BTS: Vintage Floral shoot

So recently I got in the studio with a great team and we decided to do a floral shoot.

I'm also an amateur florist and love fresh flowers. So when the photographer asked me to style the shoot, I was super-happy!

By the way, we used fresh flowers like Heliconias and Gingers. The models couldn't believe they were fresh flowers becauseof how they looked and felt!

I'm going to give a shout out to some Maybelline eyeshadows which worked great without any primer, smooth and blendable. I grabbed some MAC, Nixie and MUFE eyeshadows and lipsticks. It's great to have a kit that one can rely on.

Check out the full spread, now on Bella Naija, "Vintage Floral".

BTS: Geometric shoot

So I got to work with a new photographer and some stunning new models. It was fun!

I really like my old staple, Black Opal cream stick foundation, though it's quite oily. Model Temi was a dream to shoot, so very unique-looking and lovely!

Defense of the Dark Arts

(In british voice): Harry Potter reference

Hulllllooooo my lovelies.

Yep, I've been sniffing pink nail polish, how did you guess?? Lool.

It is close to Easter and you know what that means: Party time! Now I know you've gotten all your funky ankara styles sewn, you've done all your shopping (well done on NOT buying those clear stripper 6" heels, your mother would be so proud of you!), and you've perfected your dance steps, but there's one little thing you may have just forgotten.

Have you mastered your dark, smouldering, smokey eye?

Meet our Dark Arts model,Chioma!

I decided to give her a wearable smokey eye, something not too dramatic. I added a dash of unexpected lime-green to the inner corners of her eyes, to make her look awake. Here are some products I used:

MAC eyeliner, Paula Dorf primer, Maybelline brow pencil, Ben Nye loose powder, Revlon Matte lipstick, NYX lipgloss, MAC eyeshadow, Bobbi Brown eyeshadows 

The smokey was made of a black eyeshadow (Bobbi Brown), a matte gray eyeshadow (Bobbi Brown) and the lime-green eyeshadow from MAC (it was a limited edition shadow called Sweet and Punchy).

Hope you likey.

Behind the scenes: Channel O "Top 10 Most"

Hi, how are you? Happy new year.

I've come up with another insight into the life and times of a makeup artist who is telling the world what her life is as a makeup artist, a constantly evolving world in which Makeup and Art are inextricably linked together in a big red-lipstick-hued vortex. I have no idea what the sentence I just typed meant, but it sounded profound.

(Why are there no smilies on Blogger so I can laugh at my own dry jokes?!)

ANYHOO....

I had ze lovely opportunity to work on Channel O's tv show "Top Ten Most", where they discussed the music industry. OAPs, Music Managers, Entertainment writers and more were there, and they were pretty awesome. Plus my favourite director Mr. Banjo.

These guys were funny and made a long shoot seen effortless. Me like you guys! Sadly lighting was bad, so I couldn't get any pictures, but my makeup standouts were Ben Nye Mojave Powder Palette and Black Up Finishing Spray.

A very hilarious thing happened at the shoot, and one day I'll tell you.

So, happy new year, my lovvies. Stay pretty.