I recently had another wonderful opportunity to work with Sara Gray Photography and several other amazing vendors on an pink and white brunch celebration shoot which was published on The Wedding Chicks blog.

 The basic idea for this brunch wedding celebration was to build it around a  feminine pink-and-white palette.

With this in mind, I designed a soft makeup and hair look for the bride using soft, understated pink tones.

I used a soft frosty colored pink on the lips as it photographs beautifully in naturally lighting.  Several shades of blush helped to create and enhance the natural flush of this glowing bride.

I highlighted the inner corner of the eye with a special shimmer powder to create a beautiful glow to her eyes. Just enhancing the natural glow that a bride always has! In keeping with the soft pink and white palette, I styled her hair in a soft side chignon.  Incorporating small strands of pink toned, irregular freshwater pearls added something unique to the style.

A special thank you to Sara Gray Photography for the beautiful photos and for creating such a wonderful wedding concept. Here are some of the other vendors involved in this inspiration shoot:

Love, June Bridal ,Fieldwork, Saucebox Restaurant, Foosie Design, The Party Place, Baker & Spice, Pix Patisserie,

The Face Body Beauty team of artists get together at least once a month for artist workshops. Sometimes we focus on hair and other times we focus on makeup! We have a few areas/topics we focus on for each workshop. It is always way too much fun and such an amazing way to stay current and inspired!

Above, Nanielle is working on our model during one of our Makeup Workshops! We were focusing on soft & beautiful looks for blue eyed beauties!!

Above, Rebecca is creating lovely & soft look for our model…showing that not everyone needs to wear eyeliner on their top eyelids….some ladies look  much better and more natural without it!

Below, Oh how I love to backcomb    Imelda is curling every lock of hair just perfectly…there really is an art to curling correctly!!

Imelda and Jennifer are working on creating an ”undone” style for our model! So popular right now!

  Such a beautiful, loose and undone style for our model!

I hope you enjoyed this sneak peak into the workings of the Face Body Beauty team! If there is a certain style or technique you would like us to blog about just let me know and we can make that happen!

Face Body Beauty does offer both makeup and hair styling lessons so contact Jennifer if you are interested in either a one on one lesson or small group lesson! It is a great way to learn techniques for both makeup and hair! All lessons are customized to your specific goals and skill level!

As always, thank you for following the Face Body Beauty blog!

Peekaboo Portland Party 1/30/10 at the NEW downtown studio!!! The best Valentine’s Day gift you can give: a classy yet sexy picture of you! Peekaboo Portland captures the beauty of women, no matter what their shape or size! As a curvy woman myself, I can assure you that you will love the way you look. Jessica Hill of Peekaboo Portland, is amazing at posing ladies in the most flattering positions and making sure the light hits just perfectly to create a soft glow on your skin.  These two pictures from our last event are a perfect example of that! So beautiful!

I will be in-house for the Peekaboo Portland event doing amazing make-up and hair for the shoots! We can create any look you have in mind. Some ladies love a soft romantic look and others want sultry smokey eyes…..whatever you have in mind we can create! For more pictures of makeup & hair I have done for boudoir shoots you can follow this link to the boudoir page of the Face Body Beauty website!

Here are a few pics from my own Peekaboo shoot. I am posting these to show other curvy/tall etc woman that you will look amazing in your pictures! It is such an empowering experience and I am so happy that I did it! My husband absolutely loves the little black book I did for him as my wedding gift. He was so surprised and impressed that I did a shoot! He could not believe how Jessica had captured my smile and my eyes so beautifully…not too mention a few other of his favorite parts of me!!

Here is more information about the Peekaboo Party on the 30th. Sign up soon as spots are filling up fast!!  You can also follow this link to the Peekaboo Portland Blog for more pictures and fun info about these parties!!

 You can contact me or Jessica Hill for more information about this event! I look forward to talking with you and hopefully helping to create the perfect look for your Peekaboo Shoot!