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
This is a shoot that I did a while back. The concept was something ancient and Egyptian. I had to start by painting Azaria all over with a bronzed brown from Kryolan, you wouldn’t believe it from this picture, but she is actually Caucasian!
I then handpainted all the hieroglyphics and the make up. As you can imagine this took aaages, because each one had to have its own shadow/highlight to really make it pop. I think it was worth the effort though as it turned out quite well.
Make-up: Emma Farrell @ Bodypainting Dublin
Photography: Edel Kelly @ Secret Boudoir Photography
Model: Azaria Starfire, Burlesque Performer @ The Love Cats
I have been talking to a few people in the Transgender/Cross Dressing Community of late and there seems to be a real need for a make-over service similar to The Boudoir Dressing Service in London theboudoironline.com
This is something that I would love to do, so if there is anyone out there that needs help and advice with creating your perfect look, please get in touch. I can do the Make-Over for you, teach you the skills so you can do it yourself, help with shopping and wigs etc.
Here is a photoshoot that I did with Damien recently…I helped him transform into Roxy 
Photography: Edel Kelly
Model: Damien/Roxy
Make-Up: Emma Farrell Make-Up
I did the makeup for a photoshoot a couple of months ago for a really good friend of mine Alice Collins. She is a talented and creative textile artist based in Dublin. She also handmakes a range of unique jewellery and accessories.
These images are of dresses that she made as part of a work of art. It is an attempt to address the emotional and physical trauma suffered by Irish women under the lawless ‘care’ of Dr. Michael Neary in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda during the 1980s and 90s.
Just incase you don’t know who he is, here is a link to an RTE Article and a brief synopsis from Wikipedia below:
“Michael Neary is a retired Irish consultant obstetrician/gynaecologist. He gained notoriety when it was discovered that he had performed what was considered an inordinate number of cesarean hysterectomies during his time at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth. He was suspended by the Irish Medical Council in 1999 pending their investigations, and then struck off the Register of Medical Practitioners in 2003.”
Artist: Alice Collins
Photographer: Edel Kelly @ The Secret Boudoir
Models: Aisling Danahar, Bernadette McLoughlin and Sarah Tapes
Make-up Artist: Emma Farrell @ Makeup
Model: Aisling Danagher @ Model Mayhem
Photographer: Edel Kelly @ Secret Boudoir
Make-Up: Me @ Emma Farrell Make Up
Wedding Dress Designer: Sarah Foy
Photographer: Edel Kelly
Model: Bernadette McLoughlin
Bridal Make-Up: Emma Farrell
