Nicole Holness - POP YO BOTTLES - Official Music Video

Here's the video for Nicole's new song! I wrote an earlier blog about the making of this video which you can see here. I'm so excited for you all to see it!

the very last Hills Aftershow

What a crazy ride it's been. I remember when we first started The Laguna Beach Aftershow years ago. I used to be one of the Aftershow "friends" on a regular basis before the show gained momentum (and viewers!!). We shot it in the studio with no audience. I was the one who made the stencils for those god-awful "Team LC" and "Team Kristin" shirts that Dan and Jessi wore on that first show... and those cocktails in the martini glasses used to be real cocktails, not Vitamin Water!

I was so proud to watch Dan and Jessi grow during the duration of the show, and watch it get picked up by the U.S. and be one of the first shows to go live from Canada to the U.S.! Eventually we were invited down to LA and NY to participate in the premieres and finales for The Hills (which I've written about in past blogs). I used to stand back and watch the audience file in and fill up the Concert Hall and was just in awe of how successful The Aftershow had become.

As we all know, all good things must come to an end, and the last Canadian-aired Hills Aftershow was very emotional for everyone who had been involved with the show. As Dan and Jessi said their goodbyes at the end of the show, they both got choked up which sent our entire crew and the devoted Aftershow Friends into tears.



Tika has been an Aftershow Friend almost since the beginning. She had quite a following of her own based on her "tell it like it is" personality and fans in the audience would yell "TIKA!!" when she came onstage. All of these photos are courtesy of Tika. She's a little emotional in this one:



I have to add Tika's comment on this photo... it made me laugh! "4 years and NEVER had one picture with Lucky...She did my make-up and ALWAYS made me look beautiful even though I was NEGRO-late EVERY TIME!!! EXCEPT THE LAST SHOW!!! I made it a priority to make it on time! love you Lucky!!! Thanx for the memories! LOVE! :)"



Sad to see it go, excited for what the future brings!! As they say in the biz, That's A Wrap!!



Now, off to LA to do the big Hills finale!

Coeur de Pirate!

So proud of my friend Beatrice! She's on the cover of Quebec ELLE for August 2010 and she looks so great! (i didn't do the makeup...credit goes elsewhere for that!)



Here's me and B after I did her makeup for the MMVA's this past June:

gorgeous bride

i just love this photo of Sasha, the beautiful bride... i'll post colour pics later so you can see the makeup, but there is just something about her in this photo...

Jessi is a Fashion Fatale

i did Jessi's makeup for this fun pic in the Toronto Star... view the complete article here.

Fora Magazine, Summertime!

all photos by Ron Ruiz and Gary Samson.

check out the new issue of Fora, along with my makeup tips!

Much Mommy

one of my favorite faces is Erica Ehm. I say this in a broader sense than just doing her makeup; i say it also because i grew up watching her as one of the first VJ's for MuchMusic. as a teenager i was glued to the tv watching that channel, and watched Erica interview some of my music heroes. growing up in small town British Columbia, i yearned to have a career like hers: wear cool clothes, talk to rock stars... i mean, come on. but Erica was different than so many of the other women i saw on tv at the time. yes, she was smart, and gorgeous, but there was something unconventional about her. she really brought her own personality, her own quirkiness to the screen. as someone who felt out of place a lot of the time as a teen, she subconsciously encouraged me to just be myself, and be so fearlessly.

fast forward a few years, and i see that Erica has created a new empire. no, that's the wrong word... she's created a community. it's for mothers. yummy mummies, to be exact. i love hitting up yummy mummy club because, in my opinion, it's not just for moms; it's for all women. and being the smart cookie she is, Erica didn't follow the paths others had laid out for her, she created her own. i'm going to guess it was by following her heart.





now, i have the pleasure of working with Erica on a regular basis, doing her makeup while she hosts Bravo! At The Concert Hall. she's everything i thought she would be when i used to watch her on MuchMusic, and now even more. she's smart, funny, gorgeous, compassionate, personable, professional, one of the most open people i know, and now i can also say that she's become a mentor.

Erica has featured articles i've written on her blog, and even mentioned me in a few of her own. (i promise i'll get around to writing a post about that whole Bono/The Edge thing in detail...)

just another reason why my job's pretty sweet.