Nadia-Artistry: Portland Makeup Artist: STYLING

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Into The Wild: Savage Beauty

PHOTOGRAPHY: Choiyee Wong/ICE Digital Studio
HAIR: Kellen Eason
MAKEUP: Nadia-Artistry

MODELS: Cecilia Doan/OMM, Kristi Kawauchi /OMM, Vivian Chen/Muse

Here is to another boudoir shoot with Missy Bachmeier of Portland+Vancouver's Take 5 Photography. Several times a year, Missy schedules marathon boudoir days or private sessions for women who are either wanting to surprise their other halves with something special or just as a treat for themselves. Here is the shoot I did with the very fun-spirited Emmy; those captivating eyes, oh my!

I always get a kick out of asking the ladies of boudoir sessions, how they slyly get away from their significant others for a few hours to do the shoot. Sometimes it seems as though your partner doesn't take notice that you have gone from brunette hair one day to auburn the next but they can instinctively tell you have something up your sleeve- and start instigating into your master plan. Reminds me of how much I love surprises.

For more on Missy's boudoir shoots, check out her blog here.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Missy Bachmeier/Take 5 Photography

MODEL: Emmy

MAKEUP: Nadia-Artistry

Rêves De Jardin

A rope swing, two massive Irish wolfhounds, vintage furs, an amazing Sarah Seven gown, and an other-worldly location- made this shoot filled to the brim with decadence. But if that got you thinking this was a walk in the park for our model, Kate, just imagine 30mph winds on this cold, blistering winter day. Check out this behind the scenes clip of Kate wrangling her two furry co-stars here. This spread was shot by the talented photographer, John Campbell, whom is also known for his work as a cinematographer for films and the like.

PHOTOGRAPHY: John Campbell

MODEL: Kate Troedsson (Option)
MAKEUP: Nadia-Artistry

HAIR: Kellen Eason
DRESS: Sarah Seven

Special thanks to the wolfhounds' owner.

Femme Fatale: The Outcome

Although we all agree smoking is a definite faux pas, we must admit that Emma, or rather "Natalia", does make bad look pretty darn good. Which killer outfit do you think she rocks the best in this spread?

PHOTOGRAPHY: Choiyee Wong/I.C.E. Digital Studios
MODEL: Emma Pelett
HAIR: Kellen Eason
MAKEUP: Nadia Artistry

Makeup Lowdown: "The Black Swan"

When it comes to Halloween, I don't mess around. Why do I get so excited for this ghoulish holiday even though I cannot sit through five minutes of a horror flick? For one, it allows you to be somebody else for one night (or in my case, three nights in a row this year) and it makes striking up a conversation at a party a bit easier. I normally do not opt for makeup-inspired costume ideas but after being introduced to the yet-to-be-released film by a client, "The Black Swan" character seemed like the perfect choice. (Especially after the idea of making a giant sock monkey costume wasn't appealing anymore!) The movie stars the gorgeous and talented Natalie Portman and is directed by Darren Aronofsk and should be coming to a theater near you this December. Here is how I achieved the look:

The Makeup:

Prep the skin with proper moisturizers and primers.
Using Bobbi Brown's waterproof gel liner in Black Ink (my favorite liners), follow the eye outline shape as seen in the above face charts with a fine liner brush. Create thin "wave" shapes inside the basic outline.
Fill in the empty waves with a bright silver shadow- I used Yaby pearl paint shadow in Platinum with a fine tipped wet brush. If you want a more intense look- I would suggest filling it in with Heavy Metal Glitter Eyeliner in Glam Rock from Urban Decay.
Repeat the black gel liner over the "wave" lines if necessary. Clean up any errors with a cotton swab dipped in eye makeup remover (I love Victoria's Secret Oil Makeup Remover). Set the entire eye makeup with a translucent loose powder so it does not smudge.
Line the inner rim of your eye with a white eye pencil, try Stila's Kajal Eye Liner in Pearl.
Add some drama by applying thick false lashes to your lashline using a waterproof black adhesive glue from Duo.
Use concealer on any blemishes and visible under eye circles. I opted not to do the pale "swan" skin but if you do, I suggest sponge application of the white cream foundation from Ben Nye and remember to take it down to any visible skin.
Contour your cheekbones with an even mix of brown and black eyeshadows applied with a blush brush.
Fill the entire lips with a dark burgundy lip pencil (Stila's Countour #23), then a similar shade lipstick on top. Finally, dab a black gel cream (Sephora Collection) to deepen the look as far as you want to go.
Take a brush and add vertical stripes of the black waterproof gel liner and white eye liner to your wrists/hands.

The Outfit:

Black tutu and pale pink tights, The Leotard store.
Crown and ring from the toy section, spray painted gunmetal.
Black lace tube top, Express.
Shoes, DKNYC "Teela" (not shown)
Fur shawl from BCBG (not shown)

Hope you enjoyed "The Black Swan" Makeup Tutorial; feel free to let me know what you would like to see on my blog and I will try to make it happen. Special thanks to all who took the time to contribute to this post!

PHOTOGRAPHY: Ethan Huynh
PHOTO EDITING: Dior Baumjohann

She Wolf

When the crew is still waiting for a custom made dress to arrive from an overnight shipment and everyone is ready to shoot- what else can you do but improvise? Here we are making due with whatever we could get our hands on and our model even makes the potato sack-fitting dress look devine.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Daniel M. Noval
MAKEUP/WARDROBE STYLING: Nadia-Artistry
HAIR: Joaquin Parker
MODEL: Victoria Ward (Q6)

Modern Day Adam + Eve: The Outcome

Without further ado, here are some of my favorite images by Choi Yee for the "Modern Day Adam + Eve" shoot (honestly, pretty hard to narrow it down to just a few!). We had on board our two lovely models, Kate and Daniel, whom perfectly fit the bill and a fantastic styling team consisting of florist Rosemary, hairstylist Kellen and makeup by yours truly. The concept of the classic Adam + Eve dropped into modern day circumstances had been running through my head for some time and everything turned out exactly as we had envisioned.

We were lucky to have acquired our last minute shooting locations- courtesy of Rosemary's Aunt's backyard (whom may still not know we ever snuck back there) and the Indigo downtown. It was also fun to work with Kate on her first shoot as a new ethereal blonde.

Check out the behind the scenes video of our long but amazing day together on set!

PHOTOGRAPHER: Choi Yee Wong
FLORIST/PROPS: Rosemary Stafford
HAIR: Kellen Eason
MAKEUP/WARDROBE STYLING: Nadia-Artistry
MODELS: Daniel Noval (Q6) + Kate Troedsson (Option)
VIDEO EDITING: Ethan Hyunh

East Meets West

Perhaps this can best be described as a Chinese opera singer meets a Western comic book character- but I will leave it up to your interpretation. Photographer Choiyee, created the striking "fan" pack and Kellen, the hairstylist, pretty much delivered the hair concept based on a sketch she provided. This unique shoot location is no stranger to our model, in fact, it shares the same parking lot as her day job.

Now if only I can get my sideburns to do that...

PHOTOGRAPHER/PROPS: Choiyee Wong
HAIR: Kellen Eason
MAKEUP: Nadia-Artistry
MODEL: Crystal Bee

City Slicker

As I'm putting together this post, the only thing going through my head is the theme song to "Two & A Half Men". Here is another collabo with Joey from ICE Digital Studios, shooting a man I know very well in an office building downtown that I wouldn't mind living in. The best part of the shoot is when the other outfit got locked into the office kitchen by accident and Ole attempted to utilize his MacGyver moves- without much success.

"Mennnn..."

PHOTOGRAPHER: I.C.E. Digital Studio
MODEL: Ole
MAKEUP/WARDROBE STYLING: Nadia-Artistry

She Glows

A beautiful candid shot taken after a day of shooting around beautiful Portland and taking a break to fill our eager stomachs with heaps of sushi. It was great to work with the "A" Team- which consists of Austin-based photographer, Jaime Ibarra, and model Jessa, to see how they make eye-catching shots like this seems so effortless.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jaime Ibarra
MAKEUP/WARDROBE STYLING: Nadia-Artistry
MODEL: Jessa Peters