That Time I Assisted on a TV Show... (no seriously, I did)

That Time I Assisted on a TV Show... (no seriously, I did)

So remember when I said I did So You Think You Can Dance?

I did it.

And it was amazing.

I had to wait until they posted the Top 20 dancers before I could put up my pictures- just in case I took some of them by accident. I did my best to avoid taking too many pictures because I didn't want to get kicked out or get in trouble.

For those of you who don't know- this kind of work is something I'm really interested in, so when I got to do this I was drying. I know it was just assisting, and I realize it was a lot of me following dancers around with powder puffs and tissues, but it was really important to me. I met a lot of amazing makeup artists, who I've been texting ever since we went and I'm excited to say maybe LA is REALLY going to be in my future.

So the trip started with Erica (my fellow Phase 2 member) and Stephanie (we know Stephanie right? My teacher/mentor?) driving through the night to LA. I should say this was probably one of the best car trips I've ever had. We basically spent the entire 5 hours talking about school and life. It was very cathartic for me, and I got to dump out a lot of nonsense. It's amazing what a bitch buddy session does sometimes.

We did our best to sleep that night BUT OF COURSE IT WAS VERY HARD TO DO.

 So basically what we did was a series of different photoshoots-some were moving video, some were stills, some were group shots, etc.

I hope they don't mind me posting pictures of them. WHATEVER, OH WELL.

Also, I don't know what Erica is doing with her face, but Stephanie is rocking that water bottle, am I right?

The makeup set up.

On the ends is Abe and Melissa, who are Paul Mitchell hairstylists. They were the ones who called Debra Dietrich, who called Stephanie, who invited Erica and I. They're really amazing and absolutely adorable people. I'm hoping they hit us up again because they're really fun to work with.

This is Erica and Adam. Adam was the makeup artist she assisted for. He's done all kinds of stuff like Ant Farm, Happily Divorced, 10th Kingdom (a personal guilty pleasure of mine). He was a really cool dude and he let us go through his kit and pick his brain. Erica has pretty much declared him her new mentor.

Not pictured is one of my new mentors and also one of the makeup artists- Amy Harmon. She's such a cool lady, and watching her was kind of like seeing a future version of myself. I've been texting her ever since with questions and she's been nice enough not to block my number.

The kraft (craft?) services there were insane. Check out this jerk chicken. Amazing. Also, not pictured was the enormous breakfast burrito I got.

Then we played around with Adam's RCMA foundations. Erica is a beautiful model, yes?

She's gonna hate me for throwing in this picture.

Then we got lost on set for awhile and found a New York street THAT HAD A WEIRD FAKE SEPHORA ON IT.

Then we realized it was set up like some weird drugstore? Like, what kind of Sephora has liquor and immunizations? Seriously?

Erica posed while I sang, "On the Street Where You Live". I'm pretty sure anyone that could hear me thought I was crazy.

Apparently, Stephanie and Erica have this pet peeve about dirty wind shields? I don't even get it.

All in all, this was pretty much the most amazing thing I've probably done. It's amazing to me that as school keeps going, the opportunities I get are more and more insane. 

I promise when I move to Hollywood, I forget you little people. HAHAHAHAHHAA. (insert obnoxious laugh)

-SamanthaK