SUMMER BRIGHTS

This summer I teamed up with my favourite photographer Piera Catalano to create a bright summery shoot, styled with vintage clothing from Loot Leamington. These are the results!

Photographer: Piera Catalano

Model: Sam Beasley

MUA: Me, Lynsey Mckenzie

Thank you to Loot Leamington for the awesome clothing, and Lee for being our security guard for the day!

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Beauty Queen

I got together with my beautiful friends Jess and Piera last week for a makeup lesson and makeover, and Piera being the awesome photographer that she is, took some photos for me!

Face:

• Revlon Colorstay Foundation - Buff
• MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NC20
• MAC Careblend Powder Light Plus
• Chanel Soleil De Tan
• Sleek Contour Kit - Light

Eyes:

• Bobbi Brown Gel Liner - Black Ink
• Urban Decay Naked Basics - Crave
• Urban Decay Naked Palette - Half Baked, Smog + Creep
• GOSH Effect Powder - Pineapple
• Red Cherry Lashes - #113
• Miss Sporty Studio Lash Mascara - Black
• Brows - Shadows from 28 Neutral Palette

Lips:

• MAC Creme D'Nude + Myth

Jess is a bit of a beauty queen and will be competing in the Face of the Midlands very soon! She is also running her own pageant National Beauty Supreme Pageant where I will be doing the make up for some of the contestants!

And here are some behind the scenes pics-

Using Naked Decay Basics Palette and Crownbrush Pointed Crease Brush

All Photos Copyright Piera Catalano Photography

Next week I'm going to London to do the Bridal and Beyond course at Illamasqua, I'm sooo excited! Can't wait to learn some new skills and meet some amazing, talented creatives!

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More shoot pics..

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 Photographer: Stoney Darkstone

Model: Gemma Lloyd

MUA: Me, Lynsey Mckenzie

Here are two more shots from my shoot with Stoney and the lovely Gemma. We wrapped all this black netting around her and pinned it in her hair, I just love the effect it gives. These are definitely strong additions to my portfolio!

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Photoshoot: Stoney Darkstone

 

Photographer: Stoney Darkstone

Model: Gemma Lloyd

MUA + Hair: Me, Lynsey Mckenzie

Just got this image back from my last photoshoot, I love it! You can't really see much makeup detail in this but it's basically a really dark eye with Illamasqua lashes and a nude lip. I did the hair on this shoot aswell but some of it has been 'enhanced' a little ;) Can't wait to get some more shots back, we did a couple more interesting looks! Should be collaborating with Stoney again soon :)

If you want to see more behind the scenes shots etc, I post much more regularly on my Instagram @lynzmua, follow me!

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Roses are red..

Shot from last week's photoshoot :)

 

Photographer: AScalaPhotography

Model: Eliza Jade

Make-Up and Hair: Me

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Shoot: Piera Catalano

A few months ago I did a shoot with Piera Catalano, and I thought I'd add a product list to one of the looks I did :)

 

Photographer: Piera Catalano Photography

 Model: Natalie Lines

MUA: Lynsey Mckenzie (me!)

 Face:

• Revlon Colorstay Foundation
• ELF High Def Powder
• MAC Studio Finish Concealer - NC20
• Sleek Contour Kit - Light
  

Eyes:

• ELF Cream Eyeliner
• MUA Shade 1 - Pearl eyeshadow used as highlighter on cheekbones, inner corners of eyes and cupid's bow
• Urban Decay Naked Palette - Naked + Buck + Creep
• Collection 2000 Liquid Eyeliner
• Ardell Lashes - Demi Wispies

Lips:

• MAC Russian Red
• MAC Kohl Eye Liner - Smolder

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Shoot: Sally Rose

So last week I took a trip down to Cheltenham to do a photoshoot with Sally Rose Photographer, in a stunning luxury hotel. These are the results!  (click for bigger)

 

 

I'm in love with the first image, so happy with these, they will look great in my portfolio :) Check out more of Sally's work over at her website - Sally Rose Photographer

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Shoot: Sally Rose

Long time no see! So this week I worked on a shoot in a gorgeous luxury hotel with photographer Sally Rose. I had two models to work with and lots of outfit changes and had hair to do too so it was a challenge (oh and a powercut half way through!) but it went well I think! Anyway here are some behind the scenes shots-

Had a great time and can't wait to see the pictures! Looks like I'll get some awesome shots for my portfolio :)

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Pleasing Plum

I'm loving the dark lips, nude eyes and dark brows look that I keep seeing everywhere at the moment, so that's exactly what I did in my last shoot, for a bold, defined look.

First I defined the brows with Sleek's Brow Kit in Dark, and went over with plenty of black eyeshadow to darken them even more. I left the eyelids bare, and just used black mascara to slightly define the eyes. To heavily contour the cheekbones and jawline, I used Sleek's Contour Kit in Light, without using the highlighter part, keeping the skin matte all over. Then I lined the lips with black gel liner, filled in slightly with Barry M's Lip Paint in Black, and used Maybelline's SuperStay 10HR Stain Gloss in Pleasing Plum over the top. And that was it! Really simple but strong look, just make sure that any redness in the face is covered so you have a very polished, clean look.

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Shoot: Alessandra Scala

So if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you will know that on Thursday I had a photoshoot. It was my first location shoot so I didn't know what to expect but I think I did well, considering we had wind and rain issues to deal with! Anyway here are some of the pics :)

Photographer: Alessandra Scala
Model: Jessica Marie
MUA: Me!



Really happy with the results! The photographer was a pleasure to work with and I think we're going to work together on more stuff in the future :D

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Lippies!

I got another picture back from my last photoshoot, this time one of my lip looks, I love it! -

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Photographer: Piera Catalano Photography

Model: Natalie Lines

MUA: Me!

I used:

• Barry M Lip Paint - Black 37
• Sleek Pout Paint - Rosette
• Gosh Light'n Shine Lip Glaze - 01

So happy with this! Also have a shoot tomorrow, the concept sounds awesome and I've got four looks all prepared, wish me luck! I'll post some behind the scenes shots on my twitter and facebook tomorrow :)

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Photoshoot: Behind The Scenes!

Here are some behind the scenes shots from my shoot last week, you get to see my uber concentration face! Haha! Aww I feel a bit closer to being a "proper" make up artist now!

 

Super excited to see more pictures from the shoot now!

Photos Copyright Piera Catalano Photography.

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Photoshoot preview!

It's been a busy old week for me this week, I passed my driving test on thursday and had a photoshoot yesterday (my second ever, argh!), so apologies for lack of postings! So here's a little preview of one of the looks from the shoot yesterday :)

 

MUA: Me, Lynsey Mckenzie

Photo: Piera Catalano Photography 

Model: Natalie Lines

More pics to come soon hopefully!

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Photoshoot: Broken Doll

I did a photoshoot a couple of months ago with fashion blogger Kat, who is also my dear friend, and as she loves Japanese fashion and is as cute as a button, we went with a "Broken Doll" theme. We wanted very dark eyes with doll like false eyelashes, a tiny lip design and a very matte, pale look for the skin to make Kat look as doll-like as possible.










How cute is she?!

Products used:

Face:

• Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Buff
• MAC Studio Finish concealer in NC15
• MAC Prep + Prime Powder
• Light pink blusher from Crown Brush palette

Eyes:

• MAC Eye Kohl in Smolder
• Natural Collection matte black eyeshadow
• Urban Decay Creep from the Naked palette
• Eyelashes provided by Kat

Lip:

• Concealer as above
• ELF lip liner in Bitter
• Touch of gloss on top for depth 

Go check out Kat's blog over on Buzznet!


Photos Copyright Jas Stephenson Photography. 

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