KATHLEEN & GARRETT
September 19, 2009

Hello Cheekadee Blog followers!  This is Tricia with my first-ever blog posting here!  I couldn't wait for the opportunity to blog this wedding and you'll soon see why!

Kathleen and Garrett were married on one of the most amazing weather days of the fall season this year.  Technically, it was still the end of summer, but they couldn't have asked for a more perfect day!  I arrived bright and early at their rental in Avalon, NJ.  This place had the most incredible natural light streaming in which always makes my job a little easier (as if my job wasn't easy enough with the beauties that were Kathleen, her bridesmaids and her oh-so-sweet Mom!).

Anyway, I had one of the most fun mornings with a bridal party, working alongside Natalie Pagano working her hair magic, and getting to know Kathleen's family and friends a little (she has thee cutest nieces and nephew).  And before I had to jet back to the city, I was able to meet Bob and Sue from Lorusso Studios who are the fabulous photographers who captured these stunning photos of Kathleen...

Kathleen wanted a soft and natural look for her wedding day.  She told me her bridesmaids dresses were going to be a sort of cantaloupy color.  With her coloring, I wanted to add a little pop of color right to the center of her lids.  I did so with one of my favorites for eye brightening - MAC's Paradisco eyeshadow.  I find that a little touch of a pinky shadow can really open up an eye and just make it look happy.



I softened the look with MAC's Blanc Type and Era.  To add a little bit of drama to her look, I added a smidge of MAC Coquette shadow right to the outer corners of her eyes using MAC's 219 pencil brush (below) and blended it with the classic MAC 224 tapered blending brush.



I heard that Kathleen and Garrett's day was amazing, and I wouldn't have expected anything less.  I wish you two the best of luck!  I couldn't have been happier to be a part of your day!