B-Sides Productions Broadway Gala

Max Kumangai, Brent Di Roma, Kilty Reidy, Teal Wicks, Kimberly Marable and Lael Van Keuren

I had a wonderful time getting to work with an awesome new theatre company founded by Jasper Grant, B-Sides Productions, who had their annual gala this winter.  The proceeds went to the Ali Forney Center, a wonderful facility that houses LGBT youth here in NYC.

They put together a wonderful group of Broadway singers to do a concert of Bill Russell and Janet Hood's "Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens" and Erin's Faces got to do the makeup for the performers and the beautiful women on their board.  Here's how it all turned out:

Getting the performers ready - Kimberly, Teal, me and Lael 

Erin's Faces Artist, Kimberly Chin (middle) did Liz Asti (left) and Josey Roberts' (right) makeup.  Liz & Josey are amazing performers who are two of the three folks on the Advisory Board of the B-Sides (Amos Wolff being the third).

Josey and Liz looking tre glam out of their coats at the gala

I did Teal's makeup MANY moons ago so it was fun to get to do it again - she looks cute in a paper sack so it's pretty easy.

Lael was so sweet and has such pretty porcelain skin - loved her!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Kimberly because I feel like it embodies the incredible amount of life she exudes.  

The girls were AMAZING in the show!  The boys were pretty fantastic as well :) and that's founder, Jasper Grant, at the keys!

And a shout out to Maggie McNeil who was wearing her Erin's Faces Satin Lipstick in Red - isn't she beautimous?!!

Victoria Clark from Broadway's "Cinderella"

This is going to be a quicky but I got to do the fabulous Victoria Clark's makeup this morning for "Good Day New York" where she was promoting "Cinderella" (which she's nominated for a Tony for!). 

To view the video click HERE

Here's a quick list of Erin's Faces Products we used:
*Mineral Eyeshadows in Cafe, Espresso, Earth and Sunset
*Mahogany Eyeliner
*Retexturizing Face Primer SPF 20
*Mineral Liquid Powder Foundations in Cream Beige and Linen
*Mineral Concealers in Light and Light/Medium
*Cheek Duo in Pickup Artist
*Aloe Powder
*Magic Dust
*Natural Lipliner
*Peach Daquiri Lip Sheer Lipstick

*Mally Beauty Volumizing Mascara
*Urban Decay Primer Potion for Eyes
*Joey Healy Eyebrow Pencil in Wicker
*Vicky's own gloss

Shooting "Naturally Beautiful" for Veria Living TV

Halli Binova, Nitika Chopra, me with red hair! - blog to follow - and Courtney Spritzer

You guys - it has been a DAY - in a lovely way and I'm so excited to share!  So if you have been with me for a while you know that I get to do makeup for television segments and have gotten to have Erin's Faces credited for it, which is awesome, but I have not been "on air talent" - until now!

Nitika and her gorgeous hair

This morning I shot a couple of segments for a new show on Veria Living, a wellness cable channel, called "Naturally Beautiful" which is hosted by an incredibly warm and amazing woman named Nitika Chopra.  You can read about her story HERE.

On set with the director and production peeps - figuring out where to sit my model for the demo

I have no idea when it's airing but you know that I will shout it from the rooftops when I do and I will have to rely on the kindness of friends who have a cable provider other than Time Warner, who does not currently carry Veria.  Get it together TW!

Courtney's Day-time Look

I got to work with the crazy talented Courtney Spritzer who owns her own social media company, Socialfly, and who happens to be ridiculously beautiful.  Seriously - this is her before picture with minimal foundation and smidge of shadow, blush and some gloss - and she is equally as sweet and smart.  Courtney was wanting to get more comfy with steps to take to go from day to night as she's a fancy chick and has many after-work gatherings to attend.

We talked on-air about steps to take in order to set yourself up for success in the morning before you even go to work - here were the tips with product rec's from Erin's Faces that we used:

• The Organic Firming Eye Gel contains Witch Hazel which is depuffing and tightening - helping to smooth out the undereye area while it acts as a great prep for concealer
• Urban Decay's Primer Potion helps eyeshadow last all day without creasing or exiting through the day and makes it easier if you're going to pop a smoky shadow on after work
• The Retexturizing Face Primer SPF 20 or the Pore Perfecting Primer help to keep your foundation/tinted moisturizer on all day instead of peace-ing you out at lunchtime
• If pencil eyeshadows tend to migrate down your face instead of staying where you put them then my Cream Eyeliners will change your life!  No joke - they do not move until you wash your face.

Click HERE to see quick video of backstage if you can't view it above (no part two, I only shot one and I got the name for the show wrong because I'm a nerd, but my intentions were good :)).

Courtney's Night-time Look

We had 12 minutes, 12 MINUTES!, to do this transformation while Hallie Binvoa, from the John Barrett Salon, was simultaneously doing a super pretty double waterfall braid in Courtney's hair.  So, I threw on a smoky shadow shade, false lashes, used the Cream Eyeliner in the waterline, bumped up the cheek and lip color, did a little brow definition and shimmered her up.

Courtney and me on set 

The items we talked about throwing in your makeup bag for a quick evening touch up were

• If you have 30 seconds grab your Cream Eyeliner and line the waterline, at least the bottom, and if you can handle it, the top and you will immediately look more fancy and smoldering.  Guaranteed.
• We used Night on Courtney but any super dark and scary looking eyeshadow color will do you.  She already had on a champagne shade and we bumped Night in the outer corner and blended with the Double Eyeshadow Brush - brushes matter peeps.
• Shimmer is your friend at night!  Magic Dust is a loose gold shimmer that works on nearly every skintone and if you use it sparingly on your cheekbones, browbones, inner eyes (around tearducts) and, if you're feeling really snazzy, on top of your shadow, it will seriously glam you up.
• Less romantic, but who couldn't use an extra swipe of concealer under the eye or around the nose after a day at work?  

Special thanks to the super talented and yummy Candice Crawford who is the guest's makeup/hair who made my hair pretty :).

So that's the haps for now - I've got a fancy fun shoot on Tuesday that I'm really excited to share with you so stay tuned!  xoxo

Opening Night of "Giant" at the Public with Kate Baldwin

Kate and Brian d'Arcy James

I had the pleasure of getting to work with the crazy nice and super talented, Kate Baldwin, last night at the opening of the new musical, "Giant", at the Public Theater here in NYC.  We met at my stylist friend, George Brescia's, Fashion on Broadway event during Fashion Week where Kate spoke and I got to do her makeup (click HERE to read the post and see pics).

The way it works on opening nights is the cast finishes the show takes their bow and then runs offstage to get changed for their party which they have about 20 minutes to get ready to go to - for real.  What needs to happen in those 20 minutes is their wig needs to come off, millions of pin curls need to come out (doesn't her hair look amazing?  Especially for having been under a wig in pin curls for hours?!), they need to get out of their costume and into their event dress and shoes and their makeup needs to get addressed.  We had 12 minutes to do her face.  LITERALLY.  And we did a seriously smoky eye folks!  Good news is that Kate happens to be gorgeous and super chill so it worked out just fine and I think she looks really pretty :).

Here are pics of her from opening night as well as a list of products we used on her pretty face ~



I made this one huge so you can see her eye makeup - so fun!  Oh, and the guy is P.J. Griffith :).



Kate with her handsome husband, who is in "Mamma Mia!" right now, Graham Rowat.

Kate is wearing these items from Erin's Faces:

Mineral Eyeshadows in Ivory, Navy, Night

Onyx Cream Eyeliner

Mineral Foundation in Linen

Mineral Concealer in Light

Aloe Powder

Mineral Blush in Begonia

Mineral Bronzer in Sunkissed

Natural Lipliner

Mineral Lipglosses in Jewel and Enchanted

Silver Dusk from MAC on inner corners of eyes and highlight of cheek

Did I mention that George dressed Kate for this as well - she looked stunning!

New York Live!

Yours truly, Elizabeth Stanley, George Brescia, Teresa Stephenson and Jenny Neale in the hallways of the NBC Studios at 30 Rock

We had such a fun time today at New York Live with George Brescia of georgeBstyle with our beautiful models!

Click HERE to see the video segment from NBC and scroll down to see what Erin's Faces goodies we used on the girls ~



On Elizabeth ~ 

Pore Perfecting Face Primer
Mineral Liquid Powder Foundation in Cream Beige
Mineral Photo Touch Concealers in Light and Light/Medium
Aloe Powder to set
Magic Dust as highlight and around tearducts
Champagne, Navy and Night Mineral Eyeshadows
Onyx Cream Eyeliner
Earth Mineral Eyeshadow on brows
Sunkissed Mineral Bronzer as cheek contour
Rose Mineral Blush
Natural Lipliner
Enchanted Mineral Lipgloss

Teresa's Before

After

On Teresa ~
Organic Firming Serum
Retexturizing Face Primer SPF 20
Mineral Liquid Powder Foundation in Porcelain
Mineral Photo Touch Concealers in Light and Light/Medium
Aloe Powder to set
Magic Dust as highlight and as eyeshadow
Sunset Mineral Eyeshadow
Mahogany Cream Eyeliner in waterline
Espresso Mineral Eyeshadow on brows
Sunkissed Mineral Bronzer as cheek contour
Gerber and Tiger Lily Mineral Blushes
Natural Lipliner
Ava Matte Lipstick



Jenny's Before







On Jenny ~
Retexturizing Face Primer SPF 20
Mineral Liquid Powder Foundation in Tender Beige
Mineral Photo Touch Concealers in Light and Light/Medium
Aloe Powder to set
Magic Dust as highlight
Snow and Starshine Mineral Eyeshadows
Mahogany Cream Eyeliner in waterline - top only
Espresso Mineral Eyeshadow on brows
Sunkissed Mineral Bronzer as cheek contour
Tulip and Impatiens Mineral Blushes
Natural Lipliner
Micro-Spice Lipstick



My friend took this pic of her TV and it makes me feel fancy :)

We also used Mally Volumizing Mascara and Urban Decay Primer Potion on all the ladies.

Makeup for the Tribeca Film Festival

Hey guys J

Angelique Cabral

I got to do the makeup for actress, Angelique Cabral, who was starring in the movie “The Perfect Family” at the Tribeca Film Festival and I wanted to share what we used on her.  For those of you who have been in class – she totally has the fresh face look with a smoky eye!  Here’s what we did:

Eyes:

Urban Decay Primer Potion

All shadows from Urban Decay Naked Palette – Sin, Baked and Hustle – w/ Erin’s Eye Blender and Eye Shadow Corner Brushes

Hourglass Cognac Liquid Liner

Vintage Onyx Cream Liner w/ Erin’s Eyeliner Brush

Mally Lightwand

Mally Volumizing Mascara

Ardell Flare Knot Free Individual Lashes in Medium

Skin:

Mally Pore Perfecting Primer

Hourglass Illusion Tinted Moisturizer – mix of Beige and Warm Beige – w/ Erin’s Foundation Brush

Mally Cancellation Concealer in Tan – w/Erin’s Eye Blender Brush (it works for concealer too J)

YSL Touche Eclat #2

Hourglass Aura Blush in Petal

Mally Shape and Light contour & highlight powders – w/ Mally’s Double Ended Shaping Brush

Erin’s Loose Mineral Setting Powder – w/ Hourglass’ Powder Brush

Lips:

Angelique Cabral

Mally Nudemedium Lipliner

Mally B Sexy Gloss

Body:

Korres Guava Body Butter w/ Bare Escentuals Flawless Radiance

xoxo

Erin