Adorned by Amari
Hello, my name is Amari Aponte, and I am a makeup content creator and freelance artist residing in Desoto, TX but willing to travel anywhere in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I specialize in creating all types of stunning looks for birthdays, photoshoots, proms, weddings, and other special events. I am passionate about giving myself and my clients the room to challenge their creativity through their outward expression and feel their most confident and authentic when entering any space. Feel free to browse my portfolio and book my services.
SERVICES
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NATURAL GLAM
$75 $37.50
~Usually takes 30 min. - 1 hr
Seeking a look that is subtle yet sculpted? Striking yet subdued? Then, my snatural glam option is likely right for you. This look usually entails techniques, such as spot-concealing and low contrast contouring and highlighting, in which I enhance your natural beauty by accentuating features of yours that you wish to highlight and correcting the ones you wish to diminish.
NEUTRAL FULL GLAM $100 $50
~Usually takes 2-3 hours
Wanting a glamorous red carpet-esce look featuring a plethora of simple neutral tones according to your personal color season? Then, neutral full glam it is. This look features a painted and full-coverage complexion using overpainting techniques, a simple and classic yet multi-dimensional eye, a sculptued brow, and a stunning bold or nude lip combo.
EDITORIAL FULL GLAM
$125 $62.50
~Usually takes 4+ hours
Searching for a bold, colorful, and creative makeup look that is guaranteed to turn heads? Then, might I suggest a editorial full-glam. This look takes the neutral full-glam option to the next level with its inclusion of elaborate cut creases, ethereal face paint designs, and precise graphic liner using colors that compliment your personal color season.
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BASIC GEMS
1 FOR $25
2 FOR $40
~Usually takes 30 min.
BUTTERFLY EFFECT
$75
~Usually takes 1 hour
FREESTYLE ON 4 TEETH
$150
~Usually takes 1-2 hours
POLICIES
1) 50% of the deposit is due immediately to reserve date and time. The remainder of the total will be due on the day of service before the scheduled time of the appointment.
2) Cancellations should be requested via email at least 48 hours ahead of the appointment time. If done so after this time frame, there will be a $50 inconvenience fee deducted from the refund.
3) If I as the makeup artist am to cancel the appointment, the full amount shall be refunded to the client.
4) Consent will be asked regarding whether or not the client wishes to be filmed or photographed by me.
5) Any skin condition/allegeries should be reported by the client to the makeup artist before the day of the appointment.
6) For late appointments, if the client is more than 15 minutes late, an inconvenience fee of $20 will be added to the total service price. After 15 minutes, the client will lose their right to a refund and will be required to re-book another appointment.
7) Since I am based in a suite here in Desoto, TX, the client will either have to travel to the designated address or, if the client wishes for me to travel to them, the cost of transportation is to be paid for by the client. If the latter is true, there are certain requirements the makeup artist needs to complete the makeup, such as a “set up” table/work area, ample lighting, whether through natural light or artificial light, and a chair as requested.
8) If a client from outside the Dallas County area wishes to book an appointment, All costs for travel to a booked event are to be paid by the client. Costs may include, but are not limited to: airfare, hotel, and transportation.
9) For payment, I accept Cash App, Zelle, or PayPal.
10) My normal hours of availability are from 9 AM to 9 PM. If you wish to book me outside of this time frame, a fee of $20 will be added to the total service price.
11) I prefer for my clients to come with their skincare routine already completed before their appointments to save time. I also request that you do not use any skincare products with active ingredients in them, such as chemical exfoliants or retinol, and instead opt for simple hydrating products to prevent the skin from peeling during makeup application.
PERSONAL COLOR ANALYSIS THEORY 101
Since one of my goals as a makeup artist is to make my clients feel their most confident and beautiful when wearing my art, one technique that originated in the United States and that has been recently popularized in East Asian countries like South Korea that I like to incorporate when doing makeup is the concept of personal color analysis theory, also known as seasonal color analysis, which the idea that certain colors look the best on you based on your hair, eye, and skin color. There are four major seasons that a person would fall into one of: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
According to the elements of art, colors/hues are categorized as being tints, tones, and shades as well as being either warm or cool. Value refers to the dark or lightness of a color. Tints are colors that have a lighter value due to them being mixed with white. Shades are colors that have a darker value due to them being mixed with black. Tones are colors that have a neutral value due to them being mixed with gray. Warm colors are red, orange, and yellow while cool colors are green, blue, and purple. You can also manipulate a color to be warm or cool by changing its undertone by mixing it with another color. For example, mixing purple, a cool-toned color, with some red, a warm-toned color, to create red-violet, a cool-toned color with a warm undertone. Saturation/chroma refers to the purity of a color. The closer a color gets to becoming gray, the less saturated it is by definition. Now, going back to the personal color wheel above, it categorizes each season as falling on one end of the bright-to-soft spectrum, the cool-to-warm spectrum, and the dark-to-light spectrum. Winters are classified as being cool, dark, and bright, meaning these people look best in colors that have a darker value, are cool-toned, and are higher in saturation. Springs are classified as being warm, light, and bright, meaning these people look best in colors that have a lighter value, are warm-toned, and are higher in saturation. Summers are classified as being cool, light, and soft, meaning these people look best in colors that have a lighter value, are cool-toned, and are lower in saturation. Lastly, autumns are classified as being warm, dark, and soft, meaning these people look best in colors that have a darker value, are warm-toned, and are lower in saturation.
Moving on, as you may have also noticed, there are three subcategories for each season. Cool winters, warm springs, cool summers, and warm autumns are considered the purest form of their season. Meanwhile, bright winters/springs, soft summers/autumns, dark autumns/winters, and light springs/summers are considered variations of their cool/warm counterparts that lean into certain characteristics of another season. For example, bright springs are a variation of springs that lean into winter territory because of their colors having a darker value than warm springs. Additionally, light summers are a variation of summers that lean into spring territory because of their colors having a higher saturation than cool summers.
So now that you are aware of all of this information you are probably wondering how to determine what your personal color is. The first thing to figure out is if you are you warm-toned (yellow/golden undertone to your skin; green veins; objectively looks better in gold jewelry), cool-toned, (blue or rosy undertone to your skin; blue or purple veins; objectively looks better in silver jewelry), or neutral (no noticeable undertone to your skin; turquoise veins; objectively look good in both gold and silver jewelry)?
*Note: being tan doesn't always equate to being warm and being fair doesn't always equate to being cool.
If you are cool-toned, you would be classified as a winter or a summer. If you are cool toned you would be classified as a spring or autumn. Lastly, if you are neutral, this means you may not be affected by the temperature of colors and are likely more affected by value or chroma. Next is to figure out what season and subcategory you are based on your features below. The subcategory that is opposite of your own are your worst colors and should be avoided. For example, if you're a light summer, meaning you look best in colors with a cool temperature and an extremely light value, that means you're worst colors are from the dark autumn palette, aka colors with a warm temperature and an extremely dark value.
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Another thing I want to mention is that the concept of personal color does not mean that you are only restricted to colors in your color palette or that all colors outside of your palette look horrible on you. You are also able to borrow colors from the palette of the same type as your own. For example, if you are a soft autumn. you can borrow colors from the soft summer palette. If you are a bright winter, you can borrow colors from the bright spring palette. Ultimately, the main purpose of personal color analysis theory is to have a set of colors that you can always rely on to look flattering on you and to know which colors you should avoid at all costs, and I as a makeup artist use this theory to determine what eye, cheek, and lip colors look the best on myself and my clients.
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CLIENT PORTFOLIO
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Have any questions? Feel free to call, email, or DM me anytime, and I will be sure to respond as soon as I can.
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VIRTUAL PERSONAL COLOR ANALYSIS
$50
Seeking an accurate analysis of your best and worst from the comfort of your own home without interfering with your busy schedule. Your best bet will be my virtual personal color analysis. This service features a in-depth analysis of your best and worst metals, neutrals, and colors based on your natural hair, skin, and eye coloring and the level of contrast among the three.