Thursday 31 January 2013

Im too sexy for my Angle Grinder

Lucky me... last Friday I was drafted in at the final hour to help on a short live action ad ( which is being entered via Mofilm , to be a PS2 ad ) , and mainly I had to make an adonis of a male model look like a hard grafting angle grinding workman. Oh yeah!

Pity us tho, because it was FR FR FR FREEEZING in that workshop!! Snow 10 inches thick outside.. only tomato soup for warmth...
and its looking like my next commercial / ad work is gonna be involved with semi naked models stripping off to their boxers too. What the HELL is going on ???? Im going to get a reputation! ;)

Victory at Last?? Hope So!!

http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG9837467/Animal-testing-to-be-banned-in-Europe.html

So after 20 long years of campaigning, the powers that be have apparently agreed to make a FINAL and absolute ban on animals tested cosmetics products AND ingredients and the importing of any such things to the EU!!! HURRAH!!!!!

Lets hope there are no loopholes or smokescreens involved, and that companies such as L'Oreal and Estee Lauder really stick to the rules, globally, as well as in the EU, and dont just pussyfoot around for the sake of continued sales in Europe. I for one will still be sticking to the brands that NEVER sold out in  the first place.

But this surely is a victory for animals - no more suffering in the name of vanity. Hurrah!!!!!

Tuesday 22 January 2013

URBAN DECAY DEMORALISED

I just found out that just before xmas, Urban Decay were bought out by L'Oreal, makeing this their parent company - this is BAD NEWS for anyone who loved Urban Decay products but hates animal testing.. whichever way you look at it, it means that some of UD s profits will be going back into a company that DOES conduct animal testing. U.D will apparently be keeping their policy on their own products being cruelty free, and PETA / BUAV will apparently be letting them keep the leaping bunny logo, but I for one dont want to feel like any of my money is going to end up in L'Oreals coffers so I wont be purchasing from Urban Decay anymore. Such a shame. Ditching their beliefs for quick injection of cashdollaz. Ah well they didn't even do pro discount. ILLAMASQUA all the way from now on ! Urban Decay you've SOLD OUT!!!!! They are gonna lose a LOT of loyal customers because of this.


Thursday 3 January 2013

Oink Oink

New Year arrives and my first job is sounding REALLY exciting! A gothic art-film feature teaser short by Director Lucy Campbell, called 'Pig Child', produced by Loran Dunn of Wearwulf Collective .. check out the synopsis and background of the project here - scary science!! http://www.filmworks.org.uk/the-pig-child/ 

Basically for me, it means that i can get stuck into doing some wigs, hair cutting and sfx make up - which is what I love best about my 'job title' of make up artist, being from the tomboy breed of females I find I fit in better to this kind of project than to the beauty and glamour based work, where i always feel like a really bad advert for what I do!! Wash n go .. out the house in 10 minutes after I throw my daughters and my clothes on and shove a brush through our hair... etc

Yep a bit of gore and Victorian macabre grimness is what I like to do.

BRING IT ON !!