Highlights of 2013

Ah so another year is upon us....... 2014 is a set to be mad from the get go with 10 shows to do in Jan alone :) 

But before I take 2014 by storm I wanted to share some of my highlights of 2013 with you. 

I really hope that I have more time this year to keep up with my blog :) 

Elle Shoot & Cover with Tennis Star  Tomas Berdych and his beautiful girlfriend Ester Satorova

A beautiful shoot that was shot during wimbledon this year 

glamours copper smokey eye and shimmering skin :)  my fav x 

 

 

Moscow Fashion Week Fyodor Golan AW13

What an amazing experience the aofm pro team and I traveled to Moscow for the closing show of moscow fashion week, always a pleasure working with the talented design duo Fyodor Golan esp when you get to create gold glittering goddesses and full body tattoos ;p 

The Escape By Thomas Knights for Blanc Magazine and Aofm Pro 

What a beautiful shoot, the most stunning shoot I have ever been apart of in all my 10 years of makeup a real credit to the wonderful team who are drar friends. 

Shot over 2 days this march at the beautiful Chateau de Chantilly just outside Paris france 

Stylist: Oliver Vaughn / Makeup: Michelle Webb  / Hair: Jan Przemyk @Mandy Coakely / Nails: Breianne Zellinsky / Production: Jana Ririnui for AOFM Makeup / Makeup Assistant.greg kara Models: Anastasia @ City Models (Paris) Lauren @ Major Models (Paris) / Location: The Chateau de Chantilly 

Maya Jane Coles - Burning Bright Ft Kim Ann Foxman

Another collabaration with Thomas Knights, the location for the video was a real church in North London and fits the song beautifully. although I almost had a heart attack when we thought we has died oak floor red with fake blood argh

Tomas also shot Maya this year for the cover of mixmag that i also had the pleasure of doing the makeup for.    

Joanna Mastroianni NYFW SS14 with AOFM pro

One of my fav shows of 2013 was the joanna Mastroianni spring / summer 2014 show at mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York I had the pleasure of co designing this look with the beautiful and fabulas Dani Fonseca  (thebodyofart.com) using the aofm pro team and Mehron products. the look was bang on trend for ss14 and the skin was super dewy and luminous.

 

I also had the chance to makeup the beautiful Yara Martinez who was sitting front row at the show.   

What a year it has been, I loved every moment of each show, shoot, music video and film I have worked on this year I am blessed in so many ways.

Thank you to all my wonderful teams, clients and friends xxx 

Baartmans & Siegel S/S '14

1st Show of day 3 and again it was an early start today was the day that I had 4 shows so it meant a lot of running around and a lot of london taxi's argh!!!! 

The theme for the show was South Pacific Aviation, with make up references taken from The Talented Mr Ripley. The faces were kept clean, fresh and healthy looking. The skin was slightly bronzed, with well moisturised lips which we added a hint of pink lipstick to, groomed brows and lashes, and nude liner in the waterline with highlight in the inner corner of the eye to open up the eyes. 

The presentation took place amongst potted plants, while the models wore raw silk, summer shorts and knits - it looked great was a fab start to our day!

                

The makeup for the show was clean and fresh skin using the BBU pallet with a tiny bit of bronzer on the cheeks to give a bronzed feel we curled the lashes and added a little clear mascara and to finish the look we added little white shadow in the inner corner of the eye. 

YMC SS14

Up Bright an early and on to the 2nd day of Mens Collections today I was back at the old sorting office heading the team for the YMC show..... 

The makeup for this show was clean and fresh, We were using OCC skin tint backstage very lightweight foundation perfect for this minimal look. 

This Spring Summer, the YMC collection utilises the brand’s signature blend of relaxed tailoring with an unmistakably playful edge. A minimal silhouette is offset by electrifying prints; combining the classic with the utterly modern – redefining the use of colour, print and texture as a tenet of the modern, masculine aesthetic.

Spencer Hart SS14

Off to another show we go and this time it was Spencer Hart. 

The show was at the old sorting office BFC Showspace, a big warehouse-type building which is a very cool venue for shows!

The make up for the show was kept minimal but matte and flawless and shine free..... 

I made sure that the team was armed with mattifier and powder puffs to keep down the shine... 

Spencer Hart said that his whole inspiration comes from music, particularly James Brown - which is what the models walked to, it was very fun and crazy and funky cool backstage The audience loved it - and Alice  the team manager spotted Dermot O'Leary and Reggie Yates on the he front row ;p 

John Smedley Mens Collections SS14

Mens Collections has crept up on us again and boy what a crazy 3 days I had, its seems like my shows were never ending but I'm not complaining ;p

I started off the LC: M bright an early for John Smedley it was my 2nd season heading the makeup for this collection and this year it was clean fresh and bronzed skin using a combination of NARS creamy counselors to touch up any redness and blemishes a little tinted moisturizer and NARS bronzers to warm up the skin.

The look was athletic leaving a little dew on the skin I really loved this show it was a nice way to start off a manic few days....

big love to the AOFM pro team for all there hard work.

Graduate Fashion Week 2013 (with Rimmel & AOFM pro)

Earier on this month I was lucky enough to be asked by AOFM pro & Rimmel to Design the looks backstage and head the teams for this years graduate fashion week 2013.

It was a mammoth task to take on we created over 30 looks for 600 plus graduate collections that featured in 24 amazing catwalk shows.

Set over 4 days our strong team of 26 created and executed beautiful catwalk looks

it was all about a dewy glow keeping the models skin fresh and youthful , the looks ranged from gold smokey eyes, crazy dolly lips to technicolor liners and shadows. 

Another firm favorite backstage was the rimmel apocalips highly pigmented liquid lip colors perfect to give pop to any look ... we saw bold Bright Orange, Fuchsia pink, classic red and deep cherry lips gracing the catwalks.

It was intense with 7 shows a day and 100s of models in and out of makeup but as always the tight nit teamwork payed off, we all had a fantastic time and were blown away from by the amazing graduate collections.

The makeup we created for the winner of the gold award at Graduate fashion week "Lauren Smith"  was a bold block color liner in 3 shades Pink, Green and Blue we thought it was fun and funky and complemented her collection very well.

I just want to say a huge thank you to AOFM PRO & Rimmel I had a amazing 4 days backstage it was so much fun :) 

Also big love and props to my 1st assistants, backstage manager and the amazing AOFM PRO team. 

CeeCee Nulty (key Artist Stage B) 

Kash Ali (Key Artist Stage A) 

Alice Moles (Backstage manager stage A & B)

I think my fav show  of the week was Istituto Marangoni they had snow and smoke (AZMING) ;p haha