MakeupwerksBlog » advertising http://makeupwerks.com/blog The various goings-on of media makeup artist Tania D. Russell. Tania is based in Los Angeles, and works in LA, San Francisco and wherever else this wacky world may take her... Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:00:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Pottery Barn Dorm http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 17:51:55 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=426 Long time no post! I met with a photographer friend of mine recently and we were both lamenting how long it takes, once you’ve done a job, before you can show it to anyone! So that’s been the case for me lately, lots of stuff in the pipeline but until I get the greenlight, I can’t share it.

One thing that has been greenlit is the new PBDorm catalogue I worked on a few months ago in LA and SF. PBDorm is the new big brother/sister catalog to PBTeen for young adults entering their college years. It was a blast to work on as always, and the pictures I’ve seen so far look great. Thus far I’ve only seen them on the website but the print catalog should be coming to stores any day now… I did the cover shoot as well as the content pages shoot. Makeup and hair by moi for all…

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Pottery Barn Dorm

Pottery Barn Dorm


]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/pottery-barn-dorm/feed/ 0 Lyrica Pharmaceutical http://makeupwerks.com/blog/lyrica-pharmaceutical/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/lyrica-pharmaceutical/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:18 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=407 I was flipping through an issue of Real Simple magazine lately, and noticed that the Lyrica ads I shot last year are now running. It may not look like it, but I actually did makeup, body makeup and hair for these. It’s always fun to work on a project that’s a bit different… (click to view full size)

© R. Radstone for Lyrica/Pfizer

© R. Radstone for Lyrica/Pfizer


© R. Radstone
Makeup/Hair by Tania D. Russell / Makeupwerks.com

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/lyrica-pharmaceutical/feed/ 0 Apartments.com to the Rescue! http://makeupwerks.com/blog/apartmentscom-to-the-rescue/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/apartmentscom-to-the-rescue/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:38:03 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=338 This is one shot from a fun shoot I did a while ago for the service Apartment.com . These ads are geared towards property owners/trade magazines, so you won’t see them in your local mags…
© G. McKay for Apartments.com

© G. McKay for Apartments.com

Makeup and Hair by Tania D. Russell/Ford Artists

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/apartmentscom-to-the-rescue/feed/ 0 LA High-rise Living pt. 1 http://makeupwerks.com/blog/la-highrise-living-pt-1/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/la-highrise-living-pt-1/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:48:10 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=112 High-rise condos and apartments have been popping up in Downtown LA like weeds for the last several years. This has all been sparked by the Staples Center and the subsequent formation of the Downtown Corridor. Think young, urban, hip and monied. I did a shoot for the EVO South building a while ago, but never saw the final pictures until I happened upon the website for the EVO. Very cool…(click to see larger image)

© E. Duarte for EVO/Makeup & Hair by Tania D. Russell

© E. Duarte for EVO/Makeup & Hair by Tania D. Russell

© E. Duarte
Makeup/Hair – Tania D. Russell
Styling – Joi Salvador

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/la-highrise-living-pt-1/feed/ 0 Holidays are Over, Back to Shameless Self Promotion… http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:02:37 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=39 Happy 2009! I hope this finds you after having had a fabulous Holiday break with your loved ones. I had fantastic Holidays, although I can’t really say I had a break as I worked pretty much the whole time. Always a good thing!

During that time, two projects I’d had the pleasure of working on hit the streets (click on images to see larger);

grooming by Tania D. Russell

This past August or so I worked on a Calendar shoot for the Men’s division of Ford Models West. Picture a screaming hot day in the remote desert, shooting at an abandoned motel, gas station and cafe – complete with a functional pool – that’s now used solely as a filming location. The location manager lives there in an air conditioned trailer with his two dogs and good thing too – I got mild heat exhaustion and I needed to sit in his air conditioned trailer to resuscitate myself. So there I was in the middle of nowhere watching Medical Mysteries while the location manager told me stories of him hanging out with Keith Richards. Awesome! Once revived, I went back out and worked on a bevy of gorgeous male models. Ah, the sacrifices one must make for one’s career… ;)

makeup/hair/grooming by Tania D. Russell

Further solidifying my status in the Teen Scene – I worked on a catalogue shoot for Pottery Barn Teen a bit ago and that catalogue has now hit the stores. It was nice to see this time my work wasn’t preempted by a Christmas Tree. HaHa!  It was a fun shoot, I always enjoy the teen stuff and working with the folks at Pottery Barn was a good time. Also, Big Thanks to my assistant, Elizabeth Hart for her work on the shoot as well. Thanks, girl! :)

Until next time…
makeup/hair/grooming for all photos – Tania D. Russell/Ford Artists

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/holidays-are-over-back-to-shameless-self-promotion/feed/ 0 O, Tannenbaum http://makeupwerks.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:45:21 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=14 This past July I went up to Sonoma, CA to work on a cover shoot for the Holiday edition of the main Pottery Barn catalog. I’m excited to say that the catalog is out and in stores now!


© R. Davis for Pottery Barn

Hmmm… Christmas Trees don’t generally wear makeup or need their hair done…

Ah well, a bit of a disappointment but c’est la vie, c’est la guerre… Pottery Barn’s main catalogue does not usually use people models so I guess they decided it would be too random to do so all of a sudden with this catalog. My agency-mate Jeffrey Moss was the prop/set stylist for this shoot and as you can see, he did an amazing job. You can see some of my shots in action on the Pottery Barn website. And of course I have some up on my website, Makeupwerks.com. Actually, I just got to work with Pottery Barn again on a cover shoot for Pottery Barn Teen which should be out around February. (they do use models for the PBTeen covers all the time so I’m feeling a bit safer about that one :) )

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/o-tannenbaum/feed/ 0 Fresno Represent! http://makeupwerks.com/blog/fresno-represent/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/fresno-represent/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:16:00 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=11 So I got to go up to Fresno to work with a major retailer. Who knew such things existed in Fresno? I certainly did not, but contrary to my Big City snobbery, Fresno was a cool little city…. all the needed amenities (Trader Joes, Shoe Pavilion because I forgot to bring non flip-flop shoes with me, PF Chang’s for dinner) were all within a few blocks of my hotel room and the job was a mere 10 minute commute. 10 minutes?!? Hmmm… maybe living in Fresno wouldn’t be so bad after all…. But no… on second thought I didn’t find a Peet’s Coffee there…

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/fresno-represent/feed/ 0 Newness http://makeupwerks.com/blog/newness/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/newness/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:19:00 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=8 Howdy howdy

Exciting News! I tracked down a Toyota webisode campaign for which I was one of a few artists… here’s one of the shots taken from the website:


– Makeup/Hair on two “outer” models, Hair Only on center model by Tania D. Russell/ Ford Artists

Now for the exciting part; I’ve come to find out that the stills that were shot on my day of the shoot were also used in a national print campaign!!

Makeup/Men’s Grooming by Tania Russell/ Ford Artists (hair ONLY on lead female)

Next up I’m headin’ back up to SF for some workage where the first job I’ll be doing up there is a cover for a high end catalogue client… :)

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/newness/feed/ 0 Gotta Love It http://makeupwerks.com/blog/gotta-love-it/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/gotta-love-it/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 23:40:00 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=7 Turns out the shoot I did for WalMart earlier this year was not only for their weekly circulars, but was used a part of a national advertising campaign. Gotta love it when that happens…

]]> http://makeupwerks.com/blog/gotta-love-it/feed/ 0 It’s Been A Long Time, I Shouldn’t Have Left You http://makeupwerks.com/blog/its-been-a-long-time-i-shouldnt-have-left-you/ http://makeupwerks.com/blog/its-been-a-long-time-i-shouldnt-have-left-you/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:15:00 +0000 admin http://makeupwerks.com/blog/?p=6 a cookie for anyone who can tell me where I got that title from :p

How is everyone doing? Well and busy, I hope! I know I certainly am. Since switching over to the Ford agency, I’ve been hustin’ and bustlin’ and doing some great work. Recent projects include work for Mervyn’s, WalMart and one of my fave recent shoots Roots Clothing out of Canada. I don’t know if my work is still up on the site or not since I shot their Spring looks (the guy and girl on the rocky beach. The shoots in the studio or in the forest were done by other artists), but anyway the pix are gorgeous and the crew was Fab! Here are a few samples from that shoot;

more to come…

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