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Mar

13

My Work: There is Something About St. Patrick with Neil Delamere

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Neil Delamere
I got the opportunity to work with Neil Delamere again this year on his new TV Show called There is Something About St. Patrick, which was fantastic as always. I worked with Neil on both The Panel and the IFTA award winning show The Only Viking in the Village, all of which were truly hilarious.

Neil Delamere with a snake

I was assisted by the lovely Elaine Finnan and Beth Young. Our days mostly consisted of very basic make-up seeing as it is set so far back in history. So our main concern was looking after hair, ensuring that it was styled appropriately. We also had to make sure that the Pagans looked rough and ready!

Here are some behind the scene snaps from the shoot. Clockwise from the top left picture:
1.) My assistant Beth with her “Emma Farrell Makeup”  the imposter ;-)
2.) The lads on a long boat out to sea…they are anchored right?
3.) Inside Drimnagh Castle
4.) Exterior of Drimnagh Castle on a clear but freeezing day!

Behind the scenes makeup artist for st.patrick

Here is a little teaser to whet your appetite. Be sure to tune into St. Patrick on RTE 1 @ 10.15pm and let me know what you think.

Lots of love,

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WATCH NEIL DELAMERE GO IN SEARCH OF ST PATRICK – THURSDAY MARCH 14TH – 10:15PM RTE ONE!

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT PATRICK will see one of Ireland’s top comedians, Neil Delamere, travel the length and breadth of the country (and beyond) to meet experts, historians and St Patrick’s Day revellers, to discover the truth about our Patron Saint. Along the way he’ll take to the stand-up stage to share his hilarious and often irreverent observations about St Patrick, while comedy sketches starring some of Ireland’s best comedic talent, will show us an entirely new side to the Patrick we thought we knew.
Not content to just separate the truth about Patrick from the myth, Neil will physically get to grips with life in Ireland during Patrick’s time. He’ll experience pagan customs, wrangle snakes, get kidnapped and taken across rough seas, climb Croagh Patrick barefoot, eat, dress and travel like Patrick, all in an attempt to figure out the man behind the Mitre.

May

13

The makeup from the Savage Eye

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This is just a little snap from behind the scenes of the most recent series of the Savage Eye that I worked on. This is the Bull Mick character played by David McSavage.

Products used:
Eyebrows – grey crepe hair applied with Spirit Gum.
Face – Skin Illustrator FX palette
Teeth – Kryolan tooth enamel paint
in Nicotine

Mar

14

Egg on my Face – Meeting a Desperate Scousewife

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Layla Flaherty Backstage at the Late Late Show

Photo courtesy of Leanne Ledwidge

Well you might remember I wrote about Scouse Brows recently and my trip to Carter Beauty for my HD Brows. Well I was giving the Scouse Brow a hard time and pondering who in their right mind would wear their brows like that. A couple of days later I was surprised to be asked do one of the girls from Desperate Scousewives’ makeup for the Late Late Show. Typical! I shouldn’t have opened my mouth :-)

Layla Flaherty was over for the Late Late to talk about internet bullying and her experiences. It turns out that Layla is actually Irish and from Galway originally. She moved to Liverpool to follow here best friend who had gone there for college studies.

Before heading over to RTE to do her makeup I was a bit nervous that she would want me to do the Scouse Brow, which would have gone against my very nature of being a makeup artist. However I should not have worried at all as it turns out that she is not a fan of the look either. Infact Marissa from Carter Beauty had also travelled to the studios to ensure there wasn’t a stray hair out of place!

Carter Beauty doing HD Brows on Layla Flaherty

It was lovely to meet Layla and I think she is absolutely gorgeous. You can see her appearance  on RTE Player.

Dec

09

Film and Television Makeup Artist Showreel Dublin

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Just a little show reel of some of my work :-)

Sep

28

The Makeup Show Europe 2011 – Part 1

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I was delighted to attend The Make-up Show Europe which took place in Berlin. I had such a blast! It was really inspirational to meet my make-up heroes! I thought I would do a few posts about the event as there was so much to see and do!

I managed to attend two workshops, 7 talks, show my book to 5 people and buy ALOT of make-up!

This video is of one of the talks that was given by one of my favourite brands, Make-up Forever. It was hosted by Jacques Waneph one of the founders of make-up forever. He told us all about the company while the demo was going on. He talked about brand’s humble beginnings when they had to live on sandwiches and sell their car to get enough money to make eyeshadows and how they initially got Kryolan to manufacture their foundations.

He also discussed how the brand has grown over the years, the new product innovations and a very exciting brush range that will soon launch…watch this space! What I found fascinating were all the anecdotes of how they developed products, learning from Make-up Artists along the way.

There was also some beautiful bodypainting taking place all through the weekend at the Make-up Forever counter.

Make-up Forever Dublin

Makeup Forever Bodpainting Dublin

Makeup Forever Shop Dublin

Sep

19

Behind the Scenes: The Only Viking in the Village

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Back-combed Viking hair television makeupScary Viking Hair and Makeup DublinMedieval Scenery WexfordMedieval Makeup and Hair for TelevisionThis 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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mar

13

Behind the Scenes: RTE’s Shopping from Home

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I was asked to do the make-up for the Shopping from Home Informercial the other day, working with the fabulous Kathy Hoffman. It is a television programme on RTE which sells products that you can buy from the comfort of your own home.

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Behind the Scenes Makeup Shopping from Home

I got to work with Cheryl from the band Bucks Fizz, a band that won the Eurovision in 1981 with the catchy song “Making Your Mind Up”. You can see the song below:

Jan

23

Behind the Scenes: John Aldridge

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This is a shot of me with John Aldridge from a few months ago, I forgot to post the image, so here it is. He is a really down to earth gentleman. I know he is a hero to alot of Irish men out there.

Make-Up for the Television Show The Panel

Jan

06

Behind the Scenes: Make-Up Craig Doyle

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Craig decided he would like to do my make-up for a change :-)

I love doing the make-up for RTE’s “The Panel”, it is always good craic and there are such varied guests, I never know who I am going to meet! I have worked with Jason Donovan, Charlie Boorman, Chris Eubank, John Aldridge, Caprice, Fionnuala Flanagan just to name a few. It certainly has led to some very interesting conversations.

Dec

03

Movember Music Video Make-Up

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This is a Music Video that I did recently to raise money for testicular cancer. Lots of us donated our time to a really good cause in the hope that people will donate their money :-)

http://ie.movember.com/about/

Here are some behind the scene images too :-)

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Movember Charity Music Video Makeup Artist

Movember Music Video Makeup

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I just want to say a huge thank you to my two assistants Gillian O’Neill and Ciara Byrne, your hard work was much appreciated xx