I got a Superstay in Infinite Petal

Have you checkout out the CVS flyer this week ? Ok, so CVS, has a Beauty Club that you can join for free. So I did. In doing so I got 10% off my purchase! But this week they also have $3 bucks off any beauty purchase of $10 or more! So I headed on down to make my purchases, due to the fact that I also saw Maybelline was buy one get one 50% off! You know me and my color stay lip sticks! I got a great one this time with a bit of a purple hue to it! I have been saving the Maybelline Coupons from the Sunday paper coupons. I had $1.00 off any lip stick AND 3.00 off ANY One by One Mascara! All combined I saved a total of around $9.00 on my purchases! Would be a GREAT idea to head to CVS this week for some great buys!

i got waterproof in very black

I confess....I am a nail biter and picker! I go though phases and do a good job when I set my mind to growing nails! I am on a 'good' phase right now and am enjoying growing my nails and having pretty hands with pretty polish! Thing is, I can not seem to get the polish to stay on my nails for any length of time past about 2 hours! We all know that it is hard to get polish to stay on our natural nails. I was in Sallys Beauty Supply this Friday to pick up a few things and noticed that if I bought two eyelash set s(which i needed anyway for my upcoming Weddings) that I got a polish FREE! You know me...all about the deals!
So I headed over to China Glaze to pick my color choice. Instead of a ravishing Red, or beautiful purple I chose to try a Base coat. Best choice I could have made! WOW! I put the base coat on Friday night. My polish has lasted through two weddings, and a Mothers day Picnic! I am super excited about my new find and would highly recommend!

So I am coming back around to my meeting with the titleholders a few weeks ago! I wanted to show you how Elizabeths photo turned out! Personally, I go crazy gaga over before and after photos! So I do my best to show you those when I get them and if the client agrees!

8:15am

9:00am

10am

10:30a hair and makeup faces by joy

THANKS LIZ!

I met Angel of Angel Morton Photography on location at a Wedding I just did at Winterham Plantation during the beautiful Rice-Garner Wedding. I was blown away with her sincerity and professionalism, and also how quickly she had photos up from the Wedding! I always ask the photographers to please send a few for me, and she was right on top of that! I asked Angel if she would like to get together to talk "makeup" when she expressed to me that she has never had a makeover and would really love one! How could I resist?
I asked her to bring her camera and come on over!
Here is what she saw and her little makeover to follow.....

its me!

before photo

glam A

AFTER....love this photo!

thank you ANGEL! I had a GREAT time!

*Photos of Joy and Faces By Joy Glam studio taken by Angel Morton of Angel Morton Photography. After photos taken by Joy of Faces By Joy.

My Glam Studio is a GREAT place to come to try your hair and makeup (a bridal consult), or get bridal makeup done before a portrait! Its also a great place to come and learn makeup application! It's located in Hanover Virginia and is convienant to Lewis Ginter and only 20 Minutes from Maymont park. Both popular portrait locations!
The Glam studio is dressed up in a vintage, shabby Chic style, but this past week I gave her an upgrade STRAIGHT from Hollywood!
I found the PREFECT mirror while searching the internet! Its from a company called Vanity Girl! Now when clients come in they can enjoy a little "Hollywood flair". So the seat is ready right in front of the new mirror! The Glam Studio is waiting for YOU!

Brides Hair and Makeup Face by Joy

I never got the chance to share with you the Rice/Gardner Wedding that we attended BEFORE Easter Break! What a WONDERFUL location and Bridal party!!
There are more photos to come, but I had to share the teasers I got from the Bride! We were at the BEAUTIFUL WINTERHAM Plantation in Amelia! I met Angel Morton, photographer, as you see a sneak peak of some photos below of hers! She is GREAT! Can't wait to get some more stunners!!  It was an all around GREAT time!

brides hair and makeup and most of Bridal party hair and/or makeup FBJ

As I have mentioned in a previous post...I was off to the Carolina's for EASTER with my family and ALSO to pay a visit to (my girls) six fabulous beauty queens (I am their director) to help them with hair/makeup for photo shoots, coaching for interview and stage, and wardrobe consulting for all the PRE-PREP before nationals in JULY! For a Makeup Artist, there is NO place like hanging with BEAUTY QUEENs to get up on ALL the NEW trends! In previous posts I have always brought back the BEST tips, and its like I have been in BEAUTY boot camp, when I come home from a 'pageant' trip! I took  photos of my ENTIRE day so you can see some behind the scenes fun! ....mind you this all happened JUST on MONDAY-for the most part!

I arrive in Tega Cay South Carolina around 6pm (after leaving the Easter family fun in Greensboro, NC), where I am staying with beautiful Chelsea Gregory, Miss SC International and her family! (Sunday night) I BEG to go to the BARN where they own a BEAUTIFUL Quarter HORSE (JOY fact: I owned a Sorrel and White 3/4 Arab named Kalee... years ago). I inhaled with great joy the barn and horse smells and my soul was filled with the tranquility of what horses bring, smelling hay, and feeding her horse MINTS! HORSE MINTS! HA!

OMG! This is SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BACK on my mission.....early the next morning at 6:30a, I race out of bed and into the shower for the day I have been looking forward to! Meeting with all six of the Carolina International Titleholders!

I first meet with Elizabeth Malvasia, Mrs. South Carolina International. We have planned to get her photos from Pageant Photographer Lenn Long in Charlotte NC!!  This is Elizabeth at 8:00am! ain't she cute?

After I get my hands on her HAIR!

 AND after I got my hands on her FACE.......Lenn did the rest.....

Isn't the lighting totally striking with her black dress and hair and features? love this!

After we finished up here mid morning.... we were off to Elizabeth's DANCE studio 20 min away!! Elizabeth and her Husband own two Dance Studios in North Carolina and they are on a BILLBOARD! Check out Carolina Dance Sport!

Elizabeth's STUNNING Studio!

TEEN SC -Multi Tasking with her mom Debbie chatting behind her!

Avery Close-Teen South Carolina International!

Morgan Bright, Teen North Carolina and her beautiful mom, Robin (they traveled 8 hours from the beach to be with us!)

there she is.... Miss SC International- Chelsea Gregory

Miss North Carolina International- Brittney Clark

Pictured center Mrs. North Carolina International- Janet Risner Bolin (Elizabeth far R) Mrs. Gregory L

By 6:00p Lenn Long arrives to work his magic and get us some GREAT GROUP photos! Thus all the ladies get in the Crowns and start to STRIKE A POSE!

Even beauty Queens get a little help, notice Brits Shirt Clips in the back! LOL