Leading Expert in Camera-Ready Makeup Artistry 2026 - West Coast USA LUXlife Professional Excellence Award 2026

I get so busy and lost in the minutae of life that sometimes I completely forget to post about the really good things… the unexpected surprises and blessings, the little sweet moments, the cherished time with friends, the really good jobs with amazing clients, my wonderful coworkers….etc.

This is an example of a really amazing thing. I woke up one morning to this announcement… LUXLIFE Health and Beauty Awards 2026.

Leading Expert in Camera-Ready Makeup, Artistry 2026 - West Coast USA, LUXlife Professional Excellence Award 2026.

What a gift. I lose sight sometimes just how lucky I am to get to do something I love so much!

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

A chance to play with aging fx on our movie "...And Out Comes the Wolf"

Last year I worked on a movie called “…And Out Comes the Wolf” by Big Newport Studios. We had a big crew of bg and featured background actors and on this day our locations manager was stepping in to be the “grandma”. In the movie our “our grandma” gets sick and so we needed to age her and make her look more sickly.

I rarely get the chance to do fx makeup like this. It was layers of alcohol paint and dehydrating her skin to make her wrinkles look more pronounced. We bounced around adding latex but were short on time so it was all about shading and layering and sallowing and adding the red, browns in copious amounts and hoping it would read right with the lighting.

Overall, I am really pleased with the effect and how it looked in the film. It is fun for me to try new things and actually succeed the first time!

A photo of our actress before her aging makeup.

A photo of her after we added layers of paint to age her.

Oregon Ballet Theatre 24/25 Upcoming Season Preview

I love my job because I get to do such a variety of projects that it keeps it fresh for me. One day is commercial makeup, one day catalog looks, one day there may be tattoos or tattoo coverage, another day FX, another my require wigs ang wig styling. Rarely do I get the freedom to just create a makeup look without direction. That just delights me!

I walked into OBT’s promo season shoot with some idea of what we were doing but I was so excited to get to create the makeup looks from scratch. A cut crease, a modern take on Marilyn’s iconic look, a more ethereal glow. So. much. fun!

Check out the video and photos of work!!!

Video by Christopher Peddicord. Artistic Director Dani Rowe and featuring OBT dancers.

OBT Hansel and Gretel

OBT Giselle

OBT Marilyn

Numéro Berlin, Issue #4, "Amazonen"

Yay!  It's finally out.  I rarely get to do editorial work anymore.  There's just not much here in Portland so I jumped at the opportunity to step back into this pool and finally be able to update my portfolio with new images!  Win win all around. 

This was photographed by Robbie Augspurger.  Produced by Leah R. Brown. Styled by Goetz Offergeld, assist Rose Mackey. Makeup and hair by me and Shelly Willis.  This is the first time I've been privileged enough to work with Shelly.  She primarily works in LA and we tagged teamed on these models as there were 8 of them and each had 3-4 looks.  Sometimes I did makeup, sometimes she did makeup, sometimes I did hair, sometimes she did hair.  Sometimes we did both.  It was a busy day to say the least!!!

Here are some of my favorite images! 

Hair and makeup by me

Hair and makeup by me.

Makeup and hair by Shelly Willis

Makeup and hair by Shelly Willis

Makeup by Shelly Willis, hair by me

Makeup and hair by me

Makeup by Shelly Willis, hair by me