Okay, okay, okay.....i promise to blog more, and not get so caught up in work and getting work. So instead of big long winded ( ehem, that's my middle name ) posts, from now on you're getting more stream of consciousness blurbs and random thoughts. Like this one- I was on one of my Facebook group pages and responded to this post when halfway thru I realized, "this is such a common question I should do a blog post about it" So thanks to Misty Deupree for the inspiration Misty Deupree What is a good makeup (traveling) case that has a lot of compartments and space? And affordable Unlike  ·   ·  Unfollow Post  ·  3 hours ago You like this. Dyana Aives   Okay I'm kind of a makeup case hoarder, they're like shoes to me, I can never get enough and love all of them in my own way! Having said that,   Here'e my NUMBER ONE, NUMBERO UNO MAKEUP CASE  Kett makes an EXCELLENT one, this is actually my number on...

It makes my job so rewarding when I can reach my clients in such a way that they will take the time to write me a letter of recommendation.  It makes me positively giddy to know that I have 34 of these letters (22 for makeup & 11 for makeup and hair and 5 more for makeup instructor!)  So a big Achievement for me and a big Thank You !-  To all the Producers, Directors, Agents, Photographers, Models, Actors, (MY AMAZING STUDENTS!)  and fellow creatives for all your wonderful feedback, it's nice to know that I've touched your life as much as you've touched mine. Thank You see these gorgeous recommendations here! Recommendations 

 I've been going to The Makeup Show NY since day one, and every year after, so it was strange seeing it in my new home, LA. To help make this an unforgettable event, one of my besties & fellow beauty blogger, Stephanie (@newbeautyreview) flew in from Arizona, and we were special guests of one of the artists I look up to most, makeup legend Sharon Gault, known to most of us simply as MamaMakeup (@Mama_Mu_Sharon). Every show that Steph & I have ever gone to together, (and I think that's almost all of them), has been legendary, this was no exception. with David from OCC @ occmakeup with (@ JeffreeStar ) & Doe Deere  creative goddess behind LimeCrime @limecrime Lemme throw some pictures at you, just so you see what this amazing little circus is really is like, at a show! Sheila McKenna for Kett Cosmetics @ kettcosmetics my personal "Anthony Robbins" & guru Crystal Wright   @Crystal_Wright   ...

(clockwise L to R) Pro Palette Eye Shadows in : Carbon, Copperplate, Rice Paper, Vibrant Grape Goldenrod, Dazzlelight and Espresso  Lipstick in Russian Red & Lady Bug, Pro Longwear Lipcreme in Soulfully Rich, Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Supremely Confident and Gotta Dash, Mineralize Concealer in NC20 & NC30, Strawberry Patch Crushed Metallic Pigment Quad, Fluidline Eye-Liner Gel in Blacktrack, Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner in Black Swan, Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in Bittersweet, Black Tea Sheen Supreme Lipglass, Lust Lipglass As the Makeup Department Head for the upcoming film "Girl On The Train", written and directed by Larry Brand (Halloween: Resurrection) I called on my good friends at MAC for some inspiration for the female lead. Because she is playing a "mystery woman" I wanted to give her very different looks, from very natural to very dramatic. I chose the following palette.... Carbon, i use this over my pencil liners to soften and smudge, Copper...