Hello my lovely followers!

As you may have noticed I've been a bit slack in the blogging department and if you follow me on Instagram you'll know why; I've been busy with a bunch of photoshoots and clients as well as working the odd day here and there in retail.. so it left me barely any time to blog but whilst I've got a bit of time I thought I'd post some pictures from the shoots I've been doing for my portfolio.

I've wanted to expand my portfolio for a while now and do more "natural" and fashion type shoots as I haven't done many, especially ones that have left me happy enough to use anyway. The shoots I've done lately however, have been with amazing photographers and models so it's really helped the cause!

Shoot 1: Winter shoot with Harper & Eye
This shoot involved two models (Laura and Alicia) who happened to have similar coloured red hair (unplanned). It worked out well as we could take some "twin/sister" like shots with fur coats and other wintery pieces supplied by vintage clothing collector Demelza of Harper & Eye. Photographer: Femi.

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Shoot 2: London shoot with Canadian photographer
This shoot involved a Canadian photographer Darren who was down in London, stylish Pash and highly experienced model Kasia; Pash used high fashion and vintage labels, styled for street fashion photography. Locations included Regent Street, Trafalgar Square, Camden Lock and Carnaby Street.

Shoot 3: Portfolio shoot for model Nicole
This was a very quick fashion/H&M type shoot to update model Nicole's portfolio and involved shooting around the business end of London; Monument and Bank. The makeup was as natural as possible, which is great for my portfolio too as most of the makeup is dramatic/colourful.
The photographer Dan was very efficient and managed to get some great closeup shots that looked like they had been shot in a studio; impressive!

I do have another two more shoots' pictures to come, so I'll be posting them as soon as poss!

I have to say I've enjoyed doing these fashion shoots and plan to do some more as they're a lot more easier than my regular makeup jobs (i.e. Asian clients for weddings!); it involves more natural/less "structured" makeup and I love that anything goes.
Having said that, there's something about "structured" and "pretty" makeup that makes me love the transformations I do on a regular basis, so I won't be giving that up ever I don't think!

I hope to get some of the looks I've done on some brides and bridesmaids lately very soon on the blog, so keep an eye out for those.

Hope you've liked these pictures as much as I do, and that they have inspired you as they did so with me <3

 

Frooti shoots

I didn't get time to do a makeup look this week as I've been so busy with bookings and events so apologies for that!
However, the last photoshoot I did before I went on holiday consisted of an Asian/Arabian theme and I've chosen my favourites out of a fair few, so here they are:

Asian purple look:

Arabic blue look:
I also did a "Frooti" themed shoot too which is a bit different as I wanted to do an editorial style theme with high colour; I haven't yet received all the pictures for yet but here are two teasers:

Which shoot do you like best? Hope you feel as inspired as I did when I shot these!

 

Recent shoots

To make up for the lack of posts lately, I've decided to double post today haha!

Before I go on holiday I'd like to share some of my recent shots from photoshoots I've done, so I hope you like!

These pics were from an Asian Bridal shoot with two models, one Eastern European, Alexandra (to change it up) and one Asian looking model too (Leanna). It was a group shoot with four photographers: Nav, Andy, Izabella & Anne.

The first picture was made to share so feel to do so on facebook, twitter etc! ;)

 

Here are my favourite images from a jewellery shoot I did with a stylist's jewellery range Cuff and Neck:

Love this necklace! Went well with our Jubilee/Brit themed shot

And some portfolio pics for me; the first one is very Illamasqua Human Fundamentalism inspired (neutrals and teal lips):

 

There's still another shoot from Wednesday to post about so look out for that after I'm back!

Which pictures do you like best?

 

Photoshoot Pics.. Part 3

So the last instalment of recent photoshoot pics involves two shoots; first one was for a talented singer/songwriter Champagne Monroe aka Nicollette.
She wanted a 50s/pin-up theme for her shoot which I've wanted to shoot for a long time now, so it was great to finally do it.

I got involved in the styling and posing (I really should model LOL) and we took some fantastic pics, I especially love the first one:

The second shoot I did was based in Deptford in a place called the Big Red which basically is a restaurant in a double decker bus.. amazing!
The shoot was inspired by the House of Hannigan's Union Jack Dress.. so all very British!
There was only one makeup look for this shoot and I didn't get involved with the posing as the model (EJ) was pretty much doing her own thing, plus it was the onset of getting ill.. boo!
There was also a whole team of lovely ladies from a cake maker/decorator to an events planner and we were all excited.
Here are some of my favourites from this shoot, there were tons more pics but these were the best in my opinion:

I loved shooting both the shoots as I'm trying to expand my portfolio to more than just asian/party/bridal makeup.. even though I love the "pretty" makeup more lol!

What do you think of these pictures? Which shoot did you like better?

Photoshoot Pics.. Part 2

As promised, here is the next instalment of another recent photoshoot; this one was based on a Cleopatra theme, a colourful look and a 60s look.

The model is again Shikira, I directed poses and styling and the photographer was Vik.
People always ask me for before and afters and truth is most people don't like "befores" so I'm not able to get them. Thankfully Shikira was kind enough to let me take a pic:

Cleopatra look:

Colourful look:

And 60s (distressed) look:

Which is your favourite look from this post? And what else would you recommend to try?

Photoshoot Pics.. Part 1

Last month was a fairly busy makeup month for me so I didn't get to update as frequent as I'd like to.. However things have calmed down (a bit!) and I want to share some pictures of the shoots I did the makeup for.
First up in this blog post was a shoot in Bermondsey with two models (Shikira & Leanna) and my cousin Farah who did the mehndi (henna).
The models were both amazing and strutted their stuff so we got some great images, however I would have liked more close ups from the photographer (without washing out the makeup).
On to the pictures then; first up, Leanna:

Smokey wedding or Prom look

"Party" Makeup with Henna

And Shikira:

Indian Fashion shots

Gypsy look

Hope you like these, there's more to come from other shoots in the next post.. which should be up by tomorrow!
I've posted the pictures on my facebook page and will be adding more as I go along!

Which look did you like best?