Big Improvisation Shoot!

A couple of weeks ago I had a shoot that was supposed to be themed 'Modern Barber Shop'. The photographer I was going to work with, was Daisy van Knotsenburg, a great lady who I've worked with a couple of times, and who I love to work with. Her idea of this photoshoot, which was free work for all the participants, was to use the hairdresser's saloon as a theme for the shoot. This hairdresser's had a bright pink wall. So we were going to do a shoot with many bright colors, in the styling, the make-up and the whole atmosphere. Unfortunately this hairdresser's had a leakage the night before, and half of the floor was flooded! All of a sudden we had to change plans, and this became a big improvisation shoot. We went to Daisy's house, and used her place as location for the shoot. I still like the results a lot!

What do you think?

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Credits

Photography: 

Daisy van Knotsenburg

Make-up: 

Judith van Vugt

me :)

Styling:
Amanda van Effrink

Models: 

Sarah M'Peti

Amanda van Effrink

Bella O Pattinasarany

Babette van Vugt

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Publication of my Work!

Wooehoooeee! As you might know, I work as a make-up artist. In December last year, I worked together with a great team, and our aim was to get a publication in a magazine. And so we did! Our photo's are in this month's issue of En Vie Fashion Magazine. We are all very happy! In this post you can see some photo's of this serie. The publication itself you can find at my Facebook-page.

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Credits

Photography: Roxanne Le

Model: Lynsey Sims

Make-up: moi!

Hair: Patrice Troost

Styling: Tamara Neslo

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Amsterdam

As I wrote yesterday I discovered a lot of nice places. Last Tuesday I was doing the make-up for a photoshoot in Amsterdam (photo's will follow) with photography-student Noustha Koeckhoven.

I always love to be in Amsterdam. I like the vibe, I like it that there are a zillion different kinds of people there, and I like all the different spots there are waiting for me to discover them (while these spots are probably old news for people living in Amsterdam).

First I want to advertise for 'OV-fiets'. This is a bike that you can 'rent' on many train stations throughout the Netherlands. I took a subscription for the OV-fiets a while ago, and this was the first time I used it. This subscription costs €10 per year, and for taking a bike you pay €3 for 24 hours. A good deal I would say! It makes me feel free to cycle around another city, no figuring out how the public transport works and waiting for trams/busses/metros to arrive. Just go wherever I want to go!

I cycled through the Haarlemmerstraat to the 'Fotoacademie', where I had to be for the shoot. The Haarlemmerstraat looked great, I saw many cool shops and places that seemed good for lunch.

After the shoot I wanted to do some shopping for both my make-up business as for Quiero!
First I went to Backstage on the Rozengracht, a shop for professional make-up and theater materials. This was walhalla! Also when you're not a make-up artist, this shop is great to have a look!

On the Rozengracht there was also Coppenhagen, a bead store. Many kinds of beads assorted by color and material in glass jars on the shelves. I could spend hours here!

Another cool store on the Rozengracht is Kitsch Kitschen. This is an awesome brand with all kinds of bright colored stuff, you name it, they have it! See the pictures below to get an idea.