Wedding: NIKKI:THE CANDID BRIDE

Wedding date: January 2, 2009

Wedding Venue: Fernbrook Gardens

Photographer: Lito Sy and R. Pingol 

Hairstylist: Bren Sales

I grew up surrounded by women who have such great inclination and passion to beauty and makeup which  I should say, played a vital role on how I fall in love with makeup artistry. As a makeup artist I believe that after your work, it should be the woman who should be noticed first before the makeup. I always and will always applause women who knows how to speak out their mind; women who celebrate their uniqueness and individuality and women who are proud of who they are and what they are and are proud of their own beauty. And Nikki is one of those women who knows how to embrace individuality and her uniqueness. She is the kind of woman I enjoy working with. She knows what she wants and she loves makeup. Nikki is the one who refers me to Ana May(one of the featured bride here as well) cause she was very satisfied with my work during her wedding. Nikki and her then groom lives in US and they wanted to get marry here in the Philippines.

Nikki and John Michael

As a woman who have such interest and knows how to apply makeup on her ownself, she wanted to have a makeup artist whom she can rely onto and will be very satisfied with the outcome. So I was referred to her by her sister in law, Vanessa Obligacion, and asked her if she wanted to have a trial makeup with me. And that's the time I met Nikki; and I was humbled when she even said that she have had several trial makeup with different artists yet she wanted me to be the one to do her wedding makeup.

 Nikki had always been very open and frank with what she wants from her eyeshadow, blush on, lipstick, etc. She wanted to have a very smokey eyes using a black brown eyeshadow; which I can say fits her Bold and Candid personality. She wanted me to use the products she always use and she even brought some products for me which she says she loves the most. I didn't have a hard time doing her makeup since she knows what she wants and she even guides me as I put her makeup on.

Candid Bride on her Candid shot

Watching while I put on the blush on

There's nothing more satisfying than to see and work with women who knows how appreciate beauty and who are proud of their own beauty. Working with these women and meeting women whom I know I can be of help for them to realize their uniqueness is something that motivates me to work harder and to continually develop my craft. Because at the end of the day, the satisfaction I got is more on how every women I worked with learned how to appreciate their own beauty and their individuality and not just with the praises and comments I got from them...

It was a pleasure working with Nikki and meeting woman like you just make me more humble and at the same time make me fall in love deeper with the craft I fell in love with ever since.

The newlywed with their parents

Happiness and love, love, and more love to you and John Michael!