beautiful and talented model fei ren from vancouver contacted me on facebook to see if i was interested in collaborating for a creative shoot. photographer mark darren and i were totally on board. we worked together for 2 days creating 4 different looks, one of which i used shu uemura’s rouge unlimited lipstick. the photo turned out to be a true work of art.
it was down to 5 of us! we were to compete live in toronto during the luminato festival in toronto. jugdes included:
10 of us were left in the competition and our last video challenge was a birds of paradise theme. the look that i created was inspired by the golden back tropical bird using shu uemura’s sunset gold palette – which i love to use for my bridal clients!
as a “wow-factor”, photographer mark darren mui and i came up with the idea of using two models for the photo. i wanted to use janice wu’s younger sister, stephanie wu, and have her nestled into her older sister like two birds in a nest. this was my submission:
to watch the creation of this look. The video was created by talented videographer Teddy Chau.
5 contestants were eliminated after challenge#1; 15 of us moved on to create the tribal jungle look for challenge#2. Using shu uemura’s blue morphorium palette we were to create a look fit for a jungle queen. I was inspired by patterns from creatures of the jungle. This was my submission:
photographer mark darren mui added a royal crown onto our lovely jungle queen, janice wu.
my photo was used on holt renfrew’s website for shu uemura:
watch the creation of this look:
after making it to the top 20 finalists, the competition was on! we all received a box of makeup from which we had to work with and specific guidelines for each challenge. the first challenge was a makeup look inspired by the japanese cherry blossoms using shu uemura’s dreamy petal palette and partial floral lashes. with the help of photographer mark darren mui, this was my submission:
watch the creation of this look:
to read more about the inspiration and creation of this look, visit http://www.markandpatty.com
it all began in april 2011 when my aunt sent to me an article in a chinese magazine advertising shu uemura north america’s first ever national competition; the theme of the competition was mystic nature. contestants were to submit one photo reflecting the theme and shu uemura would select 20 finalists to compete. i submitted this photo:
my idea was to contrast the cold winter snow with the sunkissed bronze summer face. photographer mark darren mui did a fantastic job in capturing the look:
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