This is a fashion film that I was involved with nearly a year ago now. It was all shot on green screen and superimposed onto a cityscape. The idea behind it was that it was a fashionable girl who is reborn as an angel.
I have ALOT of MAC Make-up in my kit, a total of four palettes with 12 pans in each, that works out at 48 colours and that doesn’t include my pigments, other branded palettes and glitters.
However I do find that occasionally these colours are not enough especially when I am doing creative photoshoots. It is for that reason that I keep a coastal scents eyeshadow palette in my kit at all times.
There are no less than 88 colours in this nifty palette! It is a super thin, lightweight palette that does not take up that much space in your kit especially considering how many colours are in it. The actual eyeshadows have a good pigment, but it varies from colour to colour. I do think you have to be a bit more cautious when applying this eyeshadow as there is quite alot of fall out. To get around this I usually apply my eyeshadow first and clean up under the eyes before applying the concealer and eyeshadow.
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.
I know there is a recession on, so we can’t all afford to get our make-up professionally done. So I thought I would put together a few suggestions for a party ready look.
1. False Lashes – You have to make sure that your eyes stand out, one way of doing this is to wear false eyelashes. I absolutely love the Glamour Lashes from Eyelure’s Naturalites Range. They are lightweight enough to wear into the little hours, but really long and have a nice subtle flick at the ends.
2. Eye Candy – There is nothing like a bit of glitter to make your eyes sparkle. MAC Cosmetics had a great selection of glitters and pigment sets at Christmas, if you were lucky enough to get your hands on some, definitely bring it out tonight! Use a bit of eye sealer to ensure that it stays in place, check out Illasmasqua.
3. Some Red Lippy – Make a dramatic statement for New Years Eve! Go all out and make the eyes and lips stand out. I love Chanel’s selection of blue red lipsticks, they are great for the Irish skin tone.
I hope that the New Year brings you lots of JOY and HAPPINESS! Have a fantatic night out xx
I went down to Limerick a couple of weeks ago to give a helping hand for Hallmark’s: An Old Fashioned Christmas Story. It was great fun, I got to work with beards and moustaches again. It was set in Bunratty Castle and was a lovely location to work in.
I have been super busy on a whole host of different TV shows the last couple of weeks. One of these TV Shows is called the Savage Eye which is a Comedy Sketch Show that will be broadcast on RTE in January.
I had the great privilege of assisting a wonderfully talented Make-Up Artist, Siobhan Harper Ryan. She has had an inspiring career, past work includes Titty Bang Bang and Bo Selecta. You can check out some images of her work here. I learnt so much from her, in particular about applying facial hair and lace wigs, which in the past I did not have that much experience with.
There are so many funny characters in the show, it is definitely going to be hilarious. Keep your eyes peeled for when it will be airing around January some time as it is definitely not to be missed!
I was asked to fill in for a couple of days work in the really popular UTV show Primeval. It was a great opportunity and I really enjoyed working with the team. It also meant that I got the chance to meet Alexander Siddig! I don’t often tell people this, but I was a HUGE fan of star trek growing up
It would be amazing to work on Star Trek…perhaps one day I can work on a film or something I love the fact that it covers every aspect of make-up artistry, from beauty make-up, special effects, character make-ups to prosthetics!
I thought that I would write a quick not to update you on what I am up to as I have been fairly irregular with my blog posts of late. I have been incredibly busy with the summer weddings: have helped to make some beautiful brides smile over the last few months. I have to say, it is one of my favourite things to do!
I am also doing the Make-up for The Story of Motown in the Olympia Theatre again tomorrow, if you have not got your tickets yet, get them here.
I am also in the pre-production phase of the second series of the mocumentary ”Fran” for Setanta. Below is a clip from the first series.
