Makeup and Photo Shoot

So.... Hattie is already into makeup and wanting to look more beautiful, and not matter what I tell her - you don't need it, you are too young, you are beautiful without it, etc., etc.- she still wants to wear it.  She has gotten into my makeup and instead of fore biding her from it and the like, I decided that I will approach this by teaching her about makeup, when to use it and for what, etc.  Well, I don't know too much about it myself and I was at the library a couple of days ago browsing and killing time when I found some books about makeup.  I checked a few out, and learned some things.  So far the book I really like it by Kevyn Aucoin called MAKING FACES.  It has different looks in it, as well as his philosophy on doing makeup etc.  I really liked it.  Anywho, Hattie had fun going through it with me.

So on Mother's Day I decided to try some new things with my makeup.  I was too chicken to do a really dramatic look like I was wanting to try, and went with something that was more toned down.  Still a little more than I  normally do, but it was fun. This is it.  I guess you can't really tell very well, but it was different, so there.

After church I told Hattie we would do her makeup and have a photo shoot.  She choose what is called a 'wash'.  Basically you just put one color on your eyelids clear up to your eyebrows.  So we did a blue eyeshadow on her with light pink blush and lip gloss and a little bit of mascara.  Kevin was kind enough to take pictures.  You can't really tell that Hattie is wearing anything because it is so light, but it is there.

Kevin took some good pictures that I will now post.  We have some cute kids.

This is the look she gives Kevin when she doesn't like his teasing.

He was trying to get a close up of just her lazer beam blue eyes, but they were not turning out.  This is the best picture we got, and the best of the whole "shoot".

And then there is Jack.  He is such a happy boy.  He is just starting to be shy, but if you smile at him long enough he will give you a great big grin back.

We didn't get a really good one of them together. But oh well.

This was our 'serious model' pose.  Hattie is being really serious.

And of course Hattie wanted to take a picture of us.