Fitness girl

I often meet women (mostly models) who never leave their homes without a makeup. The reason for some of them is that they feel insecure, they do not deny it, but that doesn’t fit for all of them. Some women just don’t feel right without a makeup. To them it’s almost like walking naked on the street.
Either they go out, do shopping, go to fitness or even have a photoshoot… it doesn’t matter. They ALWAYS have a makeup on.
And when I ask: “you did know there would be a makeup artist on the shoot today, didn’t you?!”
“Yes.” She says. “I did know that.”
“Then why did you put makeup on this morning?”
“Couldn’t help it!” …is mostly the answer.
We do lose some time in a such situation, in order to clean her face first, but I never get angry on my models because of it. In a way, I think it’s cute. It’s one of those little things that make woman, be a woman.

Flirty, fit and fabulous!

Have you ever done fitness? If yes, then there’s no way you could’ve missed them. A flirty (cliché) cute faces type ladies, having athletic, sexy, slender and fabulous bodies… as there’s nothing else they’ve ever done their entire life but workouts. But no! Looking good is not good enough. They have to have makeup too! Which is I think just comic – NO SWEAT! ;-)
Like makeup is needed for their fat-burning fitness routines, as: jogging, weights workout and push-ups exercises…?! Yes/No? Well, that’s where it gets tough, in order to understand of what’s really going on. What these ladies DO understand, and many of us DON’T, is that it’s all about the feeling.
Feeling good.

Fitness or a makeup gym?

Some of us shall sweat as hell, hours long - and still not manage to feel good. But these ladies, as soon as they enter the fitness club with their makeup on – they feel good already! It’s more or less their lifestyle, their recreation/workout itself, and they don’t even need a trainer for it.
That’s what I call a makeup gym. :)
If that’s what makes a woman relaxing, young, healthy, fresh, fit and beautiful … I’d say: go for it!
To my opinion, it’s equal to a positive thinking, or let’s say: a brain jogging.

A fitness girl photoshoot

No, not Startrek pin up, lollita, sailor girl or even Madonna, Nicole Kidman or Amy MacDonald lookalike something this time… This is the shoot I had with Lette and Nina last week. Nina wanted to have a few nice pics with her sport clothes on. They both suggested that some easy/natural look makeup would be just fine, but I thought otherwise. With a little bit of makeup gym stories that I was telling them, they’ve got the idea. And this is what we’ve created. It became a true fitness girl (almost pin up) photoshoot, with once again, nice photo’s as result - and a couple of *winks* towards the ladies who can recognise themselfs within this story.

Make-up for workouts

Make-up for workouts. ;-)

Workout.

Butt workout.

Yoga fitness, cat ninja predator girl.

Exercises end, with make-up that still stands. :))

Model: Nina den Haan (www.modelmayhem.com/Nina111).
Photo by: Lette (www.lette-fotografie.nl).
By the way, Nina is a brave girl (and also a top model !!). Lette and I agreed that she may come back and work with us again some day…
And no, she didn’t apear with makeup on her face that morning.
Nina used to be an athlete and after that she switched to dance classes. Currently she works as a model and a graphic designer.