Happy Belated Thanksgiving and Movin On!

I hope everyone had their share of turkey and now its time back to work. I have some shoots booked and am ready for more...

Some concepts I have in mind require the right team.. I'm looking for some new models please contact me if you're interested. Please send a photo to oubonmakeup@gmail.com

I'm located in Syracuse so that's 5 hours away from NYC.

What have I been up to?

I am putting makeup to the side for just a minute since the fall season is coming full circle. Now I am not saying that I am not taking appointments, because I always am but I have been working on another artistic project.

This project is an undertaking that I'd never know myself to tackle but I welcome challenges.

I think in life you have to take those steps away from the comforts of your surroundings. How else would you find out what your true destiny is if you don't take a risk?

So what am I doing? I am writing a book. There's not much else I can really explain about it, other than it's a story I've been wanting to write for years now and I am just now getting to it. I am ready and once I'm finished, perhaps I will either write a sequel to it or search for an agent to help me with finding a publisher.

This probably sounds silly to some but I consider myself an artist in many ways and expressing myself artistically in this form is very therapeutic.

Once I get closer to being done with the draft, I'll post some excepts on here.

Rihanna Covers Italian Vogue

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/01/rihanna-topless-and-muzzl_n_274261.html?slidenumber=4#slide_image

Rihanna is such a fashion maven in this Italian Vogue 5 page spread. I would really love to work with her and create some looks. She has the perfect face, body and what a muse! There's a lot of girls out here who believe they are models because they can smile and look pretty in front of a camera but just like a guy with a camera it makes her no more a model than him a photographer. You need to do your RESEARCH. And change up your expressions, contort your body, and take some risks.

Hot Things this week

Here some other tops on this weeks list:

1. Kim Kardashian for YRB photoshoot

2. OPI - Banana Bandana

3. Thai Larb Chicken Salad

4. Robert Pattinson

5. New Moon

This season's favs

I've been digging the following:

1. MAC lipstick - Creme Cup

2. Monave Mineral Powder
3. V neck tshirts
4. Louis Vuitton EPI leather bag

5. ankle boots
6. Flip flops

7. Oversize sunglasses

8. Nutella spread

9. Trey Songz

10. Khloe and Kourtney Take Miami

Vacation

Im on vacation so I am taking a moment to reflect - relax - and re-invent. So I been thinking about moving for a while now. I think this city is too small for me and the things I want to do. So when I graduate from S.U. I'm moving. I think that it's time for me to expand and welcome the new opportunities that are to come.

Mentally, spiritually I am stronger than ever...so it's about time. I will miss my mother the most though because she has helped me so much and literally the only person in my life that has been there for me through it all. I will not however, leave until I know she will be ok.

But other than that, I've been laying out some projects and next moves. My new coupon comes out in the BeBetterBook! Also my work was shown on News Channel 9s Bridgestreet! And I just did the Stepping Out for the American Heart Association fashion show. Pretty good for August.

Wish you could've been there.

Baltimores Fashion Week is Approaching

Get ur fash-ion... Don't miss the Baltimore Fashion Week and don't miss the Finale Friday where I will be working the show. I am truly excited and thanks to LaDonna B.! She is the lead makeup artist and a very talented artist as well.

And get this...our makeup is COVERED>>>!!!! All I need to do is bring my brushes.

Please purchase tickets info: www.baltimoresfashionweek.com

see ya there