Hello Beauty Junkies!
Happy October! Yay for fun, over the top makeup and costumes!
Sorry for such the gap between posts, but I have been a VERY busy girl lately! I got into an esthetician apprentice program for one of the most popular and trendy salons in my city and its such a huge opportunity and honor! I also work a waitressing job at night so you can imagine how tired I am!
I had my first pro makeup experience yesterday and I learned soooo much! Several girls from the salon did makeup for an event a local vintage/antique store put on. It was a zombie fashion show and a zombie wedding (which was a real wedding)! Let me start by saying that was my first time doing zombie makeup and I have a lot to learn and improve on. As far as pro makeup goes I've always had a knack for high fashion, editorial, fantasy and costume makeup. I'm great with sparkly, rhinestony, iridescenty, bright colorful makeup so this gore makeup was very new territory for me. I've seen a few zombie flicks and liked them, however it's not a movie genre that's in my regular rotation. While my makeups weren't as great as I would have liked them to be, it was an awesome and fun experience and I'm super thankful to have had it. The zombie wedding was featured in the local newspaper, local radio and on local news! The weekend before Halloween I will be doing makeup for people participating in our local zombie pub crawl. It's all very exciting!
I love October and Halloween! Last year I was Mother Nature which was super fun but the costume was a little hard to move around in due to the vines wrapped around my body and arms along with the little critters that were in said vines. I lost many a butterfly at the bar that night :) Because of the limited mobility, I could not wear Mother Nature to my waitressing job so I picked up some small monarch butter fly wings and did a butterfly mask makeup. This year I'm going for something a little more simple in the costume area, but very elaborate on the makeup end so I can flex my skills. My zombie makeup was not terrible, but it definitely was not to my normal standard and it busted my confidence just a little bit, I need a boost :D I'm thinking a Sugar Skull makeup would be perfect. If you'd like to see what I've collected for inspiration, follow me on Pinterest! It's such a fun makeup with so many different things you can do and I'm looking forward to it. I will post pictures!
Have fun this Halloween and be safe Beauty Junkies!
