Naturally

As I previously wrote about, I teamed up a couple of groups I'm involved with a couple of weeks ago for Earth Day. Earth Day NY, partnering with Green Drinks (a networking organization for eco-conscious Manhattanites and companies), were hosting a big Earth Day celebration/event, which would feature a fashion show. Well fashion shows go hand in hand with Seph0ra and its makeup artists. I thought doing the makeup with our plethora of natural cosmetics was a fantastic idea, and then setting up a table for mini-makeovers with natural cosmetics, and maybe even throw in some info about natural skincare, even better. My store manager passed my idea on to corporate, who loved it and supported by calling on the Seph0ra Pro Team and sending lots of Natural samples to hand out. I finagled lots of goodies from the generous Maragaret of Cargo Plantlove, and voila! Success!
The furniture showroom wherein the event took place. It was gorgeous.

These are not my pictures by the way. I stupidly left my camera at home because I didn't think I would have any time to use it. These are from a photographer who comes to all Green Drinks event, and all pictures can be found on their website.

The models we made-over were first-timers. This is a Before shot. My model is on the left.

My model being given the once-over by our leader, Nikki, from the Pro Team. She created the Look and approved all models before they hit the runway.

That's mine on the left! I was a little nervous about being there because, as you know, I've been in Skin for a while, and never been given "real" makeup artistry training. But I fit right in. It was really fun to do a fashion show that had a Look to recreate. I'm a little hooked, I've got to be honest. I received special praise for my work on the cheekbones.

The artists.

The main floor. There was a basement, and the top floor which you can see here, where we were located. You can't really tell in this picture, but there were LOTS of people there. Other companies were there too like Lush, plenty of organic food companies, and organic alcohol (one of my jobs at Earth Day NY was, incidentally, to find companies to donate alcohol to the evening. So I reached out to organic alcohol companies. Thank you organic vodka company I don't now remember, how generous of you to get everyone drunk without the use of herbicides, pesticides, or insecticides. Success.) And of course the organic clothing store whose wares were displayed in the fashion show.

All of the models wore recycled newspaper headdresses, which I of course loved.

Look how proud I am of my work!

This was my favorite "garment" as they say.

The experience was fun, successful (we touched a lot of people and talked up our Naturals quite a bit), and definitely one of my highlights with this company.

Work is keeping me pretty busy at the moment. This next week I get to teach my entire cast "Service Express", a new consultation program the company is rolling out. I will be teaching them three looks. I am not a Color Expert. Go me. I will also be hosting Master Classes at our store starting next week or the following week for our clients, featuring a Mermaid Summer look, a classic smoky eye, and a trendy *new* look with a new palette off our shelves. We will be doing these every week from now on!