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g e n e r a l i n f o r m a t i o n 1 . D A Y B E F O R E
Ont heda ybe f or ey ours e s s i on, pr e pa r ea ndpr e s sy ourc l ot he s . Ar r a ng et he m byout f i t sa nd g r oupt he mt og e t he ronha ng e r s s ot ha tnot hi ngg e t sl e f tbe hi nd.
2 . P R I V A T E S H O W I N G
Ha v eas how a thomea ndt r yona l l ofy ourout f i t s . Ma kes ur et ha ty ou a r eha ppywi t hyourc hoi c e sa nd t ha tt he yf i tpr ope r l y( i l l f i t t i ng c l ot hi ngwi l lnotphot og r a phwe l l ) .
3 . R E L A X
Re l a xa ndg e tpl e nt y o fr e s tt heni g ht b e f o r ey o urs e s s i o n. Wi t ho utag o o d ni g ht ’ sr e s t , y o ur e y e sma yl o o kt i r e d o rha v ed a r kc i r c l e s .
4 . E A T & D R I N K
Haveal i ghtmealon t hedayofyours es s i on andbes ur et odr i nk pl ent yofwat ert o s t ayhydr at ed.
5 . T R A V E L C L O T H E S
Wearyourr egul ars t r eetcl ot hest oyour s es s i on.Onceyougett ot hes t udi o, we’ l ldi s cus syourwi s hesandopt i ons anddeci dewhi chout f i tt os t ar twi t h.
c l o t h i n g t i p s D A R K S I D E
Af e ws ug g e s t i onst ol owe ry ours t r e s sl e v e l .
Da r ke r c ol or e d c l ot hi ngi s c onc e a l i ng a ndwi l l ma key ou l ookt hi nne r .
A V O I D S U P E R S I Z I N G
Bec a r e f ulwi t hl oos eorba g g yc l ot hi ng ; t he yc a nt e ndt obeunf l a t t e r i nga ndc a n a c t ua l l yma key oua ppe a rhe a v i e r .
B E U N I Q U E
N O A D S
Cl ot hi ngs e l e c t i oni si mpor t a ntf ors howi ng whoy oua r ea ndy ourpe r s ona ls t y l e . Don' t we a ra“ popul a rbr a nd”t s hi r ta nde x pe c t y ouri ma g e st obeuni que . Butr e me mbe r , y ourpor t r a i t sa r ea boutYOU. Thec l ot hi ng s houl dbet houg htofa sa na c c e s s or y .
T H I N K C O L O R
We a rc ol or st ha tg obe s twi t hy our c ompl e x i on, ha i rc ol or i nga nde y e s . I fy ouha v ebl uee y e s , we a r i ngabl ue s hi r tc a nma key oure y e s" pop"a nd e nha nc et he i rc ol ori ny ourphot os .
Av oi dc l ot he s wi t hs l og a ns , l og os , orot he r di s t r a c t i ons . Yourf a c e , e y e s , a nde x pr e s s i on wa nt sa l lof t hea t t e nt i on.
D I A L I T D O W N !
Bol ds t r i pe sa ndl a r g epa t t e r nss t a nd outa ndt e ndt odr a wa t t e nt i ona wa y f r om t hemos ti mpor t a ntpa r tofy our phot og r a phs : YOURFACE!
A V O I D W A S H O U T
Whi t ec l ot hi ngc a nwa s haf a i r c ompl e x i onout . Bee x t r ac a r e f ul a boutwe a r i ngwhi t ei nt hewi nt e r mont hswhe ny ourt a ni smor ef a de d.
C O V E R U P
I ft he r e ’ ss ome t hi nga bouty ourbody t ha ty oudon’ tl i ke , c ov e ri tup. Ia m a ma ze da thow ma nype opl ec ome t ot he i rs e s s i onwe a r i ngas l e e v e l e s s s hi r t&s a yt he yha t et he i ruppe ra r ms !
B E S E A S O N A L
I nor de rt oe ns ur ev a r i e t yi n y ours e s s i on, br i ngdi f f e r e nt s t y l e sa ndc ol or sofc l ot he s . Yourphot osc a nr e pr e s e nta l l s e a s ons , s obr i ngawi der a ng e ofc l ot hi ngde s pi t et hec ur r e nt out doort e mpe r a t ur e .
A B O V E T H E S H O U L D E R S
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Br i ngont heBLI NG!
Br i ngat t ent i ont oyourf acewi t hacces s or i ess uchas hat s ,hai rpi eces ,s car ves ,andbol dneckl aces .As car fora bol dneckl acecant r ans f or m as i mpl eout f i ti nt oas t at ement pi eceandof f eravar i et yofl ooksf oronecl ot hi ngchange.
B A C K D R O P S G A L O R E
B E L T S
Wewi l l c h o o s es e t s , l o c a t i o n s , a n db a c k d r o p s t oc o o r d i n a t ewi t hy o u r c l o t h i n gt oe n s u r ey o u l o o ky o u rb e s t . I fy o u n o t i c eab a c k d r o pt h a t y o u l i k e , l e t u sk n o wa n dwe ’ l l t r yt oma k ei t wo r kwi t h y o u ro u t f i t s .
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S H O E S
Heel sl engt hent hel egl i neands l i mt hebodywhi l emaki ng yourl egsl ookf abul ous !But ,don’ ts pendal otoft i mehunt i ng f ors hoesf orever yout f i tbecaus emos tofyourf avor i t es hot s wi l lbef r om t hewai s tup,andf ocus edonyourf ace.
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F A S H I O N H O M E W O R K
B O D Y T Y P E
Fo rp ho t os e s s i o nho me wo r k, wer e c o mme nd wa t c hi ngMTV, b r o ws i ngf a s hi o nma g a z i ne s , a ndwi nd o ws ho p p i nga tt hema l l ! Pa ya t t e nt i o n t oho wi t e msa r ep u tt o g e t he rt oc r e a t eau ni q u e s t y l eo rl o o k. Al s owa t c hTVs ho wsl i ke“ Wha t No tt oWe a r ”t og e ti d e a sa b o u ta c c e nt u a t i ng y o u rb o d yt y p ea ndg o o dg e ne r a l t i p so nf a s hi o n.
Wh e nl o o k i n gf o rs t y l e i n s p i r a t i o n , l o o kt op e o p l e wi t has i mi l a rb o d yt y p e t oy o u( a t h l e t i c , s l i m, p e a r , h o u r g l a s s , e t c . ) a n ds e e wh a t wo r k swe l l o nt h e m a n dwh a t d o e s n ’ t . Ha r d l y a n y o n eh a st h es h a p eo fa ma n n e q u i no ramo d e l , s o d o n ’ t e x p e c t t h ec l o t h e s t h a t wo r kwe l l o nt h e m t owo r kwe l l o ny o u .
Che c koutourwe bs i t ea ndf a c e bookf or i de a s . I fy oul i kepa r t i c ul a rba c kdr opsor s e t s , pa ya t t e nt i ont owha ts t y l eofc l ot hi ng t hes ubj e c ti swe a r i ngi nt hos ei ma g e s . l ux e by s m2 . c o m L ux eP ho t o gr a ph ybyS i ndi Mue l l e r
O V E R A L L L O O K : gi ves omet houghtt ot hes t yl eof hai randmakeupyouwoul dl i keours t yl i s tt o c r eat ewi t hyou.Shec andoanyt hi ng f r om nat ur alt os upergl am.
A R R I V E F R E S H : whe ny oua r r i v ef ory ourha i ra nd
ma ke up, ha v eaf r e s hf a c ewi t hnoma ke up, moi s t ur i ze rors unbl oc ka ppl i e da ndc l e a nha i r wi t hnos t y l i ngpr oduc t .Ours t y l i s twi l la ppl y a i r br us hma ke upa nddoat he r ma ls t y l et oma ke y oul ooky ourv e r ybe s t .None e dt obr i nga nyof y ourma ke upunl e s sy ouha v es pe c i f i ca l l e r g i e s .
B R O W S : makes ur eyourbr owsar ewel lgr oomed.
Tweezes t r ayhai r sonyourbr ow t heni ghtbef or e yours es s i ons ot hati twi l lnotl ookr edors wol l en t hedayofyours hoot .
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Al i t t l eg oe sal ongwa y .
F O R G U Y S I fy o u rs ki nt e nd st ob es hi ny , b r i ngp a p e rb l o t t e r st or e mo v e o i l f r o my o u rs ki n. Bes u r et ob r i n gal i pb a l m: d r y l i p sd on o t l o o kg o o di np h o t o s .
F A C I A L H A I R : f a c i a l ha i ri sf i nei np ho t o s .
I fy o uwa ntf a c i a l ha i ra ndy o u rmo mp r e f e r s c l e a ns ha v e n, b r i nga l o ngy o us ha v i ngg e a rs o y o uc a nha v eaq u i c ks ha v ea tt hes t u d i o . Thi s wi l l a l l o wy o ut oha v ef a c i a l ha i ri ns o meo f y o u rp ho t o s , a ndb ec l e a ns ha v e ni no t he r s .
A C C E S S O R I Z E : Some
i de a s . . . ha t s , s ung l a s s e s , y ourbe a t she a dphone s , s us pe nde r s , t i e s , j a c ke t s , e t c .
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G U Y S H A I R : Cu t ss h o u l db ea b o u t awe e kb e f o r ey o u r
N A I L S :
Yourna i l swi l ls how i ny our phot oss oma kes ur et oha v ef r e s hpol i s h onbot hy ourha ndsa ndt oe s . Bes ur et o G I R L S H A I R : I fy o uc o l o ry o u rh a i r , MAKES UREy o uh a v ec hoos eamor ene ut r a lc ol ort ha twi l lg o y o u rr o o t st o u c h e du paf e wd a y st oawe e kb e f o r ey o u r wi t ha l lofy ourout f i t s .Thepr e s s onna i l s s e s s i o n . Da r kr o o t sa r ea mp l i f i e di np h o t o g r a p h ss i n c e a c t u a l l y l o o k g r e a t i n p h o t o s s o d o n ’ t f e e l wea r el i g h t i n gy o u rf a c ea n dn o t t h et o po fy o u rh e a d . l i key oune e dt og ot hee x t r ae x pe ns eof ha v i ngy ourna i l spr of e s s i ona l l ydone .
s e s s i o n .
Pl e a s edonotove r dot het a nni ngbe dor T A N N I N G :
Qu i c k , e a s yh a i r s t y l ec h a n g e sd u r i n g S T Y L E C H A N G E S : y o u rs e s s i o na r eo k a y , b u t p r a c t i c ed o i n gs u c h q u i c k c h a n g e ss oy o ud o n ’ t l o s et i mei nf r o n t o ft h e c a me r a .
s un. Yours ki nwi l lha veana t ur a ll us t e ra ndc ol ori f youl e ti tr e s tf r om t a nni ngf ora tl e a s tt hr e eda ys be f or eyours e s s i on. Ta nni ngr i g htbe f or eyours e s s i on wi l ls we l lt hes ki na ndc a us eyout ol ookr e doror a ng e i nyourphot os .
w h a t t o b r i n g P R O P S
Pr o p sc a nh e l pt os h o wy o u r p e r s o n a l i t ya n dr e c o r dt h et y p e so f a c t i v i t i e sy o ua r ei n v o l v e di n . T h e y s e r v ea sap i c t o r i a l d e f i n i t i o no f wh o YOUa r e . S o mep o p u l a rc h o i c e sa r e : s p o r t i n ge q u i p me n t , mu s i c a l i n s t r u me n t s , p o s t e r s , a wa r d s , f a v o r i t eb o o k s , c l a s sr i n g , h u n t i n g e q u i p me n t , s k a t e b o a r d s , u n i f o r ms , a n dc o l l e c t i b l e s .
D O N ’ T F O R G E T . . .
I fy o ua r ep l a n n i n gt ob r i n gs p o r t i n g e q u i p me n t , b es u r et op a c ka l l h e a d t ot o ee l e me n t so fy o u ru n i f o r m i e : s h o e s , h e l me t sh a t s , s o c k s , c l e a t s e t c . F o rb l e n d e da c t i o ni ma g e sy o u wi l l b ep h o t o g r a p h e df u l l b o d ya n d b a r ef e e t d o n ’ t ma k et h ec u t .
G I R L S . . . PackALLofyourmakeup, j ewel ry,props,oranyhai r preparat i onproduct syou mayt hi nkyou’ l lneed.I t ’ s bet t ert ohavei twi t hyouand notusei t ,t hant onothavei t duri ngyoursessi on.
Dono tf o r g e tt hepr o pe r und e r g a r me nt sa ndd o n’ t f o r g e tas t r a pl e s sb r a . Nud e c o l o r e dund e r g a r me nt s wo r kb e s ta ndwi l l no t s ho wt hr o ug hl i g ht e r o rt hi nne rc l o t hi ng .
G O T P E T S ?
Pe t sa r ea l wa y swe l c omedur i ng y ours e s s i onbutpl e a s ec a l la he a dt o l e tusknow.Ma kes ur et oa r r a ng e f ors ome onet ot a key ourpe thome onc et he yha v ebe e nphot og r a phe d s ot he ydon’ tne e dt obee nt e r t a i ne d f orhour swhi l ewef i ni s hy our s e s s i on.
g o t q u e s t i o n s ? We ’ v eg ota ns we r s
W H A T I F M Y F A C E B R E A K S O U T ?
Al l o fy o u rf i n i s h e d p o r t r a i t swi l l b er e t o u c h e d s od o n ’ two r r yi fy o u r c o mp l e x i o nb r e a kso u tr i g h t b e f o r ey o u rs e s s i o n .
W H A T I F I T R A I N S O N M Y S E S S I O N ?
Wea r ea tt heme r c yo fMo t he r Na t ur e . Dono two r r yi fi tr a i nso n y o urs c he d ul e ds e s s i o nd a yb e c a us e wec a na l wa y sr e s c he d ul ef o rani c e r o ne .
W H A T S H O U L D I W E A R ? We a rc l o t h e st h a t r e f l e c t y o u r p e r s o n a l s t y l e . S i n d i wi l l c h o o s e y o u rb a c k g r o u n d s a n ds e t st ob e s t c o mp l i me n t y o u r a t t i r ea n d p e r s o n a l i t y . Ch e c k o u t o u rt i p sf o r mo r ed o s&d o n ' t s .
C A NIB EP H O T O G R A P H E DWI T HF R I E N D S&F A MI L Y ?
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G O T M O R E Q U E S T I O N S ?
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