VOTING!!! Yahhhhhh

So voting for MakeUp Artist of the Year for RAW started at Midnight last night. You can vote once per day per email. Hint Hint ;) Voting started today (Oct 1) and goes until Oct 15th. So thats only 15 days of voting. Lol. And I know that seems a little annoying BUT feel free to send me any and all of your emails and I'll add them to my list of "Voters." With a valid email I can do it for you!

To Vote: Go to RAW Artists: http://www.rawartists.org/. The first time you go to the link you'll have to fill out a Username, email and password. Every time after that you can just login in with your email or username and password. The link to create an account is at the top of the RAW Artist homepage.

To Vote: Go to RAW Artists

At the top left you'll see "Click Here" (in green) to vote for RAWards 2011

On the next page select a username, enter your email and password then REGISTER TO VOTE!

Next screen go back up to top left where is says:

"Select a City" (in green) and Select ORANGE COUNTY, CA

It'll take you to a new window and at the very top you'll see all the Category Selections- select "MAKEUP"

Scroll down until you see my picture and name and click on it 

(I'm wearing a grey shirt and my name is Kelsey B)

On my page in the middle above my name you'll see a box that says "Vote for this artist" 

Click it!!!!

You can vote once a day!!!!!

And like I said at the beginning, feel free to email me or leave your email(s) in the comment section below if you want me to put you on the "Voters" list and I can do it for you :)

Together we can change the world. LOL

I have a really great chance to move to the next round. Its literally going to come down to a few votes, so please please please vote! I promise to vote for any "Cutest Holiday" competitions you put your kids or dogs in ;) 

MakeUp!!!

Two weeks ago I did the MakeUp for a fashion show. The clothes were from the Galeana line and the designer is Jose. He was so fun to work with. I had a really great time doing the makeup, collaborating, meeting the models and other artists and getting dressed up. Haha. The fashion show was at Sutra in Newport. Its a club and the fashion show started at about 10:30. It was such a fun way to do a fashion show! Such a different vibe. Loved it. My friend, Kristina, came with me and we did the makeup together. We make a good team :) And we might take a lot of pictures together.

So anyways, while we were doing that, Kimmy, a director at RAW, who just so happen to also be organizing the fashion show, mentioned that they might need makeup artists for next week's showcase. Pretty sure Kristina and I jumped right on that. Lol.

RAW is all about Natural Born Artists. They have showcases once a month that feature all kinds of artist's work: People that paint or create art on canvas, poets, bands, Djs, Hair stylist, MakeUp artists, Models, etc. The showcases are designed to Showcase the Artist and their work and get their name out into the world. Or at least out into their community :) When you are a "Featured Artist," along with your work being showcased, you get professional pictures for your portfolio and an interview on RAW Tv. Its a pretty cool thing to be a part of!

So, the next Friday we helped out with the MakeUp for the Showcase. Initially there was only one Makeup Artist and 10 models, so Kristina and I got to do a good amount of the girls and both of us ended up being featured that night! We ended up with some great photos and were both interviewed. And then we stayed and danced our lashes off the rest of the night.

Cut to this week :) I filled out a profile for the RAW website...and just in time to make the nominations for MakeUp Artist of the Year!!! WHAT? Yes! The first round of voting is all done by Fans (and friends, and family, and blog friends and followers..hint hint ;) Voting starts at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. I will definitely let you know how to vote once voting opens, don't you worry. BUT I really think I have a good chance of making it to the next round- with all y'alls help of course.

Its been so great doing the MakeUp for these events. Makeup for fashion shows is so different. And I love it. Its a little stressful, just because we're working under a timeline and "stage makeup" takes a little more time, but I love being able to do dramatic makeup and funky makeup. Its great being able to make it bright and expressive and intense.

AND I'm the Featured Makeup Artist (along with Kristina Brooke!!!) at the next RAW Showcase. It's called Pulse and its October 21st at Sutra. Wanna come??? Tickets are $10. If you want to buy one, or some, let me know! I'll get you on the list :) Its going to be Halloween themed. Our walk through is Oct 7th, so I'll get more info on a makeup theme, and what, if any, designers I'll be working with. Can't wait!!!

Featured Artist!!!

All the pictures are on my Facebook Makeup Page: MakeUp by Kelsey
Feel free to browse around and "Like" my page! I post and update often on that page.

Me, Kristina and Kimmy <3

I'll post tomorrow (and probably every day voting takes place ;) with all the voting info and links your little fingers will need. THANKS!!

Raya Recently

Girls are so much more fun to dress :) Lets start with this shirt from my Mom:

It's her Raya Rainbow shirt. Its pretty dang cute. When my mom got it it looked huge! We actually talked about ordering another one in a smaller size because it'd be forever until she fit into this one. And then 6 months later its perfect!

Her name on her sleeve

The back "Love, Nana 2010"

Just a cute one of her and Gentry when he got home from work.

Such a Cheeser

I LOVE these shoes!!! I would've bought them in a couple sizes, but this was the only pair and they were in her size. Can you say Fate? 

I love that Gentry's shoes/feet are in the background. I didn't even plan that. I found these skinny jeans that bunch at the ankles when I found the shoes...all at Ross for so cheap :) God I love a good sale!

I've never been a Hello Kitty fan, but now that I have a daughter I think it's so cute!!! 

This is a 6-12 month dress that still fits, but prob too short to be a dress, so it was a shirt today!

So grown.

MY FAVORITE!!!!

Sunday afternoon at Nana & Grandma's

Yep...Nana's teaching her just like she taught me :) Oh and guess who made Raya's flower girl dress for the wedding she's in..yep, my Dad. This is my life :) So glad Raya gets to experience it!

Ahhh, she's so fun to dress up :) I know I only have a little longer until she refuses to wear what I pick out. Oh man, that's gonna hurt! So until she does, I will take full advantage of this super fun time!

Raya Recently

My favorite outfit of the week!

Shirt is from her Aunt Romina (she got it at Target)

Jeggings (Children's Place)

Nike Air Maxs (That she's already growing out of :(

It was hard to get one good picture of the outfit...so here's a couple different angles. She's really starting to look like a little girl more than a baby :( Uhhhhh, stop!!!!

She got to go in Nana's spa this weekend because the heater was broken so it was more like a kiddie-pool. She LOVED it! It was a Nana/Grandma weekend...and clearly she was loving it :)

I LOVE THIS KID

Me at 31 weeks. I'm sure I could do a whole (long) post on the super fun past weeks ;) But I'll spare you. Baby is healthy and growing by the minute. There's a good chance he's a cage fighter! You know when you get trapped under the sheets or in a sleeping bag and get claustrophobic and have a mini freak out and kick and wail? Sometimes that's what it feels like he's doing. I keep trying to get it on video. It's crazy how he moves around. Sign of what I have to look forward to???? 

We're still looking for a place to live. I was super stressed about it last week, but for some reason I'm super hopeful this week. WE SHALL SEE...one of the most annoying things is that I can't put up Christmas decorations I bought 2 years ago!!! Right cause that's what I need to be worrying about. LOL.  We leave for Texas on the 20th and are there for 10 days and get back Dec 1...so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we'll have a place to move into the beginning of December (and a place I can decorate!) 

Hope ya'll are having a good weekend! (Yep, I said Ya'll. I'm preparing for Texas :) 

Jeggings!

So for those that don't know what Jeggings are, also known as Leans, they are Jean Leggings. I got a pair after I had Raya so I could fit my "not so ready to be in my pre-pregnancy jeans" body into something other than leggings. And by "something other than leggings" I mean something that was leggings but didn't look like it ;) They are super comfortable and cute. THEN, my friend Olivia found them in baby sizes!!! What a great surprise when I got the package in the mail, and there they were: Size 18month Jeggings. Immediately the outfits I could make with these flooded my mind :) The pair Raya has are from Children's Place. I've also seen them at Target, but the ones at Target didn't have pockets. Of course I had to pair them with her Fuggs (Fake Uggs.) Enjoy!