make up trial : shafini

make up trial : shafini

make up trial : mumtaz

makeup trial : mumtaz

semenyih @ dawn

30.04.2006


at first, i had no idea where semenyih was, i asked around...and luckily, its my frens' kampung. so i took him along that morning to show me the way. ooo... we had to hit the road really early (ketika jalan masih lengang), as her nikah session was at 9am in the morning. while i was doing make up,
he rested his grandma;s house which happened to be just 3 houses from the brides house.


basically, our arrival mengejutkan semua org dari tido pada pagi itu - bride pun baru nak mandi...:D
but alhamdulillah everything went well that day.

13 hours to arau

tonite , i intentionally digged out my photo albums and find pictures and trace routes of events that are not documented here, previously.

one of it was :

adilah and nur fahmy's engagement which took place in arau perlis back in 2006?

it was one of my interesting experience, as i had to travel up north for 13 hours from kl to arau on express senandung malam. adilah was travelling with me and we spent the night, making new frens by talking to 2 young korean student tourist who was on their way to penang.

we reached arau station around 7.30 in the morning, both her grandparents were there to pick us up. and the rest was history...

for this event, i did make up and her hantaran

*i appologize for low pic quality, as this were taken frm my hp cam :: this was the reason why it had not been uploaded before

naturale beauties

me still think the prettiest makeup is being natural
keep the makeup simple as possible , no extra blending... shading and contouring - less is more

but eyes.. definitely window to your soul..

oh.. i jz i love black n white potraitures.. 'wink

true story, values and tips

mumble jumble
got a lil fire up by the idea of regenerating charmchantek's engine again.
but im bit stuck of ideas on how to kick start this thing!! grrrr...geram!!
and here i am, thinking loudly : chatting and mumbling menda ntah ape2 ntah alone in this infinite borderless world. i surf.. and surf.. bump to quite a lot of beauty blogs.. or other makeup person's blog yang baru nak naik.. basically to see how others do / say / write .

what happened today
i was bit shock when my fren told me, the person who will be doing her make up on her special day charge her about rm 1200 per session jz for the make up alone. not including airtranspot and other charges ... he ( the makeup artist) must be making a lot of money!! wow... my jaw dropped. haha...
of caused, he did make up to a lot of celebrities. .
i wonder how much khir khalid's costs? (he live jz 2 floors down from mine, we shared lifts a number of times but havent got a chance to say hello - he's too occupied chatting with his 'glamourous looking frens :p) but i like razlan's better:) his touch are magic. and of course. (dtp's and photographers who will always make models appear beautiful in mags) ) jumping to another story,
theres one time, went to mac and asked the makeup artist at the store ( midvalley ) how much he charge for wedding makeup. he said dgn muka sombongnya -- ''em i would charge rm3oo0 persession hair and make up ''. pergh.. meleleh air liur makcik dengar..:p

where as jst now as i browsing through the internet, theres quite number of person who did nice makeup (pada mataku yng tidak pro ini) but their prices are wayyyy down low.

ada eh org sggp byr that much for makeup? maybe they re from different legue, whatever legue theyre in, for sure im not there yet. when naming my price, ive encountered with people that either respon -'' hah? so cheap?'' where there others that will say ' em..blh kurang sikit tak kak?''
hmmmmm...

how do they put value to themself?
experience? muka celebrity mane yg dah diconteng? how many times keluar tv? mags? popularity? ya.. maybe.. does qualification counts? talent.. because most make up artis yg pernah ditanya oleh saya berkata, mereka belajar mekap sendiri2. bukan dari sekolah..
susah juga....

how do you justify which makeup cantik and tak cantik.
technically, maybe the pros will know . but the rest, i think its all personal. as ones opinion and preference may differ form one another.

what do you do..
in choosing or trusting who will do you - especially on that special day...
are trust, and keselesaan between you and that makeup person.
i had experience where the bride, are so trusting (even the family are not very supportive) , makes me want to deliver n gives her the best (that i can give..) i felt responsible for her to look at her bests through out the day. even if im sweating or look like a makcik nyonya with 'toncet' hair do . but there are also cases where i felt like - do my job quickly and immediately leave jz because i felt a bit unwelcome.

generally...its important:
1. to give ur makeup person a warm welcome,
2. trust them.
3. respect he/she when they are at work
( dont let ur relatives or frens bugger them so much - u ask anybody, trust me, most of them will agree :: imagine, in within 2-3hours he/she is in important mission -- to beautify YOU so, less distractions are BETTER)
4. most importantly, discus with your makeup person what do you want. show them images of hair/tudung/makeup style that u prefer - if posible show them ur wedding attire / color etc as this infos will help sumtimes
( this has to be done before the important date)
5. or you may request a trial?
6. ask them wether they will stayback or not ( some makeup person will charge you extra )

and lastly;
ur frens.. relatives.. may recommend you to this and that.
but
its YOU that has to choose
as ur fate is in their hands.... hahaha


( i learn by hard : letting my neighbour chose make up person for me is one of my wedding day regrets :( )

-- owh the baby is kicking :: its 3.45 now and still i cant sleep

dingging my old stuff

digging my old photo album and i found collections of make up photos that are suppose to be uploaded into this blog. but havent got a chance to do so. :p

looking forward for this saturday. cant wait to play with colors and brushes again. the last time i did, was using watercolor...doing some manual renderings:D
hopefully ratna will bring some frens. and we're gonna have some fun. mekap2 and tangkap2 gambar.

ive seen some pictures -- one with vibrant colors -- its way out of my elements. bt wanna try that one out - and practice on my blending techniques, and be bit intense on application. i choose few images. vibrants vs nudes.

try to avoid dark smokey makeup.

looked at bobbi's website. glittery and shimmery shadows. thought wanna try that one also. but only great during nighttime. then... rasanya macam tak de eyeshadow glittery mcm tu :p heheh

hantaran : black, red, white

the theme is black , red and white. i only have four pictures out of 7 trays from this set of hantaran.

im using dip flower and combinations of organza ribbons.

again, the type of materials, and composition of design for bunga dulang or the whole hantaran may subjected to your likings and budget.

this is considered as simple and straight forward arragement

hantaran : pastel rose / wild flower

the theme was pastel rose / wild flower
material for the flower is paper/fabric with additional of paper ribbons

eventough the arrangement on the tray was pretty simple and straightforward. yet there are few detailings on the packing/boxes etc and theres an items where it needs to be folded and arrange neatly.

the dulang sireh also done in simple manner, small assymetrical composition , with additional of fresh flower. this was as the family said 'untuk cukup syarat je'

for examples on more elaborated hantaran : klik
http://charmchantek.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html

my 09' memoir

wishing happy new year, gleefully

2010

eventhough we are now in the 3rd week of january already,
still wanna wish a happy 2010 to everyone of you.
::cheerios::

wow.FOUR YEARS went by. eventhough not many, ive posted.
it was due to my studies, im not be able to commit to charmchantek and the blog as much as i wanted to. but i plan to keep this though, and i plan to resume whatever things that has to be put on hold before. insyallah...

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chapter 22 : wenny's engagement

wenny's engagement

section13 shah alam

i arrived on time and admit that i was a lil bit nervous. to be there that day i had to say no to other person who is also had engagement on the same date. but luckily wenny confirm with me 1st so there i was..

wenny is fully prepared n has specific ideas of what she wants (which is good) , not to mention that she got all her best friends with her that day.. and that makes me more nervous -- afraid of making mistakes and not be able to deliver exactly as she wanted. 'saya cube...' thats what i told her and started working. and mr photografer , izzat latip from pixelmedia ( http://www.ahmadizzat.pixelmedia.my/ )started snapping pictures documented everything for both of us, me and the bride-to-be wenny.

on her engagement day, despite of cloudy and finally rainy sunday evening

wenny looked sweet and pretty in pink-peach 2tone chiffon. the modern kurung was lightly beaded suits her perfectly. :) (for more beading works -- http://www.beadmeplease.blogspot.com/)

the make up is to enhance her best feature -- big beautiful eyes :) -- and -- senyuman manisnya..... :) so i used peach tone to compliment her outfit and on lips i used mix of sheer color lipsticks .. an slight touch of bronzers on her cheek bones to give her natural glow.

straight from the heart

assalamualaikum...

and a very warm greetings to everyone.................

its been a year and a half since i last updated my blog!! time flies really fast--2008 has gone in a blink--well its seems like that to me. :)

i've been really busy with my studies...and i dont have enough time to travel back n forth every weekend for any makeup job especially weddings. even so, i did few makeup for dinners if that weekend i happend to be in kl.

for those who have contacted my via emails, or through friendster or sms me.. thank you. and im very sorry as i cant make myself available for the whole of 2008...

ya..saya yang rugi..and 'sayang...' as many of my fren said. but i have no choice:)

anyway..bye2 08' and hello 09'

im back in kl!!

and are ready to kembali aktif untuk mencantikkan anda semua...my hopes are high... harapanya charmchantek tidak terkubur begitu sahaja as i had so much fun doing this. met a lot of nice peoples..and went to places that i never imagine going. i hope..ahh..so much hopes..tinggal lagi usaha kan?

thats all for now. will upload some latest work in a bit -- take care --