Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Matter Specialist relating to Canada Customs rules and regulations. She is partnered with a global leader of logistics services and employed as the Senior Consultant of Customs Services working remotely in Victoria.
“I get great satisfaction by guiding importers with their customs compliance programs,” she says.
Aside from her career success, Suzanne says her most important personal success has been raising her daughter who recently graduated from Dalhousie University with Bachelor of Science degree.
“I’m very proud of Allison,” she says of her daughter. “I consider her to be the best of ‘me’ as she is a beautiful person both inside and out and I like to think the apple does not fall from the tree.”
In her free time, Suzanne enjoys embracing all that Vancouver Island has to offer.
“I spend my spare time exploring the many amazing lakes, trails and ocean views, which is good exercise for my body and therapy for my mind,” she says. “Victoria is a lovely city with so much to offer in all my artistic passions, which include live blues music, local theatre, markets, galleries and yoga.”
To nourish her creative side and connect to nature, Suzanne makes crafts such as beach glass jewellery, driftwood bird houses and rock painting using acrylics, which she says she enjoys immensely.
She decided to throw her hat into the makeover ring because she was curious about the advice of the INSPIRED style team to improve her appearance.
“Everyone was very nice on the makeover team and it was a positive experience, especially the ‘after picture’ as it will be my motivation to lose weight moving forward,” she says. “The best part for me was having my hair coloured and cut by Hana as I have wanted to try bangs and I like the new look.”
And Suzanne’s friends and family liked her new look too! “Everyone tells me it makes me look younger than I did before the makeover.”
With a refreshed and modernized look, Suzanne feels re-energized and excited about the future.
“I look forward to each new day with a sense of gratitude and optimism and will continue my quest to embrace aging with grace – both mentally and physically.”
What The Stylist Did
Hair: Suzanne loves to go out and listen to blues music, so I wanted to give her a style that was a little more fun to suit her bubbly, youthful personality. She didn’t want to lose too much length, so I decided to modernize her cut and give her some layers to allow for more movement in her hair. I also decided to change up her colour a bit and give her a slightly darker smudged root effect with highlights throughout. I stayed with warm brown tones. One of the biggest changes we made to Suzanne’s hair was to give her a full bang. The new bangs give her a modern look with two soft layers around her face.
Makeup: I started with a primer to smooth out Suzanne’s skin and then I used a yellow concealer under her eyes to take care of the dark shadows. With a light and dark foundation, I created contour on her face: dark foundation on the top of her forehead, the hollows of her cheek, her jaw bone and around the bridge of her nose; light foundation down the bridge her of her nose and under her eyes. I then used a cream blush in a pale pink on the apples of her cheeks. For her eye makeup, I applied a nice dark line and used some soft browns and coppers to accentuate her eye colour. I alternated the light coppers and browns to create contour and make her eyes look slightly larger. For her lashes, which I curled, I chose a volumizing mascara. I used the elf brow kit to slightly define her brows. Finally, I selected a natural pink lip gloss and finished off the look with a light misting of MAC’s makeup setting spray.
Special thanks to the entire INSPIRED Makeover team:
Hair Stylist – Hana Akai of Akai Hair Design, 2559 Quadra Street. Call Hana for details about hair and makeup at 250-383-3227. Visit online at www.akaihairdesign.com. Hana is an educator for Redken; all the hair products were sponsored by Redken 5th Ave. and Icon Salon Systems.
Makeup provided by Hana Akai.
Clothing provided by Olsen Europe, stores in Vancouver (Oakridge Centre & Park Royal) and Victoria (The Bay).
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