Former Versace Mansion Wedding

May 13th, 2012

I am always in awe when I have the privilege of working at the former Versace Mansion now named The Villa by Barton G located on Ocean Drive in South Beach.  This is an amazing 19,000 sq ft boutique luxury hotel, restaurant and venue space. The history on this property is interesting;  born as Casa Casurina in 1930, built by architect philanthropist, author and political reformer Alden Freeman as an homage to the oldest existing house in the western hemisphere, the “Alcazar de Colon” in Santo Domingo.  In 1937 Casa Casuarina was bought by Jacques Amsterdam, who renamed it  ”The Amsterdam Place.”  It was in 1992 that Gianni Versace first encountered Casa Casurina. Versace exquisitely restored, expanded and embellished its features by adding the south wing, the pool and garden areas.

 Today we had a gorgeous bride and bridal party from Michigan at Villa by Barton G.  Everything about this venue is unbelievable, from the hand painted walls, mosaic floors to the extravagant embellishments.   I took some pictures today while on set to try and capture all the beauty that was happening in our bridal suite.  I got a sneak peak at some of the fabulous pictures of our bride today by Ray,  I will be posting the pictures from photographer Ray Santana www.raysantanaphotography.com  Can’t wait!!!!!

My Makeup Kit

 

Just beautiful

 

Robes in the suite for the Bride and Groom

 

You might forget you are in Miami

 

My Brides inspiration for her hair

 

Amazing detail to our Brides Dress by Ines di Santo

 

Dress by Ines di Santo

 

Do I need to say more?

 

Can't live without my brush belt

 

FBS Artist in uniform

 

FBS Artist creating beauty

 

Hair was inspired by InStyle Magazine "Hair Issue"

 

Sign on Bridal Suite

 

Fresh Beauty Studio Hair and Makeup Team on location

 

The Villa was getting ready for the big wedding

 

I thought this was wallpaper! It's hand painted.

 

Every detail on the walls in the entire house are hand painted.

 

Signature Versace Mosaic floor in the bathroom

I love the girly gifts items we have in our boutique and online from hand painted wine glasses to honeymoon accessories.  Here are a couple of our newest products just added for summer.  We are adding more unique gifts items each day so keep checking back.

This is one of my favorite reversible hats for summer, you can wear it with the beautiful coral detail or flip it inside out and have a completely different hat in all white.

Coral reversible hat

Whether you are on your honeymoon or just lounging around with a cup of Joe and your IPAD, these PJ pants are super comfortable.

Morning Glory PJ Pants $29.00

Grab one of these super stylish clutches on your way out for cocktails on a beautiful island.  Choose from three different colors (flamingo, black and navy) featuring different sea life medallions. Starfish, Shell and Gator.

Sealife Medallion Straw Clutch $30.00

Let everyone know you are a newlywed! How could you fly without this adorable and funky luggage tag? 

The Mrs. luggage tag $12.00

Fresh Beauty Studio had the privilege of working with Hazel Photography and our beautiful couple Jennifer and Daniel.  The wedding took place last November 2011 at the breathtaking National Hotel on South Beach.  Everything was perfect from the weather to the crystal clear beach.  Enjoy….

Fresh Beauty Studio & Pink Valentino's

Everyone thought that my first response after getting engaged last December would be “What designer wedding dress should I wear?” but instead it was “OMG what shoes am I going to wear?”  I didn’t think it would be that hard, I have obsessively looked through wedding magazines, online stores, department stores, design your own shoe websites, I even looked or should I say inspected every designer at Saks Fifth Avenue Bal Harbour when I was at the Christian Louboutin event this month.  I couldn’t believe it, not one shoe really stood out to me until today.  While prepping for our NBC 6 segment on Oscar hair and makeup trends airing on February 21st, Christina Ladin owner of Live-Couture  came into the studio with these AMAZING Pink Valentino’s.  I was in heaven, I couldn’t wait to get my feet into this little bad boys and feel the Pink wedding love.

I have blogged about Sweet Revenge but never thought that there was a website dedicated to all the girls out there that have run into Mr. Wrong. Let me introduce you to Pink Kisses www.pinkkisses.com an adorable website (not to mention ultra PINK), empowering women to move on with their lives. Ellie the creator of PinkKisses.com found herself dealing with a bad breakup and instead of wasting her time month after month waiting for him to call she took control of her life and sent the flowers that her Ex never did with the quote ‘Girl, you are way too good for some guy who won’t even send you these. Don’t waste another tear on him.’and Pinkkisses.com was born. “The site allows you to send feel-good flowers, chocolates, mood boosting texts, and emails to yourself or a grieving friend.

 A great feature on this site is their blog, where you can bond over your EX-periences with women who have walked in your shoes. Beauties, never think you are the only fab gal that has a run in with a bad breakup, we have all been there, put your relationship in perspective and move on with your GLAMOROUS life.

I am doing a little redecorating in the studio for a another big announcement in the next couple of months. I have had this plan in mind for over a year and a half.  I am so excited to share this with you beauties! I stumbled across this picture today and thought that  these chairs would look perfect in the studio.

Sexy Pink Chairs

I will be posting pictures of the before and after so keep checking back.

Foundation Bracelets