The Beauty Sleuth

On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I made a pit stop to visit one of my favorite beauty peeps, Lori Taylor of Smashbox cosmetics who is not only makeup director for the brand, but is lead artist and a incredibly talented makeup artist in her own right. Lori is very passionate about makeup and […]

Video Credits: Directed by David McIntyre (www.davidmcintyre.com) Model: Anna V at Wilhelmina Models (www.wilhelmina.com) Makeup: Kelley Quan (www.kramerkramer.com) Manicure: Kavita Kaul for OPI (www.kavitakaul.com) I wanted my model to look strong and in charge, so it was natural that many of my Go-to products came from Smashbox Cosmetics ::  Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder, In Bloom […]

Smashbox has release Soft focus eye palette that takes the guess work out of your Spring beauty routine—Meaning less time on fussing with makeup and more time for other fun. The palette has a selection of Smashbox best-seller colors, both shimmer and velvet finishes, two cream liner colors (that are totally beautiful) and a mini […]

I get asked all the time about the products I like to use, not just for session work, but ones I use on myself — My personal favorites. So I thought I would take a minute to share some of my daily go-to items. My philosophy has always been a less is more approach. In […]

Recently, I did a little fashion video for director/photographer David McIntyre of Image Loading (www.imageloading.com) which was loosely based on the song Sweet Gene Vincent, by Ian Dury. We were inspired by the music and decided to get a few local dancers to be part of the visual ( Thank you Celeste and Wilson 🙂 […]

I was noticing that the ballet dancer look ( thanks to The Black Swan and Natalie Portman, no doubt ) has found it way to the fashion world. Not that we saw any tutu’s strutting the runways or anything, it was more in the beauty department that this look found its home.  From the fresh […]