Diary of an MUA: Yeah you know I got that work

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Diary of an MUA: with a Capitol "A"

And when the hard work pays off you don't even notice the long hours and fatigue, you just know you have to keep working because you like the feeling of accomplishment and you don't want it to ever end.

Headed to work, one of the late shifts

Inside 

Taking it all in

And then...

This happened.

Diary of an MUA: An action packed weekend with Christina of VH1's Miami Monkey Part 2

Models, dresses, bathrooms and makeup - that pretty much sums up this day.  *pic heavy post*

Getting the models ready in the bathroom-hey you gotta be able to work anywhere and under any condition

And now it's time to party!

Shop VIP Divas owner, Monica, Christina of VH1's Miami Monkey and Christina's manager

Dress: Zara

Rose Gold Wedges: ShoeDazzle

Bag: Target x Phillip Lim

Diary of an MUA: An action packed weekend with Christina of VH1's Miami Monkey Part 1

*Pic heavy post*

I was soooooooooo sick this day but as you know if you are an entrepreneur there are no days off so I fought the good fight at the spalon for my clients and then even though my manager let me leave early when I got the call to do a shoot that same night, "no" was not in my vocabulary.  Good thing too because I was also hired to work the next day.  "Stay ready so you don't have to get ready!" Thanks Crystal Andrea Wright!

Started at the spalon that Saturday where I had back to back clients:

See my face?  Faking it til I could make it cause...yeah

Ffwd to that night for the shoot; I felt a little better after getting much needed rest during the drive to Bmore.

First look for Christina:

The next day...check part 2!

First photoshoot of 2013

Behind the scenes of my Blackbird shoot

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.  :)

Diary of an MUA: My Day in the Tents!

caught in the act!  My Key MUA sent this one to me :)

My second day in New York this past week had me in the actual tents at Lincoln Center.  I assisted another MUA for a presentation with hosiery designer Emilio Cavallini.  When I applied for the job I just wanted to work Fashion Week, as I stated before, I had no idea I would actually be working Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week.  For those that don't know, a number of shows take place during Fashion Week but only a select few show in the tents.  I knew it was serious when I consulted the MBNYFW site and saw the designer listed on the schedule.

Angie (Key MUA) and I before getting to work on the models

I was a bit nervous but I didn't let it get the best of me.  The amazing thing was this was also my Key's, Angie, first time at Fashion Week, so there was an absence of ego.  We both were equally as excited to just be there and both eager to help the other to make sure we got it done as directed.

We happened to be at Lincoln Center: The Box at the same time as the Zang Toi show.  I spotted both Cynthia from Real Housewives of Atlanta and model Angela Lindvall, the host of Project Runway All Stars this season. I was unable to get a picture unfortunately.

The presentation went very well and surprisingly my name and site was included in the press materials that were handed out!  I totally wasn't expecting that.  I also got to see the presentation; whats crazy is if you look at a lot of the images and coverage you can see me, still wearing my brush belt right in the front.  Wild!  Afterwards I met up with an MUA buddy who was in town from LA also working fashion week.  It was awesome to finally meet her (hey Angie! yes both my Key MUA for the show and my visiting MUA buddy are both named Angie but it was not the same person LOL)

Angie (LA) & I @ Sephora after a bite to eat, she did the Alice + Olivia show!

I know a few MUAs who have done Fashion Week and they didnt really like it, I happened to have a great experience and I will totally do it again.  Sleep be damned!  LOL

one of my models

and another

I snapped this because they had a camera crew running after them snapping away.  My brother told me they are models Hanne Gaby & Zuzanna Gregorova - he's so awesome!  :)

lunch for the models backstage

audience participation-there was a live presentation as well as a video

credentials!!!

my little space

finally getting the hang of the condensed kit - post on that later

my model getting touched up

my other model