Thursday, March 31, 2011

Yay! Another New Zealand Weddings cover!!

hair and makeup done by yours truly using Kevin Murphy products! They're amazing! I use the Kevin Murphy Anti-gravity and Session spray, it lasted all day with this incrediable smell, and kept the hair in great condition! Be sure to include these in your bridal kit as well as this issue that is hot off the press, be sure to run out and buy your copy today!

Our Auckland wedding venue this time was the gorgeous Monte Celia in Hillsborough!
featured on the red 11 blog

check it out
http://redeleven.tumblr.com/

Saturday, March 26, 2011


Wedding hair and makeup done by
Stacy Lee Ghin in
Titirangi.

This bride originally hailed from London. She wanted a casual, intimate

wedding in nature. Waitakere's natural bush setting was the best venue for her.. The make up and hair had to reflect an easy, no fuss attitude but at the same time the bride needed to look glowingly gorgeous all day. I think she does! I used Kevin Murphy Aniti gravity, hair resort and finished off with session spray. The hair was soft and natural with staying power and shine.
Beautiful Auckland bride shot by
Russ Flat


Thursday, March 24, 2011

Soft natural wedding makeup up and hair in muriwai.
These girls are glowing! Their makeup and hair preference was to keep it really natural and simple.
The bridal hair and makeup is looking stunning with all the bridal jewellery and bridal gowns! Gown was by talented Auckland wedding gown designer Anna Schimmel..
The bride's hair up i did looks great in this photo too.
There's me just finish off the bridal hair up-do with a touch of Kevin Murphy session spray for shine, hold and anti humidity protection.
Waitakere brides demand the best! For wedding makeup, I use Christian Dior,
Lancome, Laura Mercier, Topshop, M.A.C, Yves Saint Laurent, Estee Lauder, Clinque, Chanel,
Smashbox, and L'oreal.
For bridal hair and bridal hair ups, I use Kevin Murphy, Redken, GHD, Argan oil (morrocan oil) L'oreal professional
I did this 1940's inspired bridal hair on the maid of honour. It look amazing on her. It was so nice to work with a bride who wanted some thing more creative.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Wow I'm so lucky to have done the bridal hair and makeup for the cover of New Zealand Weddings magazine. This bridal shoot was done at Mollies.. A fantastic place to have a classy Auckland wedding.. Nestled in Herne bay, this wedding makeup and hair was inspired by Louis Vuitton campaign ad. Slightly 50's theme its a great bridal makeup and hair look!
This was our second Auckland bride for our wedding shoot in Herne bay. The bridal makeup was soft muted warm tones with a slight matte finish.
Her bridal hair look is youthful, elegant, modern yet different from your typical Auckland bride. A good option to try out on your bridal trial!This was our second Auckland bride for our wedding shoot in Herne bay. The bridal makeup was soft muted warm tones with a slight matte finish.
Her bridal hair look is youthful, elegant, modern yet different from your typical Auckland bride. A good option to try out on your bridal trial!



I did the makeup and hair in Auckland for
Anna Schimmel's campaign.. in These dresses were so beautifully crafted, it's really couture..
Her bridal gowns are among the best you can find in Auckland.

i must have used a can of hairspray for this wedding shoot in West Auckland. The brief was to make it a high fashion bridal look, but also very clean and pretty. Very unique bridal hair!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

I really enjoyed doing this shot in Herne bay Auckland...

I prepared the hair with mousse in semi damp hair, then round brushed and pinned into a set. I then sectioned and teased, smooth hair back into a pony tail. I hid the elastic by covering it and bobby pin a piece of hair around the elastic. Then the remaining hair tease and spray with hair spray then smooth it out and pin into shape.. Yes it was a bit of work.

the makeup was soft and matte with apricot cheeks on the apple and brown shadow used as liner with a wet brush. and nude lipstick.

Simple makeup more complicated hair.

Result= groomed lady like look that is inspired by the current
LOUIS VUITTON campaign.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010


my New Zealand Weddings
cover!! on stands now!!

click on the picture to enlarge!!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010


Fashion's Quarterly's special edition magazine

OCCASIONS

click on the image to enlarge!! ox


Saturday, June 19, 2010

for glowing skin before the big event:

be sure to

get ample sleep at a decent hour.. the later the hour lesser beneficial time you have for skin repair and rejuvenation.

drink lots of water and lemon..in chinese culture apples are said to improve the health of skin.

vitamin b is great for lips that are consistantly cracked.. the acid in tomatoes are also believe to add to the stress of cracked lips..

look out for a lip balm that includes all natural ingrediants like beewax and coconut oil.. try TUI BRAND. located in your pharmacy or health food shop..stay away from ones that dont include a majority of natural ingrediants as much as they promise some medicinal treatment, these are usually not very effective. exfoliate lips with wash cloth or soft toothbrush will help encourage softness and fullness.

try a weekly exfoliation with a paste of water and almond meal, also try steamming face over a basin of hot water and lavender essential oil followed by a gentle facial massage with a facial oil.

for ezcema and dry itchy skin try collodial silver in a spray bottle. which you can find in your pharmacy.


best of luck

stacy

all the makeup and hair photos shown here have been done by me.....enjoy i will try to update as much as possible...
be sure to check out NZ WEDDINGS magazine for my articles concerning tips for hair and makeup.














this was shot by david shields (http://www.davidkshields.com) for NZ WEDDINGS magazine
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