The Bride! Dinesh And Diane Wedding Day Video!

Make-up: Makeup Artistry by Hxero
Hair: Mylene Amorado-Sarmiento
Video: Deo Angeles

Get the look:

Eyes:
Nyx Eyeshadow Base
Kryolan Eyeshadow
Urban Decay Naked 2
Maybelline 24 Hour Gel Liner

Eyebrows:
Wet N Wild Ultimate Brow Kit Powder

Eyelashes:
Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler
LandMark Flase Eyelashes
Maybelline Volum' Express Waterproof Mascara

Lips:
Carmex Lip Balm
Kryolan Lipstick

Face:
Dermacolor Concealer
MAC Pro Longwear Concealer
MAC Studio Fix Fluid Foundation
Kryolan Setting Powder
Maybelline Blush Powder

"Thank you for the amazing work you did on both myself and my girls for our wedding on Sept 22,2012 as well as on my pre wedding pictorials.Thank you Henry Anima II for being a part of our special day with Dinesh. We received many compliments on how we looked and felt so comfortable, natural and beautiful. YOU are an outstanding artist!!! I will for sure continue to recommend you to anyone I know..
Take care and keep in touch!" - Diane

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The Bride! Mylene

Bride: Mylene Amorado-Sarmiento
Groom: Ruel Sarmiento
HMUA: Makeup Artistry by Hxero
Images: Antonio Amorado
Wedding gown and barong: Martin Sy
Location: Davao City

"One of the best experiences I've had. He shows professionalism in everything he does, and you could see and feel his passion in making people look great, inside-out. Thank you, Henry for making me look beautiful on my wedding day!" - Mylene Amorado-Sarmiento

Mylene and Ruel are one of my best friends. I've known them since college. We gotten to know each other because of our common love for arts. The three of us were part of the second wave of Art Co. (an art club in Ateneo de Davao University) when we were in college. It made me so happy that they asked me to be the best man and their make-up artist on their wedding day.

I created two looks for Mylene on her wedding day: her day look during the wedding ceremony and her evening look during the reception.

The couple even surprised me giving me an Urban Decay Naked 2 palette (which I really love). I used the palette on both of her looks. Aren't they the sweetest?

Urban Decay Naked 2 palette

That's Mye (as i often called her) without her makeup on.

That's Mye with her day look during the wedding ceremony.

That's Mye with her evening look during the reception.

The wedding ceremony ended up late so we didn't have the chance to take photos of the couple so I had to recreate her evening look the next day for a photo shoot.

Check more photos below:

 Wedding preparation photos: Hair, Make-up and gown.

Portrait shoots of Mylene.

 Mylene and Ruel with the priest.

Mylene (on her evening look) and Ruel before entering the reception hall.

The photos below are taken the next day. I recreated Mye's evening look for the photo shoot.

I am so happy that the couple and the guests like Mylene's make-up. Congrats again to the newly weds.

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Welcome! Welcome!

Wow, first blog entry. This is kind of big, right?

I’ve been debating whether I should start my own blog about grooming and make-up or not. After a lot of thinking I finally told myself, why not, after all this is my job now so why not talk about it.

My makeup tools

photo by afamaphotography

I left my job that pays me well to become a full time freelance photographer, make-up, stylist and digital artist. I’ve dedicated most of my career in a corporate world and I thought this would be the perfect year to start focusing on the artistic part of me.

This blog, however, will focus on the make-up side of it. First of all, I graduated at Center ofAesthetic Studies (CAS) last year and ever since I’ve been doing a lot of make-up and grooming for wedding, portfolio shoots, TV commercials, and other clients.

Make-up by Me

Hair by Jem

Why make-up? You might ask me. In photo shoots there were times that the make-up artists we hire flaked on us. Everyone was already there so it’s really a waste not to go through with it. With my background in watercolor painting I tried painting our models’ faces with their own make-up so we could continue with the shoot. The outcome turned really well and I started liking doing make-up. I find make-up application easier as compared to watercolor (where you will be working on a blank paper).

 Make-up your mind

Photo by Me 

Also, as a photographer I’ve wanted to create a coffee book table about images that I could capture and immortalized them in a book. I’ve had a lot of make-up artist friends but most of them are already well known in the industry and their schedules are insanely full – it’s hard to just sit with them and discuss my idea.

 Photography by Me for View Magazine

Make-up by Nanan

Hair by George

A perfect opportunity came when my friend was telling me that she wanted a new hobby and I told her why not take up make-up class, I suggested. She only agreed when I told her that I’d be joining her. She did not, however, take up the class because her boy friend then proposed to her and they needed to save the money on their big day. Since I already paid for my tuition fee, I continued the class. So here I am now, a full pledge make-up artist (and I’d probably be doing my friend’s make-up on her wedding day next year).

I idea of this blog is to show the readers the power of makeup and how it can enhance the natural beauty of each individual that I painted on. I also will be showing different looks that I already created and will be creating in the future. I’ll share different tips, tricks and suggestions. I’ll be showing how to correct make-up oversights and probably products that you may want to use and consider buying. Products and make-up tools review and more are included also in my repertoire.

 

 Make-up by Me

I hope that you will find some time to read my blog entries. And just leave a comment whenever you feel like it.

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