Our trip to LA to do hair & makeup for the Halloween segment featuring the Big Bird costume designed by my sister Alisha Collins of Fairytale Jubilee on Access Hollywood Live was such an adventure for me, Alisha & Nisha. As you can see below we really overpacked, and no we didn't fit it in the cab pictured. We had to get a van! I hope you enjoy the story of our trip.
{Our Favorite Restaurant, Cravings on Melrose}
I thought these cut-glass glasses were so pretty and vintage looking. The atmosphere was gorgeous here. We thought it was really cool that most people ate outside in LA. That doesn't usually happen in Georgia unless you want to be drenched in sweat.
30 Sexy Years (I will pretend they are talking about my years)
A picture I took out of the window of our taxi. Those signature palm trees caught my eye.
Nisha applying lip gloss to this precious little sweetheart Kate. Her big sister Natalie was there to look after her and help us with her. They were both so sweet to us and one another.
This is the precious Kate dressed as a Flamingo
.....and her big sis Natalie. We were fixing her hair and makeup to be a princess.
Working on Natalia's Big Bird Poof
This is Natalia wearing Alisha's Big Bird design. She was also adorable and sweet too.
Natalie waiting to go on set
Cheryl & Shebang back stage
After the show was over. You can see Billy Bush in the center of the picture. I actually didn't even realize at the time that he was in the picture. He was walking right in front of me before I realized I should be taking his picture.
Parenting Magazine's Sabrina James with Access Hollywood host Kit Hoover and precious sisters Natalie and Kate
Once again the beautiful Natalia
Taking my own picture next to the Access Hollywood sign
Hair and Makeup room
The little Queen of Hearts was Harlow, daughter to Access Hollywood's Ryan Patterson. I decided to use hair pads and shape them into each side of a heart. I then covered the pads with her own hair, which was absolutely beautiful!!! She was a very good model!
To see the article written by producer Ryan Patterson click
here. Unfortunately, I thought she had our information and we were so busy that we didn't give her a business card. So she is talking about us when she mentions the hair and makeup team. Oh well, I guess you live and you learn. It's still an experience that I love and a story that I will always have to tell. Our experiences shape our lives and make our life stories more interesting. Speaking of, hearing the stories of all the people we met in LA was all of our favorite part. From the Armenian taxi driver that we taught to say supercalifragilisticexpialadocious to the Australian actor, Noah Craft who was in the most recent Batman movie and the show Lost, who told us something important his mother taught him...... that we all look the same in our pajamas. Another very interesting guy we met was a musician named Steve. He told us this awesome story about auditioning for 30 Seconds to Mars. The story involved Jared Leto and a poncho. I think Steve was probably happy that the audition didn't go so well. Alisha was cracking us up on the trip! The first thing she would say to the cab driver when we would get into each cab was, "so tell us your life story". We so enjoyed hearing all about each story and how they came to be in LA and their experiences with the different stars they had met. I can't go on enough about all the amazing people we met and what a wonderful experience it was. I was also so happy to share this experience with two of my best friends, Denisha and Alisha or otherwise known as Cheryl & Shebang.
{This is us with Noah}
I must say that the shopping wasn't too bad either! Check Nisha out in her white dress from DASH.
Cheryl & Shebang playing around in a dressing room
XOXO,
