On Location Beauty Blog

Esther and her husband met on a car website of some sort (I think they have the same kind of car).  Anyhow, when they decided to get married, their mutual friend and person that runs the car website offered to come out from Florida to shoot their wedding.  So cool! Anyhow, the photographer’s name is Tony Schreiber and he did such a great job!

Gettin’ ready….

The finished look…

The happy bride!

Don’t they look great!?

I LOVE her flowers!!!

Thanks Esther! We are so happy to be a part of your wedding

I just got some great pictures  and a sweet note from one of my brides last year…where does the time go?

“Hey Sherry,

 A friend was asking for wedding vendor recommendations which led me back to your website and beautiful photos.  You did such an awesome hair and makeup job for me and I wanted to thank you again.  I also can’t remember if I sent you any of my pro pics.  I’ve attached my favorite shot of the makeup you did.

 Here’s a link to a LOT of photos in case you want to browse.  Thank you again for making me look so good!”

 -Jennifer

Jennifer was blessed with naturally curly hair (one of my favorites!), so I used Tigi Bedhead Spoil Me on her hair prior to styling.  It’s great for defrizzing curly hair and giving it instant shine.  Then, I used a small iron to define some of her curls so there was a mixture of natural and more polished curls.  To finish the look, I just pinned a few sections out of her face for a soft, half-up look.

Jennifer wanted soft make-up, so I just perfected her skin with a bit of foundation and defined her eyes with a bit of liner and lashes…the look was completed with a rosy glow on the cheeks and lips.

I love how shiny and polished her curls look and the soft tendrils falling around her face.

Jennifer’s sister, Amy is also gifted in the hair department, so I had fun doing a coordinating style on her.

Here is Jennifer’s favorite make-up shot…how gorgeous are her eyes?!

The happy bride…

Thank you, Jennifer for sending these photos! What great memories

Well, last weekend was pretty busy for us On Location Beauty Girls.  We had 3 weddings on Saturday and one on Sunday, so we have a lot of photos to share with you.

I started the morning in Diamond Bar with Mini, who was referred by the beautiful DJ, one of my brides last year.  You may have seen her photos in my portfolio on www.sherrymcanelly.com, but just in case, here she is: Her photographer was Andrena Photography, an amazing photographer with a big heart who actually does a lot of Indian weddings.  Love her!

Anyhow, Mini and I had a pretty early start, so I was lucky enough to grab a quick shot before she had to head out to her ceremony.  As you can see, her sari was beautiful reds and golds, and she wanted to use those colors in her make-up.  We did auburn and gold eyeshadows with black eyeliner and big lashes.  We finished the look with true red lipstick.  I can’t wait to see her pro pics!

Meanwhile, Mandi and Tessa were busy working with Kirsten and her girls in Costa Mesa.  Mandi did everyone’s hair and Tessa did everyone’s make-up.

Here is Kirsten before and after…I couldn’t resist including the before picture because she’s so darn cute.  I love how her hair turned out and can tell her make-up was amazing.  Great job girls! And how cute are her bridesmaids?

Later in the day, I jetted off to Pasadena to work with Angie and her maid of honor, Natasha.  They were both BEAUTIFUL Serbian girls with amazing bone structure, which made my job super easy.  Thanks ladies!  I started with Natasha, who happens to own a really cool company called 2 Chix. (Maternity wear for the haute momma!) Check out their site…they have reallly cute stuff!  For Natasha’s look, we did clean glamour with full lashes and strong top eyeliner.  She had a really cute flower to pin in her hair, so we did a simple, low chignon.

Angie had trouble deciding between having her hair up or down, so I loosely pinned it up so she could take it down for the reception.  To give her hair lots of silkiness and shine I blow-dried her hair with Kerastase Oleo-Relax and pinned each section after blow-drying in a large barrel curl for maximum volume. I even used a little bit of dry shampoo in her roots for extra volume and lift.  To finish it off, I used a medium barrel curling iron to create soft waves and loosely gathered it to the side.  She purchased these really cute hair accessories from Chia Lieu Bridal in Tustin.  Here’s their address if you want to check them out: 362 E. 1st St. Tustin, CA 92780.  She said they had great stuff and were very reasonable.  Here are the pieces she purchased:

Angie’s make-up was a lot of fun for me.  It was clean and classic.  I used dark brown eye liner on top with a little bit of black in her lash line for extra pop.  I used some individual lashes to beef up her lash line.  Her cheekbones were so amazing that I really had the most fun with blush.  I think I used at least 5 colors! Ha ha! She brought a super cute MAC compact of lipglosses and the color we chose resembled MAC Prrr Lipglass.  Here’s her final look: Of course, I will share more photos if I can get some pro pics from her photographer

On Sunday, Marilyn and Mandi went out to Long Beach to do hair for Vanessa and her bridesmaids.  they all look stunning…I like how each girl’s hair is slightly different…it lets everyone show their individual style

Thanks everyone for a wonderful weekend!!

Ok, I’ve really lagged on posting Adrineh’s photos.  She looked so pretty and I took photos of the process for the clip-in extensions for anyone who may be interested in using them.   I met her cousin, Maral at the wedding and will be doing Maral’s hair and make-up for her wedding at the end of the month.  I can’t wait to share those photos!

Adrineh wanted her hair mostly down and we decided to use extensions to make her hair really full and long.  I made her a custom set of clip-in extensions and photographed the before, in-progress and after:

Before…

 In progress…

After!

And here is the lovely Maral…She wanted a soft, curly, exotic style gathered in the nape of her neck.  I had a lot of fun doing this style We will be doing something similar for her wedding.

Maral’s make-up was done by Tessa.

And finally, here are Adrineh’s pro pics (Courtesy of Handeland Tesoro Photography).  I think my favorite thing about Adrineh’s look is her eyes.  Adrineh wanted a little bit of drama, so I used Bobbi Brown Gel eyeliner to rim her eyes top and bottom.  If you look at her close up shot, it really makes the whites of her eyes pop.  We used lots of lashes and mascara to complete the look.  The rest of her look was soft and romantic.  I love how her hair cascades over her shoulders!

Wedding photographer extraordinaire Joe Latter recently gave me a copy of Ceremony Magazine’s OC Weddings & Events 2008, which features Rosie (One of our ’07 Brides).  She was a beautiful bride with fantastic style.  Her look had a Spanish feel to it with her hair in a low chignon enhanced with fresh flowers tucked behind her ear.  My favorite part of her make-up is that we used TONS of individial lashes in varying lenghts to give her eyes drama…they looked feathery and soft.  When I was done with her, I wanted to put a bag over my head because she looked so glamourous.  Anyhow, here is the shot from Ceremony as well as other images from her wedding.