1940's Womens Institute look for WW2 magazine and BLAND CLOTHING

OUR COUNTRY NEEDS US LADIES!!! To deliver scrumtious cakes and freshly brewed tea and keep the nations pecker up!
Had loads of fun yesterday creating this 1940's hair and make up look to compliment the gorgeous handmade authentic reproduction blouse, made by Sophie Bland of Bland Clothing. This is to be featured in a WW2 re-enactment magazine soon.
Vintage fashion and beauty was WAY more stylish and flattering than those of today , in my opinion! :)

BUZZ DISH WINS AN AWARD!

Hurrah!!!!!! This is the Audience Award from the Cofilmic Film Festival ( for comedy film makers ) and Buzz Dish won it!!! I worked on Buzz Dish as the make up artist and ferret feeder, so I feel quite proud.. aw! sniff.. wipes tear of joy from eye.. All cast and crew were wonderful and the film got loads of laughs at the screening. Well done to Dave Spikey ( director) ,John Lebbon ( writer) and all the actors ,crew and extras from Blue Robot Films..and Chadders the ferret, and the people of Chorley :)

Recommended Wedding Photographer- Dan Tyack

Hi ladies and gents.. if your'e loved up and getting hitched any time soon, take a look at this feature on Wedding Photographer Dan Tyack - his creative and natural photography style will give you a wedding album to cherish.

Copy and paste this link into your browser. http://www.wedding-photography-secret.com/wedding-photographer-manchester-dan-tyack-photography-3947

Dan also took the photos for the Blackpool shots on my website and flickr site.

..and dont forget to give me a shout if you want some lovely bridal make up :)

Supermarket Girl

Here is a still from a short film I worked on in the Summer, by new writer Alex Walker.
It was directed by Matt Greenhalgh ( writer of ' Control' the Ian Curtis biopic ) and produced by Nadia Jaynes ( Red Riding , Bedlam )
The underlying story to this off-beat comedy / love story, is a touching tale of support between two young ' self-harmers' .
In the image are the scars I created on the actress Nichola Burley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichola_Burley

The other lead actor was Matthew Beard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Beard_%28British_actor%29

.. and the VERY glamorous location was ... TESCOs in Horwich.. or , Horwichwood as its now known in film circles

Blackpool glamourama!

Some candid shots of (probably) the last day of summer 2011 ! I went to Blackpool on a TFP shoot with the photographer Dan Tyack http://www.dantyackphotography.co.uk/ and the lovely Latvian model, Laura Pahomova. After the previous week, Blackpool had been battered by gales from Hurricane Katia, and the weather had been generally awful and definitely Autumnal, we dropped lucky with a beautiful, glorious sunshiney day - not a cloud in the sky! ice creams for a £1 , and sparkly sea, fresh clean sand as the tide just went out in time for us to paddle our feet, and chips on the way home. NICE! Will post a link to completed photos by Dan soon.

Here's the article about the Dave Spikey pilot ( in last post)

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/tv_and_showbiz/s/1458710_phoenix-nights-star-dave-spikey-directs-mini-pilot-for-new-tv-series

UK Vet supports a ban on Cosmetic Testing !!

Pete Wedderburn - a UK veterinary surgeon, has written this fantastic and informative article in the Telegraph - please read if you want to understand the 2013 ban on cosmetic testing, and if its going to happen at all... Lets hope the big brands dont manage to push through a delay on this, for the animals sakes..

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterwedderburn/100102180/animal-experiments-to-produce-new-cosmetics-no-thanks/