Fashion Blogger Photo Shoot- Oanh's Style Guide

Oanh is young entrepreneur who has a start up business in corporate shoe wear.  During the process of developing her shoe line, she has a fashion blogging website which focuses on corporate wear that compliments her journey of creating her corporate shoe line.

Our photo shoots are pretty fun and easy going and we usually start the day off with hair and makeup whilst discussing looks and trends for the month.  Many of our shoots are located at Southbank as the backdrop of the city in the distance and the various locations surrounding Southbank are very fitting for Oanh's style.  Here are some photos from of our first 2 shoots we've done- more to come when Oanh posts them on her site.  All details can be found at www.oanhsstyleguide.com

Amanda's hair

So I've been a little dormant with my blogging but here is a shoot I did for my lovely Amanda who shaved her hair for the "World's Greatest Shave" www.worldsgreatestshave.com.au/

I've know Amanda since she was a young girl and she has always had gorgeous long, thick and wavy locks.  When she told me she was going to shave her hair for charity I was shocked because when I asked her if she knew anyone who had cancer she explained that she didn't know anyone who did, however that she would like to donate her hair to Pantene www.beautifullengths.com.au/‎ (who take hair donations and create wigs for patients undergoing 

chemotherapy) 

and raise money for this amazing charity, not because she or any of her loved ones were affected by cancer,

but because she wanted to just help people who were in need.

The first series of photos was taken about a week or two prior to the shave and then the shave was done at 

Bunnings Warehouse where Amanda works.  A few of her colleagues also shaved their hair that day.  

It's been a month or two since Amanda has shaved her hair and she has always rocked her new hairdo.  The first 

day she shaved her head, she even went out to a party.  

Anyway enjoy the pictures :) 
Hair, makeup and photography by me 

Day of the Shave

Leia the bride

Hi hi!

A few weeks ago, I did hair and makeup for a lovely bride - Leia, who hired me for the day to be her personal makeup artist and hair stylist.  During the entire day I took some snaps on my lovely old Nikon D60 which is what I use to shoot all of my random shoots (because I can't afford to upgrade) with a 35mm 1.8f nikkor lens (borrowed from my awesome photographer friend Willis).

The day started at 5am at Leia and Jason's house where I started makeup on Leia's 4 bridesmaids.  Turns out, all of the bridal party plus bride and groom were all pharmacist! And let me tell you- when all pharmacist get together- we talk about pharmacy, and make lame pharmacy jokes hehe, so it was pretty easy to get to know all of the girls.
At 9am the groom and his men came to the house for the very fun and funny 'door games' in which the groom and his men have to persuade and bribe the bridesmaids to let them in so that the groom can collect his bride.  I didn't get to have a good look as I was still doing makeup on Leia's mum, but as they managed to get past the first few barriers (leg waxing, putting makeup on eachother, dancing, and after many red packets) they finally retrieve Leia who is waiting in her room.  These games are hilarious and so much fun!

We then head over to Jason's parent's house to start the traditional tea ceremony and it was so emotional and just beautiful.  After this, I then changed Leia's hair and makeup and she changed into her white gown.  After lunch we headed over to the Stamford hotel where the civil ceremony was held and afterward, the wedding photographer lead the bridal party over to the botanic gardens (walking distance from Stamford) for the garden photos.  After a short break, and a final change in hair and dress- I finished my duties for the day and have these lovely photos to remind me of the day :)

Hair and makeup on Leia, mother of the bride and mother of the groom by me Sarah Thong
Makeup on bridesmaid only, by me Sarah Thong
Photos by me Sarah Thong