Matron of Honor Melissa

Remember Carmel's engagement session?  Well her wedding was just a few weeks ago and I was able to make up the faces of a few of my fellow bridesmaids.  Melissa was the Matron of Honor and Carmel's best friend of 17 years.  She's also one of my besties and now she's my mommy mentor.  She's a great mom, makes up THE BEST silly songs for her little boy A, and my go-to guide for all things baby.  Ok people, doesn't she look beautiful as it is, WITHOUT the makeup?  She really made my job easy and I could not stop telling her how beautiful she was during the makeup application.  Here's her before and after:

 

Update: Jean's Casual Family Session

Remember my sister-in-law's casual family session look?  Well peeps, here's the finished product:



I really think Jean's look photographed well, and isn't my niece ADORBS????  Again, can't thank Debby enough for capturing the lovely Kim family.

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Jean's Casual Family Session Look

I must have hit the sister-in-law jackpot!  Jean is the hubs' sister and she's awesome

Carmel's Engagement Session

Carmel has been a dear friend for over 15 years now.  We met in the 6th grade and have pretty much been friends ever since.  She was actually a bridesmaid in my own wedding.  Carmel is engaged to Michael and I'm so excited for their wedding this weekend!  Back in February she entrusted me to do her makeup for her engagement session.  It was rainy day but girlfriend rocked it!  How beautiful is my BFF?!?



Photography by the talented LansangPhotography.com .  Here are a few more shots from the day:

    

Carmos, you're beautiful inside and out and we can't wait for your big day!

Hello world!

Hello World!  I guess that's an appropriate title for my very first blog entry.  Printing "Hello world!" out to the console is probably everyone's first assignment in their very first Computer Science class.  I'm a software engineer by trade with a new found passion for makeup!  I've played around a lot, done the girls' makeup in Vegas, applied lashes on the homies for bachelorette parties, and now Mama's gettin' serious.  Well, time permitting that is, with a full time job, a six month old baby, an awesome husband, oh and seemingly perpetual marathon training.  I'll be posting mostly makeup looks, some product reviews, and you may occasionally spot my little Cara Cupcake because she is JUST THAT CUTE.  So here goes...