A few weeks ago I went to the AHT UK Trainee competitions at Coatbridge; I entered the ‘team bridal’ event, myself doing the makeup and my classmate Rachael doing the hair. Our classmate Sophie was our model, and what a good sport she was.
It was a long day with lots of competitors in various events…
…and some truly talented folk about.
Rachael and I were up against I think 19 other teams, and the standard was HIGH – I was happy with my work but also not surprised we didn’t place, against some of the others.
Others in my class placed, in the bodypainting and the vintage makeup category. Here’s Saoirse who came 3rd in the 1950s makeup category.
This weekend I was supposed to be going to Blackpool to compete in the national competition for colleges (this time doing drag makeup) but I’ve withdrawn this time round… I just have way too much on with college work. Next time 😉
I did a makeup, y’all. Three makeups actually, but so far I only have photos of two.
This was for hair magician Stephen Doran of Vidal Sassoon in Prince’s Square (Glasgow).
Photographs by Bryce Lowrie.
Models are Yasmin Coll and Darnell Starks Jr.
Check their foxiness:
It was loads of fun working with all of them 🙂
Speaking of having amazing hair and being extraordinarily attractive, here are sexy noo yoikasStation with their bangin’ tune Everything. Seriously, I feel sorry for you if you don’t click on the music clips I embed to pleasure each and every one of you aurally. You’d be missing out.
This song is one of a very small handful that I can always rely on to put me in a good mood, no matter what. It was also my go-to ‘sound check’ track for whenever I moved the speakers 1mm in any direction at the backpackers, and would need to put something on at the highest volume just to make sure they were working OK.
So press play, and enjoy the next 4:40 of your life, kids. You’re welcome.
That Will Smith song has been in my head for days, and now we must all suffer. Let’s get it out the way at the beginning of the post so we can put it behind us, move on and never speak of it again.
So Thursday was a big day – a visit from the one and only Carissa (remember when I painted her boobs green?) in town for one night only, and two magnificent reasons. Firstly, to model for my first wig assessment – and oh boy, model she did. That girl knows how to throw a pose.
me emptying a can of hairspray onto her dome to hold everything in place
Carissa’s hair wrapped, pin-curled and sprayed, ready for the sexy head-sock
me looking a normal height for once
backstage madness
even more backstage madness
…and here are some of the snaps from our library photoshoot. What you can’t hear is the tapping on the glass and wolf-whistling from the big group of lads sitting outside the library. They were quite overwhelmed.
Tutor Janet seemed happy with the way they turned out, so once they’re edited etc I’m pretty sure they’ll be good enough for assessment.
Carissa’s hair once the pincurls were taken out, heehee
So then we went out to celebrate at the Cathouse (I’m not proud), with our Finnish friends Reckless Love. We turned up at the venue at about 9pm to find them coming back out on stage for their encore. The whole thing was over by 9:30pm. Can you believe it?
We had fun even though we missed probably more than half the show. Oh well.
In other news, I earned and spent my first Amazon voucher from doing online surveys. Guilt free shopping cos technically it’s free! Win! Amongst other essentials (I got a copy of Aerosmith’s Pump for 1p!) I procured some Halloween accessories, black-out contacts and vampire fangs. I don’t actually have any costume ideas, but it’s good to be prepared. Not that I’ve been invited to any Halloween parties or anything… but it’s good to be prepared. I’ll have to work out how to attach the fangs better… couldn’t get the dental adhesive to work properly, and it coated my mouth with its nastiness. Bleugh.
Give us a kiss.
Speaking of Aerosmith’s Pump album, here they are with Love in an Elevator. Two songs in one flog post? I break all the rules.
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