Monday, March 1, 2010

Mylah Morales...Up Close and FABULOUS!

We are all coming off of a beauty high after the workshop Saturday, February 27th hosted by the talented Mylah Morales. She inspired a room full of young women, make up artists, and models as she shared her gift and industry secrets with us!!

Joining us for the event was model/actress, Chanta Patton, who was Mylah's muse for the day. She started off giving Chanta a clean beauty look that could be worn out with friends, or on the red carpet. Using various products to create the look, Mylah's choice items were brushes by Sonia Kashuk, and the NARS Orgasm Illuminator. She also stressed the importance of building and blending the foundation, as she used the Beauty Blender Sponge to do so.

Lunch was catered and served by celebrity chef, Ameera Leguex. Everyone indulged in delicious thai food, and chocolate covered strawberries, while drinking chilled Vita Coco! Chef Ameera has actually cooked for Rihanna, who is also Mylah's client! She also cooks for Lil Wayne, Keri Hilson, and many more!

After lunch, we were in awe as Mylah did her signature smokey look on Chanta. To make sure the students understood her way of creating, Mylah asked one of the attendees to come up and duplicate the smokey look on the model's left eye. Make up artist Carmen Sacca was chosen, and boy did she do a great job!


When asked about her make up techniques, or her reasons for doing certain things, Mylah simply said "you have to feel it." "There are no rules to make up, or certain product to make it look that way, it's your intuition." Once Mylah was done with her demo, the workshop attendees where able to work with products from NARS, and Smashbox on the beautiful ladies of LA Models for their portfolios. Photographer Ben Cope made sure he captured the right angles that emphasized the artists' work!


Overall, the day was a huge success, and Mylah really gave the artists a connection to cherish for a long time. She even spent time talking with the young ladies from Girls Inc. about their non-profit, and what they did for their community.


Thank you Mylah, Opus Beauty and our sponsors New Beauty Magazine, Smashbox, NARS, Secret, Cover Girl, Murad, Vita Coco and Box Eight for such a wonderful event!!

To see more of Mylah's work, and keep up with her busy schedule visit http://www.opusbeauty.com/ and check out their blog.

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Stay tuned to check out pictures of the make up done by our talented attendees. Let's see what they learned from Mylah!