The Juggling Act

Wake up, Morning shift at the hospital, gym, makeup experiment, work on column, shower, make lunch for tomorrow, dinner, bed. Wake up, gym, afternoon shift at the hospital, burlesque performance, drinking, stumbling, bed. Wake up, Hungover, (on call at the hospital) work on column, makeup lesson, photo shoot, dinner with friends, home, bed. 

This is my life, it is constant, and never ending, don't get me wrong, its amazing, fun and exciting!

I am constantly asked "how do you fit it all in Eldiese?" This question is referring to my lifestyle, my extra curricular activities. My usually response "I don't sleep". 

Let me give you the run down of my life... I am a full time Scrub Nurse (meaning that I assist surgeons and help operate),  I am, of course, a makeup artist, I am writing a column for a Women's Fashion Art Magazine, I am constantly trying to develop, experiment and play around with my looks, as well as giving makeup lessons... I am a busy woman.

I am also studying this year, photography courses, writing courses, photo-shop courses, makeup seminars, i want to better myself always, educate myself, learn off my superiors and my peers. 

So my life is crazy! But I maintain that a healthy level of sleep deprivation is essential for my crazy creativeness! 

So i became the queen of juggling to cope with the life I lead, I'm sure I poss a lot of people off at work, particularly because I swap a lot of shifts, and am  constantly running out the door of a shoot, or the gym, or the hospital in order to get where I need to be next. 

Sometimes I don't see my housemates for days on end, weeks sometimes, I miss out on a lot of events, because I straddle two worlds... on the days that my colleagues have parties and dinners, ninety percent of the time i have a photo-shoot, or other commitments, I miss things,  I cant fly home to go to events that I want too attend, because I have to work or do makeup, or I simply cant afford it because a client hasn't paid me, or because I needed new makeup supplies. So I guess there is a sacrifice for the amazing life that I lead... I miss things. 

But you know what? With all the events that I miss, the in jokes that I'm not in on, the people that I piss off or disappoint... I wouldn't change my life for the world, because I am Eldiese, I love my life, the people, the color, the excitement. I love it all. 

So I became the Queen of Juggling. 

2012 - The Year That Was In By Eldiese Land

2012 was such a huge year for me! It was my first official year in business, and I have to say, I am extremely stoked with how it went!

So here's a visual recap of the year that was...

 I was head makeup artist on a fashion show for a Benefit to 

raise money for Lisa Marie, during which I met Megan Gale!

I got to work with American photographer Debbi Rotkowitz.

 Many many many photo shoots with the fabulous Matchless Snapshots

Countless creative concepts and shoots with some of my amazing friends 

 I was Head Makeup Artist for Model Success's Model Bonanza's. 

I won the title of VIPARO Makeup Artist of the Year and was flown to 

Sydney to shoot their 2012 look book.  

Black light body paint (enough said)

                      

and many many many creative looks on myself!

So that about sums up my year! Needless to say, that I have done many more shoots, but these are my favorites and I am so looking forward to what 2013 has to offer me!

Being Sexy in the 21st Century

Photographer: Adam Bell-Ghijben
MUAH: Eldiese
Model: Eden

I was meandering along Brunswick St (Melbourne) a few days ago, and I happened upon an interesting conversaion... walking infront of me, were two reasonably attractive females (well reasonablly atrractive to me, but we'll get to that later) who were discussing just that, heir atractiveness. 


The first woman (at biggest a size 14) was complaining tha her thighs were too big, and the second, a woman with the most amazing legs I have ever seen, was complaining that she wasn't sexy enoough to attract attention from the oposite sex... and then proceeded to explain to her friend that that was why she wore low cut tops. My judgement of these two females was cut short after this last comment, as I realised that I too, had been guilty of getting the girls out for the boys just to get a satisfactory glance on a firday night, I mean hell, I live my weekends in steel boned corsets. However as she and her friend began comparing aspects of their physical appearance that were the least sexy, I thought, "There aare people in the world with all kins of kinky and extravigant fetishes for the weird and wonderful, so how is it, that the two of you have never found someone who believes that you are sexy? And on that note, who decides what's sexy? And does it differe from person to person?"


To answer my questions, I turned to my friends, facebook and fetlife. I posed the question, "Who is your sex symbol and Why? and What do you find Sexy? 


And what did I discover from the World Wide Web? I discovered, not only is Marilyn Monroe the No.1 sex symbol out there, but that everyone, everyone had a different opinion of what was sexy. Whether it was a physical trait or personality trait, not one person answered in the same way. Answers included:


confidence tattoos curves eyes breasts  short hair good sense of humor
modesty      Smile flexibility intelligence      caring    honesty smell   age feet 
height  skin colour booty accents weight dirty talk   peircings   kink  cooking 


So long story short... stop comparing yourself to other women, I know its hard... and I do it as well, back stage at a show, commenting on the other performers and their bodies... but we have to stop! 


You are beautiful!!! believe it! Own it!

xxx

Eldiese

Theatre of the Nameless

Hey Guys!!!

Ok, so have you seen Illamasqua and their collections? Recently, I was stalking their website HERE

and came across their Theatre of the Nameless look....

specifically this look:

The Theatre of the Nameless collection is amazing, I didn’t think it could get much better after Toxic Nature but well yep they did it again. Once again the imagery for the collection is exquisite and I urge you to click through to the website and have a look at the pictures yourself. But here's a little look-see.

• cream pigment: Androgen (coral) and Depravity (magenta);
• pure pigment: Zeitgeist (black shimmer), Beguile (light shimmer) and Berber (auburn shimmer);
• precision ink: Havoc;
• nail polish: Taint (stone brown), Kink (bottle green), Vice (deep cerise) and Faux Pas (blue violet);
• shimmer blusher: Ambition (neutral) and Morale (rosed flush);
• lipgloss: Façade (grey pink), Belladonna (deep pink) and Sheer Lipgloss Violate (dark green shimmer);
• lipstick: Kontrol (blue violet);
• false eye lashes: Grandeur and Weimar.

So I sat myself down and came up with my own adaptation of the look!! Please keep in mind that I did not have the privilege of using the Theatre of the Nameless range to complete this look, as it was 3am and the shops weren't open. 

this is what I came up with... 

So I did a V-Log so you can learn how I did this look.

And here are the products that I used....

The products used for brow blocking are listed below:

Scar wax can be bought here

Spirit Gum can be purchased Here

Spirit Gum remover can be purchased here

On the lips I used:




Eye Ink:
Which can be purchased here at Gorgeous Cosmetics. 
This is by far my favorite eyeliner! It is smooth and long lasting. 

Ben Nye  Eyeshadow in Jade

Can be purchased  Here

Lumiere 12 colour palette from Ben Nye vibrant colours are pre-set in a professional metal palette. Colours: Ice Aztec Gold Silver Azalea Cosmic Blue Sun Yellow Ice Gold Tangerine Chartreuse Jade Amethyst Cosmic Violet

So you can see stills from the look at the Colour of Bordeom and 3am on Eldiese (MUA)'s facebook page


and you can see the video Here


See you next time!

Rites of Passage Tattoo Convention & The Bad Ladies

http://www.facebook.com/ritesofpassagefestival

Hey Guys!!! 

So this weekend I spent an amazing few days at the Rites of Passage Tattoo Convention!!! 
Rites is a three day arts, tattoo and music festival with a focus on tattoo history & culture held at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens Melbourne. And is your chance to see or be tattooed by some of the worlds respected, renowned and up-and-coming tattooists who show cased their artwork on living canvas.

I was there as a member of the Bad Ladies, selling sexy items of clothing and rockabilly wear!!! In case your interested in coming and see me perform, I go under the name The Matron

The Bad Ladies were started by the Headmistress Kitty Rock in the early 2000′s The Bad Ladies Agency is Australia’s Leading agency housing artists,musicians, actress’, burlesque & vaudeville performers, dancers, circus performers, designers, costume makers, photographers, make-up artists, stylists, producers & promoters. 

But my role there was, of course, makeup related!!!

I was there to provide my makeup services to  the lovely Bad Ladies, as well as  the clients of the  Boudoir.   I lost count of how many photoshoots we did. but the makeup was cute and rockabilly  themed and I had so much fun!


The Boudoir  provides all hair, make up, styling & full costume that been designed individually to suit you for your memorable, exciting and fun photo shoot!  The Boudoir houses Artists, Actresses, Alternative Models, Burlesque Performers, Circus Freaks, Dancers, Designers, Drag, Graffiti Artists, Promoters, Producers, Photographers & Musicians.

The highlight  of  my weekend, was by far, meeting Bonnie... a fan of my work, who I had never met before, but she recognized me!!!!  it was amazing, experiencing my own mini celeb moment! :P




And a big shout out to Sway Darling  who  taught me the most lady like way to  pick a wedgey  in public! :P

Here are a few behind the scenes shots with me and the gorgeous Bad Ladies!!!

Me (Eldiese (MUA)) with the Gorgeous Faye Fatal

The Gorgeous Sway Darling and Cassie Harding (what you cant see are Sway's Purple lips!!!)

a little head dress fun with The Matron (Eldiese), Bambi Lipschitz and Harry Golightly

Make sure you come to a show and see the Bad Ladies and introduce yourself to me!!!


Its well worth it, even when I'm not there! :P Not only are the Bad Ladies individually totally unique and beautiful in their own way, put us all together and you have a group of confident, sexy women!!! I modelled in a mini Boudoir shoot yesterday WITH NO TOP ON! and I would never have been comfortable enough with myself to do something like that if it had not been for the Bad Ladies. The instant acceptance and love from each of them makes me so much more confident and happy. 


We are amazing women, come and see us sometime!

xxx 

Eldiese