4x6 leather boudoir album with 30 pictures
With 2010 right around the corner I thought I would do a little research about what the experts think will be the big makeup trends for this coming year so I could share them here.
you can be a touch more bold for this type of photography than you would want to be for just every day wear. Most women are surprised at how well they can actually pull off red lipstick. It just all depends on the shade and application. You don't need harshly lined lips, think more of a cherry stained look, like what you get after eating a bright red popsicle.
(Read the original post first. I decided to put updates in the same post to make it easier to follow)
12-04-09 Update: Madison has a new heart on the way. She will go into surgery today. Please keep her family in your prayers, after the surgery the journey won't end, it will just begin. And please also keep the family that donated the heart in your prayers too. The gift of a heart means another family lost their child.
12-08-09 Update: Madison's surgery went well. I didn't know a lot about heart transplants before this, but the more I learn the more I realize what a miracle it is. In a child a new heart will start beating the moment warm blood touches it. Madison's doctor said that a heart was made to do one thing - pump blood, and it knows what to do. I was able to visit Mark and Michelle in the hospital during the surgery. They were doing so well and were surrounded by family and friends.
Larry, one of Mark's friends, purchased Madison's tree from the Festival of Trees and set it up in their house. He wanted them to have it and his generosity has touched me so deeply!
Get well soon little Miss Madison, you are loved so much!
Original Post:
I spent yesterday at the Festival of Trees at the South Towne Expo Center helping to decorate a tree in honor of my dear friends Mark and Michelle's baby daughter, Madison, who is waiting for a heart transplant.
I love Teddy Bears. From the beginning I thought it would be cute to put bears in boxes under the tree. Don't you adore the pink lights? I have battle wounds from wiring them on.
Twin bears for Cooper and Madison!
I picked out this ornament which reads:
Love believes all, hopes all, endures all... Love never ends.
Mark and Michelle have a long road in front of them, but I have faith they will get through this. They are strong and wonderful parents and they can be secure in the knowledge that their family is forever and that the trials they face now are just for a short time. I hope they also know how much they are loved by their friends, family and coworkers!
I took this picture a year ago to the week! They both look so tiny here.
I love watching America's Next Top Model.
(Obviously the dress doesn't change colors, I just grabbed an image off VS's website.)
To be clear, I'm not on the "real women have curves" bandwagon here, arguing that only bodies like Lizzie's are "real"---and that slender women are all unreal waifs who should just eat a cheeseburger and get over themselves. Turning the tables so we can bash one type instead of another isn't the answer. Celebrating the fact that we're all born different is. Think about it: In real life, women of all shapes and sizes have crazy sex appeal and killer confidence. Why should our own pages look any different?
We'll do our best to live up to this standard in the future: shooting models who diverge in every way from the cookie-cutter norm. Is it a retreat from fantasy? Of course not: If we wanted unadulterated reality, we could just print everyone's driver's-license picture. But I happen to think that a fantasy every reader can have a piece of is the most powerful fantasy of all. Thank you for encouraging us to try to provide it, and for pointing the way forward here. Your words inspire me daily.
Photo by the talented Jonathan Canlas
