You might remember some weeks ago I shared some behind the scenes photographs of the Music Video for “My Little Honda 50“. I shared the actual video later on facebook, but for those that didn’t catch it there I thought I would post it up on the blog too.

It is very tongue in cheek and was quite a bit of craic!

Producer: John Kelly @ Hazel Entertainments
Make-up & Postiche: Emma Farrell @ Music Video Makeup
Make-up Assistant: Stefania Maniscalco @ Stefania Maniscalco Make-up

This was a television show I did this summer. It is a Mind the Gap Production called The Only Viking in the Village. I had the opportunity to work with Neil Delamere again. We worked together on the Panel, but unfortunately that has been cancelled, so it was great to team up again on another show. This was a load of fun because I got the opportunity to do some interesting make-up, including rotting teeth and blood!

Of course I used alot of special effects products from Kryolan and Ben Nye to achieve this. As well as my airbrush for the Medieval Maid. Watch out for the show coming up on RTE soon.

Producers: Mind the Gap Films
Talent Pictured: Bernadette McGloughlin @ Assets, Ciarán, Philip
Make-up: Emma Farrell @ Television Makeup Artist
Make-up Assistant: Caoimhe Arrigan from Graceful Faces 

It was great to be back in Malahide my hometown for another wedding. This time it was the gorgeous Nadine who was marrying Stephen.

Nadine wanted a very natural bridal look so we went for some lovely subtle golds and browns with a few individual lashes on the outer corners of her eye to add a little flirtatiousness. We also used Graftobian Airbrush Foundation to ensure that she looked flawless the whole day.

Thanks to the wonderful Kevin Morris a very talented photographer for letting me use his images from their big day. Be sure to check is work out, there is a link below.

Hair: Michelle O’Halloran @ MOH Bridal Hairstyling
Make-up: Emma Farrell @ Bridal Hair and Makeup Dublin
Photographer: Kevin Morris @ Dublin Wedding Photography

This is an update to a behind the scenes post called Behind the Scenes: Alana Carroll Bodypainting. Possibly the funniest/weirdest concept that I have worked on in a long time, this is the video from that day.

The behind the scenes photos that I posted have had a huge presence over the internet. The last post was picked up by the pop culture website Oddee.

Model: Alana Carroll @ Assets
Brand: Flexxivan
Bodypainter: Emma Farrell @ Dublin Bodypainting
Bodypainter Assistant: Stefania Maniscalco

This was a shoot that appeared in the Irish Times last Saturday that I did. It was shot on location at Carton House, one of the loveliest venues in Ireland for a photoshoot!

The theme was vintage debs, with alot of our inspiration coming from the 1920s. I will do another post with the actual photographs where I will explain what make-up I used.

Model: Aisling F @ Assets Model Agency
Stylist: Rosemary MacCabe @ The Fash Mob assisted by Róisín Finnegan
Photographer: Ailbhe O’Donnell @ Ailbhe O’Donnell Photography
Hair: Michelle O’Halloran @ Hairaware
Make-up: Emma Farrell @ Dublin Fashion Make-up Artist

The girls were more adventurous with colour than usual for weddings, so I was delighted. Jennifer went for a beautiful purple eyeshadow smoked out to really accentuate her green eyes, with a nice black eyeliner and thick flirtatious false eyelashes. All the bridesmaids opted for variations of a navy blue smokey eye and lashes and everyone had a nice neutral lip to really play up the eyes.

Bride: Jennifer Claffey
Make-up: Emma Farrell @ Dublin Bridal Hair and Make-up
Photography: Pat Claffey

A while ago I posted some behind the scenes photos of this shoot. Well here are the professional shots.

Photographer: Edel Kelly @ The Secret Boudoir
Model: Azaria Starfire
Make-up & Hair: Emma Farrell @ Makeup Artist Dublin

I read a blog called the Independent Fashion Bloggers, there was a post about what we all use to blog with. Just thought I would join in the conversation.

I use a Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, it is as old as the hills, but I added extra RAM so it still runs quite fast, only problem is that a couple of the keys have become quite sticky, so if there are ever typos that is probably the reason! I have the whole Adobe Creative Suite, so I use this for editing photographs or making graphics. The odd time that I edit a film I use Windows Movie Maker. I also use the WordPress platform for my blog.

Another REALLY important piece of kit are my hard drives. My laptop has no space left on it as all the programmes take up much of the limited space. So I have two hard drives, one with everything on it that I use daily and then another which is a backup of all my files that I update once a month.

Also not pictured is my iphone4 (I had to take the picture with it).  As I no longer have a proper camera this is what I take all my pictures  and videos with. The camera is great, but the only downfall is the flash is not great, sort of makes everything look yellowy, especially foundation for some reason. It really does the trick for behind the scenes photographs and with the likes of Instagram, you can get some really nice finishes on your images. Most of the images on my website though would be taken by professional photographers who have amazing cameras and lighting equipment. You can see a list of who I have worked with here.

For writing articles I usually get information online, from blogs, catwalk reports, television and magazines. I probably buy about one magazine a week and I cut out work that I like and put it into a folder of images that I can look at if I am ever in need of inspiration.

The only other thing that you will find in my little office is a cup of something, either coffee or my favourite herbal tea rooibos. You have to keep hydrated

Mine artists Barry Roe, Donna Lyons, Ronan Carroll, Gary Deegan and Amy McDonald pictured with model Georgia Salpa at the launch of Rowntrees new Sour Pastilles Happy Chewsday campaign. Picture Jason Clarke Photography.

This was some facepainting that I did a couple of months ago for the Fruit Pastilles Sours launch, back when it was actually sunny! Used Kryolan Aquacolors and some MAC Glitter Pigments.

This wedding really stood out as unique. Yvonne and Cillian were having a really intimate wedding with just five people in attendance! Not only that, the bride and groom stayed in the same house the night before, so all the usual traditions were not necessarily the order of the day. It was really beautiful and you could tell that the most important thing was their love for each other and at the end of the day that is what weddings are all about! I think if I was getting married I would probably go with a small wedding too!

Yvonnes makeup was kept classic and pretty, with a bit of natural definition around the eyes, we really played them up with some MAC False Eyelashes, which had a nice flick at the outer corners. Lips were kept nude with a lovely Laura Mercier gloss in Pink Champagne on top.

Her hair was done in a hairdressers earlier that morning, Yvonne kept them fresh with this hairnet which looks so vintage in all the photos! The curls had dropped a little too much, so we gave them a bit of a pep with my curling wand, which I always carry to weddings just incase!

Wedding: Yvonne and Cillian
Photography: Christina Brosnan @ Brosnan Photographic
Makeup: Emma Farrell @ Dublin Bridal Makeup