A Play Date

At least once a month my buddy Kim and I get together and spend hours chatting about our makeup kits, new trends, you tube, etc.  She always comes over after work and never leaves till after midnight! During our last session we played with our Makeup Forever eyeshadow

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Fall has always been my favorite season of the year. Going back to my teenage years, I always had the most memorable times during fall (new school year, football games and basketball season, layering clothes).

Cranberries & Licorice

The fall trend is a deep rich lip complimented with clean makeup. Exude confidence and authority with this look because those lips command alot of attention!





 *picture courtesy of  blogs.glam.com/.../08/19/love-the-dark-lip-look//http://www.maccosmetics.com/


Jamaya

Lip Service

Hey All! For those of you that know me, you know that I have a set of soup coolers that are to die for. Well, normally my purse is filled with an array of lip balms including Burt Bee's, Carmex and good ol' Vaseline. But lately, I've expanded my circle of lippies to include some new products from MAC Cosmetics. Let's take a look at the team...

Beating Cancer And Finding Your Old Self Again

Saturday I had the lovely pleasure on working on a client who was a cancer survivor. Now, I would have never known her story until she mentioned that her eyebrows were a lil thin from her chemo treatments. I never asked what type of cancer she was battling

My first makeup Tutuorial on You Tube

Hey all! Tonight I made my 1st youtube tutorial showcasing some products from MAC's Color Craft Collection. I was so nervous but once I started talking everything flowed naturally. 

I created a super-easy look with Smooth Merge (pinky-gold) MSF. I used the MSF as an eyeshadow, blush and higlight.  These products are easy to work with and make summer makeup effortless! 

Products Used:

Eyes

Indianwood p/p
MSF Smooth Merge
Down Brown e/s (dark brown)
Night Manouvers e/s (dark brown)

Maybelline Collossal Lash

Face

MSF Medium Dark

MSF Smooth Merge (Blush)

 Lips

Prr (pinky/coral)

Click here to watch my tutorial. Please rate, comment & subscribe!

Temptu Airbrush Training, NYC

I have been itching to take an airbrush course eversince the arrival of HD.  I've been researching for months trying to decide whether to go with Kett, OCC or Temptu. With my recessionista mindset on full-throttle, I chose finallychose to go with Temptu. 

Temptu Airbrush Training, NYC

I have been itching to take an airbrush course eversince the arrival of HD.  I've been researching for months trying to decide whether to go with Kett, OCC or Temptu. With my recessionista mindset on full-throttle, I chose finallychose to go with Temptu. 

Who Am I?

Hello world! I'm Jamaya, a twentysomethingish (whew...i'm getting older) makeup artist located in Baltimore. I've been debating about writing this blog for months now.