He wants YOU!

To follow him on twitter! hehehe

Follow upcoming actor and super hot Brazilian/Japanese Model on twitter: Fabio_Ide
Was with him on a shoot the other day and he just got the 411 on twitter from Caby and our makeup guru RB Chanco haha

A photo with Fabio and
RB c/o Caby from our shoot the other day =)

Some photos from our shoot from februaury:

Did makeup for Daniella
(the one next to Daniel Matsunaga) hehe



Daniella and Fabio


Daniella and Daniel Matsunaga



Daniella



Gabriella and Daniella

Some behind the scene pictures ofcourse (gotta love those, esp. these hahaha)

Wee! the wolf pack boys! haha



with Daniel Matsunaga, I know I
look ewwie here but what the hey LOL





working =)

Have a great weekend everyone! And dont forget to join my MAKEOVER GIVEAWAY =)

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Regatta Fashion Show

This post is long overdue. Did makeup for the models and a client for the Regatta Fashion show. It was nice seeing some of the batchmates from LCI again and ofcourse our makeup guru, RB Chanco whom I miss so so so much. Talk about separation anxiety! haha

The event was held at Blue Leaf, Mckinley Fort Bonifacio. And was happy to see my favorite model Fabio Ides hahaha :x

Did Makeup for Che and took a pic with her after
the show. Jasmine Maierhofer being goofy at the back haha


Che on the runway (Photo borrowed from spot.ph)



After the show with Ruschano? I hope I spelled that
right haha. He's half Italian and half Brazilian model.




Photo borrowed from spot.ph



Photo borrowed from spot.ph



Claudia (who I worked with just recently -
but that's a diff post :p), a male model and Che.
Photo borrowed from spot.ph



With everyones favorite, Fabio Ide! whoo! haha =)



Caby and Fabio =)

I'm so behind with all my posts, I promise to get back in track this month haha. Tis has been a very productive month for me, I hope things keep on getting better and better. Will try to post another entry this week but we'll see..haha. Ill try to squeeze in a post or two. Have a great week everyone!

Finals/Portfolio: Icon

Hello! Im posting about another look I did for my finals/portfolio. On one of our classes, we were asked to suggest a them for the avant garde and a beauty icon. Our professor, RB Chanco, announced which one she chose on the day of our finals. For the Icon, we were tasked to do a look inspired by Twiggy

This was simpler than the other looks. The base and prepping is the same with the Prime/ No Makeup Look. The only difference is the eye makeup. Twiggy was really known for the exagerrated and drawn lower lashes. I used MAC Gesso for the lid and Carbon for the crease. Applied NYX JUmbo pencil in Milk for the lower lashine. I tried putting on falsies on the lower lashline but didnt like it too much so I just drew the lower lashes.

Finals/Portfolio: Semi Smoky

Hello, posting another one of the looks I did for my finals/portfolio. I love semi-smokey because this is what I do on myself often. hehe even my friend, Caby, commented that this looks exactly how I do my own makeup.


The challenge for this look during our finals was how we could make the golds or bronzes stand out more. I already knew what I was going to do, before finding out we needed to use gold/bronze. So I just adjusted it a bit and thank goodness I had planned on using gold and pink for the eyes haha.

My lovely model Jess! We've known each other since we were kids and went to the same college too =)

For the eyes, I used a quad from 4u2 that I fell in love with! I will post a review on it soon, I promise! But overall, I like their eye shadows, good color payoff and very minimal fallout. I used mostly just that quad except for MAC Charcoal brown for the hollows of the crease and Embark for the outer corner.

Hope everyone is having a great week! =)

Finals/Portfolio: Prime or No Makeup Look

One of the things I wanted to learn in Makeup Class was the no makeup look. I know it should be easy, but it's just not how I personally do my makeup. True enough, it was one of the simplest, it being the 1st lesson we learned (or second, since we took one whole class to get the eyebrow part haha)

Prime look is the most used, since its versatile. You can use it for daily wear, for weddings, for just about anything with a few adjustments. I find myself doing this when I have about 10-15 minutes to get ready, certainly much better than going out bare faced, imo!

I have been wanting to get my friend Sarah to model for me in class, but we always had schedule conflicts. At the last minute, I asked if she could come to help me out for my finals and luckily, she didnt have anything planned. I really wanted to get her for this look, because she looks classic and she'd look perfect as a bride (as i've seen in her beautiful wedding photos!)

Doesnt she look so beautiful and radiant? She naturally is! haha. Shes a pro at modelling too, she asked me what I wanted, all i said was I want a happy bride and tadah! perfect! haha =)

Finals/Portfolio: Colored Makeup

If there's one thing that I love most about makeup, its mixing colors! I like combining colors that are rarely used. If I had the time to do my makeup everyday, id definitely go for colored, but that isnt the case so I stick with neutrals most of the time hehe.

The first look I did for our Artistic Makeup Class finals was the colored makeup. I knew I wanted an eye popping color, so I used chrome yellow and went on from there. I used orange, purple and blue. Pretty weird if you think about it, but I think it turned out pretty well. This is probably my favorite, also because I wasnt stressed YET. haha

The challenge for this look for our finals, was to make the eyes pop or stand out by using only colored eyeliner. I know my eyes look icky before I put on some eyeliner. But my model, Miel's eye were beautiful and well defined even without eyeliner!

I met Miel the very first time when she came over to help me out with my finals. I found her through Fetz when she posted her shoot a few months ago. I really liked her look and decided to ask (no harm in asking) I was thrilled when she said yes, she came in at 7:3o-8:00 when one of my models cancelled last minute! Life saver! I originally planned on doing a semi smokey on Miel, but I think this turned out better! =)


Still waiting to be graded for our finals, and I tell you its nerve wracking. I just want to get it over with, so I can stop obsessing with the pictures haha. As Ive mentioned, I was quite disapointed with how I performed for the finals. So I kinda just want to move on and forget about it haha but until I get my final grades, I will continue looking for flaws and errors LOL


What I used:
Cinema Secrets Ultimate Foundation in kit #3
RCMA Invisible Setting Powder
A bit of FS Chino Face powder
Coastal Scents Highlight and Contour Palette and Blush Palette
Urban Decay Primer Potion
MAC Chrome Yellow, Amber lights, Nocturnelle
Coastal Scents Orange, Purple, Blue
Mixing Medium for eyeliner (+Blue CS e/s)
A bunch of lipstick mixed together

Velvet's Tribute to the Oscars (Picture Heavy!!)

Velvet's Tribute to the Oscars is on its 2nd year. If you remember Diether Ocampo being turned into the Godfather last year, that was it! Part of our Makeup Class are OJT's and apprenticeships under one of the best Makeup Artists in the country, RB Chanco. We got to go to various editorial, billboard and other ad campaign shoots. One of the best ojt's ive had was the Oscars shoot. It was so much fun seeing everything all come together. I feel very honored and proud to have been somewhat a part of it.

After a few weeks, we went to Velvet's Event "Tribute to the Oscars" to support our Wonderful and Super beautiful Makeup Mentor, RB Chanco. Rb did the Makeup for Casablanca, West Side Story and Pulp Fiction. Casablanca won first prize in the competition! She also won Best Makeup/ Best Transformation for Casblanca. And Zanjoe won the bagay na bagay award (In Character Award) for Pulp Fiction!

This one is my favorite! =)

"Pulp Fiction"
feat Mariel Rodriguez & Zanjoe Marudo
Photography: Dix Perez
Styling: Charmaine Palermo
Makeup Artist: RB Chanco
Hairstyling and Make-up Assistance: Third Octavo



Winning Photo!

"Casablanca" (1944)
Winner of 3 Academy Awards
with 8 Nominations

Photographer: Ria Regino
Makeup Artist: RB Chanco
Stylist: Kat Cruz

Jericho Rosales as Rick Blaine
Maricar Reyes as Lisa Lund






"West Side Story" (1961)
Winner of 10 Academy Awards
wth 11 Nominations

Photographer: Jo-Ann Bitangcol
Makeup Artist: RB Chanco
Stylist: RCXY Bautista

Nikki Gil as Maria
Billy Crawford as Tony

More pictures from the shoot for the West Side Story Entry:

Please Right-Click on images to view in full size :D

Doing makeup for Lotus




Pegs :)




Lovely!




Retouch! hehe I look like a kid
next to her!



You think Makeup is all glitz and glam? think again! haha
Super tired but very fulfilled and happy. With classmates =)




Lotus and a very hagard version of myself. lol




With Nikki and Billy after the Shoot




Nikki, Billy and Gorgeous Rb
(I dont know how she does it, always pretty and fresh looking!)




The Team :)

Still want more pictures? Here are a few more of the Photos in the Exhibit:

Titanic (1998)
Winner of 11 Academy Awards
wth 14 Nominations

Photographer: Pat DY
Makeup Artist: Grace Deang
Stylist: Lotho Lotho

Erich Gonzales as Rose
Enchong Dee as Jack



"Bonnie and Clyde (1967)"
Winner of 2 Academy Awards
with 10 nominations

Photgrapher: Kai Huang
Makeup Artist: Angie Cruz
Stylist: Myrrh Lao To

Shaina Magdayao as Bonnie Parker
Peter Nordell as Clyde Barrow




"Brokeback Mountain"
Winner of 3 Academy Awards
with 8 Nominations

Photographer: Wesley Villarica
Makeup Artist: Mela De Luna
Stylist: Jake Galvez

Isabelle Daza as Ennis Del Mar
Bea Soriano as Jack Twist

The Photos from the exhibit/competition are on disaply from March 13- 20 at Eastwood Mall in Libis =)

Artistic Makeup #4: 4 Color theme/Semi Smokey

To make up for the classes we missed because of some electrical issues at the building where LCI is located, we had back to back classes last weekend. For Saturday, we learned how to do the 3 color theme and how to turn it into 4 color or semi smokey. I always try to ask people who are interested in makeup to be my model for class, so we both benefit from it hehe. So for Saturday, I asked Fatima from http://kikayfetz.blogspot.com if she could come.

Fetz and I went to the same college, both graduated from nursing, are both Licensed Nurses and Makeup Junkies! haha. I was so glad that she was able to come and see what its like to be in Makeup School. =) As always, before our class starts we prep our models and do the makeup we learned from the previous class.

So here's Fetz while I was mixing foundations to match her skin =)




BEFORE and AFTER
(prime look)

Fetz has really great skin, apart from some redness and a few dry patches her skin is amazing! No need for concealer and just a small amount of foundation to neutralize the redness.



Oddly, I dont have a picture of Fetz (apart from this cropped pic)
when we turned the prime look to corrective eye makeup/4 color theme.

On Sunday, we were asked to prep our models and do the Semi Smokey or 4 color theme. I used a quad from Revlon that i've been neglecting and it looked really pretty on my model, Iyz! The colors on the quad are more on the wine/plum shade.

BEFORE and AFTER
(4 Color theme/ Semi Smokey)

Iyz also has great skin and didnt need a whole lot of coverage just a small amount of foundation to even out the skin tone. I had a bit of trouble with making the eyebrows look even. I had to choose one eyebrow to follow and thank goodness I got it to look more evened out since I didnt really want to shave a whole lot of her eyebrows haha.




Smile Iyz!! hehe doesnt she look like a doll? =)

I'll try to post about the latter part of Sundays class tomorrow which is Male Makeup and Smokey Look. But officially, sunday was our last class! Boo! :/ I'm going to miss going to school and playing Makeup Artist at our stations and OJT's.

On Thursday, will be attending "Tribute to THE OSCARS" (link is from last years' event. And more pictures from last years event HERE) to support our wonderful and beautiful Makeup Guru, RB Chanco. I cant wait to see how the pictures turned out, since I also helped out a bit with one of the models makeup for one of the shoots. So if YOU'RE going, please help support and vote for RB Chanco! mwehehe.

I can't post about that particular shoot I went to yet until after the event, sooo stay tuned! =)