Photos from Paris Fashion Week A/W 2009

These are two of the hats that I worked on for Vivienne Westwood Show A/W 2009. Enjoy!


With the grey felt hat (above) the brief was to make it look FU@KED! That's what Dame Vivienne said summed up the feel of these hats. Basically it's supposed to look like you found it at the bottom of a neglected box in the attic.

This hat is made of a wool-mix-crackle blend fabric. It's the same fabric as the coat. The mood of this hat is supposed to be 'pull out of your pocket' ease. Basically it's supposed to be non-fussy and look a bit worn and twisted!

10 beauty products I can't live with out

In no particular order:

1) Enzo Milano curling iron. It gets hot very quickly and it creates a lasting curl in seconds.

2)Tresemme Freeze Hold hairspray. This stuff works in all weather conditions from humid and hot to drizzle foggy London rain. Plus is smells great.

3)Prescriptives Flawless Skin: Total protection with SPF 15 in Y/O Gold. This is the BEST foundation I have used to date. It provides medium to full coverage application but your skin can breathe, not look heavy at all and appear flawless.

4)Nars blush in Taj Mahal. It may look burnt orange in the pan but on my warm medium toned skin it looks like instant health.

5)#217 Mac eyeshadow brush. It is so multipurpose.

6)Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer Kit. This product was originally recommededby my sister who is always on a quest for the best concealer for her under eye area. She rates this kit pretty high. For me I find that it does not crease, look cakey or slip side away. MUST TRY PRODUCT.

7)MAC lipglass in any shade. I love this product as it has long lasting power on my lips and doesn't dry them out.

8)URBAN DECAY PRIMER POTION. I know this product is always mentioned by beauty lovers but it's for a reason. This product is the only thing that keeps my eyeshadow on for an extended period of time.

9)Black eyeliner. My favorites is Urban Decay 24/7 in zero. It's dark and creamy but it stays put on my eyelid. What's weird though is that if I don't touch it it won't smudge but if I do touch it, it will smudge. For a great budget eyeliner that stays all day try Revlon Color stay. I turn to this time and again.

10)Mascara. I couldn't write a particular brand as I am always trying new combinations. I love Lash Blast but I find that if I put more then one coat on it smudges. I really love L'Oreal telescopic and voluminous mascara together in Carbon black. AMAZING.

If you have favorites,please share!

Unlikely place for amazing heels

Houston, we have a problem. I have a new obsession, well more like a new place to buy heels obsession and it all started in one little store: Primark. Now say what you will about price and manufacturing (yes I saw the Ofcom special)but recently they have made some AMAZING heels.

Now being a person who has a hard time being lifted three inches off the ground in London, I have been saddened by not being able to walk around in the click-clack girlishness of heels, until now. I have bought 5 within a two/three week period and I think I need to take a break...until next weekend that is. But in my defense I bought them at an incredible price(£12.72) and in many fun colors to last through at least fall!

Hmmm, is it wrong that it brings a smile to my face that I own a delicious pair of hot pink patent heels?...NAH!

pictures to come...

Let it shine...hat's I've helped create

This hat was made for British designer Julien MacDonald's Ready-to-wear spring/summer 08. It's a patent leather black solider type hat. It also came in patent white as well. They weren't easy to make as the leather was wanting to tear when stretched and thinned down to a manageable piece. Also the shiny leather showed finger prints. At the show the dressers backstage had to wear gloves to put the hats on so that fingerprints would not appear on stage under the bright lights.

More hats and their stories to come...

pure beauty

This is such an inspiring image. I can only enjoy and hope in my next life I look like her.

MAC shadows I think I need...

Or want is more like it.

I desire:
scene
print
cork
brule
wedge

which I can't believe I don't have the last three!

I am trying to create the perfect neutral palette. Any thoughts on what it should include?

Is MAC hello kitty worth it?

I am sitting at my desk in the office not thinking about work as I should and instead thinking about the upcoming MAC Hello Kitty launch in the UK. I am wondering is it worth the extra money? And now that I have studied every HK video on youtube I
feel as though I am over it. Hmmm...

Lately I have been thinking maybe I should spend my make-up money on items that I really don't have and build a soild workable makeup collection.

But then again...Hello Kitty is so cute!