Behind-the-scenes look at our October fashion/beauty trends photo shoot!

Posted on 21 October 2009

Putting together our fashion and beauty sections at the back of the magazine is more involved than you may think!

After we spend weeks gathering the products we want to use (lots of emails and phone calls), we spend a day–sometimes more–in the studio photographing them. If they’re going to be cut out on the page, that requires a white background. But sometimes we style them (as we are currently doing with our December beauty feature, out soon!)

Laura had to work hard to get those bubbles out of the Too Faced lip gloss.

Mandy and Laura looking over magazines for inspiration.

Recognize this line up of fall makeup from somewhere? Hint, hint: http://www.athomearkansas.com/At-Home-Arkansas/October-2009/Fall-rsquos-Top-Beauty-Trends/

Photographer Rett Peek, caught doing what he does best.

The studio–where the magic happens!