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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.

Behind the scenes on this week's hair and beauty shoot with photographer Garcia Morales, model: Stacey Hannant, and hair by Will Lamb @ Daniel Granger. Images coming soon! #makeup #makeupartist #staceyhannant #behindthescenes #fashion #beautyhair #hairdresser #photoshoot #biringham #london

The last few months have been jam packed with British Hair Awards competition photoshoots taking place all over the UK. I have been busy working on many of the shoots which has been an amazing experience. Here is a snap shot of just one of the looks I have created. We decided to go for a matte black smoky eye, using Tarten Minerals - a cruelty free, vegan makeup brand and then creating a metallic lip with a crackled effect, using gold leaf. I love this look and can't wait to

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

Congratulations to Alexander Thomas from James Bushell Salon in Birmingham for getting through to the finals of Wella Trend Vision with these stunning looks! Photography by Alex Styles, Hair by Alexander Thomas, Makeup by me and Models Jess Wilcox & Rebecca FIsher. #wella #wellatrendvision #photoshoot #hair #makeupartist #makeup #models

Congratulations to Jim & Michaela from Black Sheep Hair in Sutton Coldfield for getting through to the finals of L'Oreal Colour Trophy with this amazing look modelled by Annah Rae. Photography by Rob Price, makeup by me. #lct2015 #loreal #lorealcolourtrophy #hair #makeup #makeupartist #photoshoot

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

This week I worked on a project of my own... I was feeling inspired and had a few ideas knocking around in my head so I decided to organise a team and get creative! All of the team members I had worked with before. Model: Pippa Holland Hair: Masanori Yahiro Photographer: Garcia Morales We worked on a series of looks starting softly and building up more and more dramatic each time using Pippa's tattoos as a main focus of the shoot, instead of styling it with clothes. Here's a

Super excited to see this fashion editorial called '16 Bit Awakening' I worked on published online in Tirade Magazine. I absolutely loved working on this shoot, with such an amazing team including my favourite hair artist Masanori Yahiro! The styling was strong and bold using key pieces from designer Issey Miyake. The hair and makeup was futuristic and out of this world which is not uncommon when me and Masanori collaborate. See the full editorial on the Tirade Magazine websi

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