Makeup by Ariana & Team Wedding

I'm excited to share these pictures of a wedding that Sakura and I did makeup for last fall of this beautiful bride and her family getting ready at my favorite hotel the Fairmont Pacific Rim : )

Photography by Bliss Photographic

Same Day Edit Video from Hanny & Kevin's Wedding

Check out my most recent Bride's same day edit video from Life Studios Inc.

Hanny and Kevin Music Video Same Day Edit from Wedding Video Life Studios Inc on Vimeo.

Follow me on Instagram @makeupbyarianaq

To see my latest work follow me on Instagram @makeupbyarianaq.  You'll see all my latest brides, before and after makeup shots and much more!

See you there!

Amanda & Brian's Wedding Featured on Real Weddings Blog

Thrilled to see my beautiful bride Amanda and her husband Brian featured on the Real Weddings Blog today! Stunning images by Jonestu Photography.

Click here to see the feature

Makeup for Marie Avgeropoulos

A few months back I had the pleasure of doing makeup for hottie Marie Avgeropoulos when she was doing a photoshoot in town.  Marie plays bad girl Kirstie in the new CW Series Cult.  She's also appeared in "I Love You Beth Cooper", Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and 50/50 just to name a few.  I've done Marie's makeup a few times for various photoshoots and events and she's always so amazing to work with.  Despite her girlie looks Marie is very outdoorsy, she was born in Thunder Bay Ontario where she grew up hunting and fishing. Marie currently lives in LA where she enjoys riding her motorbike, playing drums and she's currently filming the new CW drama Pilot called The 100.

The Makeup:
Here are the key products I used to create Marie's look for her photoshoot  (all MAC) Cream colour base in Root, Kid Eyeshadow, Black Black Chromaline and Photograuvre Technakhol and #30 Individual Lashes on her eyes. Bronzy Mineral Blush in Warm Soul on her cheeks, beige-nude Prolong wear Lip Pencil in Etcetera with Freckletone Lipstick and peachy-gold Lipglass in Enchantress her lips.


Photography by the talented Sami Vaskola

Amanda & Brian's Sneak Peek...

Here's a sneak peek of a wedding I just did last week at the luxurious Fairmont Pacific Rim.  Congratulations Amanda and Brian! What a gorgeous couple!

Tiffany & Sam's Wedding Pictures

I'm so excited to finally be able to post some picture's from Tiffany and Sam's Wedding at the
Rosewood Georgia Hotel.  As you can see Tiffany is a stunner which made my job oh so very easy!  Enjoy!

Photography by Melissa Gidney

Seonaid & Behrad's Wedding

Here are some pictures from another one of my glowing brides, Seonaid.  I met Seonaid last September at her friend Erica's wedding.  I was doing the makeup and Seonaid was one of the 7 bridesmaids that I had the pleasure of doing makeup on. I was thrilled when she contacted me to ask if I was available for her wedding this year!

Seonaid has gorgeous green eyes and these beautiful full lips, it was hard to choose which one to feature.  I decided to do a balance of the two, neutral eyes with lashes to enhance, and an eyecatching peachy pink MAC lipstick called Fanfare with a matching light-peach gloss called Love Nectar to make her lips look even more full.  I added some some warmth to her cheeks with a mineral blush called Warm Soul to give her skin that extra glow, doesn't she look gorgeous!

Seonaid and Behrad got married on a beautiful sunny day this past September at the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club in Jericho. Congratulations!

Photography by Melissa Skoda

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Makeup Party!

I recently held a makeup party for birthday girl Aria, the cutest and sweetest 13 year old I've ever met and her closest friends. We had so much fun doing makeup while eating cupcakes and chocolates,  and washing it all down with sparkling pink lemondade.  The girls even had a little photoshoot afterwards with the talented photographer Erica Chan. 

Here's some pictures from their shoot.




Birthday Girl Aria : )

 

 

Tiffany & Sam's Sneak Peek....

One of my recent weddings at the Rosewood Georgia, more pictures to come soon!

Photography by Melissa Gidney



Aliya & Chris' Engagement Shoot

I know Aliya because she use to be one of my clients at MAC, she would come in occasionally to see me to have her makeup done for special events and parties.  A few years passed that I didn't see Aliya and recently one evening we ran into eachother when we were both at the same restaurant for dinner.  She told me that she was getting married this December and having her engagement photos taken in the next couple of weeks, she was trying to find me because she liked the way that I did her makeup the best. What a compliment! I was so flattered : )

Doing Aliya's makeup for her engagement shoot was a breeze because she's naturally beautiful.  I kept her makeup clean and polished, defining and enhancing her natural features. I used Arena eyeshadow on her eyelids, a colour that I overlooked for awhile but just recently rediscovered and love!  It's a warm peachy beige with a slight sheen - perfect for those who still want a bit of shimmer without the frosty look.   Texture eyeshadow in the crease to create some depth and bring Arena out.  I warmed up her cheeks with one of my favorite mineral blushes - Warm Soul to give her that nice sunkissed glow and finished her look with a peachy-pink lipstick called Fanfare.

Alicia & Nick's Wedding

It's always so exciting when a bride that I've done makeup for finally sends me pictures from her wedding day.  I'm no professional photographer so I prefer to post pictures once they've received them from their photographers which is why it takes me sometime before I finally post the weddings up.  I was very excited when Alicia sent me the pictures from her wedding, I love seeing the finished look of the makeup with the hair and the dress and veil : )
 
I've been so blessed to have worked on so many beautiful and easy-going brides, and Alicia was just that : )  I also met her sister and mom before the wedding who I also did makeup for and they were just as sweet as she was, such a lovely family.

Congratulations Alicia & Nick!

 

 

Alicia with her beautiful mom and sister

 

 

Hiroko & Mike's Wedding

Here are some pictures from Hiroko and Mike's Wedding at the Hart House.  Hiroko wanted her wedding makeup to be more cool in tone than the warm neutral's that we did for her engagement shoot, so I created an eye makeup for her using some mauves and silvery-cool taupe shadows, smudging some black liner along her lashline to create a thick yet soft line to shape and define her eyes. Some key products that I used were #43 MAC lashes because we didn't want the lashes to be too long and obvious.  The mix of brown & black hairs in the lashes gave it that full but natural look, perfect for brides that have shorter lashes to begin with.  Gentle Mineral Blush was used to create a cooler, rosier cheek.  Staunchly Stylish Prolong Wear Lip Pencil, Supreme Style Sheen Supreme lipstick, and Love Nectar Lustreglass gave the lips an understated glossy look.  

Hiroko's bridesmaids dresses were a beautiful jewel-toned purple so I chose a rich purple eyeshadow that complimented the dresses and accentuated their eyes.

A few days after the wedding Hiroko's sister Keiko who was also her MOH sent me an email saying

"Hi Ariana I just wanted to thank you for all of your help for my sister's wedding!  Everyone looked great!  On a personal note, having a professional artist do my makeup was a new experience for me.  My makeup stayed on the entire night even after one "ugly cry" by yours truly as I was giving my speech lol!  I felt amazing and the pictures turned out fabulous! Thanks again!"

Congratulations Hiroko & Mike!

Photography by Alexandra Hunt



Hiroko and her MOH/Sister Keiko

Tiffany & Sam's Engagement Shoot

I met Tiffany last year when she was the MOH for her bestfriend Christine & Koby's Wedding and I was thrilled when she asked me to do the makeup for her wedding later this year : )  Tiffany is gorgeous, I couldn't wait to show off these pictures from her engagement shoot of her and her soon to be hubby Sam which was also featured on Tutu & Fru.  I used MAC Prolong wear eyeshadows in Make Your Mark and Legendary Black because they go on like butter and last for up to 8hrs. The beautiful lush and very full #48 lashes.  Prolong wear concealer mixed with a drop of our Careblend Essential Oil, to give her that flawless skin.  And we did a mixture of her own pink lipstick with a nude Cremesheen Glass called Boybait.  Can't wait for the wedding in September at the Rosewood Georgia Hotel!

Photography by Melissa Gidney