Out of the Beauty Box Toronto: AIRBRUSH

Last Sunday I attended the Out of the Beauty Box Toronto Airbrush class taught by none other than Koren Zander (aka:  Enkore Makeup) and Elessa Jade (aka:  Pursebuzz).  Now if you don't know who these two are WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?  We all know and love them on YouTube and it was an honour to have them as my instructors.

O2B2 (for short) took place at Arline Malakian Studio and we learned the basics of airbrushing for a whole 5 hours.  The lesson started off by Koren handing out our Temptu airbrush kits.  Surprisingly I kept my composure and held in my excitement as I opened the boxes.  The whole class was in silence as we were in awe of our new goodies!  Then it was time for inventory.  We had to make sure that we checked off that we had everything in out kits.  Next off Elessa showed us all the componenets of the airbrush gun and showed us how to disassemble and assemble and disassemble and assemble and disassemble and assemble our airbrush guns.  I think I must have put that thing together and took it apart at least 10 times!  But by the 3rd or 4th time I was already a pro!  It was almost as if we were all in the army!  

We then had Koren show us where to set our compressors and how to use the airbrush gun.  We also did a few practice exercises on paper.  Now let me tell you, these exercises weren't that easy.  Airbrushing really does require a lot of practice.  When we watch someone using an airbrush, it's alot harder than one might think.  There's a lot of finger and wrist motions involved that I even think my hand started to cramp a bit.  Just pressing and pushing that airbrush trigger back and forth really does require some sort of coordination. A lot of people may think you just aim and shoot but let me tell you it ain't so!

Practice shots

After practicing it was then time to work on our models.  I had the lovely Tess from Makeup By Tess as my model.  She was really sweet and easy to work with.  Luckily she has nice skin to begin with which made my job a lot easier!

 Tess' before shot

 Back bubbling

Students and their models

Tess' after shot

Time for Tess' photoshoot

Pursebuzz the photographer

Airbrush Certified! 

Me and my pretty model Tess

All in all I must say that this class was worth my time and money.  Koren and Elessa were awesome instructors who took the time to work with you one on one.  The class was really hands on and informative.  One thing I really liked was that they both would go around to see how you were doing and would help you and show you how to improve your technique.  They were there every step of the way answering all your questions and concerns.  Another good thing that came out of this class was that I got my certificate and I managed to already get some pro artist discounts from several beauty companies.  I'm happy that I joined the class and would not hesitate to join another!

Here's what we got in out kit:

Picture from the O2B2 Website

Temptu:

S-One Compressor

SP-35 Airbrush Gun

SB Foundations Makeup Starter Set

7 Pack S/B Blush & Highlighter Starter Set*

S/B Primer

S/B Airbrush Cleaner

Airbrush Moisturizer

Concealer Wheel

Temptu Aibrush Cleaning Kit

Disposable sponges

Cotton swabs

disposable spatulas (not pictured)

 disposable headband (not pictured)

 concealer brush (not pictured)

http://www.o2b2tour.enkoremakeuponline.com

IMATS Toronto 2010 & Haul

 L-R: Me, Fiona, Sheryl, Sandy

This year was my first year ever at IMATS. I went with my YouTube friends Fiona Man whom I've mentioned in past blog posts and Sheryl (Pincstuff on Youtube).  I also got to meet another Toronto YouTube Guru Sandy (aka: Sanderlees) whom i got to spend most of the day with.  Be sure to check out their vids on YouTube by clicking on their names!

I felt a little overwhelmed when I got there as there was so much to see and buy.  I was actually well behaved and only purchased what I thought I needed and made sure not to go over my budget.  Below are some pics of my adventures and what I ended up buying.

OCC Lip Tars of course were the rage.  Check out my full review here on Makeup Junkie !

 

Crown Brushes had sooo many brushes!  I wanted to buy some but figured I have a lot of these brushes already.  But the prices were so cheap and worth buying if you needed them. 

 

 Here's a pic of Elessa aka: Pursebuzz and Koren aka: EnkoreMakuep doing a giveaway in which Fiona won so many prizes!  Check out Fiona's haul and prizes that she won here!

Here's Fiona after she got her eye makeup done by Koren

Meeting Elessa (Pursebuzz) for the first time.  She's such a beauty and super nice too!

Check out Pursebuzz website here and her YouTube channel by clicking here.

Elessa (Pursebuzz) and me meeting Koren (EnkoreMakeup) for the first time.  Love him!

Check out his website here and YouTube Channel here.

 One of the highlights of my day was attending Kandee Johnson's Q & A.  And right after I got to meet her at her meet n greet!  She really is as sweet in person as she is on the camera.  We briefly talked about our baby bellies :)

 

 Check out Kandee's blog here.

And if you haven't seen any of her YouTube vids I highly recommend checking her out here.

 Crazy lineup to see Kandee!  I was lucky to be #5 in line! :)

Kandee's mom and I.  They could pass for sisters!  She's just as sweet as Kandee :)

And finally here's my little haul...

 

Embryolisse Creme Lait, Face Atelier Foundation in #6 Honey, Royal & Langnickel Concealer brushes and lash comb, Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tar in Clear, Roque Cozette (Kett Cosmetics) Tumblers for my makeup kit (got a free bag too!)

 

Looking forward to next years IMATS!