Beyond The Deadly Hallows Paint

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For this blog post I wanted to go with the topic of Halloween, since it’s right around the corner.

I decided to surf through the web to find Halloween makeup artist and I came across this one individual who was featured on ABC News. The Nikki Shelley, 33, is a makeup artist who really has a lot of talent. Shelley she’s one of those artist who developed her skills through self-teaching. I was impressed by her All Hallows’ Eve face paint collections that went viral. My favorite one of her face paintings is the scary clown face, face painting. The way Shelley is able to hide her face behind the paint, blend colors and make everything like authentic and real is beyond amazing. To be able to mix light and dark colors, shade and apply details to make everything seem real is a skill set that takes a lot of patience. For a self-taught makeup artist, I think Shelley is a heck of an artist.

Please comment and like below. Tell me what are your thoughts on Shelley’s face paintings. Also, tell me your Halloween costume ideas.

Beyond The Art Of Henna

The College at Brockport hosted their 14th Annual Diversity Conference, Oct. 2, 2014. The conference kicked off early in the morning at 8:00 a.m. and ended later that day at 4:55 p.m. Throughout the day there were multiple sessions taking place, from a cultural showcase event to a multicultural food tasting event. During the cultural showcase event, there was this one table that featured henna body art. I never really looked into what henna is and where it came, until now. Henna is actually a plant, a small tree, which is turned into body paint. This type of art style is mostly common among women. Women in Africa, Middle East and India mostly practice this art style. It’s a really fascinating style of art. Henna Rising was the name of the company that was doing the body art for individuals. It was very interesting to watch the two ladies make designs on individual’s hands. You really got to have a lot of focus and patience when making a design. I was impressed by the people doing the body art at the table henna table .You really have to be talented to pick up this style of art.

While I was browsing through YouTube, I was coming across individuals who created their own designs. In those videos I rarely saw any messing up, which could be an indicator that your talented. I came across this one artist who I thought was very talented. Her YouTube channel is Deborah Brommer, you have check out her channel. I also suggest you check out her webpage. If you’re interested in this type of art check out the video above if you haven’t, and witness true artistic skills at work.

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