Small town Prom, doing it Big!

Makeup has always been such a passion of mine, and every opportunity I get to be creative and make some one feel beautiful, I take it. My 15 year old cousin Aly, a freshman was asked to Prom this year by a Senior. Well, I guess there was a whole list of boys fighting over who was going to have the privilege of taking Aly to Prom and Gus won the fight. Aly asked me to do her makeup for this big day. Of course, "Yes" was my answer!

Aly lives about 300 miles away from Seattle in a small town South of Spokane. Since this was an opportunity to visit family as well as perform my art, my beautiful daughter Irene and my Mom Cheryl packed up the car and headed across state, bright and early Saturday morning. Aly was about bouncing off the walls when we arrived 4 1/2 hours later. Irene was ready to run around and play and I was ready to transform Aly into a princess.

Aly's dress was bright pink and full of sparkle, so I wanted to use colors that would complement her skin tone as well as her beautiful dress. I primed, then airbrushed her foundation & highlights using my Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics airbrush makeup. Keeping a light hand as we wanted to keep her freckles. I gave Aly a light grayish purple smokey eye with a soft pink and gold highlight from my Duwop collection. Aly had never worn false lashes before, so she was very excited, as she said "they feel heavy." I taught Aly how to contour her face with a bronzer and soft pink blush, she thought my trick was pretty cool. I finished her princess look off with Duwop's 2nd sin lip plumper, nude liner and a light pink Global Goddess lip gloss.

I think I saw tears in her eyes as she finally had a chance to see the transformation in the mirror. The full Prom transformation was complete after I helped her lace up her beautiful bright pink dress, put on her jewelry and she finished the look, with her adorable gray converse. After a quick photo op, and 3 brief threats of snow, her excited Mom & Dad (Mike & Becky) drove Aly to her dates house to meet with several friends, have another photo op and jump on the party bus before heading to dinner and Prom.

It was really cool for me to see this perma grin on Aly's face. I swear she didn't stop smiling the whole time I was doing her makeup. That made me feel pretty cool. I am positive Aly had a great time, she was definitely a princess. It was such a pleasure taking a road trip with my 2 favorite girls, hanging out with Aly, teaching her some makeup tricks, helping her get ready for Prom and being able to see some of my family, that I haven't seen in a while.

Thank you to the Tee family for involving me in this wonderful day. I had a blast!!

Cris