Baked me some cupcakes

I had a bit of a cupcake feeling today and made these this evening:






I used a standard cupcake recipe, adding chocolate and peanut butter. The frosting is vanilla and on top are malteasers, m&m's, and fairy sprinkles. yummmmmmmy
they are perfect to munch on with a hot cuppa tea whilst it is snowing outside :o)

Jellyfish project

It's a jellyfish!

Lilac nails & Barry M nail effects - NOTD

'Berry ice cream' nail polish by Barry M. rather pretty!


This is Barry M Nail effects over the top. Crackly!!

Lino cutting process

This week I have been getting to grips with lino cutting and in particular lino reduction. I made a few initial samples with lino reduction but didn't get to photograph the process, however whilst scouring the web I came across an awesome tutorial for linocut reduction - it can be found here.

Here are some pictures of the linocut prints I am currently working on for my project which is based on jellyfish.


I used tracing paper to transfer my outline of a jellyfish onto a piece of lino.


Ouch, small cuts on the fingers from scalpling lino hurts a lot. I have been going through a fair few hello kitty plasters this week.


The lithography ink is so sticky. Rolling it out, mixing and clearing it off the worktop is a real workout on your arms, no joke.


My first sample of this print, you can see it needs work! I'll probably cut around the jellyfish to avoid that background texture. Will also experiment with the colour palette to try and create a stronger contrast in the silhouette.

Here's the press I used in the print room. It seemed to have a friendly face!

Hello there RP1.

Topica Corvus fashion photoshoot

Recently, I had the pleasure of working on an exciting fashion photoshoot!
Emilie is currently a 3rd year Fashion Design student in the midst of creating her first fashion design collection entitled 'Topica Corvus'.

I was given creative control of the make up and styling for this collection and was very excited to come up with the look.


Products used for this shoot


This is what I came up with!

Products used:
Clinique Supermoisture foundation in 04 Ivory
Shavata Brow Perfector + Gel
YSL Terre Saharienne Bronzer
NARS blusher in Orgasm
Bobbi Brown eyeshadow in Navy + Charcoal
Shu Uemura eyelashes - black V
Shu Uemura lipliner in beige
e.l.f hypershine lipgloss in Blossom




I had bought a MAC lipstick for this darker lip look but forgot to bring it to the shoot! So I had to improvise with a few eyeshadows from my Sleek Chaos palette.


Model Caroline and designer Emilie. Thumbs up!


Hehehe! Here is Caroline towering over Emilie.


Another job of mine was to be a chin rest for Caroline whilst the photographer Simon sets up.


Simon gets to work whilst me and Emilie sit and munch on Pringles.


We told Caroline to look fierce and I reckon she did a pretty good job!


I adore this outfit!


At the end of the shoot we were all pretty tired but very pleased with how the day went. Working on this photoshoot was quite a valuable experience for me and I learnt a lot. We had to keep to a time frame, dressing Caroline in each outfit and applying make up on set. It was so hot that day too! There were a few glitches but nothing I won't learn from. It has definitely been beneficial for my professional practice and I look forward to working on more photoshoots in the future.

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