“A Moment in Time” is the brainchild of Boss Models and Artist Management along with Bell-Roberts Gallery. It is an exhibition of photographic works by some of South Africa’s most talented fashion photographers, stylists and hair and make-up artists, all of which are 1/1 and signed by the artist. The exhibition opened on the 22nd of October, and patrons are invited to bid for the works online up until the 30th of October 2009.  All proceeds go to “Missing Children SA Charity.”

I worked with Bevan Davis for some of the images in his part of the exhibition. Bevan asked for make-up that was simple and clean, but still sexy rather than nude. Bevan is not only a fantastic photographer, but also a master of post production, all of which he does himself. For me, Bevan’s series is timeless, and I gaze upon the images the way I do a painting, rather than a fashion photograph.

Make-up:  Salome is naturally beautiful, and I wanted to keep her look clean and timeless, accentuating her features rather than the make-up. I used MAC make-up, starting with Face and Body Foundation (for hydration and glow) thinly spread over her entire face. I used MAC’s mineralise skinshimmer “Lightful” (unfortunately a limited ed product from their “Corps De Ballet” range)  to accentuate her collar bones, cheek bones, shoulders etc. Witha #187 brush I then buffed in some Studio Fix Fluid, lightly over her nose, cheeks and forehead where needed. This allowed me to matte certain parts of her skin, and further even out her skin tone. Using the #224 brush I buffed  Select Moisturecover into the skin under and around the eyes. Select Moisturecover is ideal for around the eyes as it is moisturizing, blend-able and satin/glossy finished (in other words not matt) which allows it to “bounce” light up from under and around the eye. I used a NC (yellow toned) select moisturecover in a shade lighter than her natural skin tone on the inner corners of her eyes to make them “pop”. Finally I dusted her skin with Mineralize Skinfinsh Natural.

On her eyes I used “whistle” (limited edition pale pink shadow from “Barbie Loves Mac” range), highlighting the lash/lid border and eye-brow arch with “Vanilla” and “Shroom” shadow. In the crease I blended “cork” eyeshadow using the #217 shader brush. I finished her eyes off with prolonglash mascara which is great for individual lash definition. To define her brows I used clear brow gel (to hold the hairs in the desired position) and then further shaped the brows with “Lingering” eye-brow pencil.

For her lips I used “subculture” lip pencil and a mix of “honeylove” and “kinda sexy” lipstick over lips well moisturized with MAC’s lip conditioner.

Photographer: Bevan Davis

Model: Salome from Boss Models

Make-up: Samantha Laura Kaye

Shot in Studio in 2009

If you would like to see the rest of the exhibition click here

“Looking though the window at life. You look amazing to me” is the title given to this photograph by the model, Kira Wilkinson. Kira and I shared a chalet whilst touring Jo-Burg with Madame Zingara and when she finally returned back from the UK I felt privileged to finally work with her on a test. I really love the ambiance of this photograph, the lighting, the reflections in the glass and the neutral colour palette. I hope to work with this team again soon!

Main Make-up ingredients: MAC: Face and Body in C6, brow-gel in clear,  eyeshadows in “brule”, “embark”, “cork” and “shroom”, technakohl liner in “graphblack”.

Pro Tip: When you’re applying your make-up with a clean, natural or matt look in mind use a non-reflective eye-shadow like MAC’s “brule” and then apply a colour like “shroom” (which is basically the same colour in a more reflective texture) in small doses under the arch of the brow or in-between the eyes on top of the bridge of the nose. Doing this helps to contour the face, draw attention to specific areas and sculpt the face – and the application of a non-shiny version of the colour first allows the eyeshadow to “dilute” making blending and subtelty easier.

Main Hair ingredients: OSIS “upload”, rollers and hairspray.

Photographer: Anton De Beer

Model: Kira Wilkinson

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Stylist: Kira Wilkinson/ Nicky-Anne De Beer

Location: Houtkapperspoort, Constantia Nek

2009

A clean cut beautiful girl dressed in White and Silver.

Pictures to follow for those of you wearing ivory – or red!

Main Make-Up ingre­dients: MAC: strobe cream (radiance), face and body foun­da­tion (pow­der only where neces­sary), mine­ra­lize skin­fi­nish (one shade dar­ker than her com­ple­xion for a gentle con­tour — alt pro­duct, bron­zer in “gol­den”) eyesha­dow: “cork” , “brule”, “vani­lla”, cre­me­blush in “uncom­mon” lip pen­cil: “spice” lips­tick: “honey­love” mixed with “kinda sexy” top­ped with clear lipglass.

Beaded Wedding Dress by Gavin Rajah.

Photographer:Robert Miller

Model: Chelsea L from Infinity models

Stylist: Cally Palmer

Make-up and Hair Artist: Samantha Laura Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Cape Town.

2009

Make-Up: Main Make-up Ingre­dients: MAC: Apply Strobe Cream — to give the skin radiance, the buff Stu­dio Fix Fluid -( in my expe­rience it’s the lon­gest wea­ring of MAC’s foun­da­tions which makes it ideal for bri­des) into the skin with a stip­pling brush (I like the #187). Apply “vani­lla” under the brow bone, “Cork” and “bronze” to the crease, “All that glit­ters” and “arena”to the ball of the eye and then line the eye with “rich ground” fluid­line. Set the brows with clear brow gel, and then gently fill them in with eyebrow pencil: “lingering”, gently dust some “gingerly” (sheertone) blush onto the cheek­bone for a girly glow. Dust over the entire face with Prep+Prime trans­pa­rent finishing pow­der and then finish the lips with “smoothberry” lipli­ner and “full-for-you” plushglass to really accentuate that pout.

Hair: Spritz the hair with GHD “thermal protector” spray, section the hair and roll into hot rollers, seal with hairspray and finish with a shine enhancing spray such as Loreal’s “Play Ball – Silky Sunrise”

Pho­to­grapher: Sally Mellish

Model: Clare Kuiper

Bou­quet: The Flower Market

Hair and Make-up artist: Samantha Kaye

Cape Town

2009

Kira Wil­kin­son is a South African Actress who I felt pri­vi­le­ged to work with. She has an amazing body, accompanied by a powerful face and powerful soul. She pulls off this shot fantastically!

Main Make-up ingre­dients: MAC: Face and Body in C6, brow-gel in clear, MAC eyeshadow in “brule”, “woodwinked” “embark”, “cork” and “shroom”, tech­na­kohl liner in “graph­black”.

Pro Tip: When you’re appl­ying your make-up with a “natu­ral  look” in mind – where you want to sulpt the face with colour (ie a light colour under the browbone) but without frosting or noticeable shimmer  in mind use a non-reflective eye-shadow like MAC’s “brule” and then apply a colour like “shroom” (which is basi­cally the same colour in a more reflec­tive tex­ture) in small doses under the arch of the brow or in-between the eyes or apply a dollop of “woodwinked” – (a veluxe pearl and especially shiny eye-shadow in a colour fairly neutral to people with tanned skin) to the center of the lids. Doing this helps to con­tour the face, draw atten­tion to spe­ci­fic areas and sculpt the face — and the appli­ca­tion of a non-shiny ver­sion of the colour first allows the eyesha­dow to “dilute” making blen­ding easier and turning the shimmer into “amazing” lighting or bone structure.

Main Hair ingre­dients: OSIS “upload”, rollers and hairspray.

Pho­to­grapher: Anton De Beer

Model: Kira Wilkinson

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Sty­list: Kira Wilkinson/ Nicky-Anne De Beer

Loca­tion: Hout­kap­pers­poort, Cons­tan­tia Nek

2009

James  wanted to focus on texture and light, monopolizing the unique set he designed for the shoot which utilized strategic channels of natural light with the help of an accompany assistant and his board, so it was important for the make-up to look “soft” and “fuzzy” whilst still sculpting Colette’s face. By using Colette’s natural colour palette ( the colours in her hair and skin) I was able to keep this look “simple” and “uncomplicated”

Main Make-Up ingredients: Blending! I used MAC’s #224 brush to really “fuzz down” her shadow and enable me to apply shadow from very light to dark without any tell-tale lines or patches. MAC eyeshadow: “brule”, “cork”, “garcon grey” lips: pencil in  “stripdown”  lipglass in “majestic”.

Main Hair ingredients: Rollers, “upload”, Bobby pins and hairspray – I applied OSIS “upload” to her roots, set her hair in rollers for some volume and height, and then brushed it down to keep it voluminous yet natural.

Photographer: James Strack

Model: Colette

Stylist: Caroline Olavarrieta

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Location: One League Studios

2009

James  wanted to focus on texture and light, monopolizing the unique set he designed for the shoot which utilized strategic channels of natural light with the help of an accompany assistant and his board, so it was important for the make-up to look “soft” and “fuzzy” whilst still sculpting Colette’s face. By using Colette’s natural colour palette ( the colours in her hair and skin) I was able to keep this look “simple” and “uncomplicated”

Main Make-Up ingredients: Blending! I used MAC’s #224 brush to really “fuzz down” her shadow and enable me to apply shadow from very light to dark without any tell-tale lines or patches. MAC eyeshadow: “brule”, “cork”, “garcon grey” lips: pencil in  “stripdown”  lipglass in “majestic”.

Main Hair ingredients: Rollers, “upload”, Bobby pins and hairspray – I applied OSIS “upload” to her roots, set her hair in rollers for some volume and height, and then brushed it down to keep it voluminous yet natural.

Photographer: James Strack

Model: Colette

Stylist: Caroline Olavarrieta

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Location: One League Studios

2009

Main Make-Up ingredients: Blending! I used MAC’s #224 brush to really “fuzz down” her shadow and enable me to apply shadow from very light to dark without any tell-tale lines or patches. MAC eyeshadow: “brule”, “cork”, “garcon grey” lips: pencil in  “stripdown”  lipglass in “majestic”.

Main Hair ingredients: Rollers, “upload”, Bobby pins and hairspray – I applied OSIS “upload” to her roots, set her hair in rollers for some volume and height, and then clipped it back with some bobby-pins in a relaxed upstyle.

Photographer: James Strack

Model: Colette

Stylist: Caroline Olavarrieta

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Location: One League Studios

2009

Main Make-Up ingredients: MAC: strobe cream (radiance), face and body foundation (powder only where necessary), mineralise skinfinish (one shade darker than her complexion for a gentle contour – alt product, bronzer in “golden”) eyeshadow: “cork” , “brule”, “vanilla”, cremeblush in “uncommon” lip pencil: “spice” lipstick: “honeylove” mixed with “kinda sexy” topped with clear lipglass.

Main Hair ingredients: Bobby-Pins, Brilliant Blonde Shine cream.

Photographer: Robert Miller

Model: Chelsea L from Infinity Models

Stylist: Cally Palmer

Make-Up: Samantha Laura Kaye

Hair: Samantha Laura Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

Year: 2008