If you haven't heard of Thumbtack before, it's an app vendors use so that clients can shop around for the best quote for whatever service they're needing. I've been listed as a hair and makeup artist as of earlier this year and Patti found me on there. Patti and Mike are from Atlanta, GA and are planning their elopement in Nashville, TN at Riverwood Mansion. Again, I'm getting more and more destination weddings. Riverwood is GORGEOUS in person so I know they'll be happy with

Jerry and I drove down to Florida last week to spend some time with his mom, brother and sister. It was such a relaxing week (aside from the rear-ending episode in Atlanta that delayed us getting to FL) and was so much fun just hanging out with family. Jerry's sister is a makeup addict like me and an aspiring makeup artist. We went shopping at the mall one of the days and--whoopsies--I bought many things at Ulta. I wasn't planning on doing that, but I need to make a haul ever

Please don't hate me, guyyyss. I STILL don't own a ring light and after working Kim's wedding yesterday, I'm wishing that I did because lighting was so sucky. This was all arranged through the Rachel Cothron Hair and Makeup team and I'm so thankful to be a part of it. I know I've said it before, but since this year was really the year I went full-force into weddings, I don't have the clientele built up yet to do it on my own. So that's where Rachel's team comes in handy. Here

Shelby found me on Thumbtack and was hired after she reviewed my portfolio and all that I offered. We met for a trial run at her mom's house about a month ago and told me she wanted a light pink color on her lids and a blue liner in her waterline. I could get behind the light pink, but blue? We were able to meet in the middle and go without it. Here's my before and after shot: And here's my before and after pictures of Shelby's sisters. **EDIT** I've now gone back and added a

I was brought in as an extra artist under Beauty by K2. This will now be my second wedding to work with Katie Kendall. She's such a doll and great to work with. Before I get into the pictures, have you guys been or at least seen pictures of Mint Springs Farm in Nolensville?! It's got to be THE CUTEST venue I've yet to see. It's kind of tucked away from the main road but it's got a massive bridal sweet separate from where the ceremony building is and the energy is so high so e

I think this was officially my first bride being scheduled with Eye Do! Yay me!! Aly and I trialed for hair and makeup while they were in town from the Boston area visiting Nashville. I never really thought Nashville to be such a destination wedding but it totally is! And I've got so many on the schedule from out of state as well. Who woulda thunk. **Edit** I've gone back and added pictures from the photographer from the wedding day. Aren't the colors so beautiful in this hot

I used to work retail at Francesca's in Hendersonville. I met Adrian and her sister, Natalie, there about 6 years ago. We stayed in contact on social media but never really became IRL friends, ya know? I was super happy when Adrian got engaged and she reached out to me about makeup pricing. I was happy to provide it, but I was a little curious why she chose me. In the end, I'm happy we reconnected and caught up with each other and our lives. We trialed about a month ago and h

I'm a part of these dreaded wedding vendor groups like Wedding Wire and Perfect Wedding Guide and I hate them. Can you tell? PWG allows you to create these "mailer campaigns" where you can email every single person who's signed up on their website to see if they need your services. The sucky thing is that the majority quickly respond with "Please take me off your list." They don't even let me have the chance to explain. But whatevs. I got a responce from Bethany--first a litt

Youuu guyyyyyssssss. Please tell me that you all own this eye shadow palette! It is seriously giving me LIFE! I was a little skeptical to buy it because of the bullying ways the owner can be, but his products are pretty damn good. I only own a couple of his liquid lipsticks but I'm such a sucker for eye shadow palettes. I love that he has a hot pink in there mixed with a pretty teal, and that transition color (Courtney)? Get out of here!!! The texture, colors, payoff is all p

I had the pleasure of doing hair and makeup for Shandi's wedding yesterday at The Cool Springs House in Brentwood. We trialed about a month ago so we were all excited for the wedding day to get here. Shandi wanted a natural look "with a little oomph" as she described it. Haha. She was such a sweet girl to get to know along with her 2 best friends while we all hung out before the ceremony started. Everything was set up with Beauty by K2 so all the credit goes to Katie for the

One of my fellow makeup artists, Brie Beckman, contacted me about helping with hair and makeup on a wedding in Nashville this weekend. We had only ever worked together with Eye Do, so it was nice working outside of that with our own clients and such. I did hair and makeup on these two ladies. And I did makeup for one other, but I didn't get any pictures from my phone. I'll add them once I get the shots back from the photographer. *EDIT* I'm adding the photographer's shots now

I haven't worked a photo shoot in MANY months so this post will be a breath of fresh air for myself and for my readers. I was contacted by a well-known photographer in the Nashville area for a bridal photo shoot to take place at Glen Leven Farm in Nashville. What hooked me in was that I was told we'd be working with dried butterflies and bugs. YES, PLEASE! Because of my crazy schedule last weekend, I went to the model's house that morning, did her hair and makeup for the firs

After going to a conference with Eye Do back in March, I met several ladies with the same passion as myself and we all became social media buddies. Once of them was Corienna Badinna from the Kansas City area. She started doing these things called Face Chart Friday where she recreates something every Friday based on a certain theme. The theme we went with this past Friday was TAROT CARDS. She showed me what she was going to do and it was going to be bada$$. I had to find somet

I had another wedding scheduled this weekend where I did makeup for 4 lovely bridesmaids and the bride's mom. It was set up through Rachel Cothron Hair and Makeup and I'm so glad I'm a part of her team. Otherwise, I'm not getting the needed experience with weddings and airbrush makeup. So thanks, Rachel! You may or may not know this about me yet, but I do some hardcore stalking after I work a wedding. I'll become friends with my brides or at least get an email or contact info

I don't think I posted about it before now, but I did hair and makeup for a client's prom back in March. Caitlyn was set up through Rachel Cothron Hair and Makeup and after her grandmother saw her at prom, they contacted me separately to do hair and makeup for herself, her daughter (Caitlyn's mom), and Caitlyn again for her graduation this past weekend. She said it was a Mother's Day present for them all to get pampered. Super sweet, right?! I wasn't able to get any pictures

OMG, you guys... Katie-Scarlett is like my dream client. For reals. This gig was set up through a friend of my dad's and the friend's daughter was needing hair and makeup for prom. It sucked a little that it was on my birthday yesterday, but it didn't interfere with my plans last night so it was all good. The professional pictures are going to be INSANE, but for now, here's the shots I took with my cell phone. And here's the products we used yesterday: - MAC prolongwear found

My birthday was yesterday (!!!) and I spent it with a wedding in the morning and prom makeup afterwards, and I'll post about that next. This was my first wedding arranged by Eye Do where I did only hair. Talk about nervous! I've studied and practiced for a while but this was my first time in action. LUCKILY all the ladies wanted easy looks and I could totally handle that. Artist, Nichole Holloway-Smithson, was the lead artist and Erika Pareja did just makeup while I did just

Are you ready for wedding number two with Rachel Cothron's team of artists? The three of us (me, Rachel and Justine) already worked a wedding Saturday morning and we rode together to Goodlettsville for the second wedding. I was a lot of fun hanging out with these girls and glamming up some bridesmaids. Here are my before and after pictures. Hope you like them! #rachelcothronhairandmakeup #wedding #makeupartist

Rachel Cothron reached out to me again to provide makeup services and I couldn't be happier. We had two scheduled as a team this weekend, one in Murfreesboro and one in Goodlettsville. This particular post is about the wedding in Murfreesboro. We met in the Embassy Suites off Medical Center Parkway and I'm greeted in the hotel room with like 8 bridesmaids in matching floral robes. I so wish this was a thing when I got married back in 2011 because they're SO FREAKIN' CUTE! Sin

Another beauty team I'm a part of is Rachel Cothron Hair and Makeup. I believe she works primarily out of the Murfreesboro area but doesn't travel all over the middle Tennessee area for weddings. Rachel contacted me to work this wedding for makeup only so I went in for 5 makeup applications including the bride's. I'm still on the hunt for wedding pictures or when they'll come out but here are some cell pictures I snapped while still there. #makeupartist #rachelcothronhairandm