Fat Tuesday & Mardi Gras

Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!










I would LOVE loVe, LoVe to be in 'Nawlins for Mardi Gras. I believe everyone must go at least once. I am still waiting for my 'once' to come. Til then I will make masks for others to be festive in.

As for Fat Tuesday...i really don't know what that's all about. But, then it reminds me that LENT is near...heehee. I'm not Catholic either, so I am not giving up anything for Lent. Maybe I'll give up Lent for Lent...hope I don't offend anyone.

I digress. Below is a mask i made a while back for a client. WAAAAY down there...keep scrolling. That is if you really must revisit it. I was asked to make a mask for my clients' husband. Of course we had to keep it masculine. No feathers or beading or sparkles. Just studding.

A Month of Hearts!

Another day another week another month...of hearts. I love polymer clay & quess what?! I love making hearts. Here is some of my work...they've got a leather & stone appearance, which i like to do. I love rugged & rustic.





I added metal here and there & "screws" made of clay as well...

Gosh! It's been too long...

I know, I know...it HAS been awhile since i blogged here. I was busy over the holidays making gifts. Yeah yeah? And then I was asked to display my wall pieces in a couple of consignment boutiques...yeah, yeah? Then I just don't know what to blog about. Sometimes don't have time. But, today is different. I'm focused on it. With a little SpongeBob Squarepants in the backround. On to my pictures:

I just adore Kelly Rae Roberts. If you do as well then you will recognise her influence on my paintings.

This is my version of a Kelly Rae Roberts Collage...I have her book & have contemplated what to do for over a month. I have practiced the faces over & over on scratch paper...
For the very first one, I think it came out pretty well! It took all day with periods of drying in between...

Thanks you Kelly Rae for your inspirations!

Bake It Pretty!

Bake It Pretty!

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I know...it's fall! Collage Day!

Breezy Bay


Take Me Away!

I decided to do something beachy today. It's about 40 degrees outside & although I know it's Fall, I am in the mood to create a picture that a client of mine would like. Since Christmas is around the corner I would like to at least start on Hand made gifts. My client would like this as her house has many beachy things from travels to the outer banks, myrtle beach etc...

Breezy Bay...take me away...to carefree days

A little S.O.S hangs on clothes pins. I had fun doing this. I hope the ideas keep coming. Collage's are a new thing for me. I have to remember that there are no wrong ideas...just think outside the box.

Present day Androgeny

Kaitlyn & Courtney









For this shoot we went for ambiguous & androgynous...we had great fun in the role reversal of these two models.








The makeup was subdued until the very end of the nights shoot.


Because I'm not Blog savvy the most glammed pic is top left...we left masculinity behind & blinged these two models out...very femme.

Death by Chocolate

Death By Chocolate...or, is there any better way to go?



These are a bit out of order as we did this in progression...from a bit of a chocolate yearning to full blown chocolate OD & comatose...a lot of fun!

A lovely start...

To "snorting" her drug of choice- CoCoa



All photos done by GamboaPhotos.com copyright 2008. Hair & makeup & chocolate art by At-First-Blush.com *Allison Stout

Another shoot-out.

Grooming 101


He really didn't need too much done. But, it is very important that even guys groom & have they're makeup done for pictures.
He has freckles, believe it or not & I downplayed those & evened up skin tone.
If your skin shines under the hot lights it's imperative to have that matted out. Cheekbones & facial structure can be played up with contouring.

It's important to also have nice lips. I just added a bit of balm and he is good to go.
Robert is a handsome fellow! He's aiming for L.A. Thanks so much for allowing me to be part of your shoot.

Trying to play catch up & other News

This is Ariane. Had a great time with this shoot. I did her hair and makeup for all pictures. Mark from Gamboa Photos did the photography.










We started out very Gap-ish & ended in a subtle Goth style.















I am still amazed at what makeup can do.
















Thanks Ariane!

Another model Shoot!

I live for the love of Makeup, Hair & Nails! This is my voice...my passion.
Courtney, my friend & neighbor & I have been planning this shoot for weeks. Actually, I've been planning it for years long before I let her in on it!
When she moved in I saw her go for her mail at the community box & thought..."Hmmmm, who is this beautiful new girl on the block?" Coming from what I do for a living it was more of a need to have her as my muse.
This is what we did for nine hours on a Sunday afternoon into evening. Gamboa Photos (thanks Mark & Crystal) gave me free reign to do all the things I had going on in my minds eye. I definitely had a Grace Kelly/ Jackie O./ classic starlet theme going on.
I am extremely thrilled to have had such an opportunity to express my art on a beautiful & willing canvass. Thank YOU Courtney!