A friend's wedding

Since I became a makeup artist I have not really participated or attended any weddings apart from going to do makeup for the bride and finding my way out once the bride is in the car. Well all that was about to change when I went for a friend's wedding. the traditional marriage held in Uyo while the white wedding was in Owerri and I was able to have some insider's information.

Although my friend Ama and I had been talking on phone, facebook and Blackberry chat we had actually not seen ourselves since we left secondary school which was in 1994 (that is a lonnngggg time)..She had no idea i was the one doing her traditional makeup and she was expecting a Bunmi so imagine the squealing and screaming and jumping and hugging as her sister introduced her to Bunmi (eyes rolling).

Okay i am yapping too much. Let us get on with the pictures.LOL

The Oron princess going to meet her groom

Making the headpiece

The back of the head piece. AMAZING

Unfortunately i was not able to get a good picture for the traditional wedding makeup but as soon as i can i will definitely upload it. Lemme say i had a swell time at Uyo and the next day we packed up our baggage and started heading to Owerri. It was raining all through the trip but we arrived in very high spirits because the countdown had begun...

A small makeover i did for my friend a day before the wedding.

The night before the wedding we went about putting sugar almonds in little nests that would be set up on the table as well as making sure everything was working according to schedule. I am ashamed to say i slept off and had absolutely no idea when the goodie bag was packed.But in my defence i needed the sleep because i had to get up really early and prepare.LOL

The sweet almonds in their nest (yummy!!)

The gazebo (beautiful!!) Those are real flowers

Chocolate (double yummy!)

this is me fooling around the gazebo the night before

Chrome bottle stopper 

Scented soap in a nest

salt and pepper shakers (theme was love birds)

The goodie bag where everything was packed courtesy Mementos Inc

The Chairs for reception

The aisle for the bride. was not yet ready the day before

Can you see the lights behind OMG!

Where the couple sat during the ceremony for the vows

So you have had  a preview of what an insider was able to see. we now move to the wedding ceremony itself. Let me at this point say that it was a very intimate and nice wedding. i felt like we knew everyone in the hall and i want to give a BIG THUMBS UP to the bride and groom for making it that way. Not once did a bridezilla moment happen(well i think...LOL)

Fediben Class of 94 being represented. i am the last person to your right

Wearing THE DRESS. 

Just after doing the makeup before wearing the dress

With the bridesmaid

bride dancing with her friends

Let me just say i had a swell time and i was so busy the days flew by. I don't know when next i will be this involved in a wedding so thank you Ama for giving me the chance....

HAPPY MARRIED LIFE.

The decor was done by Dezua Events (08064018327)
Goodie bag was by Mementos Inc (07059839631)
facebook page for mementos inc (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mementos-Inc/146227732112623)

I hope you all have fun reading this....

The Fusion Lifestyle Wedding Fair

On the 10th of September 2011 the Fusion Lifestyle wedding fair was done in Abuja at the BMO Events Arena. This is a large tent and the fair was designed to look like an actual fair was going on. This is the first time i ever participated in any exhibition or fair and i can say i enjoyed it a lot. There was great music and lots of freebies and food to eat.  I really wish i had taken a picture of the chocolate fountain (YUMMY)

Bridal dress on display. Ade Bakare

yep another Ade Bakare dress and i did the makeup

Here i am doing my thing 

I love this picture. my fav

Model admiring herself in the mirror. i love my photographer of the day

sitting on my table

My No1 Fan..Hubby and i 

Attending to some ladies. pretty ladies

The journey to my Birds of paradise look

This post should have come long ago but i guess better late than never. For July i did a bird of paradise look and the inspiration did not come by magic. i kissed a number of frogs to get my prince and at the end i was satisfied. i came third for the competition that month..

This was the original look when i started the birds of paradise journey. After taking a picture i was not so happy because i like to have a finished look and i felt that this was just too scattered and disorganised . i was also not too happy with the purple colour that i picked for my eye shadow. I decided i was going to stay with the hairdo on the right because i did not want my locs all over the place.

I did this look. i was happy with the centerpiece on my forehead but i was not happy AGAIN with my eye shadow so i decided to go for hot pink only

 Finally i was happy with my look but i was still a novice with fixing strip lashes and i just could not imagine submitting my picture with that flaw.  LOL

Yep I took the lazy way out. i closed my eyes and VIOLA!!!! it worked. As you can see it worked out for everyone......

Face painting

A lot of people who know me know i like to be able to draw something when i am doing makeup and one day i hope i will be focusing on body painting and facepainting as part of my services for makeup application..

A collage of the pictures

a beautiful butterfly

she wanted to be an ice princess

the classic spiderman

all boys want to be scary - a monster face

an adorable cat

Spider man in Black

inspired by Avatar

Photo-shoot at home

I have a photographer friend who is doing her Youth Service in Abuja and i asked for her help in helping me get everyday women i could use as models while she would take the photographs. the pictures below are the final pics. 

this is my photographer for the shoot.LOL  way to go Ada. loving the natural hair..

Thanks to all the ladies for being patient with me. 

Bridal makeup shoot (portfolio building)

While i was going through my BB contacts i saw on a friend profile (who is a makeup artist) her sister's picture with a very sassy haircut. i had just picked up 2 lovely gowns and needed someone to wear them. i decided then that my first bridal shoot would have to be her.

i was so lucky that she was in Abuja and i quickly went to work in making sure i got her to do the shoot. Tolu i just want to say thank you for being awesome at your shoot. MUAH!!!!!

Where have i been?

Oh my! I cannot believe i had abandoned this page for as long as i did. okay.  for this whole week i have to be doing updates on my various looks. i will post now my sacred competition pictures for the month of July and August 2011. i came third for July and finally i won the first prize for August. wohooooo!!!.

Entry for July

Entry for August