what better time than the doldrums of january to be given an opportunity to fly to southern california??? every January, makeup artist magazine holds IMATS (the International Makeup Artists Trade Show) in Pasadena. i lucked out that work was willing to pay for me to go this year. and tony was able to get the time off work to come with me! so we spent a few days in pasadena, and then took a few extra days to drive south to san diego. a quick trip, but a wonderful break from the dreary grey weather of northern virginia! look how gorgeous that blue sky is flying over LAX!
i actually really enjoy the area of pasadena (or as steve martin pronounces it in LA Story..."pah-sahd-na"). it's a quieter suburb of LA that isn't as crazy and touristy as the downtown area. quaint neighborhoods with adorable local restaurants. we stayed at a little hotel within walking distance to the convention center, and spent the off hours strolling along the sidewalks. it was a little chillier than i was hoping, just in the high 50's/low 60's. but it felt great to be outside in the sun!
this is what you typically see at IMATS. booths of vendors selling everything from false eyelashes to airbrush machines. as part of the demos there are a LOT of creatures wandering around in full prosthetic get-ups. monsters, aliens, vampires and these stone-wolf-plant creatures. i brought tony in for a little bit just to walk the floor so he could see this side of my world....and all of it's strange quirks.
this guy is complete with a light up costume. you can spend hours here watching the makeup artists at work. gluing the pieces onto the models and painstakingly airbrushing the colors onto the skin. even if you aren't a makeup artist, it's worth coming here just for the people watching!
and it's not all monsters! you'll see some fabulous displays of color and glitter! everyone brings out their most flamboyant selves.
in addition to all the vendors, there are a wealth of seminars and panels at the trade show. this year they were featuring the makeup from "the lost boys". definitely a formative movie from my early youth! this is a set up with the contact lenses, acrylic nails and facial prosthetics that were worn in the movie. ah....how many hours of my misspent youth were given to watching this cult classic?
this was the panel of experts pulled to speak to the making of "the lost boys". second from the right is none other than alex winter, a.k.a. "Bill S. Preston, Esquire"!
http://imats.net/2017-los-angeles/
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