Essence Magazine, Feb. 2012 – on newsstands now. I did makeup & grooming for the 12 people (all real-life families) featured in the article.
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Essence Magazine, Feb 2012 – education feature
Posted in Airbrush, Clients, Lifestyle, Male grooming, Photoshoots, Published work
Lifestyle shoot – horseback on the beach
Some shoots really are a day at the beach! In this case, Crane Beach, one of the most beautiful oceanside stretches of sand I have seen (at least in New England). Quiet, serene, and we shot until sundown. And if that weren’t enough, this shoot had HORSES!
My job was to groom the two girls and manage the flyaway hair of the two professional riders (they didn’t even get makeup since the focus of the shots wasn’t their faces). Here’s a sampling of images by the incredibly talented lifestyle photographer, William Huber:
You can see more (including behind the scenes snaps) at M Doucette Production’s blog.
Posted in Collaborators, Lifestyle, Photoshoots, Places I love
Stuff Boston cover and article
I was thrilled to be a part of the shoot for October 18th cover of Stuff Boston. It was such a well-organized shoot – only took a few hours! – and came out in print only a few weeks later, which is not the norm (usually I’m waiting for months). Very fun, and very rewarding to have my work on the cover of the issue.
The goal was to showcase fetish-inspired wardrobe for Fall (with softer makeup, to keep the result from being too gothic or costume-y), as well as feature the new, soon-to-open bar Descent, which is located underneath the stylist W Hotel in downtown Boston. I loved the location, it definitely felt like one of those places I might not be be cool enough to get into (haha!) so it was a treat to work there and see the space before it opens to the public. I kept Tessa’s eyes subtle with a soft smoky brown liner and wispy false lashes, and gave her a punch of fuchsia on the lips (vibrant lipstick is huge this Fall!)
Here are scans of the pages that show images from the shoot, starting with the cover:
Online article links:
Photography: Conor Doherty
Model: Tessa (Maggie, Inc.)
Hair: Kara Hurston (Shag)
Posted in Collaborators, Fashion, Photoshoots, Places I love, Published work
Spirited Magazine editorial
This was such a different shoot for me – very colorful, creative, and downright CREEPY! We shot in the apartment above the hairstylist’s, and if that place isn’t haunted, I don’t know what is. Peeling wallpaper, mysterious stains on the floor… you name it. To make things even creepier, we filled the rooms with mirrors and, for one look, draped our model Freya in translucent fabric. For a shoot that actually took place in May, the published piece (in the current issue of Spirited Magazine) has a very Halloween-appropriate, creepy-doll kind of feel! Enjoy.
Here are some other shots we took that day that didn’t make the spread, but that show the makeup well:
Shannon, the photographer, posted a beautiful selection of images from the day in her blog as well.
Photography: Shannon Grant
Model: Freya
Stylist: Amanda Antunes
Clothing: Artifaktori Vintage
Hair: Jenursa Adamites
Posted in Collaborators, Fashion, Photoshoots, Published work
First glimpse from 60′s-themed shoot
Sometimes, everything comes together even better than you had envisioned. This shoot took place a few months ago in Boston, and we managed to rock it out despite a last-minute model cancellation. Thankfully, we found a SUPERB replacement and I couldn’t be happier with the results.
The theme was a modern take on 1960′s fashion (Mad Men, etc.), and each makeup look was achieved with Temptu airbrush foundation and OCC lip tars. I loved doing the strong brow and pale nude lips in the mod look, as well as the classic red lips. I also used a rich chocolate brown nail color on Christine (Shades by Barielle, “Make it a Latte”).
The full editorial will be appearing soon on HowToBeARedhead.com, but here are some initial selects:
Photography: Kara Kochalko (see blog entry here)
Model: Christine Stripinis (Maggie, Inc.)
Hair: Michael Albor (Ennis, Inc.)
Styling: Amanda Antunes
Posted in Airbrush, beauty, Collaborators, Color choice, Fashion, Photoshoots
Lifestyle shoot, makeup & hair
Two full days of on-location shooting with a Hallmark Institute photography instructor, a talented wardrobe stylist, and a bevy of over a dozen models yielded a fun new assortment of photos intended, in part, to showcase my clean & breezy makeup style for catalog & other commercial projects. We had so much fun on two sequential Sundays that were (luckily for us) wonderfully sunny, allowing us to make the most of two separate lakefront locations in northern Massachusetts.
I did all the makeup, grooming and hairstyling, keeping things very simple and clean since the story was about young folks enjoying outdoorsy, “preppie” activities like canoeing, camping and just hanging out at the beach. I did a mix of both airbrushing and traditional application, depending on what the models’ skin looked like and what the look called for. As for hair, it was very simple – lots of loose windswept chignons and ponytails.
Photography: Kemachat Sirichanvimol, Hallmark Institute
Styling: Allie McConnell
Models: Maggie, Inc.
Posted in Advertising, Airbrush, beauty, Collaborators, Commercial work, Photoshoots
Vocalist Joelle James
Posted in beauty, Photoshoots
Photos that make me joyful
I loved this set from photographer David Pankratz of Maggie model Elena – we started with her hair very sleek and then wet it down so the natural curls sprung forth. Couldn’t resist the happy smile!
Posted in beauty, Collaborators, Photoshoots
Behind the scenes: Turn Magazine editorial
This shoot was lots of fun – we got to invade a fancy restaurant in New Bedford and shoot multiple outfits from Calico, a local shop. We worked from sunup to sundown! The concept for the makeup was very simple: clean, very bare airbrushed faces (almost no eye makeup at all) with strong contouring and burgundy lips. The editorial will be published in the Summer issue of Turn Magazine, a new online magazine that spotlights emerging talent.
(Check out the stylist’s dog making an appearance – she was a terrific model!)
Turn Magazine Shoot from Meg Elkinton on Vimeo.
Photography: Angela Perez
Models: Caroline Reddy & Kim Rydzewski
Hair: Katie Hayes
Styling: Elissa Paquette, Calico
Venue: Cork Wine & Tapas Bar
Posted in Airbrush, Behind the scenes, Collaborators, Fashion, Photoshoots, Published work
Recognition – I has it again!
I figured it had been a year since winning Makeup Artist of the Week on the networking website known oh-so-appropriately as Model Mayhem, so I decided to try again with some newer images. Pretty gratifying, even if those contests never get the voter turnout the work deserves! (I had 9 votes total – next in line received 5.) Anyway, here’s the award graphic:
The two photos on the left were by Angela Perez (from this shoot); the one on the right is by David Pankratz. I love working with skilled beauty photographers!
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