
- Jenn Hobby of the Bert Show as Alice
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
We here at Authentic Beauty are so thrilled the holiday season is upon us! That means parties, events and all around fun! Even though the full-on party season hasn’t started right yet, we’ve had a blast at recent events. Q-100’s Bert’s Big Wicked was on Halloween, and I went with Bert and Stacy Weiss, and Bert Show host Jenn Hobby. Leslie Hines, one of my incredibly talented artists got to do Stacy & Jenn’s make-up. They looked fantastic, if I do say so myself. Jenn was Alice in Wonderland and Stacy was a vampiress. ( Make sure you pre-book Leslie way ahead of time for next year) Bert was Max from “Where The Wild Things Are,”. Speaking of the Bert Show, I was actually on Q100 on Wednesday, Nov. 4 talking about a lot of “interesting” things that will be a whole other blog!
But we had a blast at Compound at Bert’s annual bash & I look forward to it next year.

Bert as Max and Stacey as the Vampiress
We also went to the Ladies Who Launch Live Event last Thursday, Nov. 5 at the DeFoor Centre. At the event, Leslie,was fortunate enough to do Victoria Culligan’s make-up; she is the Ladies Who Launch co-founder and I did the VP and former Atlanta leader Traci Long and the current Atlanta Leader Angela Stalcup.. Also MaryLouise Fitzgibbon, a dear friend of mine & the general manager of the W Buckhead spoke at Ladies Who Launch on designing your brand. She explained that there are different aspects of branding and YOU are your brand, and that Authentic Beauty & I assisted her with developing her own personal brand. I felt very honored that MaryLouise mentioned me.

MaryLouise Fitzgibbons General Manager of W Buckhead and Traci Long w Ladies Who Lauch
Keep Georgia Safe’s “Shake It Up” event was also last Thursday, Nov. 5, at Urban Flats in Buckhead. Not only is this a great cause, but there were so many fantastic people at the event. Some of the celebrity bartenders were: Corinna Allen of CBS Atlanta, Vicki Locke of B98.5 (we do Vicki’s brows), Evelyn Mimms of 11 Alive & Mychael Knight from Project Runway. I always love seeing all of my great friends who were at the event as well such as, Ellen Harden, Leslie Koerdt, Vincent Martinez and Meg Reggie.

Alyson from Authentic Beauty and Leslie Koerdt at Shake It Up!
This Wednesday, Nov. 11, I am speaking at the Concierge Association’s holiday meeting. I’ll be in front of about 50 concierges from 50 major hotels to promote Authentic Beauty & share with them information about our services and most importantly, the Image Journey. Obviously, we want visitors to Atlanta to see the great services we provide to women!
But the two events I am so excited about coming up this month are: the Taste Boutique clearance shopping event with Jessica Dauler from Q-100’s Jessica Shops on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and the Celebrity Dance Challenge on Thursday, Nov. 19. Authentic Beauty will be doing the make-up for the Celebrity Dance Challenge: Dancing for Self Esteem. The competition is fashioned after hit shows like `So You Think You Can Dance` and `Dancing with the Stars.’ The event will benefit the Atlanta non-profit, EDIN- the Eating Disorder Information Network and GOAL . My friends & Atlanta celebrities like, Corinna Allen of CBS Atlanta, E. Vincent Martinez of Fashionado, Suchita Vadlamani of Good Day Atlanta, and model, Veronica Best are some of the contestants. The Taste Boutique event should bring together some of Atlanta’s most fashionable & fun, and the night should be a great time!
Also as I may have mentioned before, I’m so happy that the media in Atlanta have embraced Authentic Beauty & our philosophy. We were featured in the October issue of Best Self Magazine, in The Sunday Paper twice-in their “Best Of” issue as well as the Nov. 1 issue and my new Piedmont Review column on holiday make-up is out. If you haven’t seen Jessica Dauler gracing the cover of Points North Magazine pick one up-we did her makeup for that shoot. Also I will be featured on CBS Atlanta’s Better Mornings Ambush Makeover on Monday, Nov. 16. And lastly, we are so happy to be involved with Jezebel’s Most Beautiful issue in which we did all the make-up for all of the “Most Beautiful” Atlantans. Look for Amber Salway “the face of Authentic Beauty” !! The party celebrating them and Jezebel’s anniversary party will be on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at the W Buckhead, so look for a blog on that! Until then, enjoy the chilly weather & the Starbucks holiday cups! Cheers!
PS Schedule your appointments NOW! Brow appointments are on a two week waiting list and holiday appointments are going fast! Holiday Makeup Applications are $50!!!!!!!!