30. April 2008 by Susie Chhuor.

Melanie contacted me after having a trial session with another artist and hairstylist that ended up not being what she had expected.  We discussed the problems with the previous artist to determine and pinpoint a look that would be suiting to her feature and to her liking.  In the end with a very long consultation and discussions of likes and don’t likes we achieved the perfect look for her!

Trial Session:

Day of Wedding (April 2008)

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6. April 2008 by Susie Chhuor.

So when Allen Chu (www.g-tastic.com) contacted me to do a Japanese inspired shoot for Susan H (www.myspace.com/chiao_chiao), I definitely jumped at the opportunity after recently finding a lot of inspiration and interest in Japanese magazines, such as Can Cam!

But to be honest, I was a bit worried about the situation and being able to make Susan look like she jumped straight out of an anime movie because you can always put makeup on people, but it’s difficult figuring out how to apply it the right way to achieve the look you’re going for. In this case, we were trying to change her entire ethnicity to another!

After meeting Susan at UCLA for our shoot and knocking on some random student’s dorm door pleading them to let us use their restroom we started working . . .

In the end, with the help of a wonderful stylist (who I found out works at UCLA–now I can visit!) with insanely pink hair, Yume (contact me if you’d like her information) we were all able to get the shots we were looking for. Our team today was great. Lots of laughs, lots of fun, but we still got down to business.

This is laid back Susan and her every day style:

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transformation!

this is one of my favorites! Looks totally Japanese!

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