Things I Love ........

I went see Alice in Wonderland in 3D last weekend, It was good. I enjoyed the make-up and costumes in the film, very inspiring. Lots of make-up brands are being inspired by the film and creating Alice in Wonderland theme products, I love this amazing Book of Shadows pallet from Urban Decay.

I would just like it to buy it and sit it on my dressing table, its so pretty! Its a shame its sold out, hopefully they will have some more in stock soon.

The Body Shop have just launched this fabulous Matte and Shimmer Cheek Colour in Pink almost identical to Benefits new sugabomb powder for £10.00 less! This powder is versatile as you could wear it on the eyes as well as the cheeks, a great multi use product for the summer. I love the body shops shimmer waves powders for the cheeks, so this ones a must I will be getting one of these next time I visit the Body Shop.
Who would of thought it but transfer tattoo's are big for the new season. I love tattoo's but I think I will never be able to commit myself to a design I know I would love for years to come, so for me transfer tattoos are the way forward. Chanel have bought back transfer Tattoo's using them in there s/s 2010 show. Developed by Chanel’s own make up artists, Peter Philips who drew them on for the catwalk show but now you can get your very own set of 55 individual tattoos for £49. Not a bad price for a Chanel tattoo!

Collection 2000 HQ & 'A La Mode' Fashion Show

After travelling up to Wigan on Thursday evening the Fabset met up again, it was nice to have a catch up with the girls. We stayed in a hotel over night then in the morning we got to go to Collection 2000 head office. I would love to work at the collection 2000 head office what a dream job, it’s only a small team but they put so much into the brand. We started with a tour around the lab which wasn’t far from the main building. This was so much fun, we all donned our lab coats and made lipstick, foundation and mascara. We even got to create our own shade of glam glitter eyeliner! I decided to make a glittery grey tone. I love it. After the tour of the lab was over, we went back to the main building. We then had a presentations on up and coming trends, it was interesting to find out how Collection 2000 decided on what products and colours to bring out. We then had the fun task of naming the products. We started by brainstorming ideas and names and then had a big group discussion on names we liked and disliked, we eventually all decided on the names for the new products. I can’t wait to see them on the shelf.
After we named the products we were given a big bag full of the new Collection 2000 products. It’s so exciting to see what’s coming out soon! I love the foundation, it hasn’t left my make-up bag since it so flawless without being too heavy. I also think the new hot looks nail polishes colours are so wearable, they wont be leaving my nails anytime soon. The new mascara is great for the false lash effect without the false eyelashes. I like the ultra black for a night out. These products will be coming out soon so keep a look out for them.
After we had finished our morning session at the Collection 2000 HQ we went down to London, no less than first class on virgin trains. When arriving in London we got a taxi to the lovely Charings Cross Hotel where we were staying and the ‘A La Mode’ fashion show was held in the evening. We all got ready together and tried out the new Collection 2000 products. After having a dinner with the PR team, we headed to the fashion show which included the designers Mila Miyahara, Estelle Annabel and Hanako Narahira. Before the catwalk show started the host mentioned Collection 2000 fabset, we got around of applause from the audience! The show was fantastic.
Overall I had such a good time with the fabset and would like to say thank you to Collection 2000. I can’t wait to see the product the fabset have named in the shops.

IMATs

I went to IMATs over the weekend it was amazing, I really enjoyed it so much. I got to listen to the keynote speaker Alex Box, it was great to listen to how she got started in the industry. I love her work its so unique. Here are a few images of her work.

I bought a whole new set of body Painting brushes :) which I cant wait to use. I also bought the best brush for applying foundation. Its a dual fibre brush and makes applying foundation lightly so easy. It could also be used to apply powders, everyone should have one.

I already cant wait to go next year.

Frox Hire Shoot

A few weeks ago I did a photoshoot with Frox Hire (http://www.froxhire.co.uk/) they hire out the most amazing prom dresses, I highly recommend them. I fell in love with all of the dresses. We managed to shoot in the Swan in Stourbridge so thank you to them for letting us use the upstairs space which made a great location. Here are some photos from the shoot.

Thank you to Inny photography (http://innyphotography.com/) who took the brilliant photos and the models Cara, Jade and Steph.

Collection 2000 HQ next week with the FABSET!!!

I'm excited as I will be going to Collection 2000 HQ next week to talk about developing a product! I cant wait. More info on this in the next few weeks. How exciting! x x

Clothes Show Live Birmingham 2009

Last week I worked a few days at the Clothes Show doing make-up demo's. I created a Circus look using the Glam Crystals Eyeliners from Collection 2000, they stayed on all day and didn't crease :) I think they look great and were really easy to use. Here's some photo's of the look, the hats were designed by Inkberrow.

Collection 2000 Fabset

The last few months have been very exciting for me. I won a competition with collection 2000 and LOOK magazine which makes me part of the FABSET for Collection 2000. I had to design make-up, hair and style a model. My inspirations come from designer catwalk shows including Dior, Alexander McQueen and Prada. Make-up artists that inspire me include Pat McGrath, Charlotte Tilbury and Bobbi Brown. I collected research I liked from the catwalk and from make-up artist that inspired me and designed a make-up and hair look. I styled the look using Topshop clothing. I love Topshop I can always find something I can spend my money on in there. Here are the photos, thank you to my lovely model friend Sarah Palmer who helped me out.

I was so excited when I found out I had won and even more so when I got to go to London fashion week!!! We all had an amazing day, here are some photos.

We took inspiration from London fashion week and went down to London again to style a shoot for LOOK Magazine!! My favourite Magazine so it was great getting to work on a magazine I read every week. We went to Zen studios (http://www.zenproductions.co.uk/) it was one of the nicest studios I have ever been in. We all got to riffle through the suitcases full of clothes and pick an outfit for our model. My model was Anna and I wanted the style to stay along the same lines as the theme from my winning entry. So I picked a leather jacket which has this seasons big shoulder look and I teamed this with some studded leggings to give that rock theme. For the make-up it was nice to carry through the strong lips I had on my winning entry and collection 2000 ‘Red Red’ volume boosting lipstick was used, the face and eyes where kept fairly plain so the focus was on the lips.
On the shoot we were given lots of lovely Collection 2000 make-up, we also got to look at the new products that Collection 2000 are bringing out which includes a fabulous eyeshadow pallet with strong colour pigments, which I love and the new Collection 2000 Collagen Curl mascara it curls my lashes and builds just enough volume it hasn’t left my make-up bag since!
Here the photos from LOOK magazine (this came out on the 27th November) and some photos from behind the scene at the shoot.

Take a Look at the fabset on the Collection 2000 website: http://www.collection2000.co.uk/fabset/

Hello

Hello, Im Chloe a Make-up Artist from the West Midlands. I thought I would start a blog to keep everyone update with what I have been getting up to, behind the scene photos and products Im loving. x