Alright so it wasn't exactly a full two weeks or even one week for that matter, but it's up and running. Over the past few months I've done so much photography makeup I just had to take a moment and clear out my portfolio. Along with that I moved everything over to one site instead of having a separate portfolio site. Hopefully this change is for the better and will make things easier on everyone!

Thanks for your patience during this transition. Hopefully this wasn't too much of an inconvenience for everyone!

Victoria
BeautifulbyVictoria.com

Just wanted to share some images….

Sorry folks…my Express cover comes out next Friday!

Just a quick announcement: My website will be down for about two weeks while I edit and update. Please feel free to call me with any questions regarding booking information or rates at 571-265-7138 or toll free at 1-866-400-GLAM. Sorry for any inconvenience but please feel free to call me!

Thank you!

P.S. Check out this Friday's Washington Post Express! Cover Hair and Makeup for the Style section by me! www.ReadExpress.com

Just thought I’d post a couple of images Lawrence Luk of Luk Photography took for the Washington Post Express. He so kindly dropped a CD in the mail for me of a few images that weren’t used for the article. They look beautiful!

Thanks Lawrence and Rita!

I left for vacation two weeks ago tomorrow and it certainly doesn’t feel like it. Where did the time go? Oh well. I’m back and ready for a busy wedding season. I have two weddings this weekend and will have a wedding every weekend until November. However, I will be taking off three weeks at the end of August to go to Greece with my hubby.

Since my return to work, I’ve been keeping busy in my new studio in Sterling, Virginia with Genevieve Leiper. Since our studio opened, we’ve been steadily booking engagement portraits, boudoir sessions, and model test shoots. Below are some samples of a shoot we did with a bride to be, Becky. She was such a joy to do hair and makeup on! What a cool chic!

Photography by Genevieve Leiper

The Washington Post Express has also been an outlet for my creativity as well. My second cover is below. I will be working with the Express again this Thursday and the cover should be out next Friday.

Congrats Carrie! Thank you for having me on Saturday! You look gorgeous! I like to call this look the ‘classic’ bride. Clean and pretty!

Special thanks to the Regeti’s for this image!

Just a quick PSA: I’ll be unavailable from April 23rd through May 6th. If you need to reach me please leave a voice mail message for me at 571-265-7138 and I will try to answer your call as soon as possible. Please keep in mind I will have no email access during this time. Your requests are very important to me so all calls and emails will be returned no later than close of business May 7th.

I would like to leave you all with a wrap-up of what I’ve been up to lately. As you all know wedding season is in high gear right now. I’ve been swamped with trials and wedding days! Brides, you have made 2007 my best year yet and I would like to take a moment to thank you all for having me as your makeup artist. It is truly an honor to be the one to give you your wedding day look!

In other news, I just opened an appointment only full-service photography and styling studio in Sterling, Virginia. The facility boasts 1600 square feet of studio space complete with a salon style office for my work. I will post pictures of the space soon. My partner in this business venture is none other than Genevieve Leiper and her assistant Megan Mae Dowd. Together we host bridal portraits, engagement portraits, boudoir portraits, pregnancy portraits, commercial headshots, and model portfolios in our studio. Genevieve has updated all of her studio equipment to Profoto. For those who don’t know what that is, the professional lighting system is used on America’s Next Top Model. Below are three sample images from our first shoot in the spacious studio.

Photography by Genevieve; Hair by Jo Dene Dewey

Hair and Makeup by me

Aside from the studio news, I’d like to showcase the cover I did for the Washington Post Express this month. They just recently asked me back again and my hair and makeup will be featured on the cover of this Friday’s Washington Post Express Style section. This past Wednesday was the shoot and they kindly asked me to continue freelancing with their paper. It looks like there will be more covers to come!

This picture unfortunately didn’t make it in the issue because they decided last minute not to feature the handbag the model is holding. Oh well…go figure! I’d like to show it nonetheless.

Well everyone I’m off. See you in May!

I have to say this wonderful couple is keeping me quite busy with their boudoir ladies! Miss Felicia traveled from Albany, New York just to have her boudoirs done with the Regeti’s. Check out two of her beautiful images below!

Thanks Felicia! You were a pleasure to work with!

I had an awesome time at the Regeti’s FREE Boudoir session give away to three lucky ladies on April Fool’s Day! Below are some of the amazing images they captured! Hair and makeup were provided by me.

Thanks Allison, Kelly, and Heather! You guys were great!

That’s my car!!!!

Photos courtesy of Regeti’s Photography