Being a professional makeup artist for 20 plus years has brought me many extraordinary and creative experiences. This last year and a half has been riddled by enormous changes in our world and particularly in my industry. My business, like many others, was highly impacted by these trying times. Thankfully, this fall, I had the privilege of being invited to my dear friends’ wedding, where I had the honor of being the bride’s makeup artist during the pair’s magical weekend and events.
Through the years my work has brought me many incredible opportunities and introduced me to a multitude of wonderful human beings. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and connecting with many special people, which has often made my work not feel like a job. This mega special destination wedding was one for the ages. Beautiful Tammi, one of my dearest and closest friends since college, married her best friend and soul mate, while I had the privilege and bonus of getting to do her and her darling mother’s makeup for the occasion. I was overjoyed to celebrate this sweet couple’s union in an intimate beach wedding that left those of us who know and love them, happier and inspired, in a season of so much uncertainty and loss. The entire weekend was a beautiful, unforgettable moment-in-time which I’m deeply grateful to have been a part of, one that I’ll surely never forget.
I traveled from Chicago, IL to Marathon, FL with my very best products, energy and vision to deliver the bride’s ethereal, sun-kissed, sultry, bridal look for her big day, to the best of my ability. Considering the beach vibes, the incredibly talented musicians and artists that make this brilliant couple the legit rockstars and special humans that they are, combined with the majestic setting and wedding theme…Well, it was definitely a dream come true for me and a moment that I looked forward to since the second he asked and she said “YES.” The locale was perfection, all the spectacle of a coastal setting and a beautiful property. The weather, right up until the wedding day, had been uncooperative with lots of rain and humidity. This presented some obstacles and considerations when preparing the many elements of wedding planning, which included my selection of makeup products and application strategies to ensure endurance and flawless-wear regardless of the circumstances. As a professional makeup artist, I endeavor to deliver excellence in my own brand of magic to every bride I have the pleasure of working with, each and every time regardless of weather conditions.
Weddings are a blast and this couple know how to entertain! This divine destination wedding was a very welcome trip to paradise, where this bride and groom’s love was expressed through their generosity and vision for a dreamy, elegant, boho chic and musical experience. Every detail, from the fabulous swag beach-bags in our rooms, the epic entertainment, to the flip flops for the sand (dance) floor was thoughtfully and exquisitely curated by this loving couple. A spectacular event, delivered by an incredible location and resort team which I feel enormously fortunate to have gotten to enjoy first hand.
For my part, the bride’s makeup had to embody this epic, complete vision and moment. My artistic contribution and this bride’s beautiful inner essence which was externally decorated through the colors, products and proper placement that would intentionally make her feel comfortably herself with the bridal sophistication befitting her most special day’s celebration. All this, prepped and set to be captured in photographs, in the eyes of the bride’s beloved and in all of our memories forever, was the task at hand. If you understand the magnitude of this mission, you can see what a responsibility it is, when one is a professional makeup artist and one’s dear friend sits in that makeup chair on her very special day full of hope and excitement. This divine challenge and honor is not ever lost on me. I truly loved every second of this particular journey. I receive it as a great compliment and gift to be entrusted with such a labor of love and responsibility and consider it a blessing to be able to step into my role and deliver the goods. I returned home from this trip to the Keys inspired, with a full heart and large amounts of gratitude. This dreamy, ultra special weekend with these amazing humans I adore, will be one I’ll treasure and remember always. Congratulations to the Flyntz’s, it truly was an honor!