Mommy & Boudoir?!?!

This weekend was a lot of fun for an up and coming makeup artist...

   On Friday night my school makeup teacher invited me to a "Makeup Artist Mingle"... Which meant free food and drinks and casual awkward chat with a photographer and some clothing designers! Awkward? Yes... as I usually say, if you know me, you know I'm not exactly a social butterfly when surrounded by people I don't know. This new direction in life I have chosen is definitely a challenge for me (that I am ready to face!)... So, I sat there, like the weird girl I am, and tried really hard to be "cool"... yes, folks, I have "high school syndrome"... I'm still that innocent girl trying to be accepted by my peers and yet my inner monologue tells me otherwise... and because I am almost 30 and comfortable in my "nerd ways", the inner monologue struggles with the idea of trying to be someone else! So, I'm taking it all one step at time and perhaps I'll find the inner cool I've had lurking inside me dying to come out! HeHe! So somewhere in between the popular girl and the girl eating lunch in the toilet stall, was me at a table for 12 at the restaurant/nightclub Kitchen 305.

   My teacher texts me Thursday morning and asks me, "how many people are you bringing?" DING DING DING! "Can I bring someone?" I instantly thought,thank God I can bring my Boy- but, Oh yea, he works... next best person to be dependent on in uncomfortable situations??? My momma!!!

 In the end it may not have been too much of a step up from nerdy-girl (bringing my mom and all), but  I went, I mingled, and passed out some business cards... for little old me, this was a success! I am very proud of myself for going and feeling somewhat confident and as always am very thankful to my teacher Jackie for giving me a boost, (she texted me during the dinner to give her my business cards so that she could pass them out, since I hadn't)... ladies and gentlemen, confidence is on her way for me!!! :)

   On Saturday was a different story... I was makeup artist to a boudoir photo shoot!!! This was more my type of gig... except the part of waking up at 5am after having gone to bed at 1am! The lovely videographer/photographer Celia Sanchez put together a very planned and creative photoshoot...

 

 it was a tasteful shoot of a model wearing vintage lingerie and night gowns. The ladies arrived at my house at 5:25 in the morning... all of us with sleepy eyes ready to work. Celia and I agreed that a smokey eye would be perfect for her Whimsical Boudoir idea. I used a gold gel eyeliner to coat her lid and smoked it out with gold and brown eyeshadows! She looked elegant and I think she felt elegant too...
I told her in person and I'll tell her again... Celia thank you for the lovely time spent and the great opportunity!

(The Beautiful Model: Aurora)

Imagine Mommies & Crowns of Flowers, Alexis