Washington DC’s 2012 RAWards MUA of the year!

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Updated October 19, 2012:

THANK YOU everyone so much for your votes! I won Makeup Artist of the Year for the 2012 RAWawards in Washington DC, and now am in the running for the National Awards Show. The physical awards show to honor the winners will take place January 13, 2013 in Hollywood- Los Angeles, California at the gorgeous Belasco Theater.

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Additional information on the the awards show can be viewed at: http://www.rawartists.org/rawards2012 and for information on the venue, you can visit: http://www.TheBelasco.com/ Hope to see all the other city nominees there!
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June 14th – Makeovers & Martinis

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Update:
Hey everyone! The event was so exciting! Sandra gave a total of 4 makeovers and I gave a total of 3. The art there was absolutely amazing, it was hard to keep myself at my station haha. Gallons to Ounces preformed great music- a great mix of alternative, jazz, and soft rock. I also ended up premiering my makeup company with the host, which was such a great opportunity. I hope to definitely set another event up soon in DC and also NY. Stay tuned!

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May 19th – Charity & Volunteering for kids in DC

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On May 19, 2012 our team “27″ (to celebrate Trisha’s birthday) including Trisha, Ive, and I were assigned to a DC elementary school for Hands on DC to help clean up the school and to support public schools in the DMV area. The Charity event was a huge success! We were able to raise $1,346 to contribute to restoring the DC public schools and ended up being the top ranked team for the event.

Special thanks to all of our contributors!

Alin Apostol Allen Johnson of Creative Thought Media Andrea Dixon of Glama Girl Cosmetics Ben Sands Cedric Hardy of Fuze Magazine Chris Bucko Christopher March Collin O’Brien of Clockwise Daniel Rechel of The Definition Of Nyce David Brown David Potter aka DCP Photographer Dine Loshaj of Yorhealth Dinechka Makeup Elizabeth Hunt Elliott O’Donovan of Elliott O’Donovan Photography Farah Chami Harshika Errangani Jaime Aquino of 1st Impressions Studio Jeet Bahra Jennifer Phipps Jhake Alejandro Jittima Camara Julian Skinner

Julio Vasquez of YORHealth Karmin Kass Kenneth Duncan Khuong Phamdang Kosta Raptis of Rapteez Clothing Lana Rae Ligia Lopez Mary Richardson Michael Kozarski Nicholas Cambata of 8112 Studios Nicole Savoy Niloufar Hormozdi Paris Hines Richard Issa Bockari Ryan Lai of Push to S.T.A.R.T. Sandra Ayala Scott Higham of Washington Post Sharon Owens Shennekia Grimshaw Tony Collins Trisha Valencia Vannette Tolbert of Phoenix Foundation for Empowering Women Weikerken Altema Wendy Qiu Will & Jeny Martinez Zach Yamin Zymer Loshaj

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I Found Molly! With Cedric Gervais

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On February 11th and 12th I had the opportunity to work on set with 8112 Studios once again on a music video for Cedric Gervais called “Molly.” The first day was shot at 206 Studios in Alexandria, VA and the second day was shot at District in Adams Morgan, DC. My makeup station was set up on the level above the shooting, and I had the pleasure of watching the filming of the music video concurrent with applying makeup on the featured models. It was a long day of shooting, I did over 30 makeovers, but I enjoyed every minute of it. All the girls were friendly and enthusiastic about their roles. Here are some behind the scenes photos from upstairs: My makeup application, The hair stylists Yanni Metallinos, Sergio Giovanni, and Jhake Alejandro, Me and the director, Nicholas Cambata, with go-go dancer, Aymi Ayala, and the finished makeovers on extras Jana Dias and Valerie Downs:

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