Feathers, gems, blue eyeshadow and a... Flashlight?

These photos are from a makeup creative I did with the lovely Jessica D , Wilkosz+Way, and some lovely jewelry by John James and Make Believe. W+W played around with mixed lighting using a flashlight, amazing what these two think of! I played around with blue eye shadow, gems for eyebrows, and some feathers I made into lashes. Jessica made it all look stunning and classic. I'm torn between 1 and 3 for favorite!

Parlour Magazine Faves.

I know that the April issue of Parlour has been out for a while now, but I did just get the picks, and I love them! Props to Phillip, Carl, and Wilkosz+Way. The ten hour day was well worth it, they kick ass!

These are my faves...

ReThink Breast Cancer

On Sunday April 25th, ReThink Breast Cancer organization had a Live, Laugh, and Learn event at Lululemon on 17th Ave and 4th street SW. The evening was offering encouragement and support to women who are living with and recovering from breast cancer treatment. Diva Dave provided information on the many styles and types of wigs, and head wraps. I talked about combating the effects of chemotherapy on skin, tips on lashes, eyebrows and overall glowing complexion. It was such a positive and fun evening with very remarkable women!

Diva Dave and I doing a little shopping before the evening stared. Thank you Lululemon for the discount!

Dave and some of his fantastic wigs.

Colette Murray from ReThink. It was great putting a face to the voice and email. Fantastic lady.

Some of the amazing women attending the event.

Hot Heals Fashion Show.

The Hot Heals Fashion Show and Fund-raiser happened on Friday, April 23rd 2010 at Hotel Arts. The annual event raises money for The Discovery House, the first long-term shelter for abused women and children who experience family violence. It provides them with a safe place to live and a wide range of long term emotional and practical support. It is such a wonderful cause and I am thrilled to have been a part of it! Food for the soul. The models were women and men who volunteered their time, so alongside magical Megan Larson, a trainer for MAC cosmetics, we made sure everyone looked spectacular and ready to rock the runway.

From left: Our make-up station with high chairs (thank you Hotel Arts!), and Megan and I rockin' the MAC black.

Myself and Megan, with two lovely models.

Athletes World and Crossiron Mills Mall.

A couple of months ago I did hair and make up for a photo shoot with Forzani Group Ltd. for Athletes World. Carl Abad was the stylist for that shoot, and while strolling along 17th Ave yesterday, I bumped into Carl. Our catch up reminded me that the ad campaign is going to be posted in the Athletes World store in the Crossiron Mills Mall mid April. I checked out the Athletes World website today to see if the photos are being used and..... YES!

Here are a few of the picks, and tomorrow I'm going to check out the store and the life size posters!!

Seeing Red.

This little diddy was shot by Jason Eng about a month ago on an antique looking, giant polaroid camera. It was one of the first gorgeous, warm spring days and Jason shot Ania B. outdoors. The sun was shining, the birds were chirping and the wind blew our backdrop away....

and they turned out hot!

Styling by Ania B. and Hair by Nina Traspaderme.

Veer/Corbis Shoots

Over the last 2 weeks I had a 4 day stretch of photo shoots with Veer (now part of Corbis). They're such a wonderful group of people to work with, always so creative and a ton fun. This time it was a little bitter sweet. For the last 4 years or so I got the chance to work with Photographer and Art Director Beau Lark. Friday April 16th was his last shoot, then he's jumping on a plane and moving to London, England! Amazing, exciting new things are in store for that man, I just know it! I made sure I brought my camera to the shoot, and sneaked a pick of him in action.

Beau with Marissa, Pura Talent and her daughter Charley.

Parlour and Outlooks Weekend!

It's been such a busy, crazy and exciting weekend full of gorgeous clothes and amazing people!

Today I did a cover shoot for the next issue of Parlour Magazine with Kim from Mode, styling by Lindsay Sutton and photographed by Wilkosz+Way. Stella McCartney and Celine... oh my! Loved the styling and Kim did a fantastic job, such a pro! Phillip Elliott did the hair for the cover shot, he always does a brilliant job, and I did the hair for the others. Here are some quick pictures I took of the behind the scene action!

Jeff Way taking a video of the lovely Kim for a short film. The stunning jewelry piece is hand made by Erin Ignacio, John James Jewelry. This is actually the back of the piece.

This is the front of it. Amazing!

An option for the cover shot. Stunning!

Then this Saturday, I did hair and make-up for a 6 page story & cover shoot for Outlooks Magazine. Featuring I Model Mgmt's Dan R, photographed by Wilkosz+Way and styled by Lincoln Phillip. Here are some behind the scene shots taken by the Art Director Len Mastaler. Can't wait to see the finished shots, Dan did such an great job!

Some more great shots from Wilkosz+Way. Wire sculptures, old school retouching inks and the lovely Ania B. Turned out pretty fantastic!

Uppercase Magazine was a finalist for Society of Publication Designers magazine of the year award. Wilkosz+Way was profiled in their Dynamic Duo section a couple months ago, and the issue is now out.
I'm so excited for them and really looking forward to checking it out! Also, some of my very favorite pieces were used for the feature. Way to go guys! Whoop!

Here are some snaps of the magazine.