Kerli Music Video for the Alice in Wonderland Soundtrack

A few months ago I was fortunate to be a part of Kerli’s new music video for the Alice and Wonderland soundtrack, Almost Alice. It was a long day of shooting, but the costumes hair and makeup were killer and it was such a fun day on set. The video was shot entirely on green screen! Check it out and let me know what you think!!

Makeup by Me

Kelly Baker, Jessica Abeling, Tori Guarrasi, and Kristen Turner

Check Out Behind the Scenes Photos!

Happy New Year!! It’s hard to believe we are a decade into the 2000’s already! Today, everyone has probably started working on their new year’s resolutions for 2010, and I am right there with you. Most resolutions are forgotten before Valentine’s Day even rolls around, but I am a firm believer in setting goals and working toward them at full force! As most of you probably know, I am a freelance makeup artist and I just wanted to share several of my work related goals with my readers to keep myself accountable and motivated.

Before that… Let’s remember 2009!

My Biggest Accomplishments in 2009 (work related)

• Getting my first billboard!!
• Working on a series of Geico Commercials for the National Geographic Channel.
• Assisting an amazing artist for a Coca Cola Campaign.
• Getting my first magazine covers (2 of them!)
• Working on a national commercial for CiCi’s Pizza

2010 Goals!

• Continuing To Build My Portfolio by Working with Amazing Photographers, Models, and Stylists- Working in print is my favorite area of makeup artistry. Collaborating with a team to create a visually flawless still image is my favorite thing to do! I am constantly pushing myself, and I am so excited to beat down the doors of the photographers I am dying to work with this year.
• Work with More Celebrities- Being a “Celebrity Makeup Artist” is not one of my main goals, but there is a certain prestige that goes along with the title. People assume you are better if you have celebrity names on your resume, and agencies look for it too.
• Do More Television Work- While print is my passion, TV has been growing on me a bit more lately. I would love to continue to explore this area of my craft by doing more commercials and promos.
• Get on an Agency Assistant’s List- Artist agencies are notoriously difficult to sign under. I would loooove to be able to get on several agency’s assistant lists in the next year to start building these relationships.
• Get to Know More Makeup Artists! Knowing other makeup artists is crucial in this business. They can refer jobs to you when they are booked and vice versa. It’s great to be able to talk to other artists, swap techniques, chat about products and share work horror stories I do not know many makeup artists and am determined to find several this year! If you are a makeup artist, please send me a comment or an email!
• Grow My Blog- My blog is still very new, but I am in love with it! I have always loved to write and this is a great outlet for me. I want to continue to make it grow, and I would even love more readers (even though I love the ones I have already ).

So here they are, my goals for 2010! What are yours??? Please share!! I would love to hear about them.

A Few New Photoshoots To Share..

I recently got two shoots back that I worked on a few months ago. I love shooting beauty! Especially with photographers that know what they are doing  I hope you like them!

www.lindseyrivera.com

Makeup: ME

Hair: Nicoletta Gauci

Photographer: Olesja Mueller

Model: Marie

Makeup: ME

Hair: ME

Photographer: Baokhanh Hoang

The Perfect Lip Color For World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS Day and it’s geared toward educating the public about the people living with HIV and AIDS. In observance to this important day, Obsessive Compulsive is donating 100% of the sales of their red Nail Lacquer “NSFW”  to NAESM.ORG. I have never tried their nail polishes but I am in LOVE with their lip tars!!!

I am wearing their NSFW Lip Tar, in honor of World AIDS Day:

It’s a little bit darker in person. More of a deep blood red.

A recent photo shoot of mine where I used NSFW Lip Tar as well. I love it!

Makeup: ME

Photographer: Casey Rodgers

Model: Alexandria

Tribal is Taking Over!!

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It started during New York Fashion week, when Rodarte’s models dawned tribal style body paint on their arms as they walked the runway. Each model’s designs were unique and it looked great with the slicked hair and green lights. Last month in Italian Vogue, photographer David Sim’s published an amazing editorial spread focused on designer clothing and tribal art. Inspired by both looks, I actually did a photoshoot of my own centered around this tribal art. It’s actually much harder to do than it looks! The lines needed to be clean and I only had several hours to do two models. It was really fun though!

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Most recently, Shakira put out a new video where she and her dancers are sportting the tribal trend! They only wear the art on one arm but this is a great example to show how much fashion influences all aspects of the media. It started on the runway, traveled to editorial and ended up in the mainstream music scene. So cool!

Rodarte at New York Fashion Week.

All the models wore different tribal designs on their arms. (In Depth Overview Here).

Gorgeous Tribal Editorial “Keith Me,” in November’s Italian Vogue

(In Depth Overview Here)

Shakira and her dancers wear a tribal design down one arm in her brand new video “Give it Up To Me” .

My take on the tribal trend!

Makeup: ME!

Hair: Jose Monzon

Wardrobe: Krissie Torgerson

Photographer: Susanne Kindt

Rainbow Makeup Mask

I went out last weekend as Lady Gaga so last night, I just decided to do some fun makeup to pass out candy and hang out with some friends. Halloween is the perfect time to experiment with color, and get crazy with your makeup! It’s not perfectly symmetrical because I had limited time, but it was super fun to wear! I wish everyday was Halloween.

What I’m Wearing:

MAC Studio Fix Fluid NC35

Mehron Black (for the outline of the mask)

Yaby Pearl Paints (Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange)

MAC Red Pigment.

L’Oreal Voluminous Mascara in Carbon Black

MAC Blacktrack Fluidline Eyeliner

MAC Shooting Star Mineralize SkinFinish

MAC Creme de Nude Lipstick

Annnd My Gaga Costume Last Weekend:

Find the full makeup tutorial here!

I just wanted to share one of my newest shoots.

Photographer: MVSEVM

Hair: Yuri Michaels

Wardrobe: Kenn Randell

Model: Jac

My New C-Heads Magazine Spread

I shot this story last summer with photographer, Claire Curran Corbett. The wardrobe was super fun, and it was my first shoot with agency models! Anyways, randomly, today I get an email from Claire today saying that the story has been published in the new issue of C-Heads Magazine! Gotta love it when that happens! I’ve never heard of C-Heads Magazine before, but after checking it out, it’s actually really cool. It’s dedicated to anything and everything creative, from art to music and fashion.

Check it out! www.C-Heads.com

Makeup and Hair: Me www.lindseyrivera.com
Photographer: Claire Curran Corbett
Wardrobe Stylist: Randi Astrid
Models: Amanda @ Next — Piper @ Q.