.

Lipstick from Sue Devitte (brandy ) and OCC gloss, just a little bit, since the gloss is super dark. The look is punk & not goth, so too much OCC vintage gloss will make Janna's lips too dark.

I plan to re-create this look for my Youtube tutorial. Will probably post the link here.

Try out the Day look, its simple, sweet & easy to do. Maybe, save the punk look for going out.