In The Makeup Room with Lucky: Prom Edition with Nicole Holness

special guest appearance by my dog, Jose.

MTV Publicity Photoshoot

check out some behind-the-scenes footage from the MTV hosts photoshoot I did makeup for:

In The Makeup Room With Lucky: Sheena gets a Nicole Holness inspired look

Power Outage!!

Today there was a major power outage in many areas of Toronto. The MTV building was in one of those areas, and after some deliberation as to whether we were just going to give up and go home, we decided to shoot some of the shows outside and tape the live shows.

But first, I tried to do Aliya-Jasmine's makeup in the pitch dark. I always tell her that I know her face so well I could probably do her makeup with my eyes closed... well, it appears I cannot:



So, we asked one of our interns, Kalista, to hold a light while I got AJ ready to do MTV News:





Thankfully, the power came back in time for me to shoot a tutorial with Sheena where we recreated Nicole's Pop Yo Bottles look:



and, Lise Watier put up another pic of makeup I did on Sharlene!! CLICK HERE to see it!!

Lise Watier

Lise Watier was kind enough to put a pic of a makeup I did on Nicole Holness up on their tumblr!! CLICK HERE to see it!!!

Nicole blows off some steam...

your daily laugh with Nicole

it's never boring in the makeup room with Nicole.



how DID her bum get so small, anyway?

moments before the show:

just another day behind the scenes at MTV Live:

Mean Girls

Thank God the people I work with know I have a dry sense of humour and (most of) the stuff i say is a joke!!! Here is Nicole & Sharlene imitating me:





I'M JUST KIDDING YOU GUISE!!! (most of the time)

Nicole gets a Nicki Minaj Inspired Look

How To: Makeup Inspired by Rihanna on Nicole Holness

makeup inspired by Rihanna in the "Who's That Chick" video ... enjoy!

Happy birthday Nicole!

Nicole was pretending to be in a coma for a photo that was part of one of the taped pieces on MTV Live. I couldn't resist using the opportunity to sing her Happy Birthday in that moment. I'm not sure why I it sounds like I have a smoker's laugh... oh well. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!!!

hip hopera

just more of Nicole and I being geeks in the makeup room:

How to: Nicole's Bronze Glow

serenaded by Nicole

for those of you who don't know, i call MTV Live's Nicole "talent" and she calls me "makeup". stupid nicknames that just stuck and have gone on for years... here's Nicole singing to me in the makeup room:



sorry for cutting you off, talent.

Fora Magazine, Back to School!

starring MTV Live's Nicole Holness and contest winners Osmayra and Rebecca.

all photos by Ron Ruiz and Gary Samson.

for my beauty article, click here!























to see Fora Magazine, click here!

Sneak Peek- Pop Yo Bottles video

a few months ago i wrote the treatment for Nicole Holness' new video for her song "Pop Yo Bottles". I also had a heavy hand in the styling, some of the directing, the editing, and of course i keyed the makeup! this was the first time i've ever attempted writing a music video treatment, and it was a really fun process (read: a LOT of work!!). i had an amazing makeup team that day (can't thank them enough) and the extras were all hand-picked and wonderful to work with. what a great experience! i'd love to do it again.

we shot in a gorgeous horse stable about an hour out of the city. when we first arrived everyone was overwhelmed by the "eau de farm" fragrances but after a while you kind of forgot about it. i grew up having 3 horses, so it didn't bother me... i think i was the only person there who also wasn't afraid of horses, so when you see the video, those are my hands in the quick shots of the horse being washed. there were so many beautiful animals there... it was fun to shoot with cute barn kittens running around! i think the horse i was washing really found it a relaxing experience as he peed... on my boots. i couldn't jump out of the way for fear of ruining the shot.

here's a few sneak peeks from the video:




there were a lot of wigs on set that day and a lot of the male extras had a great time putting them on and doing runway up and down the stall aisles. unfortunately i didn't have time to document it.





yep, that's the horse who peed on me.

we also worked with a lot of liquid latex that day... actually, Nicole technically isn't wearing a top... i painted red liquid latex on her upper chest. Nicole and i have been friends for about 4 years now, and though we know each other quite well, painting her tatas took it to a whole 'nother level.



at one point i dropped a whole jug of black liquid latex on the floor. i had a moment of panic before realizing that it's really the easiest cleanup ever... once it dried, we just peeled it off the floor. whew.



here are myself, the director, and some of the extras watching playback of the "burlesque girls" scene... those girls were really into it and it made for some pretty steamy entertainment!! the girl in the front with the black lips plays the teacher in the "teacher/student" scene and she stole the show... and the guy with the black and white mask beside her is the choreographer, who we ended up using in the video in a last-minute decision! he was fantastic, too.


i loved this day. i wish i could live it over again. i love my job. thank you, Nicole, for giving me this opportunity.

creative shoot w/Nicole Holness

photos by Richard Sibbald.