Here is some new stuff

Yes, but EVERY model needs to have a good headshot, with minimal makeup to show their natural look. Even better are two headshots, one smiling and one not. The people doing the hiring want to know if the model has good teeth. It's okay after that to include other edgier shots. A good model agency can tell from the basic headshot how versatile the model will be.

I don't know about you guys but I'm sort of tired of seeing the blurred out globby looking type of airbrushing. (You know, lots of gaussian blur on the face with sharpness painted back into the eyes and lips)

Which is not real airbrushing anyway, it just blurs out and hides the true detail of a face with lots of gaussian blur.
So I want my retouching to be as invisible as possible.
Very little on the shot above and I think it works pretty good as is. Natural!

Thats my thing right now anyway, more of a natural look, while I learn more advanced airbrushing techniques using layers, curves and layer masks. Not very good at it all yet. Anyone else learning this or have some good tutorials on it?

Thanks Ginny
I do play around with different effects also. I still use the gaussian technique, I'm just very subtle with it.

Here is an image with an affect I modifed and call it "Howard's Soft Pop" action. I usually pull it down quite a bit afterwards since it's heavy handed with softness, contrast and saturation but sometimes I really like the look. It doesn't work with all images but sometimes I apply it and like the results such as here.

This is the same image as above but cropped tight. I don't like the way I posed her left hand here so a tight crop works better.