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

Wedding Wire Couples Choice Awards 2014

We are thrilled to have won Wedding Wire Couple's Choice Awards 2014 in the category of Beauty & Health! Thank you to all our bride's who took the time to write such wonderful reviews for us, we are so honoured and blessed to have been able to work with you all!

The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The esteemed awards are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.

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.

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

Introducing Makeup by Ariana Team

Can't believe it's been months since my last post!  The start to the wedding season has been crazy busy and I can barely keep up with all the inquiries so I've decided to put together a team of talented, seasoned, skilled, makeup and hair artists to help me out : )  All hand picked for their wealth of  knowledge, experience and time in the industry I know my Brides will adore them as much as I do!

Here is some of their amazing work, you can see more of their work on my website under Portfolio.

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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Tiffany & Sam's Sneak Peek....

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

Photography by Melissa Gidney



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

Pic's from Erica & Peter's beautiful Southlands Wedding

Click here to see the orginal post with more details on the makeup : )