Flawless is wrapping up 2010!!!

Check how Flawless is wrapping up 2010!!!

 December 10th at Elle VJ Boutique. This class will teach you how to Pop that Holiday Party Dress with fabulous Make Up! You can't have a fabulous dress, hot shoes, beautiful hair and no make up? Just doesn't sound right does it? Let us teach you how to achieve and evening look to finish your look! RSVP at holidaydazzle@gmail.com

Next up is a fabulous Fashion Show with Flow by Tara Davis on December 18th. In my opinion...Tara is one of the very few designers in our area, who knows the true essence of a "real" fashion show! And we are so honored to be providing the make up for this show! I have been looking forward to working with Tara for quite some time! Her designs are absolutely amazing! A chance to watch real models who can really walk in Charlotte...now that's rare! lol *sorry, but it's true* We hope to see you there!!! Check out the details!

More to come very soon! Make sure you are following the blog for all the updates about Flawless Make Up Art! and so much more! ;)

Big Announcement for Flawless! :)

Okay! So we have a super exciting announcement for Flawless Make Up Art!  My company, Flawless Make Up Art has recently partnered with T. Strong aka StyleMayvin and popular blogger Amelia Keith of Pretty in the Queen City , to take the beauty and fashion industry in Charlotte to a whole new level!!! 

T. Strong currently provides Charlotteans her weekly Life and Style Tip of the Week on Fox News Rising in addition to keeping all you fashionistas in the know of what's hot in the world of fashion on her website www.stylemayvin.com  From positions as a buyer with companies such as Nautica Enterprises, Lord & Taylor and Renault Printemps/Redcats USA , to fashion show productions, to being a fashion expert for the International Soul Music Conference in 2009, T. Strong  has had success at all levels of the fashion industry.

Amelia Keith is the the writer and editor of Pretty In The Queen City. And is definitely no stranger to the beauty/fashion industry. She has years of previous modeling experience with credits on her resume’ that include Heidi Klum’s In an Instant , Cover and Editorial for First for Women Magazine, Pro White Teeth, as well as many other print projects over the span of 10 years.

Pretty in the Queen City is where she shares her love of all things pretty. As well as her her love for beauty products, fashion, and a good “find”! 

As we partner together to create a beauty and fashion industry in Charlotte that you have never seen, remember that our goal is to make women feel beautiful and confident about who they are.

I can't provide any additional info just yet as we have some top secret projects for 2011 but trust me on this....

Our TRIANGLE is a force to be reckoned with!!! And I must say the prettiest triangle you've ever seen! ;) Kisses! ;-*

Impress yourself!

 These are just a few pics of some of my newer work...I was stunned when the photog said they were unretouched. That was a beautiful moment. Especially after all the emotional turmoil of New York... I really doubted myself and my artistry for a while. Whenever you put your art on the line to be critiqued...there will definitely be someone there who will not like it...and will absolutely tell you! lol

I believe there are definitely general rules to follow...but I continue to pride myself on individuality! As a true artist...none of our work should look the same. As long as I like what I did, and it fulfills something in my soul...no one else's opinion really matters. :)

 Photos  YM Dezigns...Yeng Moua
 Hair  Samantha Huntley
 Wardrobe Tiamany Exclusive
 Models Carolina Talent

So to look at your work...think its been altered because it looks that good...and then find out its just what you did. Wow! A beautiful thing! There's no better feeling than impressing yourself! :)

 Here are some of the un retouched photos...enjoy!
Kisses ;-*

K Ci and Jo Jo "Come Clean"

Another Show I worked on!!! I worked on Mama Hailey and sis...and of course K Ci and Jo Jo, while they were here in the QC. Still amazes me to know that people can flip through the TV channels these days and see MY work on television. Yet and still it's more amazing that they want to question your rates! LOL *side eye* But that's another blog! Ta Ta til next time! :)

 Creative Loafing's Interview with K Ci and Jo Jo

Finally...a word on my experience in New York

I have prayed over speaking about my whole experience in New York. All I can say is that New York was a life changing experience for me. I learned so much...and not in any way that I expected to. I came back home soaked in disappointment. Close to tears every time someone even asked me about the trip. The specifics of the negative aspects are not necessary. Now that I have had time, prayer and clear thoughts to reflect on the full of the experience. It has changed my life in so many remarkable, wonderful, and fabulous ways!! God showed up in my life! Protected me like a father! Blessed me with opportunity! Showed me the true value of my life and everyone in it! I went to New York with intentions of going to the next level in my career... I had no idea that it was truly to reach the next level spiritually.

I left Charlotte with my nose in the air, unappreciative and spoiled with what it had to offer. I just knew that I had reached my limit here... I was above this silly, country, city.  The same place that offered undying support from loved ones... the same place that sowed seeds into my journey...the same place that had provided me every opportunity until then...

To arrive in New York City, a foreign place, where people barely new my name... And certainly didn't know who  I was...and more importantly, could care less. Unfamiliar territory...subways, and buses, and walking for blocks. People with hardened faces, cold spirits and bags that weighed them down. Literally and figuratively. Everybody hustlin! Just tryna make it...to the next level...a rat race. In a huge city...with huge rats! lol! Not even the pigeons there care to say excuse me, getting all up in your personal space! I had to adapt, to a cold stare, as not to show emotion or thought...not as if anyone would have cared...but not to appear weak or "country". All this to a woman who is used to strangers who say good morning! To cars that stop in the street and let you pass by as they wave. To people who know its customary and "good manners" to say please and thank you. Now I'm not saying that there were not nice people there, because there most certainly were! But the city, as a whole, was not... nice. Just so happened the woman I connected with the most, was from North Carolina! lol. I never realized how long 9 days were...until then. To be away from home...from true love. 9 days to never feel...at home. Can you imagine that half the people there are not at home...majority are not even American.

I came back to my city. To my loved ones...to the ones that love me. Truly. As I walked into MY Apartment,  just to gaze on what was mine...my friend Johnatha had put up balloons and streamers and flowers. I collapsed to the floor in tears. They were tears of joy, of frustration, of release, of thanks. That I had that! I had real friends, I had real love, I had a home. I think somewhere in the experience of New York, I almost forgot what it felt like...God reminded me. What I have here is so much greater, than anybody's idea of what success is. My appreciation is renewed and restored. God is simple, we make life hard...I am thankful...and that makes the experience more rewarding than anything a person could ever give me.

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Forgiveness...

Forgiveness is a word and act that I have been presented with in many forms over the past few months. By nature, I have been a grudge holder. Even since I was a baby! LOL! My parents told me stories of how as a baby they could do something to upset me...and I wouldn't laugh when you tickled me for weeks after! Just grunt! (Crazy huh? lol) I personally have been very careful over the years, of who I let close to me...because I know how sensitive I can be. So when one who is close to you does something to hurt you, it is truly devastating. It hurts to the core, and breaks your heart. There is nothing worse than when a friend breaks your heart...much worse than a boyfriend or girlfriend.
But as my walk with God grows closer...Forgiveness is something I am presented with over and over. And I have already stated...its challenging for me. But I have also learned more about what forgiveness is, and more importantly, what its not. It's not about letting someone back in and allowing them to hurt you over and over again. And it's not about saying you forgive when you know you still harness feelings of regret or animosity. There is no time limit on the process... it is an individual journey.

The absolute first step is to pray. Forgiveness is God's specialty! So he will give you the words and the way to approach it. The key is to address to the person who's hurt you, what they did and why it hurt you. Number one making them aware, and Two, giving them a chance to take action. That way the air is clear, communication is achieved. Sometimes people really can't see themselves, so you can't be upset with someone who is not aware of what they've done (although people pretend they don't know all the time). At least you have made them aware, so there is no room for assumption on either side. If the person is not there...then tell God!
Once it's off your mind, it can be off your heart. You have to let it go...that is forgiveness!!! Not continuing to dwell on what they've done...no matter how bad it is!!! It is much easier said than done! And sometimes this process can takes days, weeks, months or years... pray about it daily until the burden of it is lifted.
I think the last aspect of this is where people get it mixed up, I know I did! Forgiving someone doesn't mean that you have to let someone back into your personal space, or into the same position they were in...it just means that you are no longer dwelling on the past. Ready to move forward, with no ill feeling towards them. Forgiveness is not about making someone else FEEL forgiven...its about giving the issues up to God, and loving in spite of. When you can smile and have peace about an unpleasant situation, and know that love is in you. But make wise decisions as to where to keep people in your life, after they've hurt you. The forgiveness is not about them...it is totally and completely about YOU!!!


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Next Class.... For the Woman who knows nothing about Make Up!!

Check out Kelley Carboni-Woods at www.SlendidSoirees.Com .... she does amazing events and so enjoyed partnering the first class with her, we decided to do another!!! Don't miss this one!!! October 10th!