IT's My BIRTHDAY!!!!!

this was lil' Kanny!

And once again, I'll be turning 7! ha ha ha ha
I was born: July 9th
where: Southern California
And yes: the name on my birth certificate is just KANDEE...not Kandace or anything else, just lil' ol', Kandee Johnson!

I have never received so many wonderful birthday wishes and love, as I have this year...and just to think about it makes my heart want to cry! I am so honored to be a part of your lives, your day, and even take up a little bit if room in your heart! (I won't take up much!)
I remember a birthday I spent alone, in a tiny dark condo, it was the first time I had tried to bake a cake from scratch, and it came out horrible...it was like gooey play-do that was hot...it was very disappointing! I remember feeling kinda sad, I was alone...my sad little attempt to have a little something birthday-ish failed, and I just wished I had someone to celebrate with me. Someone to bring me a cake or just hug me, or just tell me HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
And as I looked at my facebook page, my heart swelled, seeing so many people sending me amazing birthday love and kind, words from your hearts...if only that sad birthday girl, who almost cried looking at her even sadder  looking cake...would've known then that hundreds of people would be sending her birthday cheer (i never would've believed it!).

This is such a joy-filled day....not just because it's my birthday...but because I feel so honored, so privileged, so special to be a part of your hearts...hearing people write that they are glad that I was born....(if only you could see or catch one of the tears from my eyes right now)...you have no idea how much those words mean to me! No dream I've had before comes close to comparing to what an honor it is to know that I mean something to each of you, that you've let me come into your life, and that I am able to be your friend...
thank you for celebrating my birthday with me...thank you for loving me....thank you for all your kind and incredible words...thank you for making me, a girl who sat in a dark apartment, years ago, in a horrible relationship, in a city far away from everyone I knew, all alone, with no friends...feel like this is the birthday where I have more friends than I ever dreamed of!

I love you all so dearly! My heart breaks for you when I read or see something you've sent to me...I rejoice when I see you realizing your dream, discovering how beautiful you are, finding out how amazing and one-of-a-kind-special you truly are!

Thank you for making this an AMAZING birthday!!!! Love, candles, and cupcakes.....your Kandee

HERE's  A LITTLE VIDEO THAT SOMEONE SO TALENTED AND SWEET MADE FOR ME ON YOUTUBE...I thought you'd like it because it shows me when I'm a baby and little!

ENJOY!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!! the birthday girl....hee hee

Kandee + Saori = this!!!!!

Here it is! My beautiful friend Saori (pronounced "sow-dee")...she is so sweet and kind, and is absolutely gorgeous. Her bone structure is amazing, and it was so fun to put make-up on her! And yes, she is the model in the WetSeal ads! She's been a Ford model since she was a baby, and you can read about her exciting adventures in modeling on her blog: http://vivesomnium.blogspot.com

This look was inspired by the runway looks at THREEASFOUR...it is a beautiful "pointillism" design, which is basically lots of little dots. The pattern was inspired by paintings done by Yoko Ono, John Lennon's lady.
I wanted to use an amazing eye-tingling color...so I used all the green and yellow pigments I had just bought at the MAC pro store, right before I got there! I used Chartreuse, True Chartreuse, Kelly Green, and Rockit Yellow...I did under the eyes in Full Force Violet.
The Violet had enough red pigment that it makes the green pop, green and red being complimentary colorsand all....so purple got pop green like crazy too, it's a secondary complimentary color.
this is where we did the make-up, on the street level gallery space, where me and Saori's friend, just did an art show the day before...we got to use these awesome lights (much better than the "spectacular" lighting in my bathroom! ha ha ha ha)

other make-up I used:

on her face:
I used DINAIR airbrush make-up for foundation, even though I just applied it with my fingers..
I LOVE DINAIR's foundation (i wear it everyday....and it looks so, SO flawless...I used GOLDEN OLIVE foundation...click on the image to order (tell em kandee sent ya')




Next I used Urban Decay eye primer, pale yellow eye pencil from the mac pro store (or you could use white) I used MAC liquid liner in BOOT BLACK, and RUNWAY FAVE (a grey-ish nude) lipgloss from MAC

Saori and me, decided this was going to be our New Year's look! Thank you so much Saori for letting me put make-up on your dollface!
enjoy the video....!!!! and happy almost christmas!!!! xoxo kandee kane

I'm in a covergirl ad!!!!!

i went to the airport...then I went to get a magazine to calm my "no-likey-the-flying", nerves...
I grabbed the ELLE magazine...
I knew I had won the CoverGirl contest...but I hadn't seen the ad, and i didn't know when it would come out! I was so excited...and my name was printed all HUGE...Kandee!!!

And I'm right next to DREW BARRYMORE, in the magazine!!! I love her! I can't believe I am in a magazine, right next to Drew Barrymore!!! Maybe she'll even look at the page with me on it!!!!
Oh my GOODNESS!!!!!! I am so, EXCITED!!!!!!

I wanted to buy 5 issues, but I didn't because it would've made my purse too heavy (you know how big magazines are!?!)....i think I'm on page 262, or something close like that....I put all the subscription cards that usually fall out on you, as a markers! ha ha ha ha

I am so excited!!!!!! I'm in Elle, magazine!!!! (For December!!!...) yay!!!!!!!!
Okay....I'm going to go back and stare at the page some more, ha ha ha ha, just kidding!
huger than huge love on this sparkly day....
remember to tell someone you love them...and just how beautiful they are.....
kandee

a day in pictures

lunch on Olvera Street...an enchanted little street that makes you feel like you got to Mexico....for some reason I think these Lucha Libre (mexican wrestling masks are awesome) ha ha ha
what i ate: flautas and rice (and chips & salsa ofcourse)


the HUGE factory where American Apparel clothes are made...the sign says LEGALIZE LA....ha ha ha....this place looks like a big spooky prison....i don't like it....but I thought the sign was funny


i drew my name in the sand on the beach in santa monica.....with a love heart....for anyone who needs a little extra love today....
oh sunset!!! I filmed a little bit of the sunset and running around santa monica pier....just need to edit it....like i took you with me!!!! i even went on a scary ride..ha ha ha

me...trying to rest in the dressing rooms at H & M (on the 3rd street Promenade in Santa Monica)..while my friend tried on clothes....
right after I took this picture...a girl that worked there, came up and asked if I was "kandee johnson".....I felt so famous...hee hee hee, she was super nice and said she subscribed to me...and read my blog!!!! yay!!! If you ever see me, please say hi...and I promise I'll give ya a hug! I'm really nice and friendly...
in elevator..taking myself out to dinner
my LA burger....bacon, roquefort cheese (facny) and fries....BEFORE
AFTER...
ha ha ha ha...
that was my day in photos.....
the sun is sparkling down on your heart...enjoy this day...no matter what or who happens!!!
huge love, kandee

shaving my head...oh boy!

this was me....
about 2 months, post-shaving-my-head-at-a-commercial-break...where I saw Erika Badhu with a baldy head...I thought she looked stunning...and very un-britney spears....

at home: I stood and stared at my head....for a long time...and rubbed it....it felt wonderful!

at work: people screamed

at home: "what did you do!?!"...came from everyone's mouth...ha ha ha ha...but that's been a theme in my life...ha ha ha (what did you do to your pants? what did you do to your walls? what did you do to your hair?")

i've been trying to grow it out since then.....many a bad haircuts (not by jerry...by some "nameless" salon in san diego..where I left with yellow hair in an unwanted asymmetrical cut) and accidental scissor-mishaps...

to today...where I take you with...a butterfly on the wall....to get my hair cut by Jerry Park at BARRACUDA salon
7769 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046
(323) 852-7179
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Jerry is super sweet and really cool...tell him i said hi!!!

now let's go get my hair cut.....

PS..... thanks to my friend, Ian Ruhter for filming it for me...way better than me doing it myself!

Roadtrips & Moonrises

I began my morning with the sounds of sirens and busy sidewalks in downtown LA...and found my way to the middle of the desert where the only sounds to be heard were the whirings of cars going by and the sound of wind blowing past the curves of your ears...

I can't tell you the beauty of watching a big, buttery yellow, moon rise above the huge purpley mountains...and breathing in clean air that has traces of sagebrush dancing through it...

I love this red rock canyon...the have filmed many movies around here...and many JC Penney jeans ads in the 80's were shot here...ha ha ha ha

my words couldn't explain...so here's a little "be-a-butter-fly-on-wall" with me video....
I hope it adds a little beauty to your day....huge love and may beauty be found wherever you look....kandee

PS...I'll post my shopping trip...before I headed to the desert..next...random funthings I saw in some stores....

enjoy the moonrise...(and I can hear.."I see a baaaaad moon arisin'..." by Creedence Clearwater Revival playing...ha ha ha ha...My dad used to sing that when I was little....
TIP: if you click on the lower RIGHT hand corner of the video..it will play it bigger!

yay I got to play photo shoot!

(CLICK HERE to see the WHOLE PICTURE....)...I don't have have it yet...the eyelashes & FAN are my FAVORITO!!!
some days in life....you have more fun than normal...this was one of those days....(and we all know I could use a fun day! ha ha ha)
being creative and having fun..it felt more like play and fun than anything else....

I do a lot of make-up looks...and I wish I had someone to show, or go somewhere....or wish it was for a photo shoot....and I'm just making youtube videos...so I go and just wash all my hard work off....and start a new one....ha ha ha

I have a very dear friend, Ian Ruhter...who happens to be an incredibly talented photographer...and I always feel so honored when he photographs me! Ian works for huge globally famous companies...that pay him more than I ever could...so I feel so "fancy" whenever Ian wants to let me stand in front of his talented, picture-taking self.
Ian is amazing...and so are his photo projects....his work makes your heart feel the beauty in the image. And he has taken some of the most amazing photos with lil' ol me in em...you can scroll through his blog and see them...from the bubbles one to the balloons in NY...to the brooklyn bridge (one of my fav's...and not because I'm in it...ha ha ha)...I am honored to get to "creative play" with him....and I am honored to have him as a friend.
I wish I lived next door to him...so I could run over and we could play photo shoot everyday! He is so brilliant...and this was probably the most fun I've ever had, having my picture taken...he makes me laugh a lot...so there was a lot of kandee-laughing faces...ha ha ha


I wanted to do a modern-colorful-kandee-twist, with Marie Antoinette as my inspiration. (I filmed the look too...so I'll edit it as soon as I can)...to know me is to know I love color...and this shoot was very kandee-ful! (ha ha ha)

i even had to take the eyelashes off so we could go to lunch...ha ha ha....I'm brave with my looks...but....ha ha ha ha

you can see more upcoming posts at Ian's fanpage....I think he'll be posting the pics from the other look I did too on there...click here to join

Snow White!!!

I love Disneyland...and pretty much all old Disney movies.... Snow White is so delicate, gentle, and adorable....I loved..LOVED...LOVED doing this make-up look!

Even the hair was fun to do!

I just wanted to go live in Disneyland or one of the enchanted lands~

I researched the art and painting of Disney...they mixed and created their own colors! The look of the original Snow White: And the Seven Dwarfs, was soft with, bright lips and grey-brown eyeshadow...I tried to replicate it exactly as the art from the movie.

I hope you guys like it..I think this was my favorite look and favorite video so far!

For the make-up...I used:
a very light foundation (any brand will do)
concealer wheel by LISE WATIER (i got mine at www.naimies.com)
a light powder (any brand. I used La Mer pressed powder)

For the EYES, I used,
a light shimmery yellow color....(Rice Paper from MAC)
a dark grey shadow ...(PRINT from MAC)
a grey-brown...(COPPERPLATE from MAC)
a warm chocolatey brown (CORK from MAC)

A black liquid or cream liner (any brands)

RED lips!!! ( any bright blue-red lipstick)
I used a bright red lip liner (Cherry from MAC)
I used RUBY WOO from MAC
and any red gloss if you want some added dazzle!

FOR the hair, you just need: bobby pins, hair spray, a brush, and 2 curling irons - 1 small one and one larger...

I got my snow white costume at Spirit...click here for the link...this was the real one...not the "sexy" one..ha ha ha ha

This video was made with love and lots of fun...hope you love it, too!!!