Britain's Next Top Model

Sunday 7th March

Up at silly o'clock to head to the Big Sky Studios. Was very excited to be involved in a photo shoot for BNTM 2010! Had a very relaxed day actually, consisting of constantly eating junk food and chatting away with my colleagues. As well as working hard of course! It was easy make-up, and there was quite a lot of make-up artists, compared to the number of models, hence the relaxed atmosphere.
Lee Pycroft was in charge of the make-up. She is lovely, and sooooo tiny! And those amazing lips!
Don't want to spoil it too much for everyone, but here is a bit of goss about the day...........
The theme of the shoot was "beat bullying". There is a new judge, a supermodel! And a member of Girls Aloud was a guest for the day.
That's all you're getting! You'll just have to tune in later in the year to find out more!

London Fashion Week AW 2010

Sunday 21st Febuary

Arrived at the Royal Court of Justice for the Vivienne Westwood Red Label show. I was really looking forward to it, for obvious reasons, and because Gordon Espinet was keying the look. I worked with him in Paris, and he is so easy to get along with! And of course, he is a genius when it comes to make-up. The make-up was "based 0n light", the girls faces were shaded to create shadows, either on both sides of their faces, or just down one side, as if light was hitting their faces from different directions. I really enjoyed doing this make-up, all the models were great to work with, everything ran smoothly, and it was just dreamlike........

Friday 19th Febuary

Hannah Marshall show!!! I was so excited, I love her! Her clothes are AMAZING, and she works a lot with Florence + the Machine, and a love Florence too! Alex (legend) Box keyed the look, and that was amazing too! Sticky back plastic templates gave a really clean look to the eye shape. Everything was just amazing really, oh, apart from the venue! The power kept cutting out, which delayed things slightly! Can't do make-up in the dark! It was the most manic show I've done yet, but the models looked fab with those blue lips and pale skin!

Here's a taste of the backstage chaos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MJbFDeQtHU&feature=player_embedded

And the actual show:

http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/lfw_tv_video.aspx?id=2779

Paris Fashion Week

Tuesday 26th January 2010

Made my way to Paris for the Elie Saab Haute Couture show (keyed by Gordon Espinet), and the Stella McCartney show (keyed by Lyne Desnoyers). I had such a great time! I just want to say that my new favourite model is Marike Le Roux @ Models 1. She is the cutest thing ever! And she was just so, well, NICE! And so adorable! I really wanted to take her home with me!

Here is a link to the Elie Saab Haute Couture show. Can you spot me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxrfufWRpc

British Fashion Awards

December 9th 2009

Had the honour of applying Gareth Pugh's make-up for the British Fashion Awards. I also made up Mandi Lennard, his fabulous PR. And what a lovely pair they were. Gareth was so down to earth, and Mandi very kindly gave me a gift, a pair of Vivienne Westwood and Melissa heels! Thanks Mandi!

London Fashion Week

Sunday 20th September
Made up the models for the Julian James Smith show. Andrew Gallimore keyed the look. The idea with the make-up was to give the illusion of a lift to the eye. The products used were sublime nature paint, sublime nature paint mixed with blacktrack, and to highlight, strobe liquid mixed with frozen white pigment. A small section of #42 lashes was added to the lash line, about a third of the way in from the outer corner of the eye.

Notion Magazine Shoot

Thursday 10th September:

Headed to East London for a 10 page editorial shoot for Notion magazine, shot by photographer Kurtiss Lloyd who is truly amazing! Alexis Knox styled the shoot, and the models chosen were Dodo Zieba and Max Barreau from Models 1.

Ami Barwell Video Shoot

Monday 3rd August:

Was asked to do the make-up for a video shoot to launch a new range of Ami Barwell print T-shirts for Ben Sherman. The make-up had a very rock, grungy feel to it, lots of heavy black eyes and nude lips. You can take a look at the video on the Ben Sherman website....


http://www.benshermanpresents.com/ami-barwell/