March issue of Prevention Magazine
Posted on March 19th, 2011
This was a delicious day spent smooshing and pounding on donuts. The set smelled amazing.
Silver Brocade Polish from Karma Organic
Posted on December 9th, 2010
WOW! It’s all I can say. And my mom says so, too.
My mom loves red nail polish on her toes (they have been painted red since I can remember). Since I became a hand model, I’ve been the one painting them for her. It’s great practice for me with a dark color and then she gets to have a visible reminder of how long I’ve been gone. When the polish starts to grow out, it means I’d better get my bottom back home for a visit. 
On my visit in October, I brought home a bottle of the Silver Brocade from Karma Organic. I put it on my toes and begged my mom to let me put it on hers. She did not want to change from her red, but I persisted and told her that it would help me to know how it wears on someone who is in a pool a lot. My mom exercises with her friends in a pool most days of the week. She also doesn’t treat her fingers and toes as carefully as I do, and I thought she would really put the polish to the test.
When I swiped it on, her eyes got big, and she said “WOW – That’s Silver!”
That was the same impression I had – I fell in love with the color instantly. The color is so rich and silver. It is vibrant and it covers like a dream. It’s almost like you had poured a silver mixture right on your toes. My mom was hesitant, as it was not her red but she agreed to try it out and I promised to change the color when I was home again. At Thanksgiving, when I was visiting, I asked her what night she would like her pedicure so she could go back to Old Faithful Red. She smiled and said, “The silver hasn’t dinged at all, let’s not change it now.”
I was confused. “Mom, it’s fine, you don’t have to wear it for me”
And then she confessed that the color had really grown on her and that she had been getting a lot of compliments at the pool. Her toes just sparkled under the water! I’ve since had to take my color off, as I had a job, but when I spoke to my mom the other day and asked how the polish was holding up after two months she said, “Great! I love it! Perhaps over the Holidays we could freshen it up because my toes have grown out but the polish that is on is still perfect.”
I asked her, “What about your holiday red toes?”
She said, “this year my toes are going to shine!”
Check out all their awesome colors.
http://store.karmaorganicspa.com/nail-polish.html
Lean Cuisine Spots are on the air!
Posted on August 22nd, 2010
There are 3 Lean Cuisine spots running right now featuring my handy work. The spot are all part of a ‘Book of Truth’ series that they are doing. Keep an eye out for Myth #14, #22 & #35! You can only see my hand at the beginning opening the book BUT that does not mean that I was being lazy for the 3 days of shooting last spring. I am working on all the food hero parts of the commercial. The ‘Hero’ of a commercial is the shot that shows the food in a state of perfection, the yummiest bite of whatever is being sold
You can see me showing off the cheese in the pizza pull and again in the fork lift. These quick little moments take a lot of amazing people to get right. We were working with some amazing food stylists to get the cheese so perfect.
Lean Cuisine Book of Truth # 14
Nutella Spot is on the air NOW :)
Posted on August 21st, 2010
I was very excited to see my Nutella Swipe on tv the other night. This spot was a lot of fun to shoot as it encouraged finger licking I am doing the swipe in the shot, spreading the Nutella on the toast. There was some time spent in the kitchen on set learning the precise pressure and tilt of the knife needed to get the perfect wave in the Nutella as it is smoothed over the bread.
Hand Skills for a TV Commercial
Canon Power Shot
Posted on August 4th, 2010
Check out the TV spot that I worked on with director Greg Ramsey. We had a lot of fun spinning the camera around. There was a lot of choreography involved for the hand modeling dance though most of it ended up on the editing room floor in post Super fun day and you can catch me poking my finger in at the end. I hear this spot is playing before the previews in a lot of movie theatres
May issue of Smart Money Magazine
Posted on June 1st, 2010
Thinking about buying a home?? Ahhh! One day, I look forward to turning the key in the door of my own home. Till then I’ll turn keys for the magazines! Check out this month’s issue of Smart Money Mag for a great article for first time buyers and check out my key turning hand model skills on page 71!
May issue of Paper Magazine
Posted on May 8th, 2010
The May issue of Paper Mag is out NOW Amazing nail creations by Naomi Yasuda!!!
Naomi’s nails are incredible, her attention to detail is amazing!! a subway sub on a nail!!!
Lookey the lil cheesburgers n fries! Incredible!!
Always a cool day to be Naomi’s hand model. I have a favorite memory of a shoot involving dangling chain mail from the nails and scratching a male models torso.
Made a new friend at work :)
Posted on April 1st, 2010
Wonderful skies n new friends at a studio overlooking The Hudson River.
