Brutal Hearts video shoot

I had a great time hanging out with my friends Bedouin Soundclash and Coeur de Pirate shooting the video for Brutal Hearts. This one is directed by the legendary Bruce MacDonald and I was quite thrilled to be working with him. My job seldom feels like work and this day was no exception! I did Beatrice and Jay's makeup first... here they are being silly:



and here is the lovely Miss Bea:




The following afternoon we shoot in a park in Kensington Market. This park is FULL of local characters, which was hilarious and provided us with much entertainment:



The video includes 5 dancers, and the skull makeup was inspired by the movies The Warriors and Dead Presidents with a bit of a tribal/voodoo/New Orleans/Día de los Muertos vibe thrown in.

I love this shot of Eon & Sekou:


Bea & Jay taking direction from Bruce MacDonald:


the boys:


Here I am posing with the dancers:










and here is the band's manager Dave (a/k/a Zizou) being Very Busy talking about Important Things:


Looking forward to seeing the video... the song is one of my favorites. So happy to be able to be part of it!!

Armistice

last week my dear friends Jay and Beatrice were on MTV Live with their new music project Armistice. Bea's face is one of my favorites... i love how she looks like an old soul and a child all at once. i gave Bea some bronzed smoky eyes, and Jay a haircut. love it when my friends are part of my work day... so much fun getting to hang out with them.











Check out the new video:

Life Is A Gun

here are some stills and a bit of behind the scenes from Jay Malinowski's "Life Is A Gun" video that i did hair and makeup for. the video's mood is quite dark, but we really had a lot of fun that day just fooling around and being silly. you should definitely check out Jay's album, and if you aren't familiar with Coeur de Pirate, i suggest you become so. her music is so lovely.

check out the video here.











giving Jay a trim after i beat his face (with makeup, of course)


with Dave G from Pirate's Blend Records and the lovely Coeur de Pirate