JRW Beauty decided to do another look a like photo shoot! One of our stunning models, Rebecca Reed, approached us with the idea of recreating the controversial Vanity Fair cover featuring Miley Cyrus. We instantly fell in love with the concept and this is what we came up with. What do you think?
Makeup Artist: Joshua R. Waller
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Canada 2013
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Recently inspired by the movie Dead Silence, here is my interpretation of both Billy (the ventriloquist dummy) and Mary Shaw (the Ventriloquist).
Beware the stare of Mary Shaw. She had no children only dolls. And if you see her in your dreams, Be sure to never ever scream.
The JRW team are proud to pronounce that UNBOUND13 was extraordinary. This year’s show had such an array of beautiful, creative pieces which truly inspired us all. Here are a few pictures of these astounding pieces.
Every year millions of people watch as stars from across the world gather for the Oscar Awards dressed up in all sorts of wonderful outfits. While many look amazing, not everyone does so I’ve decided to do a two part article. This one focuses on who (in my opinion) are the top 5 dressed. Of course beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so please go ahead and tell me what you think about my selection, and who your top 5 are. I love, love, LOVE hearing about fashion from other fashionistas!
Here are the top 5!
Jennifer Lawrence looks like a porcelain doll in her beautiful Dior couture dress. It fit her like a glove and she had the perfect accessory, a simple silver clutch. Honestly if I could I’d make a copy of her, shrink it into a doll and mass produce it for the millions of little girls who would adore having her!
Charlize Theron rocked a beautiful, minimalistic white Christian Dior dress and I think she was a total knockout! Her short, blonde hairstyle went perfect with her dress, and her bracelets pulled the whole look together. Super chic!
Jessica Chastain was honestly my favourite out of everyone. She looks like a total bombshell dressed in Giorgio Armani. When I first saw her all I could think was “she’s wearing liquid gold and diamonds, she had to be!” and even though she wasn’t, she sure looks like she was! If I was a lady I would wear that dress, just to wear it because of how amazing it is. Her hair, makeup and accessories even look good! Jessica was classy to the highest standards for this Oscar show.
Halle Berry’s dress is really interesting and unique. The Versace dress is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before and while it may not be for everyone, anyone with as bold a personality as Halle can definitely pull off that look. The dress has lots of bold geometric lines and kind of gives me an art deco vibe. Her hairstyle went nicely with the dress, and the overall look was very modern chic!
Kelly Rowland worked the red carpet in a chic black and white Donna Karen dress that looked amazing on her body. The yin yang effect looks cool, and the slit shows off her long legs. Her hair style and earrings also matched to give Kelly a chic, modern look.
I hope you all loved my selection but I want to know, what do you think? I want to hear from you about who your top 5 are so please comment below!
This past weekend I was competing in a Fantasy Makeup Competition for the Asian Expo in Vancouver. It was such an amazing experience; being given a theme (Asian inspired) and then having to create an entire look within 2 hours. Not only did I meet some extremely talented artists and see various styles of makeup, I was able to push myself out of my comfort zone and learn a lot as well. Even though I was not chosen to move on to the next round, I was so happy just to be apart of the competition as it was my first one!
The inspiration for my look first started with a snake; since the look had to be Asian inspired and it being the year of the snake, I thought that was a really cool theme to play off of. So I knew right from the beginning I wanted the shape of the look to be very angular. Then I started doing research to chose my colouring (red, gold and black). I then started to really like the look and idea of a Geisha; their look is so simple but is so striking. Lastly, Lady Gaga became an inspiration for the look which I used in mainly the hair, styling and wardrobe!
To see the rest of the photos from the competition, go to…
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.339909332781067.66929.117250128380323&type=1
Every editorial has some sort of story, theme or underlying message that the artist(s) is/are trying to portray. Joshua recently created a beauty story simply by using makeup. The main theme was the stages of an unsuccessful love; the lover, the wounded and the heartbroken. The main character was portrayed as an aristocratic women who’s relationship fails.
The Lover: a sophisticated look; classic and simple makeup to represent a women of innocence, wealth and desire.
The Wounded: a sophisticated look that is starting to darken and become corrupted. The black and red ombre lips represent a woman who is going through a heart ache. The golden eyes are starting to deepen as confidence begins to fade.
The Heartbroken: a dark, lifeless look that represents a woman who has tried but has given up on the battle of love. The once ombre lips are now completely black, the once golden eyes are pure black with a gold iridescent. The face becomes severely contoured and has lost all cheek colour.
Once a semi-popular trend that never really became mainstream has emerged once again! The black lip gloss is back! Definitely a statement piece for the lips but maybe adding a bit of darkness to your look could be perfect for the winter! You can either use a fully opaque black gloss to achieve the look above, or you can just sheer it on over top of your favourite lipstick to create a vampy look! Works best with reds and plums!
What do you think? Yay or nay? Will you try adding it to your makeup collection?
We have had a few requests on listing all the products Joshua used in his Marilyn Monroe makeup tutorials! So here it is!
Part 1:
Lise Watier Portfolio
Clinique Redness Solutions Foundation
Marcelle Loose Translucent Powder
Smashbox Highlight and Contour Kit (not in stores anymore, Makeup Forever also sells good contour/highlight palettes)
MAC Legendary Blush (Marilyn Monroe Collection)
MAC Beauty Powder (Marilyn Monroe Collection)
Part 2:
MAC Mylar Eye Shadow
MAC Espresso Eye Shadow
MAC Nylon Eye Shadow
Lise Watier Tres Noir Waterproof Eyeliner
Lise Watier Feline HD Eyeliner
Ardell Double Up Lashes 205
Duo Lash Glue
Flare Lip Liner
MAC Deeply Adored Lipstick (Marilyn Monroe Collection)
MAC Lipglass
Hope this helps!
If you want to achieve the Marilyn Monroe look to its fullest, here are two tutorials done by our very own Joshua! The first tutorial will show you how to achieve her perfect face shape and flawless complexion! The second tutorial will show you how the achieve the sultry Monroe eyes and voluminous lips! Send us a picture of your Marilyn Monroe recreations!
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Part 2:
