Ingredient to avoid in your lipstick

Little known tip...When it comes to lipstick and lip balm, petroleum is often added as cheap filler. Our bodies cannot absorb petroleum and it ends up leaving a layer of film on your skin. This prevents our bodies from getting rid of toxins through the skin, and instead, the toxins are trapped inside. In other words, read your labels!

The Story of Cosmetics (2010)

Toxic chemicals in the products we put on our skin everyday

So it seems I've been mislead. And you may have been as well. Greenwashing occurs when you see "Organic" or "natural" on a product. You assume that means all of the ingredients in it are. Wrong! Unless you read the entire label on a cream or makeup, you may have both "organic" AND toxic ingredients in your product. Just a few years ago I was not aware of just how bad putting these chemicals on our skin is. I haven't switched over everything I use yet, but am starting with the products I use on a daily basis...those that put me at greatest risk regularly. I want to thank Ava Anderson to opening my eyes. I believe in their products so much that I invite you to visit www.avaandersonnontoxic.com/jennballard. As you all know, I don't ever endorse specific products except here on the blog, after I have used them myself and my clients. Start slow...every change makes a difference!

OK ... so it's been way too long!

So life has thrown me for a loop recently, but it's high time I get back to my love. I have to tell you about some of the latest products I've tried. Right now I am LOVING my Estee Lauder Double Wear foundation! My skin has changed a LOT the last few years, lots of age spots coming through and wrinkles I never had before. This stuff does a great job of covering my sun damage without settling into fine lines. If it works this well for me at this age, the younger ladies are really going to love it!

Photo shoot with Eric Langois of Raw Photo Design

What an incredible shoot Eric Langois held. I was honored to work with such a talented photographer. I am so impressed with his work. This is obviously a pic I took with my cheap digital camera. Check out his work at http://rawphotodesign.com/blog/
 

Recent trials/wedding shots

Bridal Makeup by Jennifer Ballard Makeup Artist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 21, 2010 – Press Release
Branford, CT – January 21, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Jennifer Ballard CT Makeup Artistry has been selected to receive the WeddingWire 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Makeup Artistry!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Jennifer Ballard CT Makeup Artistry is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Jennifer Ballard CT Makeup Artistry is among the very best Beauty/Makeup Artists within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards.

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About WeddingWire, Inc.
WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of www.MarthaStewartWeddings.com. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About Jennifer Ballard CT Makeup Artistry
Jennifer Ballard is an expert CT airbrush makeup artist/traditional makeup artist who specializes in on-location bridal, print, editorial, film/TV, fashion & runway, modeling portfolio and corporate makeup. We specialize in "clean", yet sophisticated glamour and provide on-location and in-studio services in CT, NYC, RI and parts of MA, utilizing the latest techniques in makeup artistry and are available for any occasion or photo shoot.
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Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings Book featuring my makeup work is now published and on stands

Last spring I posted some exciting news about my published work with David Tutera, Disney and Kirstie Kelley who designs fairytale style wedding dresses inspired by the Disney princesses.The book includes wedding tips from David Tutera and gowns from Kirstie Kelley to give you great ideas on planning your fairytale wedding. My makeup work took place in Middletown, CT and can be found in the book in the "Country Wedding" section. Check it out and please I welcome feedback!

Head shot photo shoot with CT Secretary of State

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of working with CT's Secretary of State and the extremely talented photographer Tim Coffey. The shoot took place at the state capitol and will be a part of a collection of photographs of politicians. The project is called the Art of Politics and there will be an exhibition of this work at the Legislative building sometime in March. I will be I will update as soon as I get the shots!