Welcome Back!

          Happy New Year and welcome back to my blog! I've been on quite a hiatus lately. After the holidays, I visited my boyfriend in Albany for New Years and only a couple days later we were off to New Jersey for a film shoot. Andy directed and I was there to do hair and makeup. Those eight days were a combination of fun, boredom, frustration, meeting great new people, and above all, a huge learning experience. Once we got back to NY, we spent a day exploring in the city. Our last stop was NH, where he brought me home and spent a few days relaxing with me.

 

On New Years Eve, Andy drove me to see the Lights in the Park in Albany, NY.

Celebrating at midnight!

A wedding hairstyle I did for Andrea on the first day of shooting. 

In my little makeup corner where I chilled for a lot of the shoot.

The special effects makeup I did on Jake for one of many boxing scenes.

Working on Andrea's gunshot wound!

That's my boyfriend directing!

Spraying blood on Liam for a gruesome scene.

I helped with the set design in this scene!

At the Met with Andy!

The Egyptian exhibit was one of my favorites!

I can cross "Go to mood" off my bucket list!

I fell in love with a lion at FAO Schwartz.

Just being kids in a toy store!

He took me to see the windows at Bergdorf & Goodman.

We got dinner at an awesome sandwich shop called Num Pang.

I loved the underground, graffiti theme.

We both got really yummy fish sandwiches, mine with catfish, his with mahi-mahi. 

My Photoshoot with Tricia Cromwell from Trust in Tricia

 

          This fall, I won a contest that Tricia Cromwell posted on her Facebook. The prompt was to showcase an outfit incorporating fall trends, so I submitted the outfit I wore to the MFA a couple months ago (leather skirt and sneaker wedges). She picked my outfit and I won her Total Makeover prize, complete with a day of shopping, hair and makeup, and a photoshoot styled by Tricia!

          I didn't have much money to spend due to my Christmas shopping budget, but we had a fun time window shopping. She introduced me to some stores and boutiques in Hingham, Mass. and I gathered a bunch of DIY ideas for my clothes and jewelry.

           The best discovery of our day was this amazing top made out of can tabs, by Waleska. I've never worn a shirt made entirely out of metal, so I had to try it on of course!

            After our shopping trip, we headed to Cloutier Photography's studio to start our photoshoot. We took some "before" pictures with a plain tee and then I got my hair and makeup done. It felt good to be pampered for a change, since I'm usually the one styling the model. They curled my hair and gave me a rosy, smokey eye. It was such a pretty, daytime take on a typically nighttime style. 

            Tricia styled me with my own clothes and accessories that I brought, along with some of her own jewelry from her spectacular case full of bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. She put together four looks for me to model. Then came the pictures! Take a look at them below!

Thank you to everyone who made my photoshoot so much fun, including Tricia, Lauren, Maryjo, and Stephanie!