STOP FOUR: Fyodor Golan Moscow Fashion Week AW13

Wow something I never expected to do was go to Russia let alone go there to do makeup for mercedes benz fashion week Moscow. 

The amazing design Duo Fyodor Golan was invited to close Moscow fashion week and the lovely AOFM pro team and I were lucky enough to get to go backstage and do the makeup. 

This was my 5th show with Fyodor Golan each season and each show just keeps get better so I was obv very excited. 

We decided to keep the classic look I designed from the AW13 collection but add a couple of surprises for this special and amazing show. 

Our 1st (some would say extreme) look was 

The Golden Girl
I'm not sure how long you have been following my work but if you go back to AW12 the 1st ever show I done with Fyodor and Golan you will see we painted a girl in green glitter  link - GREEN GLITTER GODDESS This season we body painted the model gold head to toe :)  We primed the skin with a golden water-based body paint. 
Then a finer gold glitter was placed on top with a mixing medium. 
To finish off the look we placed large particles of glitter over the top and then set it with a fixing spray.




Body Tattoo Print Girl

Next was a look that the team and I had a blast creating :) 

The body Tattooed Girl 

I had tattoo transfers made in the same print as some of Fyodor Golan’s 
garments. The transfers were then placed on to the skin and overlapped to
cover the entire body. Once we had finished placing the transfers, we then
body painted in some of the other finer details including flowers and petals it really was time consuming but as always my wonderful team pulled it together and what a creation it was. BIG THANKS TO INKWEAR.COM for helping me create the wonderful base prints :) 






I can honestly say I shall never forget going to moscow for fashion week what a wonderful time the team and I had and what an honour to be able to work with such talented designers that I not only admire for there work but also for there talent and warm hearts. 
I am truly blessed  :) 

Thought I should also share some photos from backstage and from the trip in Moscow :) enjoy xxx 

Tom Van Der Borght (portico rooms)

On day 2 of LFW we headed over to the portico rooms to work with two amazing designers- 

The first designer was Tom Van Der Borght I really loved his colourful mad collection and the makeup was even more fun and crazy full on colour blocking face paint - 

Take a look at some of the images below and check out his site - www.tomvanderborght.com

Thank you Alice at http://www.supergorgeous.co.uk/ for taking some lovely backstage shots :)

GYUNEL AW13

Okay so we didn't have to move that far for the next show it was also in the savoy

This show was for the lovely Gyunel and was styled by the amazing - Steve Morriss who I had previously worked with on Matthew Millers Shows.

The look for this couture designer was snow queen inspired.... dewey glossy skin with white glitter almost frozen looking brows and a white eye to match... finishing off the look with a nude lip and a touch of shimmer blush on the cheeks.

The stunning Erin O Connor open and closed the show :)

take a look at the backstage video of the wonderful AOFM makeup team below -



show Video -



also check out the wonderful images taken by www.boymeetsfashion.com thank you hun x

STOP TWO .... Fyodor Golan AW13 london Savoy

After a crazy busy and fun week in NYC it was back to my hometown london to KEY a show at the savoy, My 3rd season working with the wonderful & talented Fyodor Golan and my 4th show with them.......



The makeup for this season was more classic this season with a dark deep cherry almost black lip, sandy highlighted skin and clean eyes.

you can see my wonderful AOFM makeup team working backstage in the video below -

Thank you to www.boymeetsfashion.com for the wonderful video





and a video of the stunning show -

STOP ONE ..... New York fashion week ....

Alas it seems that keeping on top of my blog is even harder the past few months........

2013 has really been amazing I have been lucky enough to work on a few amazing shoots, music videos and movies as well as travel a little as well.....

After a busy mens collections in Jan I was hyped and ready to go with a little less manic but always exciting womens fashion weeks in New York, London and a very last min addition Moscow.

I always love jetting over to NYC it has become my 2nd home for so many reasons I just love all the american MUAs and there positive vibes and love spending time with my NY group of friends who I miss so much when I'm in london, I had not returned since I was caught in the mist of hurricane sandy and did not expect to be welcomed by a crazy ass blizzard. (what is it with me NYC and extreme weather) not to be beaten by a LOT of snow I still managed to go a see a few amazing shows and plan my own shows wile I was in the city.

It was my 3rd season working with AOFM pro, Makeup Forever for NOLCHA fashion week we had 12 amazing designers ranging from very casual brands to high end couture.

This year I wanted to bring a little sparkle to the NYC so we broke out the glitter and a deep cherry lip for the NOLCHA signature look and then brought it back to some classic smoldering eyes and lip combos later in the day, the strong AOFM pro team of 20 worked hard all day doing designer after designer and the results of our hard work showed.....


Please take a look at a few of the images below from NOLCHA and check out www.nolchafashionweek.com/

MAGPIE.....

Okay so its not that often that I get to talk about my film work on this blog every now and then a little post pops up its head.........

But unknown to some of you I started of my makeup journey in film you can see a couple of the other film projects i have worked on my IMDB - or even read a couple of blog posts below

Michelle Webbs Film Credits  

Around this time last year I packed my makeup kit and headed down to wales/cornwall with a bunch of my talented film maker friends and actors to make MAGPIE


It tells the tragic story of a negligent young father who returns to town for his 9-year-old, shark-obsessed son’s funeral. An unwelcome guest, he steals the coffin and finds himself on the road with the child’s mother and two friends.
What follows is a journey with no destination, just a desperate desire not to return. Shot on location in London, Cornwall and Price’s native Swansea without a script, Price instead opted to workshop scenes with the actors based on a carefully designed structure

Marc Price a close friend of mine directed the piece and it comes under his production company

http://www.nowherefast.tv/

The makeup was pretty simple esp compared to the last project I worked on with Marc "Colin" a zombie movie that kinda took the press by storm back in 2009/2010 but Marcs sheer enthusiasm and love for film making always gets me back on set pretty much for any film he makes.

Colin Craze


Really i'm honoured to be part of something so timeless something that means so much to everyone involved and also im honoured to be part of our little film family :)


the film has has some amazing review already before its release just a few quotes -

"Moving, funny, well-paced... Just an exceptional film. Best unreleased film of 2012" - Nikki Baughan, Editor, Moviescope magazine

"A stunningly shot, emotional roller coaster" Sam Clements, Picturehouse Podcast

"A masterpiece with stunning performances" - Pablo Brown-Jennett, BFI Future Film

"A beautiful example of film making" - Jack Sparling, CULTsoup

"An astonishingly brave, dark, beautifully performed and incredibly human movie which I can't recommend highly enough" - JinxMedia

Take a look at the Trailer and some images from filming below :) 






The lovely Daisy & Al In Makeup

(PHOTO CREDITS: -  SAM CLEMENTS)

Britain and Irelands Next Top Model LIVE 2011 & 2012

I have been working backstage with AOFM and the cast for Britain and Irelands Next Top Model LIVE for over a year now and realised that I have never posted a blog about the amazing times we have had backstage :) 

We first started working on the event back in 2011 in october when BNTML was its own 3 day event and held at excel, I had the pleasure of having a big team of 15 artists working backstage on the models and the dancers and even had my birthday backstage and the whole team brought me a cake :) yummy

This year the AOFM team and I have gone on to work on the BINTML press day at the hospital club and the new 5 day event that has now joined with the clothes show live in Birmingham..... we all heading down to brummy and stayed in a hotel for 5 days and become a nice little family. 

I thought I would post a few videos and photos from the last year working with the girls and with the AOFM team backstage enjoy x 

2011

The look for the 2011 show at excel was classic with a dark smokey eye and classic red lips and nails for al the girls :) 

We used Makeup Forever HD foundation and OCC lip tar to create the perfect glam look.

2012

Press Day At The Hospital Club London 

I explain the look in the video below haha ;p

2012

Clothes Show Love Event "BINTML STAGE"

The look kind of took on a progression over the 5 days wile were in birmingham starting  with a more classic red lip on the 1st day then on the 2nd day I decided to go for a deeper two tone lip in the end that is bang on tred with a deep black cherry lipstick... we used diva from MAC mixed with an OCC lip tar in black dahlia to create the perfect shade... we then used HD foundation from Makeup Forever buffed in with a little bobbie Brown BBU pallet... to finish the skin we used a peach blush and mac soft and gentle as a highlight flawless.... they eyes were kept simple with a sweep of champaign and a light contour on the socket in a warm honey brown. 

On the last day as it was coming up to the festive period we jazzed things up and went for a bold classic red glitter lip for all the girls it was lots of fun and we all love a bit of glitter so why not ;p 

I have really enjoyed the last two years working with the AOFM & BINTML teams hope you enjoy the post xxx