woo hoo i finally edited the video for the prom hair and make up i did this year for my cousin cecily.

and i have to shout out REL for letting me use his music.  to listen to his other tracks from Out of Veiw check this site out:  http://rel.swtbrds.com/

brought the ombre back

a couple of years ago, i finally decided to lighten my hair.  i only trust certain people with my hair and being that my hair was virgin at the time, i was really nervous, so of course i turned to my cousin charrie.  (she is now does make up for celebrities.  check out her site:  http://charrielanette.com/) 
after awhile, of course, in true mel fashion, i let my hair grow out and didn't die it to cover it up.  but, i was approached by a friend and she asked me who did my ombre die.  i had to let her down and let her know that i actually just let my hair grow out.  lucky me, my hair was in fashion and i didn't even know.  lol
so i've rocked the ombre on and off for the last couple of years.  and i wanted to bring it back again.  i found a picture that i was inspired by and showed it to my friend iya.





we scheduled time before i went to coachella and this (picture below) is what she did for me.  to be honest with you, i was a little leery at first.  i am actually always like that with everything.  but, i told her to let me sleep on this before i decide to make any other changes. and i'm glad we didn't change anything.  i woke up in the morning and LOVEEEDDDD my hair.  and so did everyone else.








if you would like to contact iya for any of your hair or makeup needs, you can do so at melizza.ferrer@gmail.com.  she does any type of special events as well, weddings, prom, all that good stuff...hair and make up!

prom hair and makeup

my little cousin cecily, got asked to prom again this year. and she asked me to do her hair and makeup again. being the nice cousin that i am. of course i said yes. lol
here's what i did for her last year:

(original blog post)

i asked her how she wanted her hair and she sent me this:

here's my variation. cecily has HELLLLLAAA hair and it's really really thick. and of course i wanted it to be a little different.

i added little twists here and there. there is one on each side, one distinct one on top. and if you look closely you'll see a couple of twists hiding in the curls.

i was quite pleased with myself when i finished. i always liked playing with hair, but in no way am i a professional. and to be honest with you, i was quite nervous doing her hair last year. this year, i was actually a little excited to try it out.

here's what i did for her make up:

no flash

with flash

and here's the final look: