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want ideas for bridal hair and makeup? check out persis’ wedding!

November 26, 2011
Bridal
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persis and jack are one of the most kind-hearted and easy-going couples i’ve had the opportunity to work with. i first met them for a coffee to discuss the different makeup looks and hairstyles persis had in mind; i was to create three different looks for her throughout the day. for many chinese weddings, the bride changes into several outfits through the day and like to have different makeup and hair looks to go along with it.

persis was so calm throughout the day and jack so considerate of everyone around. it was truly a pleasure to be able to accompany them throughout the entire day; everyone had a blast.

here are some photos captured by photographer vivek bhattacharyya –  http://www.vivekbhattacharyya.com:

getting ready for the ceremony (updo and natural makeup):

makeup for sister and mom:

makeup for bridesmaids:

at the church:

makeup for made of honour:

look change –  hair extensions added for half updo & grey tones added for makeup: (this photo taken by me)


(this photo taken by me):

(this photo taken by me)

evening look: side updo & smokey eyes: (this photo taken by me)

congratulations to jack and persis!!

lili and dave’s wedding

October 17, 2011
Bridal
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bride lili found me through a forum and after her trial, i got to meet her amazing bridesmaids, jen and maddy. besides being able to beautify such great people, i got to make three new friends. we are all still in touch through facebook – i love what i do!

lili was a simple bride; she wanted to look fresh with rosy lips and nothing too dramatic for her eyes. so i used the shu uemura sunset gold palette and painting liner in brown.

jen is a full out shu uemura fan! she came telling me that she had prepped her skin with the complete shu uemura red:juvenus line (great choice – i use the emulsion as well).

maddy wanted something smokey for her eyes, but not too overdone. their bridesmaids dresses were a rich royal blue, so i chose some blue tones from the shu uemura color atelier eyeshadows and i use the the shu uemura drawing pencil in me blue.

GCL Photography was there to capture beautiful shots of the special day:

Some photos that I snapped:

lili – evening look

maddy


Photos sent courtesy of jen:


jieun and george’s wedding – lovely shu uemura bride

October 15, 2011
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lovely bride, jieun, came to me requesting to make her eyes appear bigger for her wedding. a common request for monolid eyes. she was such a sweet and cute bride to work with! and it just so happens that she’s a huge shu uemura fan. using some shu uemura matte black eyeshadow and some black painting liner, we were able to achieve the makeup look that she was looking for. she also requested rosy, pink lips with gradations of a deeper pink from the inside of the lips fading out to soft pink to the outer parts of her lips. such an angelic look. i used the shu uemura sunset gold palette (eyeshadows and pink blush) – my go-to bridal palette – to complete the look. for the skin i used shu uemura face architect smoothing foundation in light honey. 

here is a video created by Studio910.ca that captured the beautiful day. what fantastic work they did on creating the video:

agatha & conor’s wedding

October 12, 2011
Bridal
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it’s been a crazy wedding season this year! i’m finally going to do some posts about the wonderful wedding celebrations that i had the honour to be a part of.

agatha and conor got married in lovely and quaint port perry. it was such a picture perfect location with all the perfect touches. agatha’s gown was so, so gorgeous – it complemented her perfectly. to top it all off, she had amazing bridesmaids. i had such a fun time doing all of their makeup.

a big thank you to stacey for providing me some of the photos of memorable moments she captured throughout the day.