Spirited Magazine editorial

October 18, 2011 by admin | Leave a comment

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

September 19, 2011 by admin | Leave a comment

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

August 22, 2011 by admin | Leave a comment

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

August 12, 2011 by admin | Leave a comment

Photography: Steven Duarte

Hair: Nancy Brown

Wardrobe styling: Shea Denise

Posted in beauty, Photoshoots

Photos that make me joyful

August 3, 2011 by admin | Leave a comment

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

June 8, 2011 by Liz Washer | Leave a comment

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!

June 7, 2011 by Liz Washer | Leave a comment

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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Sneak peek from fashion test

June 5, 2011 by Liz Washer | Leave a comment

Photographer: Conor Doherty

Stylist: Manderly Macarthur

Model: Christine Keenan

Posted in Collaborators, Fashion, Photoshoots

Have you liked me on Facebook yet?

May 25, 2011 by Liz Washer | Leave a comment

If not, now’s the time – I am giving away extra unused products that are taking up space in my already oversized stash! Tomorrow, May 26th at noon I will randomly draw ten names from my Facebook followers, who will get to choose from these products:

More info is available here – see you on Facebook!

Posted in Administrata, Products I dig

Stick a pin in it

May 23, 2011 by Liz Washer | Leave a comment

Another day, another social networking site – but my latest (Thumbtack.com) is admittedly cooler than I expected when I first received an email inviting me to join. Hey, can’t hurt right?And I’d definitely seen thumbtack in google search results before so I knew I should get with the program.

So I signed up, and I really loved how easy it was to set up and how many options I had to customize and enhance my profile. Check out my profile – Professional airbrush makeup on location - and then, if you’re a business owner looking for local customers, sign yourself up too!

Posted in Administrata