Miss Minnesota Pageant

If you are a fan of my Facebook page, you've already seen that I worked backstage at the Miss MN Pageant this last week! It was quite the experience! A world I've never seen... butt glue, spray on airbrush tanner, big hair (which I loved by the way!), gigantic eyelashes and more hairspray then my lungs could take! But all in all, it was super fun and it was an opportunity I will ever forget! And it led to doing a photo shoot with the new Miss Minnesota this Thursday. And hopefully leads to many more exciting things!


I'll tell you all how it all started, because I've gotten a lot of questions like "How did you get into something like that?" and "Did you do all 22 girls, were there other stylists there?"  Well... here it is! My best friend, Tatum and I have always wanted to start our own business doing on site hair and makeup (She is a fabulous makeup artist!) and her husband, Ben, pushed us into getting it started! Our first gig... the pageant! He did well!! His mother was Miss America in 1977 and she asked him if we'd be interested in helping out backstage. The girls are actually expected to do their own hair and makeup! So we kicked the business planning into high gear so we would be ready for this event! 


Our business name is Dual Brushes ~ On Site Hair and Makeup. We are very excited to begin this new journey! We already have weddings and photo shoots booked this year! Check out our website DualBrushes.com and our Facebook page Facebook.com/DualBrushes 


It was pretty crazy backstage, girls were lining up to have us help them with getting ready! It ended up being such a fun and entertaining show, and helped us get our name out there! Hopefully we will help out again next year. So, if you know of anyone getting married, or in need of on site hair and makeup... send them our way! We'd appreciate it. 


Here are a few pictures... 

All the girls were so sweet, it was really fun getting to know them!

She was a former Miss MN in 1997. Hosted the preliminary nights.

All the girls with Miss Minnesota

Tatum working her magic on Siri... who was crowned Miss Minnesota 2012!! 

Working my magic on her as well! Looks of teasing and hairspray!

Staci, from 'Moon and Staci' on KS95 was the host the final night! It was fun meeting her and doing her hair!

Natalie, the former Miss Minnesota, and myself after getting her all dolled up!

Thanks reading! I plan on doing another posting this week! What?!? Two posts in one week! I just have so much I want to share with you all! Make sure to follow my blog so you never miss a new post!! (I want to do a giveaway sometime soon, but I need more followers, so get ahead start and follow now!) Thanks again. 


Hope you're having a great hair day!