Flowerwild Workshop Shoot by Jose Villa Featured on Style Me Pretty!
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Featured on the cover of Style Me Pretty Magazine!
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07, 2013
Nautical Inspiration Shoot by Jose Villa Featured on Style Me Pretty!
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07, 2013
Flowerwild Workshop Featured on Once Wed by Jose Villa!
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03, 2013
Perfect Wedding Day Skin Featured on Style Me Pretty!
Perfect Wedding Day Skin from TEAM Hair and Makeup + A Workshop Giveaway!
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Making sure you’re bringing your skin A-game to your wedding day is on most Bride’s to-do list. It’s probably on most Bridesmaids’ to-do lists too. Because we all know the best accessory is a fresh faced glow and our resident beauty expert, Mar of TEAM Hair and Makeup, is giving you all the low down on achieving the look. Consider this your secret weapon for wedding day hotness.
Tips to perfect wedding day skin from Mar of TEAM Hair and Makeup…
1. Two weeks prior to your wedding: Exfoliate
Be sure to exfoliate your skin (gently please) using items from your kitchen! This is an all natural, simple way of getting all the dead skin cells to take a hike! Do this 2 times a week.
Sugar Scrub (a super model named Ms. Crawford introduced this to me)
Take a tablespoon of sugar, add 4 tablespoons of water and mix. Wet your face with cool water and use the sugar scrub to gently massage your skin. Rinse, and you’re done!
2. Every day and night: Moisturize & Hydrate
Apply moisturizer. Some of my favorites are good old fashioned Ponds Cold Cream. This is the kind our moms use to use! And I also love Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer.
Remember: moisturizers are meant to trap moisture in your skin so spending big bucks doesn’t always mean big results! If you are looking to rehydrate then definitely ask your esthetician for the best serum for your skin type. Serums will penetrate more layers of the skin. I happen to love Phytomer Oligoforce and Kate Sommerville Quench Hydrating Face Serum.
3. On the big day: Use a barrier cream
Always use a primer or barrier cream to create a flawless finish, prior to foundations. Apply primer to your skin before any makeup is applied.
Be sure: to layer your serum first, moisturizer second and then primer. A popular type of primer is now available to the public, called BB Cream. All products are not the same so here are my recommendations for the best BB Creams and this is coming from someone who has used them all! Maybeline BB Cream adjusts to your skin tone, has a rich primer great for dry skin types and is very affordable. Another fav of mine is Two Faced tinted Beauty Balm and this one has SPF, great for oily or combination skin types.
We are definitely sticking this 1,2,3 combo in our makeup bag for safe keeping. And while we’re talking about the fabulous Mar, TEAM Hair and Makeup is hosting a Teach & Play Beauty Workshop that is not to be missed. Catch all the details below and mark those calendars ladies!
Teach & Play Beauty Workshop
March 10th, 11th & 12th
4:00-6:00pm and 6:00-8:00pm
MGM Grand Signature Suites, during WPPI!
To reserve your space
please call 888.338.8326
or email info[at]teamhairandmakeup.com
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Want to hear something even more fabulous? Mar is giving away one seat at her workshop (a $275 value)
To Enter: The first person to email their favorite lipstick color to info[at]teamhairandmakeup.com wins the prize!
Photography: Jose Villa Photography | Makeup and Beauty: Mar of TEAM Hair and Makeup
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TEAM Hair and Makeup Teach & Play Beauty Workshop Las Vegas March 10th-12th!
TEAM Hair & Makeup is excited to be hosting our Teach & Play Beauty Workshop March 10th, 11th & 12th at the MGM Grand Signature Suites, during WPPI!
For more information visit: http://www.teamhairandmakeupservice.com/wppibeauty/
To reserve your seat call 888.338.8326 or email info@teamhairandmakeup.com
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12, 2012
Today Montana Wedding Shot by Jose Villa Featured on Style Me Pretty!
Montana Farm Wedding from Jose Villa + Joy Thigpen Part I
December 18th. 2012 by Abby Larson | 7 comments
It’s here! The day our pretty little book hits stands. The day that we’ve been nervous/happy/excited about for more than an entire year! The day has come and we are literally bursting on the insides with pure and total glee. So today we wanted to do something really special. We got permission from our publisher to give SMP readers an exclusive first look at the wedding that started it all. The picture perfect, can’t believe it’s a real wedding that we thought was so absurdly special it deserved nothing less than to grace the pages (literally 26 of them) of a book. A tuck-it-in-your-bag, pull-out-over-lunch-with-your-girls kind of book. It’s this wedding that literally gave us the idea to write a book at all and we have it all here for you today…designed by the crazy talented Joy Thigpen with photographs by who else? Jose Villa. Who I call a genius at least twice a week.
Montana Farm Wedding from Jose Villa + Joy Thigpen Part II
December 18th. 2012 by Abby Larson | 0 comments
You know, we are lucky. Like really lucky. Because our job is to write about beautiful moments. The kind of moments that people remember forever and ever. And if we’re being really honest, it feels a little unfair. As dozens of moms and dads are lost in grief right now and as parents, we find it incredibly hard to continue with the prettiness, when some people are dealing with such ugliness. While this isn’t at all enough, we wanted to let you know that we’re donating all proceeds from today’s book sales to the families of Newtown, Connecticut.
We’ve been celebrating the launch of the book with the wedding that started it all. That Joy Thigpen crafted to utter pefection and Jose Villa captured in photographs that will make you smile and cry and laugh simultaneously because they are just that beautiful. Rather than take up more of your time when I know you just want to see the goods, we’ll just dive right in!
Montana Farm Wedding from Jose Villa + Joy Thigpen Part III
December 18th. 2012 by Abby Larson | 5 comments
And here we go, on to Part III of the amazing wedding that gave our first Style Me Pretty Weddings book life and took it from an idea to an oh-my-gosh, I’m holding it in my hands today moment. The perfect real wedding that Jose Villa and Joy Thigpen sent our way many moons ago, that literally helped turn our book into something real. Because it was so beautiful, we had to find the best possible way to showcase it. And to use it to teach other brides that no matter where you get married, no matter what your resources are, you can have a wedding that is as lovely as those you see on the pages of your favorite blogs. Or books. Remember, all proceeds from today’s online book sales will go to the families of Newtown.
There aren’t enough words in the English language to properly thank Jose Villa and Joy Thigpen. This wedding is what wedding dreams are made of and it’s the reason that I find so much joy in my everyday. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for letting me share it with the world! And to the bride and groom who let us in and gave us permission to have a front row seat…you are amazing.
Wedding Photography: Jose Villa Photography / Wedding Venue: The Bride’s Family Farm in Floweree, Montana / Floral + Event Design: Joy Thigpen / Wholesale Flowers: FiftyFlowers / Officiant: Reverend Jan Witman / Wedding Cinematography: Nathan Pickett Films / Catering: Zac’s Montana Kitchen / Bar Service: Rocking K Bar / Wedding Cake: Cakes From Cabin Ridge / Cake Topper: Lollipop Workshop / Wedding Invitation, Program + Escort Card Design: Rifle Paper Co. / Calligraphy: Molly Suber Thorpe of Plurabelle Calligraphy / Vintage Stamps: Verde Studio / Map: Laura Condouris of Trial by Cupcakes / Music: Capital City DJ (406-227-8644) / Montana-Shaped Cookie Favors: Cakes From Cabin Ridge / Rentals: Celebrate Event & Party Rentals + Strobel’s Rentals / Linens: La Tavola / Shuttle Service: Great Falls Historic Trolley / Wedding Dress: Rosa Clara / Wedding Dress Modifications: Nazzy Nazari / Bride’s Reception Dress: Melissa Sweet “Fiesole” / Bride’s Veil: Vera Wang + Nazzy Nazari / Bride’s Ceremony Shoes: Manolo Blahnik / Bride’s Reception Shoes: Jimmy Choo / Bride’s Backup Shoes: Hunter / Bride’s Jewelry: Custom by Wilson / Hair + Makeup: Mar Romero of TEAM Hair and Makeup / Bridesmaids’ Dresses: Alfred Angelo / Groom’s Suit + Shoes: Paul Smith / Groomsmen’s Suits: Kohl’s / Groomsmen’s Ties: The Tie Bar
Jose Villa Photography, La Tavola Fine Linen Rental and TEAM Hair and Makeup are members of our Little Black Book. For more information on how members are chosen, click here.
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11, 2012
Mag Rouge Cover Shoot Featured on Style Me Pretty!
Oh Jose Villa. You make me speechless each and every time I run into your breathtaking images. It never fails. And I am pretty darn sure that the rest of you in SMP land share that sentiment. Because his images are that of photography magic. A talent I’ll never be able to put words to, but I will always jump for joy when I get to spend any amount of time gawking over the gorgeous that magic creates. This cover shoot for the newly launched Mag Rouge? It’s the perfect example of that magic unfolding on our screens, and there is so much more of that magic waiting for you in the full gallery…
Are you completely, head over heels in love with those each and every image in that seriously to die for gallery? How could you not be? We might just pin every single one. Well just wait until you dive into the new edition of Mag Rouge. It’s page after page of stunning style and that is something we can get totally get behind.
Photography: Jose Villa Photography / Photo Shoot Location: El Capitan Canyon in Santa Barbara, California / Floral Design: Kate of Flowerwild / Event Design: Kate of Flowerwild + Jose Villa / Wedding Dress: Samuelle Couture / Hair + Makeup: Mar of TEAM Hair & Makeup
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Engagement Session by Jose Villa Featured on Limn & Lovely!
Hannah + Steve: A Santa Ynez Love Shoot by Jose Villa
This morning we have the great honor of sharing some of the work of Jose Villa, one of the finest and most sought-after wedding photographers working today. Jose, who redefined the landscape of wedding photography with his fine art approach, works exclusively with the medium of film. He is known for his brilliant use of light—his images are suffused with a dreamily warm, transcendent glow—and a pastel palette inspired by the vivid blue skies and sprawling pastoral fields of his childhood, which was spent on a horse ranch in Santa Barbara. Though Jose’s ethereal images have a natural, organic, free-as-the-wind feel, there is a great deal of thoughtful artistry involved in crafting each and every photo. Yet, in our humble opinion, what truly sets Jose apart is not only his masterful technique but also the spirit that imbues his work. As Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.” And there is plenty of spirit in Jose’s shoots, each one a small masterpiece.
Of all the breathtaking engagement sessions Jose has shot over the years, this remains one of our favorites, perhaps because of the way he captured the incandescent love between Hannah and Steve or translated the romance of the foggy Santa Ynez skies. As with all of Jose’s shoots, we could gaze at this one forever and never grow tired of it. Our words simply cannot do the beauty of these photographs justice, so we’ll let Jose’s images speak for themselves.
PHOTOS BY JOSE VILLA / HAIR AND MAKEUP BY TEAM HAIR & MAKEUP