Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Kurv Magazine shoot with Adrienne Maloof, Make up by me, styling by Annie Funn

When I got the call to do make up for Adrienne Maloof, I was thrilled. Hired by an International Magazine, Kurv Magazine out of Australia (link below), we were told that the photo shoot would be filmed for Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Season 1, since Adrienne was currently filming with the show. They wanted to capture her more "sexy" side and the styling team was given the theme of "Old Hollywood Glamor" as inspiration for the shoot. Location for the shoot was the one story sky villa at the Palms hotel in Vegas. http://www.palms.com/accommodations/las-vegas-1-story-sky-villa/  It was amazing. I got to work completely with natural light--which is my favorite. On the show, you can see I worked with Adrienne in my leopard covered studio chair, right by the windows. The best part about the whole day was that I used my own make up line Tina G Cosmetics on set. I used Micronized Airbrush Make up from MAC (silicone based) for her foundation, and she is wearing various blush shades, eyeshadow and liners, and lipsticks and gloss from my line. I will update with more specific information soon.

People always ask me what it was like to be there, to meet Adrienne Maloof, to work behind the scenes of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. It was amazing, fun, exciting, and one of the greatest days of my make up career. Adrienne Maloof is one of the nicest, sweetest, down to earth celebrities I have ever met. She is gorgeous in person and truly a pleasure to work with. I heard in the end, she was the most popular "housewife" and I can see why! I'm so glad the whole thing was captured on camera. My kids get a kick out of watching "Mom on TV".

Kurv Magazine:
http://www.kurvmag.com.au/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=12
Adrienne Maloof's blog for Bravo TV:
http://www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/season-1/blogs/adrienne-maloof/musings-by-maloof
Behind the scenes story by wet paint:
http://www.wetpaint.com/real-housewives-of-beverly-hills/photo/adriennes-glam-photo-shoot
Full episode can be seen here: Photo shoot is toward the end of the show. I'm the blonde make up artist in all black!:
http://www.gorillavid.in/cnb/tjbyrgv2fi5f
 
Final Pictures from the Magazine:

I was interviewed about the shoot and got the following tag line in the magazine:

Thrilled to work with celebrity fashion stylist Annie Funn:
www.anniefunn.com
Photographer Wolf 189
Photos from Kurv Magazine Australia

Hanging out with Joe Mantegna, being Italian, & trying Chicago style Pizza

Working with Joe Mantegna was amazing. Being in the presence of an actor of his caliber is one thing, but when you get to do his make-up for a private shoot at his Chicago style restaurant...and, at the end of the shoot he orders you a pizza to try? That makes for an awesome day. Sometimes being Italian (okay I'm only about 1/8 Italian by now, but enough for people to notice), really makes life more fun. When I say I'm Italian to another Italian, I am always greeted with an instant smile. The shoot started off that way and things were peachy all the way through. Joe has become hugely popular because of the show Criminal Minds, but today we were shooting for an A and E documentary on the Chicago Cubs.  Joe Mantegna is a native Chicagoan and therefore a huge Cubs fan, so he is asked often to talk about them.

For Joe's make up, I used a custom blend of MAC Face and Body foundation, under eyes I used the creamy Pro Concealer from Tina G Cosmetics.  A light coat of MAC Micronized Air Brush Make-up (available at pro stores only) gave it the perfect amount of coverage and I set it all with the Kryolan Micro-silk HD powder, using a velour puff. Make up Forever Contour Kit and just a touch of Brazilian Bronzer from Tina G Cosmetics brought out Joe's handsome facial features. A little Brow Set from MAC to on brows, and on lips, the Vitamin E stick from Lorac applied lightly with a brush was perfect. Grooming was done with various tools from Namies Beauty Center.

Here is a look at the finished product! Me and Joe Mantegna...just a couple of Italians hangin' out on set. What a great day!


Links:
http://www.joemantegna.com/
https://twitter.com/#!/joemantegna
http://www.cbs.com/shows/criminal_minds/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001505/

Resources:
http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/shaded/158/393/Face-And-Body-Foundation/index.tmpl
http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/shaded/149/305/Brow-Set/index.tmpl
http://kryolan.com/en/index.php?mnu=31&cid=87&id=384&rel=1
http://www.loraccosmetics.com/make-up_vitamin-e-stick.html
http://www.sephora.com/sculpting-kit-P230511?skuId=1152032
http://cmgcosmetics.bigcartel.com/product/concealer
http://cmgcosmetics.bigcartel.com/product/mineral-bronzer-duo
http://www.naimies.com/