Cameron House Shoot

Last month I did a shoot with stylist Sarah Munro at Cameron House, on the banks of Loch Lomond. The location was absolutely stunning.

The model was the gorgeous Amanda Hamilton from Superior Model Management, and our photographer was David Stanton. I'd been keen to work with both Amanda and David for a while, so that worked out pretty well!

This set is for submissions so I can't post any of the finished shots at the moment but here's some behind the scenes shots for you to enjoy.

Cameron House






Bonny bonny banks of Loch Lomond - the sunshine of earlier in the day had disappeared by this point, it was a bit grey - but still so beautiful.






Oh yeah, we borrowed a couple of owls and a Harris hawk from the bird of prey center who were there for a wedding on the day! This winter's 'must have' accessory - you heard it here first!!

I will keep you posted when we know where it will be published :-)

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Alex Box by Rankin

I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Alex Box by Rankin!!

As well as being one of the masterminds behind Illamasqua, the company I work for, Alex is a huge inspiration to me.
Her style is so distinct, and not necessarily something I try to emulate everyday - I think my own style as a makeup artist is much more simple and clean - but it encourages me to think outside the box and try something different every now and again.

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Projects Manager

Wowee, I haven't written here for AGES! I may do a few posts today, I'm in my bed off sick from work - so will be blogging from my iPhone.

Most of my spare time recently has been taken up doing stuff for POSED Magazine. I was appointed projects manager, so I now have lots of organisation and coordination to do. Which is fine by me, because I love organising and coordinating!!

For those who have been asking, our first issue (issue 0) is at the printers as we speak and will be available on a limited edition basis very very soon. I'll try and remember to keep you posted here, but go sign up to the POSED blog - I'm in charge of that too - to be sure you'll recieve all our latest news. www.posedmagazine.com

We are now hard at work on our 2nd issue, so it's all hands on deck for the next few weeks.

x

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Sassoon

Back at the end of July I did a photo shoot with the stylists from Glasgow's Sassoon salon in Princes' Square. Creative Director, Sharz, and his team were to design a collection around a theme for a inter-company competition, there them was a mix of boys hair cuts on girls & experimental schoolgirls of the 70's & 80's.

The makeup was to be bold and experimental, but still polished - so I of course chose some of my new Illamasqua products to create the looks, here are my 2 favourites from the set:

In this first look I used rich liquid foundation mixed with satin primer to create a flawless but natural, dewy finish on the skin. With a little bit of Rumour powder blush to contour.
A blend of liquid metals Enrapture and Solstice, with pure pigments Halcyon and Incite, was used on the eyes. Gaze brow cake was used to define the inner half of the eyebrows.
On the lips we have the best selling red lipstick "Box".

For this second look I again used Rich Liquid Foundation, Satin Primer and this time a little Halcyon Illuminator on the skin.
On the eyes I used Furore pure pigment with a flash of Vulgar powder eyeshadow and a clean line of Mislead cake eyeliner and sealing gel. Vehement brow cake for a really defined brow.
And on the lips I did Welt lipstick with a slick of sheer glass Tantrum over the top.

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Illamasqua Dystopia

I'm sitting in the car waitin for andrew to finish work, so thought I'd take this opportunity to blog about the new autumn/winter collection from Illamasqua.

I popped into work today (on my day off no less) after my lovely manager phoned to say the testers for the new collection had arrived this morning.

Those of you who read the Illamasqua blog www.Illamasqua.blogspot.com will already have seen some of the product shots that Alex has been releasing so I though I'd post some swatches for you.




From top to bottom:

Phenominal liquid metal - like Solstice and Enrapture from sirens but a beautiful Silver colour.

Android Pure Pigment - a gorgeous black/gunmetal pigment with silver shimmer. This will make an amazing smokey eye!

Static Pure Pigment - an ethereal white/pink irradescent pigment, gorgeous to highlight or add a bit of depth to the many matt powder shadows.

3 powder eyeshadows:
Synth - Irradescent white with alight shimmer.
Matter - Dark grey gunmetal shade, lovely soft texture.
Machine - Matt black with silver shimmer particles.

Explode sheer lipgloss - pearly sheer lipgloss, slightly irradescent.

Galactic intense lipgloss - Amazing full on metallic silver!

Avenge lipstick - bright orangey pink lipstick, nice creamy texture full of colour (would you expect anything less?!)

Then we have 2 new nail varnishes, Velocity and Obsess.
Velocity - a lovely smokey grape, reminds me of stormy rain clouds! I love it. Will be popular with fans of DWS I think.
Obsess - neon purple pink, as Alex described - a perfect mix between Grab and Collide.

Last but not least there are two eyeshadow quads:




Top: (clockwise from top right) Quantum, Raps, Matter and Synth.
Bottom: (clockwise from top right) Spectra, Cancan, Fatal and Machine.

Hope you enjoy that preview there, Dystopia collection will be available instore from 10th September. If you'd like to make an appointment with the team in Glasgow Debenhams, give us a call: 0141 221 3889

Contact details for other retailers can be found on www.Illamasqua.com

x.

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You Saved Me Tonight

Yesterday I was working on a music video for brand new singer/songwriter Scott Peden. A couple of months ago Scott hired me for the album artwork photoshoot upon recommendation from another makeup artist who was unavailable. So when he came to do the video for his debut single "Sauchiehall Street" he got intouch again.

Shooting started at 6pm and we were on the go till about 2am this morning. The director, Dan, specialises in guerilla filming on location, so we basically spent the night driving between different locations in Glasgow, jumping out of cars and quickly nailing the shot. It was so exciting! lol. I loved it :-)

The love interest was played by the gorgeous Amy McLelland from Superiour Model Managment. Such a lovely girl, very laid back and totally up for the relative madness that ensued! Sarah Munro the stylist was also awesome, she pulled loads of brilliant clothes for Scott and Amy.

Looking forward to working with Sarah and Amy again soon I hope.

Anyhoo, here's some snaps from the evening:

Scott & Amy

In the chip shop

Director Dan

Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Lots of running up and down alleyways!

Was a brilliant night :-) can't wait to see the finished article.


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Busy week ahead

I can't believe how busy this week has ended up being!

I am off on Monday, tomorrow, which will give me a chance to tidy the house a bit - which I have been meaning to do since I came back from Spain about a week and a half ago!

I am then working tuesday wednesday and thursday... and on Thursday night I am shooting for a Music Video - bring on the red bull and pro plus: 5.30pm-4.30am after a full day at work...! I am really looking forward to doing this video, a while back I did makeup for the album artwork with the same artist, hopefully all will be revealed soon!

I am hoping that I will get to do a behind the scenes blog as we go, but it will of course depend how hectic things get on set! So don't be angry if I don't manage it!

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Sassoon

Last Sunday I spent the day in the salon with the team at Vidal Sassoon in Glasgow. We were doing a shoot for an in-company competition.

The hairstyles were brilliant, and I was so impressed by the models. None of them were professional models but they all worked it better than some I know who are!

I should get some shots back in a few weeks time so will post them for you to see when they arrive.

A shot of some of kit layed out.

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iPhone app

I am feeling pretty terrible about my lack of blogging recently, and I blame it all on the purchasing of my lovely new iPhone 3Gs.

I've hardly used my pc since I got it, and have there for been neglecting most things online, except Twitter!!

Today I downloaded this handy application, BlogPress, so now I can blog from here too! Looking forward to behind the scenes posts from now on, I can post as it's taking place!

So erm yeah, please accept my apologies for my recent absence and keep your eyes peeled for future posts!

X


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Catch Up

I can't belive it's been nearly a month since my last blog! I just don't know where time is disappearing to at the moment!

So here's a quick run down of what I've been up to this month:

I had a shoot with the wonderful Hamish Campbell - First I work with him on soething for the first issue of P O S E D magazine, then we decided to doing another shoot together.
Our lovely model was Numba, who deserves congratulations since she has just been taken on by Stolen in Edinburgh!

I am waiting on all the finished images from Hamish, but in the meantime here are a few examples:




Looking forward to working with both Numba and Hamish again in the not too distant future :)

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Also this month Andrew had his Graduation. 2:1 BSc Music Technology (hons) - I'm so proud. Here is a picture of us on the day, Andrew looking gorgeous in his kilt!


We just got back from a 4 day break in Spain too... it was brilliant, just a shame we couldn't stay longer - I was quite enjoying the sunshine and swimming pool lifestyle!

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