Yvonne contacted and hired me on Thumbtack first for makeup for her daughter's prom. Then before the date came, she hired me to do makeup for her black tie gala downtown Nashville. While I didn't get any pictures in her evening wear, here are some cell shots I took before I left her house this weekend. I also did her hair but she wanted to keep it as natural as possible, so we went with a low and messy bun. What do you think? I'm LOVING her after picture, aren't you?! #gala #

So this is my first official wedding assigned with Eye Do! **WOAHHH** I was so nervous and excited this weekend that I felt so clumsy during my makeup applications and just in life. Lol. I was assigned for 6 makeups but ended up doing one extra for the bride's mom since I got done a little early. But then in the end, was later than the other artists and was cleaning up while the photographer was shooting bridal party pictures in the suite. If you haven't ever visited The Bell

As you probably know, I've been a self-taught makeup artist for quite some time now. I decided at the end of last year that I was going to attend the Academy of Makeup Arts in Nashville, TN for the freelance program. They offer three programs: Freelance (weekend course Jan-Mar), Advanced (weekday course Jan-Mar), and Special Effects (weekday course Jan-May). Due to my 9-5 desk job that I still have, there was no way I could do the Advanced course so I signed up for the Freela

If you don't know the name above, I'll be surprised, because Olia is a very well known wedding dress designed in the Nashville area. The dresses she produces are exquisite and I was honored to be a part of this photo shoot with her newer dresses. One of her head stylists, Elizabeth, emailed me asking to be a part and I couldn't say no. She brought in Chelsea Rochelle to photograph and two models, Janice and Lexi, to model the bridal and bridesmaid dresses. I did hair and make

I met Ashley through a mutual friend on Facebook. She messaged me asking me to do makeup for her wedding day that was last week and we met and hit it off instantly. Not to toot my own horn (TOOT!!), but she loved her makeup so much that she got me to do her bridesmaid's makeup as well. Unfortunately, I don't have any good pictures from the photographer because Ashley doesn't like them, so we'll just have to appreciate these shots for now. I took a couple of makeup shots but c

This was my very first wedding to work as a makeup artist with the one and only Leslie Ellis (@locksbyleslie). She is amaaaazing at wedding up-dos and I will probably be learning from her for all eternity. She brought in myself for just makeup, Katie for just hair, and then Leslie helped with both and then the bride as well (duh). I wasn't able to snag any pictures on my cell of the work I did from the wedding on 10.24.15 at Carnton Plantation in Franklin, TN, but I will post

Last weekend was probably one of the most joyous days of my life (aside from my own wedding, of course) because one of my bffs, Hannah--or Handa as I like to call her--got married to her beau, Adam. I was not arranged to be Hannah's makeup artist since I was in the wedding, but she asked that I "see what I can do" the night before as a test-run and she loved it! So with what little makeup I packed with me for this out of state wedding, I applied my little heart out and Hannah