Things I Love

Meet Rose and Dory:

They are stunningly gorgeous, elegant, talented, way-too-fun sisters. I had the pleasure of doing their hair and makeup for Dory's 30th Birthday, which is where these pictures were taken.
I just love false lashes, peachy blush, perfectly matched brow color, velvety smooth clean skin, a nicely contoured decolletage, Rose's stylish hairpiece and Dory's simple but mod honey golden ponytail.


Happy Birthday Dory!



Speaking of things I love, Rose is in a way-cool band called The Wine Birds.
I've done Rose and Lauren's makeup a few times now- It's so fun to paint the faces of such cool and talented ladies- not to mention the added bonus of being in the company of their sexy band mates (hehe)
I'll be posting more pictures from their photo shoot I did makeup for, but here's one from their website. HOT!

Andrea's Transformation

What an exciting day! I got to participate in the most fantastic project- Mama Makeover!

Andrea and family were just the most lovely people- Full of joy.

I volunteered as the makeup artist for her final family photo shoot at the GORGEOUS Campbell Salgado Studios - I can't wait to see all the pictures, but here are a few:

In the photo below, on the right is Mindy Helmer, an amazing woman and incredible stylist who was in charge of Andrea's wardrobe for the shoot and her personal style consultant for the duration of the Mama Makeover. Andrea is just shining in the middle- her makeup turned out so nicely! Always easy on a beautiful woman, of course :)

Doesn't she look fabulous?

Thank you all for letting me take part in such a beautiful project! More updates to come...

Blog Under Revision

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my style blog!

I am currently updating my before and after pictures and locating more photos of my work from years past.

I appreciate your patience- please join my blog as a follower so you can be updated when I add new photos and events!

xo

Gretchen

Magen Before and After

Meet Magen:

She's the lovely blonde on the right. I forgot to take a picture of her before we colored her hair, so luckily I had one from a few months back. She has a great natural wave pattern in her hair, and while she could definitely pull off her blonde hair, it was not the most flattering color for her skin. You'll notice in the after, even without makeup touch-up after having her hair colored and cut- she glows.

This is Magen After.

I recolored her hair using a two-step formulation called re-pigmenting. Often when you take a lighter hair color dark, it ends up looking flat, dull, gray or "empty". We put the necessary color molecules- red- back into her hair before adding the rich brown tones over that. Her pink undertones look perfectly balanced and her blue eyes truly pop under the chestnut brown fringe we added around her face. Gorgeous girl! Thanks, Magen! It's a bit of a Zooey Deschanel from 500 Days of Summer kind of a look, don't you think? I love it!