Starting  the year off I’m  glad to share with you my first editorial spread of the year which will be in Winter Park Magazine! I shot this with supper funny and amazing photographer Diana ZaLucky, whom I had the pleasure to work with before, and this time was just as great as the last! Diana entitled this spread “It’s Electric” and I totally feel that when looking at these images the clothes were styled by Orlando’s top fashion stylist  Melanie Pace  and the Yen Ryder brought the models hair to life! I’m telling you it was great being apart of this team!

The look was BEAUTY! Minimal eye makeup, with a strong lip and contoured cheeks. I love doing these types of looks because I can really focus on perfecting the skin and making the colors and textures I use stand out without one area being more focus than the other!

Take a look at the images and be sure to pick up this months Winter Park Magazine with the complete ” It’s Electric” spread.

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Bold lipstick was and still is my #1 pick this year. From Lipstick to nail polish color took the world by storm and no one was afraid to rock it. From the runway to everyday women everywhere displayed never seen before boldness and it was definitely a GREAT look!

Kristen Stewart. I just recently became a “Twilight” fan after much cohersion but once i seen these pics of Kristen Stewart in W magazine I was all in! Bella is beautiful, and that’s more than a translation! I took a double take and now I’m hooked.

Miss Kelly Roland  made a come back,  and a break out and I absolutely loved seeing her everywhere! She changed her  makeup, her hair, and most of all  her sound she went Techno-Soul and that made my life because it’s so refreshing! I hope to see more from her in the new year and if she keeps rolling like 2011 I know her 2012 will be the business!

Ohhhhh! Katy I am about me some Katy Perry from baby you’re a  FIREWORK to Teenage Dream  and then she hit me with the Extraterrestrial and I just lost it! The makeup, fashion and scenery in this video is a makeup artist dream. The transformation from her everyday Lollipop loving self to this Alien Vixen was mind blowing . Big shout out to Katy Perry for showing versatility and pushing the envelope but staying true to girlie,  forever loving the boys self!

Goodbye MINX, hello OPI CRACKLE nail polish! O my Goodness if I had seen one more crackle nail polish I was going to flip out! This fad which should of been short lived lasted almost all year. It was cute for maybe 3 months and then it  needed to be gone, it was everywhere and on to many extra long toe nails ekkkk!

Here’s another trend I was really hoping would’ve died out by now, but it’s still going strong FALSE LASHES. Now this one is definitely a good and a bad! I’m a makeup artist so of course I love False lashes but if I have one more chick asking me do I have hair glue to reapply their malfunctioned, gnarly looking lash I’m going to flip! There are some places that are doing girls wrong with these lashes they are straight going bald on the eyes and I’m asking the question why are you going back for more and you see your lashes falling out, but nope they keep going back for more. Don’t get me wrong I love a beautiful strip and even well applied non-hair glued full beautiful lash but women if we’re going to keep this going in 2012 lets get safer about our beauty routines.

Feather Hair Extensions, please go away! nuff said…

Your reaching into your super cute handbag that you got as a  Christmas present looking  for your itty bitty dirty makeup bag!  Yes I said it “dirty” .You won’t believe how many times a chick will reach into her banging Gucci, Louis Vuitton,  Chanel  (real or fake) and pull out this horrible and disgusting looking makeup bag and I’m like really you can’t buy a 10 dollar makeup bag and throw that mess in the trash. It’ss been dropped 10 times, so powder is all over it and you’ve got nerve enough to say I’ve had this thing forever, YES, I can tell you need to buy a new one and quit squishing up your powder brush inside of it, talking about it doesn’t “work” anymore I bet, it  looks like it’s been caught in the zipper 5,000 times. Ladies you got to do better when it comes to taking care of your makeup and accessories. These things say a lot about you and and believe me people do look when they see you at a club or restaurant and please don’t pull that dirty thing out at the table! Check please! Sorry I’m ranting so hard but I wouldn’t speak on it if I wasn’t seeing it, so go to Sally’s beauty supply  or Betsey Johnson they have some really cute and affordable makeup bags  preferably in a dark color to camouflage the nastiness and if you don’t want to spend the cash  you can always toss it in the washing machine!

Saturday night was all about the MIX!  BET’s hit new reality show MASTER OF THE MIX came thru Orlando because our very own DJ M-Sqaured  is one of the shows finalist. M-Squared has been killing it this  season winning competitions and  getting mad respect from the shows other contestants. Well last week he finally got to bring it home to rip up in one of Orlando’s flyest  Dragon Room. It was so nice to see a few of the Dj’s peers come out and show love from Dj Ricky Padilla to radio host Shelly Flash,  super promoter Banard Flumeria and the infamous Joey Digital!  Made love was in the room cheering on  M-Squared.To end the night The Father to all Dj’s  DJ Kid Capri got on the tables and turned it out #Ishowyouhowtodothisson YES!, I was rocking all night, peep the pics and see how Orlando’s elite showed out!

Photos by Ben Stitzer

Last week in Orlando the  popular reality TV show Master of the Mix made it’s final stop in  our beautiful city and it brought out everyone ! Orlando’s very own Dj M-Squared is one of  the shows finalist and all of the  creative and most stylish crowd  came out  in full effect Saturday night to support him and to show how we do it down here! Can I tell you I was so proud,  just about everyone represented well! Makeup, Fashion and Glamor was on point, just about everyone  we  snapped looked great,  there were just a few that missed the memo and the mirror, #imjustsaying. So peep the pics and see how the  young, fashionable  and fabulous crowd represented !

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This was one of my fav couples of the night. Their looks compliment each other to a T!   Her natural makeup  and hair look is perfect giving her  girly Bohemian chic look sexy sophiscatin and style.

These ladies are so on point! Natural Hair was in full effect! I love the color blocking on Miss Thang to the right, and her earrings! I die! Major cute. Both of these ladies brought their accessories game! I  absolutely love the fact that they got  made up, I see color on the lips which is this seasons trend, so many girls rock nudes which is great, but it nice to see a  colorful lip to  compliment  the outfits.

The mens! Yes Honey, they donned the wife beaters and baseball caps and grown man style was in full effect. #REFRESHING. The sweaters and button downs are  working for them,  I did a double take. I love how my man on the right went with color. Traditionally most guys opt for black, but these men embraced new mens style which is adding color, texture, and shape to the ensemble and they did well!

Girls, girls, Girls! This bunch is  absolutely adorable and sexy! I love the array of colors, everyone looks like they belong, they all represented well! Take note this is what LM is all about Makeup, Fashion, and Glamour and they did that!

He’s just  FINE!

Photos by Ben Stitzer

Dana of OPP is so fast! ; D

Thank you to Brink Mag as always for the awesome support

Other People’s Property for hot outfits for the guys and the girls!

Jessica Castro whom I can now add to my list of favorite photographers

Sarah doing GREAT things with hair,

and the models, can’t forget the models, without models there would be no images ha!

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Here are a few behind the scenes pics, I’ll be sure to post more from the runway once they come my way!

Love & Lipstick!