Diary of an MUA: Unsung Hollywood

Now that the show has oficially been announced I can share!

I was granted the opportunity to serve as makeup artist for the new TVOne show 'Unsung: Hollywood' before the Christmas Holiday.

It was such a pleasure to be on set and I am so honored for the opportunity.

Here are pics from the day:

Super early call time so I needed to be polished with long lasting products.  Thankful to CoverGirl for sending me the Bombshell collection because the cream shadow really did withstand the day.

Our "set" for the day...

And through the miracle of television we are ready to go!

Comfy, cute and layered up for a long day on set.  You never know about temperature changes or how much ripping and running will be required.

My set up

Jawn Murray was up first

Charnele Brown known for her role as 'Kim Reese' on A Different World

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson

My makeup held up all day!

Tune in to TVOne on February 26th for the premiere of Unsung: Hollywood. 

Just Shana: Work Outtakes

I visit the bathroom mirror at the network before I begin almost every shift

And #myview #bts

First photoshoot of 2013

Behind the scenes of my Blackbird shoot

Diary of an MUA: Back to Barbados...(Part 2)

More BTS pics!  If your are not viewing this post from a mobile device the images may be super tiny.  My apologies as these were on my phone.   To see more behind the scenes images and video check out yesterday's post which contains all of the links.

One of our camera guys, Michael, working with some of the amazing actors.  We were in this tiny bathroom for this scene

this actress, Makalah, who plays the lead had most of us in tears this day.  She was prepping for a tough scene and in the end she nailed it!  Love her and Auntie Sylvia who is seen here helping her get ready

Some of the crew incl. Na La on sound and PA Cindy who had a cameo that day unbeknownst to her :)

Kacy joined us from Jamaica to get on set experience and was extremely helpful in many ways.  She and I talked Hunger Games any chance we could get!  :)

Marc was the consummate professional on set...and a tough boss to work for!  LOL  

Marc seen here with his mom, our Director Marcia Weekes.  Love both of them

down time = beauty fun!  Julian, PA Extraordinaire with PA Sophia, who also happens to be an amazing dancer

Makalah trying out work behind the camera for a change

she was serious!  :)

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Diary of an MUA: Back to Barbados...via pics (Part 1)

I have been meaning to post the rest of my pictures from my trip to Barbados in April but I couldnt find them!  I knew I uploaded them to my laptop from my tablet but when I went looking in my usual folders they were nowhere to be found...well that is because they were uploaded to some ol' random folder I never use.  Thank goodness for the search option...anyway here are some images that I wanted to share.  I will break them up into maybe 3 or 4 posts since there are quite a few.  These are mostly behind the scenes pictures in this post.

we had the pleasure of shooting here one day in this amazing compound which you will see below.  I did NOT want to go inside, you can see why...

this is the compound...yeah...it is one of my life's missions to become friends with the owners, seriously.  Click here for video of this location.  

this was a cave that led down to the beach

Sometimes you had to catch rest whenever and where ever...

at least he found a bed LOL  but seriously these two guys were some of THE hardest workers I have ever seen.  They deserved those catnaps

this is my buddy Na La, we had so many great conversations in between shooting.  Here he is with a makeshift cup because we ran out of cups on set that day LOL

whatever works!

I showed this house on a video, def not glamorous at all but I think some of the best times on set happened in this little old house

me catching some down time in the back of Auntie Debbie's car...way too hot and I was too worn out to try and make myself look like anything that day LOL

most of our days were spent shooting at this school, St. Catherine's

and one day we had a buddy on set...he would not stay off camera!  

and yes they all needed makeup, styling and hair.  My team was nothing short of amazing.  I love them

a shot of the jib...I hated that jib that day LOL  but it will def help to tell the story visually

You can see some of my other posts about my time in Barbados here and here and here.  Thats it for now.  :)