.:: February Blog Feature ::.

Dedicated to the month of February, I present to you a special beauty editorial to put you in the mood for LOVE.

Whimsical. Poetic. Captivating. Dreamy.
Many words to describe a quality that essentially does one thing :
take your breath away...

~ **Spirit of Romance** ~

The Makeover Process
I was both excited and blessed for being able to work with Sabah's best celebrity models Mandy Nandu - state level Unduk Ngadau 2005 & Miss Sabah 2007 as well as Keddy Mahdfuz - Mr.Kaamatan 2008 & winner for the Mr.Photogenic title for the Sabah Supermodel & Manhunk 2008.
Both a star in their field, I decided to make this shoot even greater by involving on of Sabah's top wedding photographer Frisco Daniel who takes extremely beautiful pictures! Check out his blog www.friscod.com for more details.

To start off, I did my makeup for Mandy using a m.a.c base to give her that sheer coverage as she already has beautiful skin. Intensity was mainly on the eyes which I did a socket shadow to give them more depth.
Products used were Strobe cream, Foundation in NC30, Mineralize eyeshadow trio in Danger Zone & Dazzleglass in Sugarrimed - all from m.a.c.

The following are pics from behind the scenes by Doris & Dolly as well as a collage of Mandy's makeup by Frisco on set below.

More behind the scenes footage on set of the outdoor shoot by Doris & Dolly.

It's a wrap! Big cheers to everyone's combined effort!

A big thanks to those who made this shoot a sucessful one :

*Sabah's top models Mandy Nandu & Keddy Mahdfuz

*Photography by Frisco Daniel, Dolly & Doris
*Art Direction & Makeup by Jeffie Jeff
*Special wardrobe appearance by young designer Beatrice Pong

Makeup for Hair Show Models

~20th December 2008 ~

One unexpected afternoon, I was given the opportunity to work with one of Malaysia's top hair dressers, Alan Inspiration Salon which operates in Komplex Asia City.
They did a hair show during the Sabah's Supermodel & Manhunk competition held at 1 Borneo Grand Ballroom. If you were there, you would have seen it.
All in all they had 12 models for 3 categories including haircut, high-hair & avant garde.
Here are the collection of pics taken from various photographers during the event.

:: Haircut Models ::
Basically they wanted a very fierce dramatic look as their stage personalities were predators!
Color selection was done by the artistic director of Alan Salon & I did my best to deliver the desired look. As for makeup items I do not recall as they had their own products which I HAD to use.

:: Avant Garde Hair Models ::
Finally after years in this line, I get the opportunity to express my artistic works.
As usual color & concept selection is from Alan Salon & I did my best to deliver the looks on 12 of their models. Here are the pics of me & the models Maria & Grace Kho.

Thanks John & Gerry Kong for the professional pictures! Visit www.bananakk.blogspot.com for more details.

December Bridal Makeups

Hello peeps!

This is a follow-up to all my december brides that I missed out due to my oh-so-busy schedule.
I made a slight improvement in my editing thanks to Mr.Jeffery Jason .
So BIG thanks to him for teaching me online! See if you can spot the diffrence!Enjoy!

~ 12 & 13th December 2008 ~

My second bride for the month was Miss Senarti who had her Malam Berinai ceremony on the 12th night of December.
For her look I did a natural makeover to suit her grey lace & satin outfit.
Her are her before & after pics :

As you can see, her makeup was kept to a softened effect to give her that innocent look
& I tried my best to conceal her uneven skin tone & texture.
Lips were kept to a nude yet glossy tone to give emphasis to her eyes.

As for her second look on the 13th, I decided to use warmer colours to give radiance to her look.
As usual I focused more on here eyes & had to exert double effort into helping her achieve that flawless finish.
Overall she was happy with her transformation thanks to me & a little help from colored lenses!

~ 21st December 2008 ~
This was a bride recommended by my friend Anne Soffie.
The bride was a primary school teacher based in West Malaysia together with her husband.
This makeup was for her evening reception in Sembulan &
here are her before and after shots:

As the makeup was intended for the evening, I opted for darker shades &
enhanced her skin tone to make her look fairer.
After all a personal request from the bride.
I used Revlon's face prep to smoothen her skin & continued her foundation using m.a.c NC32.
Her base was then set with loose powder.

For her lids I went with colors to compliment her outfit & used a metallic silver for her lids.
Lips were colored with a soft apricot peachy tone & blushed using Body Shop bronzer.
Her hair was set into a high crown & curled her the bangs to give her face shape.
The look was finished off with hair extentions.

A shot with the bride before heading home after a tired day!

Bridal Makeup for Nikah, Berinai & Sanding Reception

December was a busy time for me & had no time to update my bridal works for my blog.
Any how I am still keeping my promise to posts all my work as requested by my beloved clients.
This was one of my work for Ana who had her engagement ceremony on :
~ 2nd December 2008 ~
Here she is before makeup at her residence in Kepayan Ridge :

For her engagement I just went with the simple & clean look,
focusing more on soft radiant skin & a natural finish.

~ 3rd December 2008 ~
Her wedding reception was held at the Dewan PPS, Sembulan as early as 10am which lasted till 5 in the evening!
Here she is all dolled up for her 'berinai' ceremony.
The bridal boutique actually sent the wrong dress so we just had to make do with what we had.

Focus as always, evolved around intensive eye shadow, heavy liner, the works!
She wore a reddish tone which meant I had to 'up' the lipcolor to compliment her look.
It was indeed a challenge to keep her looking refined without over doing it because
not everyone can carry red well!

Moving on to her next change for her 'sanding' ceremony, blue was all the rage!
You know I never liked blue makeup on anyone unless required & this was inevitable ;)
So I tried to work my way through & gave her a more lush lipcolor & a change of eyes shadow.

Some may think this might be over the top for a bride but it all depends on lighting really.
In reality, it doesn't look this harsh but only when captured in film from a close distance.
All in all I am still satisfied that her complexion was ever so radiant & stood throughout the entire ceremonies. That' s why we pay for expensive products for better quality makeup!

Anyways here she is with me above & below again with her youthful looking husband!

~** Happy New Year **~

Happy New Year guys!

I'm so excited that I have so much in store for you this year.
To kick off this year with a blast, behold my January Makeover:
[ Happy & Funky 2009 ! ]
The inspiration for this shoot was actually from the colorful graffiti behind the
HSBC building in downtown KK.
The theme I chose was lady gaga/back to the 80's/neon colour glam.
I wanted a young, fresh and funky vibe for the shoot and here is the outcome.
The model is Moiey, my co-dancer & photographed by DorisJ.
Here she is before & after :

To start off, I simply gave her a fresh & luminecent base to enhance her already perfect skin.
I then laid on several layers of yellow eyshadow blended with orange & red inspired from the location's sunset grafitti.

After achieving the desired tone, I then proceeded to put my lay my theme-inspired artwork on the face to give her that 80's funky edge.
Her face was then finished off with m.a.c's sheertone blush in DOllymix & pinkish lip color to compliment her outfit.
A final pose before hitting our location :
And here goes some pics from the shoot, absolutely FAB & within what I imagined :

Special Thanks : Moiey D Maurice ( Model ) Doris J ( www.photographbydorisj.blogspot.com ) Location : Old Administration Building, Kota Kinabalu