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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Hair and Makeup: Love bonito's Christmas with Cherie Koh

This is a very outdated post featuring Cherie, the up and coming indie singer! Cause I remembered I did her hair and makeup for the shoot and only just found out where they were featured! :D

The original post:
http://blog.lovebonito.com/music-x-fashion-feature-cherie-ko/

My god, how talented can young people be nowadays?!

Check out her talent at:
http://vimeo.com/82440113
http://vimeo.com/82439082

So here's Cherie with all her sweetness and Mod Look makeup of the day!

Cherie koh's Christmas with Love Bonito

Cherie Ko's Christmas with Love bonito

Awww.... Such a sweet girl.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Hair and Makeup: Love Bonito Sports Luxe Collection

Oh My God! It's been such a long time since I updated my blog.

What with being busy before the Chinese New year and all and my 2 week long holiday to London!

I truly hope I have the energy to share my holiday experience here with pics and all....
I don't know how people blog as often as they do?!

Anyway I did a recent shoot with Love Bonito, featuring their sports inspired apparels!!

The materials feel really good and they have a chic sporty feel to it. ME likes!!!
BUT it's not something you can really wear for your netball game or for a leisurely jog in your park.
Of course you may, if you choose to do so. (Just be careful of those to die for undies you wear beneath!!) ;p

Here you go! (the pics! not the undies!)

If You love them, Go SHOPPING NOW!
www.lovebonito.com

Cheers
G

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Love Bonito Photoshoot: Poolside Party

And as we all know it's summer time! The hottest time of the year and supposedly the best time.
However, in tropical Singapore, It is ALWAYS summer. Not the best time, cause the heat and humidity is totally unbearable mostly and makes me extremely cranky.

IT MAKES ME SCREAM, SWEAR, BITE AND turn pretty VIOLENT......

Anyway, the recent spell of horrible air pollution brought by blowing winds from Sumatra to Singapore only made the weather worse.

It has inconvenienced many and actually posed a health hazard to all with PSI levels shooting up as high as >500?!!!!!! (ABOMINABLE!)

And to think the prime minister of Jakarta can frivolously brush our complaints off as being 'childish'?! Comparing this serious smoky polluted air as just a little 'barbecue smoke' WTF?!

IT caused TWO of my photoshoots to be postfoned and making us turn ugly and desperate by snatching packs of mask from another's hands literally because stocks are being depleted very quickly.

ReallY?! It saddens me the unscrupulous lengths we can go to make money. (and of course to buy the masks.... ZZZZzzzzz....
Apparently, the smoke pollution resulted from the massive burning of tress in Sumatra by big companies to clear land in the cheapest and fastest way possible.

WHY CANT they just chop the tress and sell it as a raw material or even use it as FUEL to generate power?!!!! They can also earn money NO??!! But in a more ethical way instead of wasting good resources by just burning it?!!!!!! ARGGhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Luckily, the haze cleared up so much that we are able to proceed with the upcoming summer collection from Love Bonito at W hotel in Sentosa!

I swear it was one of the hottest day I ever experienced. I felt extremely dehydrated and a bit lightheaded from all the heat, plus, sweat was cascading down from all of my pores....Thank god I didn't get heat stroke. I certainly felt like I was going to faint!

HYDRATE YOURSELF people!!!

Anyway here are the pictures!

Hair and Makeup by Me www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra
Photography by Nicole
Fashion from www.lovebonito.com

ENJOY!

Fashion lookbook photography

Fashion lookbook photography, poolside party

Fashion lookbook photography, summer girls

Fashion lookbook photography

Here are some behind the scenes madness.

Behind the scenes of Summer poolside party

Loving Jayne, looking ecstatic playing with her sharkie float. :)

Behind the scenes of Summer poolside party

And lastly a closeup of their looks for the shoot!

Summer Bronze makeup

Love,
G

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Hair and makeup for Megagamie, Online fashion

Recent shoot with online fashion store Megagamie.
http://www.shopmegagamie.com/

Apart from the cute and unique name, I love their dress collection! Some are designed by the owners, very talented I must say!

The weather was so horrible I swore I never sweated so much in my life before. Kudos to sweet model, Widya, who hung on just by sheer will power!
All of us were melting and photographer, Wilson, has already wet (with sweat) his pants but still taking shots also by sheer will power!!!! LOL

So lucky ladies, shop away in the comfort of your indoor space!

Going for the English vintage feel for this series.

Here are the pics shot by Wilson, Androids in Boots.

Hair and makeup by me
(www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra)

Hair and Makeup for Bonito's New Bridesmaids Collection

I love how soft and romantic Zianna looks! Definitely a girly girl though in real life, Zianna is a tough one to crack. :D

Aren't we glad there is a great collection here so that we will never have to worry where to get our lovely bridesmaids, Beautiful Dresses!
http://www.lovebonito.com/26-bridesmaids

Hair and makeup by me
(www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra)

Photography by Nicole

Styling by Daphne

Friday, March 15, 2013

The Blush Inc Lookbook: Spring Fling

I have just done a fashion lookbook for online boutique: www.theblushinc.com

The pictures turned out surprisingly good considering it was to be done in a studio where it can be quite tricky; due to the lack of 'scenery' and 'props' that outdoor shooting can offer.
To top it off, I was asked to create some splatter art that I got no idea what exactly the photographer or owner had in mind. So I just did it my way, R.A.N.D.O.M style.

Here are the pictures:

Floral hair and makeup by me
(www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra)

Floral hair and makeup

This particular picture has 'grass' under her feet. At that moment, what went through my mind was,

" I think it'll be great for her to step on some grass!!!

She reminds me of Alice in Wonderland

French Vogue Fashion hair and makeup

I thought this looked pretty French Vogue-ish, vintage, whimsy style.

My ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE

Whimsy fashion hair and makeup

I am so glad these turned out awesome. (At least with regards to Blush Inc's owner, who is the BOSS.)
Owner was worried earlier on and that made me nervous and this includes the photographer, whom I can feel the silent vibes of him crossing his fingers. Hahahahha !!!!

Monday, February 4, 2013

Love bonito: Oriental Launch

Shop Shop and AWAY!!!

Have you got your Chinese New Year clothes already? :)
The only thing I like about Chinese New Year is the great excuse of buying more new clothes. Apart from the angbaos that is........

Shop: www.lovebonito.com

Hair and makeup by me
(www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra)

Monday, January 21, 2013

Love Bonito: Oriental Series

Recently, I have the very honoured opportunity to collaborate with Love Bonito, being their Hair and Makeup artist for their catalogues and editorial shoots!!!

This online fashion megastore is owned by 3 very lovely and beautiful ladies. I love their success and great personalities.

Here is the most recent Editorial lookbook for the CNY's collection:

Photography by Nicole

Oriental Decadence

Spring Blooms

ABOUT ME

I work with a team of fellow artists sometimes, which allows us to better ourselves and also work as a group to deliver the best services to you all out there.

Previously graduated with a Diploma in Optometry, I realized that being an optometrist is not what I would be happy working in for the long term. So I decided to pursue the unknown in the artistic industry, which is what I've always been fascinated in since young.

I figured: You only live once, why waste it?

So, after graduating with a hair diploma course from Kimage, I realized styling is what I love most and decided to focus more on getting experience in this sector which unfortunately was not taught in-depth during my time in hair school.

I strongly think that hair should also really go with makeup for a lady to look ‘complete' and that beauty IS the whole package!!

So, I started to read up on lots of information on makeup and went hands-on on my own face and whoever I can get for practice!

Armed with self-taught makeup skills, a hair diploma, and MOST importantly a very determined and passionate heart, I took a huge leap of faith out into a new career path to get more involved in the industry.

I proudly say my forte is my versatility in my style for (with an added speciality on asian faces) and is often engaged for brides styling, fashion and commercial shoots/print ads, corporate functions and beauty workshops, personal makeovers and collaboration with fashion designers, photographers and videographers. (Pretty much anything you can think of)

Being able to do what I love and good at, often keeps me in an uplifted, jovial and cheeky demeanor, making people feel at ease around me very easily.

Currently striving to better my skills with experience and looking to expand my expertise in related hair and makeup projects.

I am proud to declare that I am Cozycot’s 100 most inspiring women for two consecutive years 2011/2012 and want to thank all the people who have supported me so far!

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www.facebook.com/artsy.gerra

If you would like to read about bits of my life in fashion and beauty or some random nonsense, scroll on down.

"It is ok to be mad, a little madder, or as mad as u can be.

Your parents would still have loved u.

But afraid of hurting them, u would have paid the price of ur dream.

Some people build exaggerated high defences against the outside world; against new people, different experiences and leave their inner world stripped bare.

And that is why, we become embittered people, lacking the will to live or die.

The Embittered, find heroes and madmen fascinating. In the end, both would die. (Heroes offer their lives in the name of a cause whereas madmen would commit suicide.)

But Because they forge ahead regardless of what other people say.

It 's only, at this moment, the embittered person would have the energy to climb up his defensive walls and peer over at the world outside, but then his hands and feet would grow tired and he would return to daily life..........

Yes I wanna be mad and as mad as I can be."

Until we meet,
Gerra