TRIBAL GODDESS: CREATIVE PHOTOSHOOT

 

TRIBAL GODDESS IN ALL HER GLORY

 

 

 

THIS WAS NEW FOR ME MAKING AND EXPEREMENTING HAIR PIECES....WHO KNEW YOU COULD HAVE SO MUCH FUN WITH FEATHERS AND A GLUE GUN

 

SWITCHING GEARS FOR THE 2ND LOOK..WE WENT DARK AND EDGY BUT STILL FEMININE
DRAMATIC HAIR AND MAKE UP



THERES THAT CROW AGAIN...MICHELLE CAPTURED MYSTERY IN THIS IMAGE
 

 

TOTAL IMPROMPTU WHILE RUMMAGING THRU HER BEDROOM CLOSET, I SPOTTED A SETTEE AND AN  IDEA WAS BORN.WE TOOK GILL COMPLETELY OUT OF HER COMFORT ZONE FOR A QUICK BOUDOIR SHOT





THESE LAST ONES CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF GILLIAN AND THIS IS WHERE SHE CAME ALIVE, COMPLETELY IN HER ELEMENT
NO PERSUASION NEEDED TO GET HER INTO THIS ROLE




 

I KNOW I SHOULDN'T PICK FAVORITES...BUT IF I HAD TO...THIS IS ON MY SHORT LIST
CHEERS

MODEL:GILLIAN WHITE
PHOTOGRAPHY: MICHELLE GIER PHOTOGRAPHY
MAKE UP: SHEA BROWN

 

 

 

SNEAK PEEK: TRIBAL GODDESS

I feel I honestly capture who my model Gillian is when I say TRIBAL GODDESS...this amazing woman is a friend. a wife. a mom. a healer. an entrepreneur. an artist...and all around a pretty zen and zany cool chick.  

her glorious home and sanctuary where she practises and teaches 

 with WWW.LOVEENERGY.CA is the perfect setting...

both her and her lovely home were exactly what I was looking for when I came about this "tribal goddess" theme

 

so I invade yet another client's headquarters for a creative shoot

this is some of our fun before,

                                     scenes on location, the prep work going into the shoot...

 

 another great collaboration with myself, M ICHELLE GIER PHOTOGRAPHY and SHEA BROWN at the Hair studio in okotoks with make up.  love you guys!

started with natural curl enhanced with a small cone barrel iron and roughed it with my fingers
KM EASY RIDER was used for curl defination

 

no outfits were needed as Gillian had enough clotthes for a village of costume designers

the solarium where we started out and also her place of practice and teachings
I never want to leave this space...

ryan, her husband was a total sport and was eager to play reflector assistant 

 a lil game we like to play called "spot the wine glass" 



Shea and I doing what we do best 

this was prepping for our 4th and final look...Shea broke out the wild colors!

just a few more bobby pins

heres a peek at the look and feel of this shoot
stay tuned for the end result....


cheers

 

A FINE BALANCE

 

its hard to to accept what is ...we are blessed with thick hair we want less hair, we have thin hair we want more, we have curls and go to great lengths to straiten it into submission... you get the jest

Nicole has lovely healthy smooth sleek ..and yes.. thin fine hair.

yet she craves texture volume movement edge

 

 herein lies a fine balance between giving texture and thinning

you cannot get all those things on her check list without "removing" some.

I call texturizing "removing with purpose"

this style had purpose

so in a bold (she's family so I get to experiment) decision, I pulled out my thinning shears, yes I

said thinning shears...and did the entire cut with only texturizing shears.

im hooked.

 her fragile fine straight hair came to life. 

bold cut. bold color.

now that's a fine balance

 



yes my hands were really that stained

 

 

GET BENT

 

 

 

 

never without out a few hundred ideas streaming in and out of my creative brain, I took an opportunity to take and post a few pics of a friend and her hair, while working on a completely separate hair idea.

poor Tiffiny?

such a good sport 

so this is a seguay from my original plan to capture some natural beachy waves  waves using DIY braids ...that's now a whole other story.

stay tuned for that

 

i'm really liking the transition from the big sexy and very polished (nothing low maintenance about that)curly and wavy hairstyles  into a more natural state of bend and movement.

so these next few images are really about a QUICK  and  EASY method of creating a different look, a subtle shift in where the bend is sitting around face, forward movement, using a large barrel curling iron. 




using a large barrel iron a, take vertical sections starting at eye level (mid way down section of hair) and roll the curl forward towards face..which is opposite of what you've been seeing the last few years in curls. leave the ends to be as is
essentially curling the mid-section of hair only creating slight bend that sits at eye level



let the curl drop softly around face and have it cool in this formation

 

taking my DOO-OVER AND STRETCHING THE CURL gives the hair a bit of grip as it relaxes into wave rather than curl
essentially building in the "lived in " look

 

power to the spray.....

smiling pretty in under 5min of prep work

such a great result that is simple and ideal for a fresh take on waves!

CHEERS 

 




 

MET GALA 2016:FASHION MIXED WITH TECHNOLOGY

what is the met gala you ask?
well after consulting Dr.Google I have an answer....
its officially an invitation only fundraiser for the METROLPOTIAN MUSEUM OF ARTS costume institute benefit..
unofficially its equal parts fund raising gala- fashion soiree -black tie extravaganza-east coast red carpet party- costume exhibition!

CHAIRWOMAN OF THE GALA: ANNA WINTOUR

as my world is drawn to all things fashion this I am always excited to see the month of may roll around. every year brings a new theme and a new list of who's who in the fashion and guest list.
this is my Oscars.......

                                                                 this years theme
                          MANUS X MACHINA:FASHION IN AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY


                                                                    MY FAVES

LUPITA NYONG'O-LOVE LOVE LOVE-ALL ABOUT THE HAIR

ZANDAYA-THE COLOR THE CUT THE HAIR!

JOAN SMALLS..CAPTURES THE THEME WITHOUT BEING OVERLY "COSTUMY" 

TAYLOR SWIFT ..LOVE HOWS SHES PUSHING HER BOUNDARIES

                    

AMBER VALLETA-A LITTLE SKIN A LITTLE SASS



MARIA SHARAPOVA ABSOLUTELY ROCKS IN THIS



SHOWING SOME LEG...MICHELLE WILLIAMS IS A TOP PICK FOR ME-HER HAIR GOT RIDICULED ME THINKS IT ADORABLE 

 

EMMA WATSON-EVEN WITH THE TRAIN ITS SUCH GREAT CONTRAST OF GLAMOUR+EDGE




SUPER SEXY AND ON THE MARK FOR A GALA EVENT-LOVE THE ROCKER HAIR

 

                                                  AND NOW FOR .......MY THUMBS DOWN

 

 

SERIOUSLY HOW DOES ONE LEAVE THE HOUSE AND FORGET TO PUT THEIR PANTS ON?

LESS IS MORE DEFINITELY APPLIES-SORRY MADONNA?

 

THE"DO I HAVE TO BE HERE" SIGNATURE LOOK TAKES AWAY FROM THE CHANEL

THIS BEADED MERMAID THING IS MORE VEGAS SHOWGIRL THAN MACHINE I THINK



I MAY HAVE FOUND MY HALLOWEEN COSTUME INSPIRATION

                                                  AND NEUTRAL GOES TO........SJP

 

 

NOT MY FAVE BUT SHES SO TRUE TO HER -SHES FIRMLY PLANTED IN HER ELEMENT

                                                                      cheers.....