Beauty Shots: Monica

Monica: B&W 

Opulent Thrift: Spencer

Tall drink of water, our Spencer knows how to boyishly charm us at every turn. Great set of hand-tooled accessories by Rise Above Leathers by Preston of Cedar Rapids, IA. Lots of cool custom leatherwork on their Facebook page to drool over. And it looked so sharp with the sweet hand-designed and printed baseball tee from Cortie at White Rabbit in Iowa City.

Opulent Thrift: Coco

Literally "leather and lace", Coco embodies the ying and yang of beauty. 

Opulent Thrift: Emily

She looks stunning in orange, peach and bronzes. On a perfect Autumn day in Iowa City.

catalogTKA and Emily make the cover of Little Village Mag!

We are excited that my photo of tender and tough Emily was used for the designer cover of  Dec 2012 Little Village Magazine! It looks super cool. White Rabbit has a great selection of authentic vintage biker jackets by the way.
They can be hard to find!

Opulent Thrift Photoshoot: Alicia

Sass. Sweetness. Alicia is both. And more. Little Miss PunkAngelVintageSweetie. 

Opulent Thrift Photoshoot: Lindsey

Glamourpuss sexy kitten describes our vivacious Lindsey! Photography, Makeup, Styling by Tonya Kehoe-Anderson for catalogTKA. Hair by JoAnn for GSpot Hair Design. Jewelry by Jennifer Black Reinhardt for Age Before Beauty. Dress from Revival

Salon Beauties

 Beauties at every turn at the Twin Image Open House last Friday night.
I was fortunate to be able to photograph many of the models and staff at the event.
Twin Image Hair Salon and Spa truly knows how to host a fabulous party with the best food and drink, products, models and people.
Packed house! ~TKA

Modern Baroque Brunette Topiary

Classic Beauty Updo

European-inspired sock bun hat with charming peekaboo auburn bangs

Romantic blonde twist with flower

Sock bun "mohawk" post-modern mane

Featured Hair Stylist: JoAnn LS of GSpot Hair Design, Iowa City IA

Meet JoAnn, she does hair. Great hair. And in the interest of full disclosure, she does my hair.

Last Sunday at the catalogTKA photoshoot, for Little Village Magazine, JoAnn created a series of beautiful hair creations to accompany the make up that I did on the 5 models we were working with. 

Somehow she makes it easy for me when I am styling and doing makeup to nail the exact right kind of hair look that unifies the clothes and face. 

Magic? It must be magic.
(or probably talent and ten years of experience)

JoAnn prepares Alicia's hair for her updo.

Sassy! I told JoAnn I was thinking a mix of classic and Janelle Monae. Boom!
(Photo by Heather Atkinson)

 As JoAnn was working on the models I could see that she was using many Bumble & bumble products like hair powder, hair spray and Sumo waxes. I personally love the essential oil scent of Tonic. She usually spritzes some on me before I get my hair done because it is like a mini spa moment.
And as busy as I am, I will take a millisecond of aaaaahhhhhhh whenever and wherever I can find it.