The Millionaire lifestyle clothing shoot

Sarah Gwan is a graphic designer from Toronto who specializes in print, logos and corporate branding. Now she is trying her hand at fashion designing.   I believe has succeeded in a major way. With her Kush Bubble Gum T'shirts and Millionaire Lifestyle logos she's definetly on to something. Quotes like "Business, never personal" and "Rich Bitch" give the T'shirt line for both men and women, crazy mass appeal.
When she asked Mrs Makeup to not only do makeup but,  help come up with a great concept, I jumped at the chance. So we decided we needed loads of color, toys pretty models and of course plenty of dollar bills, to pull it all off.

 Meeting up with Sarah Gwan at the Gladstone Hotel.  Courtney Nicole Photography brought her model entourage which included models Stevie Nicks, Lola Rae, Skinny Buck, Mason Fox and rapper Joel Naggy.  Strong Arm TV  cwas also their to aptured background footage.

Its one thing to think of a great concept but another to see it all come together. In the first shot, we wanted the models makeup to be loaded with color both on the face and with the clothes.  After I did the makeup, Sarah let me style the girls as well.  Sarah brought enough clothes for me to go crazy, so I choose long socks, suspenders and short shorts for all the girls.

The girls did an amazing job,but Mason and Joel also brought their personal touch of millionaire swag.

 For the second part it was yellow, gold, black and white. The models did a great job acting out the scenes.  Doesnt it look like they won the lottery?

We had a wonderful time at this shoot. Sarah Gwan did am awesome job of putting this shoot together. Thanks to all the models for following my (sometimes bossy) direction. From the looks of Courtney Nicole's  leaked pictures, the final edits will be fire

If you like to order your own T-shirts or have Sarah Gwan design something special for you click here

On my money with K-fresh and Baby Ghryme

K-Fresh and his co-star Baby Ghryme are at it again. The latest song "On My Money" feat Jimmy Fresh, is their hottest record to date. Mixing a downsouth beat with a sing-a-long hook for the ladies,  it is gaurenteed to get crowds moving.

The set, ones again  had a wide variety of industry people.

Photographer Courtney Nicole, StrongArm416
and ofcourse Eh-Team were their to capture backstage footage.

Even Jimmy Fresh came by for his cameo and from what it looks like he's channeling his inner P.i.m.p with that new look (was that a perm?).

Singer Shay was there in full leopord print as Ghryme's sidekick.
But the real head turner was Baby Ghryme, who came onset rocking a completely different look.

Gone were her beautiful long dreads, now replaced by short multi-colored twists. With her new gained sex appeal, we had no choice but to go crazy with the makeup as well. Starting with purple eyeshadow, we quickly went from flirty pink to shocking blue. Could it be that the usual tomboy has channelled her inner Diva?? Whatever the case, BG rocked it.

Check out some exclusive background video courtesy of StrongArm416

This was one of many days of filming. From motorcycles, to beachfronts and smoke-machines, it looks as like it will be an interesting video. Are they on the money? We'll just have to wait and see.

My Creative Directorial Debut

Many photographers and models stick to taking pretty pictures. Who can blame them, everyone feels the need to always look their best. I love doing glamour shots and editorial photoshoots, but the  expertise of a makeup artist can only shine through by doing something more creative. I wanted my makeup and picture to tell a story.  Seeing Jason Warbuck's work on facebook I reached out to him for a collaberation.

The crying-girl  makeup look has been duplicated by so many artists. But some fail to tell a story. Most pictures depict the female as soft, and weak. Why do women always have to look so fragile?? I wanted the same concept but with an edge and some suspense.

On a sunny Saterday afternoon I met up with Jason of Fam*us Photography, who gave me free reign to do whatever I had in mind. He employed the help of the lovely Rachel Camille to put my idea together. 

I dont think Rachel knew what she would be in for, as I applied loads of liner and blood.  We also lacked clothing, so we just worked with what she had on, a tank top and underwear.

The concept asked for Rachel to be transformed into a sexy lady killer, who found out her boyfriend cheated..

Starting of on the balcony Rachel quickly got into character,  and although the pictures were ok..the makeup called for a little more drama.

After a little more coaching Rachel warmed up and gave more variety and expressions.

For our last scene we rapt Rachel in a garbage bag, ready to cut her victim up in the bathtub. And she played that part very well. We also placed another model in the tub as the murder victim.

 We had a phenominal shoot that day, and we did pretty well for 4 complete strangers, who had never met before. To this day, it is one of my favorite photoshoots, which we later entitled kill the competition.