I was the lucky winner last week for Mpls St. Paul Magazine's "Pin it to Win it" contest. The prize? 2 VIP tickets to the MN Red Dress Event at Hotel Graves 601, front row seats, a swag bag, and a glass of champagne. I grabbed my good friend and photog Bernadette Pollard of Dettesnaps Photography to join me. We had a so much fun, and when I mean fun we ended up with southern accents by the end of the night. 

Here are some of my favorite pictures (taken with my iphone) of my first fashion show. And I can't wait to go to the next one!

On on of my acting jobs I had a conversation with my makeup artist about brushes.  She told me about one of the greatest places to find inexpensive good quality brushes. At our very own Michael's craft store in the art Supply section.  So I had to check it out and see for myself, and boy was she right. Yes they are brushes made for painting but they are built better then some of the ones you pick up at the local drug store. They also have more types and styles to choose from than one would think. And the prices range from $1.29- $19.99, not too shabby. And don't forget about the 50% off coupons Michael's has to offer.  They carry many choices of Synthetic brushes to ones made from Natural Blended Hair, Camel, Squirrel, Goat, Golden Taklon, Horse & many others. My brush purchase totaled the amount of $20.83 including tax. I also picked up a bottle of brush cleaner called "Pink Soap"  that happens one of the best brush cleaners out there. I used one of my 50% off coupons with it so I got 8 oz's for only $4.01 (with tax). Click on the photo of the Pink Soap to see what others have to say about it. 


And please if you have any other places to find amazing brush deals Let me know!