Our Stay-cation Week 1 Wrap Up

The No-Makeup Bride & The Wedding Makeup I Did in Mexico

You’d be surprised how often I hear it, ‘I hate wearing makeup, but I want to hire you!’ Girls who favor the more natural look end up being my easiest brides to work with. Using airbrush and professional makeup are key in getting color without heaviness since weight is the last thing you want when you’re sweating in a hot dress and taki… Read More…

The Best Mineral Foundation for Dry Skin

Women with dry skin want the benefits a mineral foundation but adding a powder to already parched skin doesn’t give the hydration or nourishment the way this combo will. I paired h.wood.beauty’s popular Mineral Powder Foundation with One Love Organics Skin Savior Waterless Multi Balm made with cold pressed oils of coconut, soy, mango, and … Read More…

Hotel Monaco Shoot and Violet Eyes

Top California/ Colorado photographer David Gaston really knows how to work the lens and get the most out of every shot. Earlier this week I had the opportunity to work with him at the Hotel Monaco here in Denver and captured these photos.

I was so inspired by the whimsical nature of the hotel that I added a ton of rich violet to her eyes making them sparkle. Don… Read More…

Women with Great Skin; Katy, 31 from Milwaukee, WI

Katy proves to all women that staying consistent can be the key to great skin. She keeps her routine simple and uses what she knows works over and again. Her absolute #1 is Mary Kay TimeWise Age-Fighting Moisturizer which turned her skin around in a month 6 years ago when she first used it. The ultimate tell-tale sign of skin success- her own dad commented on how g… Read More…

How to Get Huge Lashes

If you see me out somewhere I’m probably wearing no less than 7 coats of mascara. You’d never know it because my lashes are never thick or clumpy, just long and defined and I know it’s due to the formula I’ve been buying pretty consistently now for years: LashBlast Fusion. I don’t really know the difference between this one ver… Read More…

We’ve been in Orange County for a week now and we’ve done the basics; Farmer’s Markets, hiking, biking, and just staring at the ocean. Here are a few highlights from this past week.

We watched the surfers from the Huntington Beach pier

A shot of the busy pier

We rode bikes around Long Beach

We stop everything when the sun is setting over the ocean to photograph it. It’s a little different every night but it’s always magnificent

We actually left the camera in the car when a quick hop out to look around turned into an hour-long hike in the hills of Ranch Palos Verdes. After that we trespassed HERE at the Terranea resort where we wandered around and whale watched for a while before heading home.

Tomorrow we’ll host our first round of friends to visit us so more photos of that adventure to come.

The No-Makeup Bride & The Wedding Makeup I Did in Mexico

The Best Mineral Foundation for Dry Skin

Hotel Monaco Shoot and Violet Eyes

Women with Great Skin; Katy, 31 from Milwaukee, WI

How to Get Huge Lashes

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