Miss Texas America Pageant

Here they are, the pictures of the hair and Make-up I did for the Miss Texas America Pageant! The beautiful ladies I had the pleasure of working with are Miss Houston Rachael Turner (blonde), and Miss Sugar Land Jackie Foss (brunette). They were absolutely a breeze to hang out with throughout the week, considering we had 5-6 am hair and makeup calls all week! They had to be done by 8:30am on most days, and have to look fresh and fabulous for their preliminaries and finals at 7:30pm! Needless to say they looked spectacular for their events, with their gowns from Wardrobe The Boutique, I only wish I had fancy places to attend so that I could wear amazing gowns like those! I look forward to continue to work with these two ladies in the future!






















































~Meli

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Sugar Land Fashion Week

This Thursday I was involved, as well as other stylists from the salon, in doing hair and make-up for the kick-off event for this years Sugar Land Fashion Week. It was a great show filled with stylings from the boutiques around Sugar Land Town Square. There were even dogs on the runway dressed in cute outfits! Proceeds from the show benefited the Women's center. I am always down to work towards a good cause!! The hair was extremely fun to create, I only wish people would wear their hair in random different ways for regular occasions! I am gonna try to incorporate some of the techniques I used to create these looks on somebody willing to try a new look, taming it down of course!!! Ooh, I think I'll wear my hair like this next weekend, yes, that is what I'll do!!!


















~Meli

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Flashes of Time, Brightness of Future

Oh my word! It has been over a year since the last time I posted, I can't even believe it! So much has happened in my life, so much to share, now if only I could remember it all, I will try my best! First and foremost, my son, Mateo is now 2 years old. To think, I started this blog with the hopes of sharing my experiences juggling mommyhood and a career, and time got the best of me. I have had a shift in my career, from a focus in make-up to signing on to work at the best salon in Sugarland, TX, as Hair Designer and Make-up Artist among many other top stylists. I have to say, that was the best decision I could have made! There are still many things I plan to conquer in my life (massage therapy, music making, educating) but I need to keep my feet grounded and work on mastering one at a time.

Being at this salon has given me the opportunity to work with so many talented people, from hair dressers to photographers, models, pageant contestants and everyday women, who have enriched my life. Pictured above is a photo shoot I had the privilege of working, with Fadil Berisha, in which we worked on up and coming and former pageant contestants. One of the pictures shows me working on Miss Universe 1995, Chelsi Smith. At the moment I am on contract working the Miss Texas America pageant! My job is to make sure Miss Houston, Rachael Turner, and Miss Sugarland, Jackie Foss, look incredible for each day of this scholarship pageant. I will have pics of the event up by the end of the week.

Thank you, and look forward to more posts up soon, of different gigs I have had in the last year, I just need to search for all the pictures! Phew, I have a lot of work to do!

Crazy ivans

This is the lead singer for the crazy ivans from Dallas/F.W., they came in to H-town to perform at Fitzgerald's the other night, so they stopped by the store and I did her eyes. The color of her eyes is just screaming next to that u.v. purple, huh? it's the coolest color combo I have fallen into, Stars n' Rockets over any black liner, it just screams out at you!