The Flight of the Swan

It was a blessed Saturday noon when Retratistas gathered at the newly christened flat (otherwise known as STUDIO 81) of our dear Kuya Jun. As usual, we all come hunger stricken that by the time we reached the flat we were ransacking the fridge for anything munchable that can sustain us. It was so bad that we re-heated the one week old party food from past week house warming party. And yes, we ate it with gusto. And no, none of us suffered from food poisoning or from frequent bathroom breaks.

Studio 81 came equipped with lights and lengthy fabrics for backdrops and of course shutterbugs who are as hungry and anxious to shoot away.

Our inspiration for the shoot is Black Swan, we have done makeup test a couple of months ago, but because of our erratic schedules we had to wait until we can synchronize our time  to finally give it a go.

FACE

§      Foundation – Revlon Photo Ready in Shell

§      Contour and Highlight – Coastal Scent Contour and Highlight Palette. I used grey coloured highlighter from the Coastal Scents palette. The grey colour highlighter was mixed with brownish contour to help emphasize the hallows on her face. The white highlighter with a bit shimmer was used on her shoulders and areas on her face I want to highlight.

§      Concealer – Coastal Scents Concealer Palette

§      Powder – Translucent powder to pale out her complexion. I used a bit of matt white eye make up as well to make her skin appear even whiter

EYES

§      Base – POP eyeliner all over the lids to act as base for the eye makeup as I will be working on dark eye shadows.

§      Eyeshadow – Matt black eye shadow  from the Coastal Scents palette and shimmery grey cream makeup

§      Eyeliner – POP eyeliner in Black and Maybelline gel eyeliner

§      Mascara – Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black

§      SASA Eyelashes

§      DUO eyelash adhesive

LIPS

§      AVON Ultra Luxury Lip Liner in Wildberry mixed with some purple eye makeup to intensify the colour

TIPS

§      I used white eyeliner to trace the eye makeup. In that way I can have it as précised as I can.

Jan lived up to the theme, she was every bit what we wanted for the shoot as evident by the photos.

Thanks for the photographers for letting me use their work.  I will post  mine soon. Hehehe!

Model: Jan Canlas
Photographer: Randy Santos

Model: Jan Canlas
Photographer: Randy Santos

Model: Jan Canlas
Photographer: Randy Santos

Model: Jan Canlas
Photographer: Jun Villoria

From left to right: Randy, Jun, Karen, Robert, Angie, Donabelle. From Left to right (Front row): Celyn, Jan, Suzane and Bok