Homemade face masks on Daytime Tri-Cities

Class: Thursday March 8th

Hello all my lovelies! I am teaching basic eye techniques class on Thursday, March 8th from 7-8:30pm at my studio in Jonesborough. Please go to my fan page on Facebook for more information and for reserving your space. The studio is located at 117 1/2 W. Main Street in Jonesborough. Hope you can join me for a fun, informative evening and take home some makeup knowledge that will change the way you use your own products.

Raspberry face mask

Just made up a new homemade face mask tonight, just in time for Valentine's day! Thought you might like to try this one. It's super good at making the skin soft and brightened and has amazing anti-aging properties. Try it soon...you can wear it OR eat it!

3-4 Raspberries mashed well

1 Tbs. Plain whole fat yogurt (greek is the best for masks as it is thicker)

1 tsp. raw honey

1 tsp. finely ground oats

Mix all ingredients well and apply to freshly washed, patted dry skin. Leave on for 15-20 minutes. Rinse well with warm water, splash with cold water, pat dry and apply favorite moisturizer.

Here's some of the wonderful properties of the above mask: It has amazing anti-aging benefits! The raspberries contain ellagic acid and vitamin C which can protect against UV damage and fight free radicals. Yogurt contains lactic acid and enzymes that help slough off dead skin cells, revealing smooth and fresh skin. The yogurt and honey help deeply hydrate the skin and the honey infuses it with minerals, plus helps calm the skin and fight bacteria. Oats are a fabulous, gentle exfoliator and skin softener.

Recipes for homemade masks

I am re-posting these "how-to" videos to share the step-by-step process and ingredients for the homemade masks shared on Daytime Tri-Cities on Friday, January 13th. The Chocolate Mud Mask is not really a mud mask at all since there isn't mud as an ingredient. I find it more practical and I love the fact that it gently exfoliates the skin as well. The original video produced by Keith Dixon Studios can be found at "How to Make a Mud Mask".

The other mask talked about on the show was the hydrating banana mask, also produced by Keith Dixon Studios for About.com and can be found at "How to Make a Banana Face Mask".

If you scroll down this blog a few posts back you can find both posts that cover a total of six different mask recipes, including an aspirin mask to help heal acne.

Join me at The Art Collective at 117 1/2 W. Main Street in historic downtown Jonesborough, for some fun and informative workshops starting this month! We will be adding photography and video classes in addition to makeup techniques.

January 2012:

Monday, January 16th from 7-9pm

Homemade face masks: learn about a variety of ingredients and recipes to feed and nourish your skin. Raw foods are rich with enzymes in addition to being relatively inexpensive. Treat your skin at this hands-on workshop. Bring a clean jar and lid to take home a mask especially designed for your skin type. $25 per person

Thursday, January 19th from 7-8:30pm

Color Theory: Learn about the relationships between colors, what analogous, complimentary, achromatic and monochromatic mean. How to use knowledge about colors to help you create beautiful makeup looks and empower yourself to see the world of color choices available! Each participant will create a color wheel and receive a pre-printed color wheel to take home.

$20 per person

Thursday January 26th 4-6pm

Basic eye techniques: Do you feel overwhelmed when faced with a grouping of eyeshadows? Does eyeliner make you cringe? Find out how to keep eyeshadows on all day, how to wear basic colors that adapt to any situation and how to properly blend a crease. From primer to liner we'll go over the basics so that eyeshadow will no longer intimidate! Bring some of the eyeshadows or liners you own and I will make suggestions on how to apply them. $25 per person

Please register for any of the above classes by calling Faces by Ren: 423-202-1111

Daytime Tri-Cities segment promoting Woody's bridal show:

Latest segment for Daytime Tricities!

A big thank you to Amy Lynn and the entire crew at Daytime Tri-cities for inviting me back to share some of the latest holiday trends and tips. It's always a fun time and I even ran into my good friend Susan Lachman! Enjoy...and please let me know if you have questions/ideas/comments on future topics you'd like to have covered.

Another thank you to my lovely models; Rachel Shaw (who was on air with us), Becky Lay and actress Greer Bishop. You are all so fabulous to work with!!!

The Harris twins...

This is a story with a happy ending, or rather a beginning. Because in life there are really only more beginnings and endings and it's hard to tell which is which until much later.




My friend Miranda Harris is a brilliant photographer and beautiful human being both inside and out. She and her husband Eric have one child together and wanted another baby more than just about anything. They were so excited and happy to find out that they were pregnant with twins last year. Their immense happiness turned to deep sorrow when the twins died four months into the pregnancy. They were devastated of course. But the sorrow was only about to cut deeper...Miranda lost her very dear father just months later.





It was a very dark time in life for their family as you can imagine. Just months after the death of her father, Miranda discovered not only that she was pregnant, but pregnant with twins again!

When I found out she was having twins, I was so incredibly happy for all of them. For their family, this was an answered prayer (many prayers really) and more than one photographer in town wanted to capture their very special time. I had the honor of doing belly art for the Harris's with Keith Dixon Studios doing the photography for this session.

Miranda felt each of the twin's personalities throughout the pregnancy...Mya was like fiery energy and Max was like the calm cool of blue and moon, hence the sun/moon design. We also painted messages that were personal to their family.




The twins were born on September 29th and are at home, healthy and thriving. Mya Faith 4 lb. 11oz. and Maxwell Paul (after his beloved Grandfather) at 5 lb. 9 oz. Congratulations to all of you!! We are so grateful to have been witness to such a special story and to capture a moment of this sacred time. Welcome to our world Mya and Max...you are deeply loved!!