fix it friday #46 ~ i heart faces

this week's fix it friday on i heart faces.

here is the original photo submitted by Sarah Halstead at Loving My Life.

here is my edit: version 1, a basic edit

version 2: got a bit more artistic with it

what i did (edited in photoshop cs3):
cropped & cleaned up face in acr
combined two exposures
touch of light/touch of darkness ~ mcp actions
softened shadow on nose ~ gaussian blur
smoothed skin ~ doll face ~ kubota actions
sharpened features & brightened eyes
punch lite ~ kubota actions
smokeless burn ~ kubota actions
dream burst II ~ patti brown

version 2: added colorshift texture ~ jessica drossin
nostalgic retro action ~ isabelle lafrance