WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards™ 2012

ding{Miami,FL} – January 31, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Shaquira Bonilla has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Beauty & Health!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Shaquira Bonilla was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Shaquira Bonilla is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes  the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Shaquira Bonilla for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Shaquira Bonilla is one of the very best Beauty & Health within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able  to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

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Kim Kardashian Wedding Makeup

Everyone wanted to see the wedding of the year.... Kim Kardashian! What is she wearing? How's her hair? What will her makeup look like??

Well... I loved it all! She looked amazing!

I've already heard a couple of critics say that she didn't look like herself because her makeup was too soft.

Personally, I think she made a great choice. Kim Kardashian is always so made up that it's nice to see that for her wedding, she didn't do the "extremely tanned, bronzer'd, smokey eye" that she usually does.

Instead she went with a soft cut crease look, soft contouring and blush and a very neutral lip. A perfect look for a wedding!

If you want to hear from the makeup artist who actually did her makeup up, here is an interview that he did for People magazine : Mario Dedivanovic

In my tutorial, I show you how to achieve this look and the tricks on how to contour with just foundation.

Enjoy my tutorial. If you have any questions or want a few more tips on a wedding makeup look for you, contact me! I'm always happy to help.

Until next time Beauty Addicts...have a beautiful day!

Need a make-up artist? Contact Shaquira at makeupbyshaq@aol.com or 786.879.2346

Musings of a Makeup Artist (and a Wedding too!)

I had the privilege of being the makeup artist for Sharmil Bonilla's wedding.

She also happens to be my older sister! ;)

I love my big sis and I love the fact that she wanted me to be in charge of her wedding day look. I was so nervous. Not to mention, she was not the only one needing makeup done that day.

Now I've been in the makeup world for over 10 years, but I still to this day get that funny feeling in my stomach. You know that feeling of fear that the client may not like it! Trust me, my big sis is a perfectionist!

I got there super early (well on time, everyone else was late! hahah!) I decided to glam myself up while I waited. When she finally got there, it was like a storm!

"Where's my shoes? There!

Where's the other sister? Over there!

Is there food?

Has anyone seen my earrings?

How do I get into this dress?

Crazy!

But.... at the end of all the madness, my sister walked down the aisle looking beautiful as always.

I ended up doing makeup for six (yes, SIX) people that night.

As a makeup artist, you love the rush of having a customer sit in your chair and getting the job done fast and having the person leave loving their look. So needless to say, I loved doing makeup for my sister's wedding. Enjoy these pics!

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Beauty by Shaq Featured on Artistic Films!

As if, my career can get any better.....

I was credited for my sister, Sheril's make-up on Artistic Film Productions' blog!

Not only did Artistic Films do a spectacular job in making this sneak peek AMAZING....seeing this video made me once again, feel honored to have made my sister look more beautiful than she already is on her big day. I love you, Sheri!

Check out the video! (I come out too!)

What do you guys think? Goosebumps yet???

The Wedding - A Full Make-up Affair by Shaquira Bonilla

Finally, the BIG day was here! Hooray!!!

I'm so happy she's happy.... and beautiful and married and DONE! Haha! It takes so much to make a wedding happen. Luckily, I was only part of the make-up portion and not everything else. She did an amazing job planning her wedding and everyone else who helped did as well.

The wedding took place in beautiful Marco Island, Florida. We got there on Friday at 4:00 PM for the rehearsal dinner. After rehearsal, I had to do her makeup for the rehearsal and I only had 15 minutes! I was very pleased with the finished product.

Since I had 10 minutes to spare after doing the bride's make-up, I took advantage and did up our other beautiful sister Liz. Again, very pleased with the result in 25 minutes of time!

Then after the rehearsal dinner, most of her guests/friends got together for a pool party. We had a blast. Here's the "girl pic"!

And now....the event we've all been waiting for.....The Wedding Day! 

It was a beautiful day in Marco Island, Florida. Sun was shining, not a cloud in the sky and us you ask??? In a hotel room, doing makeup and hair of course!

Get this....I did make-up on 8 women in just 5 hours! 8 girls, 5 hours! Can you believe it?

By the same token, my sister Sharmil and Liz did 8 hair styles in 5 hours. Hands down, we are awesome! LOL! 

Here is what my station looked like:

This was my first model:

She looked amazing!

Here is model number 2:

Her blue eyes just scream at you!

Here is model number 3:

Simply beautiful!

Amazing model number 4, my beautiful older sister:

She always looks beyond amazing!

Beautiful model number 5, my younger sister:

Looking sexy sis!

Model number 6 and 7 - mother of the bride and groom

 (sorry I don't have an close-up shot of them, it was a busy day!)

They look soo happy, radiant and proud!

And now the star of the show.....The Bride!!!

My sister looked absolutely vibrant, beautiful, and sexy!

I was happy with her look but more importantly, I was happy,  she was happy and that's all the matters!

Here are some more photos from that gorgeous day/wedding:

The happy couple!

When a make-up artist works on location, her job is never done.

The following morning after the wedding, the bride had a photo shoot for her Trash the Dress session. We decided to do a very clean soft, sexy, beachy look for the make-up. What do you think? I love it!

This is the most beautiful bride - on the inside and out!

Hope you enjoyed this wonderful trip down the amazing world of wedding makeup. An amazing jorney it is!

A little stressful but always rewarding. Thank you all for reading!

Make my day and please follow me on twitter, subscribe to my YouTube channel and my blog!

Shaquira Bonilla

On my way to Marco Island!

I'm on my way to Marco Island!

I'm so excited. I'm in the car with my favorite people: my dad, my son and my best friend. I can't wait for tomorrow. I'm doing makeup for 10 ladies! This is really going to test my agility and my quality of makeup. I love a good challenge!

I'll soon be in the sandy beaches of Marco - can't wait to post pics. Stay tuned!

Need a make-up artist? Contact Shaquira at makeupbyshaq@aol.com or 786.879.2346

Make-up for Every Occasion!

There are so many reasons and events for someone to contact a makeup artist. Hardly ever do you get a repeat customer...unless of course you work at a department store. When I worked in Macy's, I had a lot of returned customers but you rarely got called by the same person again.

I, however, am truly blessed to be the favorite makeup artist of Sheril Bonilla, and not because I'm her sister but because she genuinely loves the way I do makeup! It means so much to me that she requested that do the makeup for her ten bridesmaids in her bridal party! (oh boy!)

I have been blessed to be able to do the makeup for Sheril's Baby Shower.

Wasn't she glowing? She looked amazing!

I also had the pleasure of being able to do the makeup for her engagement pictures! Those were great! I even got to do some corrective makeup on the groom! So that was a bonus!

Doesn't she look amazing?!

I love this pic of her!

Isn't he dreamy!! (my sis can pick 'em)

My precious niece!

CHEESE!

So romantic!



And if that wasn't enough, I also got to do her makeup for her bachelorette party! That was an awesome and fun makeup! Obviously I have an amazing model.

Now I'm excited to do her makeup for the wedding! Every girl dreams of her wedding day and the fact that I have the opportunity to help make that day special is an amazing feeling! Not only because this customer is my sister but she also deserves to be pampered and look even more amazing than what she already does!

I cant wait! 

So make sure you stay tuned, because coming soon are.....the wedding pictures!!

Need a make-up artist? Contact Shaquira at makeupbyshaq@aol.com or 786.879.2346