Makeup by Ariana & Team Wedding

I'm excited to share these pictures of a wedding that Sakura and I did makeup for last fall of this beautiful bride and her family getting ready at my favorite hotel the Fairmont Pacific Rim : )

Photography by Bliss Photographic

Wedding Wire Couples Choice Awards 2014

We are thrilled to have won Wedding Wire Couple's Choice Awards 2014 in the category of Beauty & Health! Thank you to all our bride's who took the time to write such wonderful reviews for us, we are so honoured and blessed to have been able to work with you all!

The WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards™ 2014 recognizes the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism. The esteemed awards are given to the top local wedding vendors in more than 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their professional achievements from the previous year.

Same Day Edit Video from Hanny & Kevin's Wedding

Check out my most recent Bride's same day edit video from Life Studios Inc.

Hanny and Kevin Music Video Same Day Edit from Wedding Video Life Studios Inc on Vimeo.

Follow me on Instagram @makeupbyarianaq

To see my latest work follow me on Instagram @makeupbyarianaq.  You'll see all my latest brides, before and after makeup shots and much more!

See you there!

Amanda & Brian's Wedding Featured on Real Weddings Blog

Thrilled to see my beautiful bride Amanda and her husband Brian featured on the Real Weddings Blog today! Stunning images by Jonestu Photography.

Click here to see the feature

Introducing Makeup by Ariana Team

Can't believe it's been months since my last post!  The start to the wedding season has been crazy busy and I can barely keep up with all the inquiries so I've decided to put together a team of talented, seasoned, skilled, makeup and hair artists to help me out : )  All hand picked for their wealth of  knowledge, experience and time in the industry I know my Brides will adore them as much as I do!

Here is some of their amazing work, you can see more of their work on my website under Portfolio.

Makeup for Marie Avgeropoulos

A few months back I had the pleasure of doing makeup for hottie Marie Avgeropoulos when she was doing a photoshoot in town.  Marie plays bad girl Kirstie in the new CW Series Cult.  She's also appeared in "I Love You Beth Cooper", Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and 50/50 just to name a few.  I've done Marie's makeup a few times for various photoshoots and events and she's always so amazing to work with.  Despite her girlie looks Marie is very outdoorsy, she was born in Thunder Bay Ontario where she grew up hunting and fishing. Marie currently lives in LA where she enjoys riding her motorbike, playing drums and she's currently filming the new CW drama Pilot called The 100.

The Makeup:
Here are the key products I used to create Marie's look for her photoshoot  (all MAC) Cream colour base in Root, Kid Eyeshadow, Black Black Chromaline and Photograuvre Technakhol and #30 Individual Lashes on her eyes. Bronzy Mineral Blush in Warm Soul on her cheeks, beige-nude Prolong wear Lip Pencil in Etcetera with Freckletone Lipstick and peachy-gold Lipglass in Enchantress her lips.


Photography by the talented Sami Vaskola