Pukka Up

Wednesday 8th December

It's 'All About the Party' at Pukka Up! Originally known for their infamous boat parties along the River Thames, they have since exploded on to many a dance floor, including internationally renowned venues such as Pacha and The Cross. And it's not just the UK and Ireland where you can join in the party, the Pukka Up tour is now bigger than ever with a series of international residencies including Delhi, Singapore, Dubai, Bangkok, Miami and Sydney to name a few.

So I was on hand to do hair and make-up for a shoot for their artwork, which is going to be used for the next 12 months. The images will be used for their clubbing events in Ibiza and around the world, and their sponsor http://www.missguided.com/ will have billboards and tube ads across London.

The models from the shoot will be super imposed on to exotic looking backgrounds. Hopefully, if there's a next time, we'll be flown out to shoot there for real! Well I can dream.........

http://www.pukkaup.com/

L'uomo Vogue Shoot

Tuesday 7th December

I received a call in the morning from photographer Iain Mckell, asking me if I was available later that day for a last minute shoot. And thankfully I was! The reason that it was so last minute was because we were going to be shooting Susan Philipsz, who was announced the Turner Prize winner just the night before. She is the first person in the history of the award to have created nothing you can see or touch. Instead, she sculpted her prize winning work in sound- from the sound of her own voice, singing a Scottish lament over the river Clyde in her hometown, Glasgow. The location for the shoot was the beautiful Tate Britain, where you can see (or hear!), the exhibits from The Turner Prize nominees. Look out for the shoot in the January issue!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWeKzTDi-OA

Knomo Look Book

Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd December

Luckily for me the snow wasn't going to effect my journey to work, as the studio was just a 10/15 minute walk away from my house. My arms certainly got a good workout though, pulling a heavy suitcase uphill through snow is no mean feat! I was asked to do hair and make-up for the Knomo Spring 2011 look book. Knomo produce luxury work bags and technology accessories. They are stocked in places such as Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and work with Apple on the design of their products. The first day was 11 hours long- there were a lot of items to shoot! Thankfully the second day was a little shorter. They were a great team of people to work with, and I hope to work again with them in the future. Special thanks to Caroline Mackay. You can see their current range at http://www.knomobags.com/.