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Behind the scenes of the 'Akasha' Jewellery campaign for Noor Fares. The AKASHA Collection takes inspiration from the symbols Sri Yantra and the Flower of Life. The name is derived from the Sanskrit name; meaning Ether. The Sri Yantra is an ancient symbol used in meditation to balance and focus the mind has been reimagined to created graphic pieces in 18k grey gold, white diamonds, white topaz, iolite, green tourmaline, rubelite and various other coloured stones. The collecti

Shelley Pengilly's 'Persephone' Collection has to be one of the most fun and creative collections I've work on this year! Inspired by flowers and with a pastel pink and white colour scheme, it really felt like we spent 2 days in fantasy fairy tale wonderland creating these looks. Team: Photographer: Dan Thomas Creative Director: Ryo Love Hair: Shelley Pengilly and team including Becky Wardrop from Milk_Shake Hair. Makeup & Body Art: Roseanna Velin using Spectrum Collections.

Enya Mareine & Momo International present 'Wonders of Colours' Makeup Workshop by Roseanna Velin Make-up Artist. 2 days of creative design, fashion makeup and body painting. Feel inspired, observe live demonstrations, get involved with hands on sessions and have your work professional photographed. Taking place at on 11th & 12th October in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. For bookings and enquiries: Geline at +6010-8234087, Bernie at bernieenyamariene@gmail.com #makeupworkshop #makeu

Last week I worked on the Bat Out Of Hell World Premier red carpet event at The Institute of Directors in Pall Mall, London! I body painted models: Lou Bones and Jakob Flash in flames, bats and skulls using Kryolan Professional Makeup. #halloween #Batoutofhell #Theatre #Redcarpetevent #Jakobflash #Theinstituteofdirectors #PallMall #London #Bodypaint #Bodypainting #Bodyart #Costume #Fancydress #Horror #Meatloaf #Skullmakeup #LouBones #Event #Promotionalmodels #Promo

Happy to see the results from a campaign I worked on earlier this year for The British Athletics with the women's 4 x 100m relay team: Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Saskia Neita, Desiree Henry and Asher Phillip. I loved working on this photo shoot, creating these abstract looks with body paint. The girls were fab to work with and looked incredible on camera. Big thanks to Lisa Harper at Run Communications. Photography by Clive Rose at Getty Images. Photo shoot location: Big Sky St

This week I have been busy preparing for my next professional makeup workshop... In Malaysia! I am very grateful and excited about my trip, and meeting all of my new students! I will be demonstrating: Fashion and Editorial Makeup Creative Makeup Body Painting I will also be talking about: How I built my career My experiences in the makeup industry Photographic makeup techniques Brushes, tools and products More details coming soon! #makeupworkshop #Makeuplesson #Makeupclass #M

I recently worked on this campaign for Lucy Mecklenburgh's new recycled, eco-friendly sportswear range in collaboration with Ellesse UK. Lucy designed the print for her collection, and the concept for the shoot was for Lucy herself to be full body painted from head to toe in the print, which was also enlarged on the photographic backdrop at the studio. Here are a few of the final images, along with a behind the scenes video. See the full collection on the Ellesse UK website o

I recently worked on this fashion editorial for Hedonist Magazine with photographer Charl Marais and Stylist Minna Attala. We created a series of looks which involved body paint progressing throughout the images. This was the last look, and the most dramatic too. It's my favourite image from the shoot. Model: Breiuc @ AMCK Models London. See Hedonist Magazine Issue 6 for full editorial. #bodypaint #bodypainting #hedonistmagazine #amck #editorial #creative #makeup #makeupartis

Today I worked on a makeup shoot with my two of my favourite creatives, Photographer Garcia Morales and hair artist Masanori Yahiro. Ruby Balthazar was our model. I wanted to create a series of looks using gold body paint starting of from a fresh glowing look to something more intense with gold leaf on the eyes, and later a wet look red. Here is one of my favourite final images from the shoot. #hair #hairart #makeupartistlondon #gold #makeupartist #makeup #photography #profes

Do you have an icon, something or someone you draw particular inspiration from? When I first started, 5 years ago, I was working as an assistant to Neil Hughes and was heavily inspired by bodypainting and theatrical makeup. My influences were artists such as Carolyn Cowan and Nelly Recchia. In the last few years, I moved my focus into fashion makeup admiring works by Pat McGrath and Alex Box. Right now I am looking for new sources of inspiration to take my fashion makeup in a