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This piece is inspired by warrior anime art & colour pallets.
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Determination
A couple of my really close friends told me that I need to start posting up on my blog again, so here I am!
These past couple of months have been such a whirlwind I don't know where to start.
Last time I posted I was still traveling around the UK.
After the UK I ended up going to visit my Uncle in France & one of my Best friends Alina in Austria! Alina and I ended up going on a road trip for a couple of days to Venice. It was so beautiful and a definite must see if you are going to Europe.
After this I arrived back in the UK and met up with my Partner at Heathrow airport. We travelled for 2 weeks around Somerset & London to show him where I grew up. He then flew back with me on the long 27 hour flight back to NZ.
Now I am back in NZ, trying to sort my life out. Figuring out what I want to do next is hard...I have a couple of ideas where I want it to go. However I have realised that I try to control to much, so I am trying to let go and see where the wheel of time takes me.
These past couple of months have been such a whirlwind I don't know where to start.
Last time I posted I was still traveling around the UK.
After the UK I ended up going to visit my Uncle in France & one of my Best friends Alina in Austria! Alina and I ended up going on a road trip for a couple of days to Venice. It was so beautiful and a definite must see if you are going to Europe.
After this I arrived back in the UK and met up with my Partner at Heathrow airport. We travelled for 2 weeks around Somerset & London to show him where I grew up. He then flew back with me on the long 27 hour flight back to NZ.
Now I am back in NZ, trying to sort my life out. Figuring out what I want to do next is hard...I have a couple of ideas where I want it to go. However I have realised that I try to control to much, so I am trying to let go and see where the wheel of time takes me.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
The Melancholy Rhino
Here are some of the photos from a recent photo-shoot I did with an amazing Photographer Paul Roylance.
Thanks to Julie Dodd for being the other model!
Thanks to Julie Dodd for being the other model!
Friday, 29 May 2015
EXETER
Exeter!!!
Beautiful place. So good to catch up with my friend Eleanor!
Must sees....
*Exeter Cathedral
*Royal albert memorial museum
*Exeter quayside
Beautiful place. So good to catch up with my friend Eleanor!
Must sees....
*Exeter Cathedral
*Royal albert memorial museum
*Exeter quayside
Monday, 27 April 2015
West bay
My Mums best friend Trudy and her husband Warren, kindly took me out for the day to Westbay.
This beautiful fishing village was the filming location for the TV series Broadchurch! We went and had an English Breakfast at the Harbour Café, and then I braved it out to the ocean to touch the water!
It is also known as the Jurassic cost, as lots of people find fossils within the rocks.
There is also a lot of crab fishing that goes on and is usually a great family day out.
It was absolutely amazing, even though it was raining!
Definitely a must see!
AND then we popped into the River Cottage Deli and Canteen in Axminster, Devon. Owned and created by a very amazing Chef that my family look up to. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. You have probably heard of him by his telle program 'The River Cottage'. And if you have not, you really have to look it up.
Creator of all things sustainable and organic!
Here is the link to the website.
The RIVER COTTAGE DELLI and CANTEEN
Really bad frumpy photo of me. Obviously didn't care this day :)
Thanks for reading
xx
Saturday, 25 April 2015
Makeup - Self esteem & true beauty
MAKEUP IS ART So I will just paint myself like a picture instead of a person?
I cannot retrace the moment when I decided to go into beauty. I think it was because I was sick and tired of not knowing what was going on with my face or my style.
Everyone else seemed to be comfortable in their own skin. Why am I still so awkward?
My mum never wore makeup, only the occasional blue eyeliner on a night out. But she has always had such natural beauty that it just looked horrible when she wore it. She said to me that the only time she wore makeup was on her wedding day and my dad didn't like because it just wasn't her and he wanted to marry the girl he fell in love with.
I am in an inner fight with myself at the moment with my feelings on makeup and the beauty industry.
Does wearing makeup truly make us feel better about ourselves? Or is it just a mask we wear as protection from judgement by others?
I look at myself in photographs when I don't have makeup on and when I do. I do personally think that I look better with makeup on. I don't want to feel this way. I want to feel comfortable with looking in the mirror at what I see without the mask.
As a makeup artist I constantly get this with clients, 'Excuse me...I have really bad acne...can you cover it up?' or 'Sorry I want to be more tanned, can you please put some bronzer on me?'
My feeling is, before you experiment with makeup, you need to feel comfortable with your true self. If you have acne....go to a dermatologist and get professional help (don't cover it up with crap!). Eat properly, do exercise, sleep!! Become the best version of yourself.
Then you can experiment. I agree with the term 'Makeup is art'. You can create different styles. change up your personality, match your outfits with your makeup....There is no limit!
Yes there is! The limit is when you become dependant. Its an addiction. 'Whatever I'm not addicted, you may say.... I just always need to go out with a little bit of mascara, foundation and concealer...O and of course eyebrows! Must not forget eyebrows!'.
Makeup is Character creation, that is why it is art, and is always seen in fashion and TV. Are we characters, or real people?
MAKEUP IN THE WORK PLACE.
This is feminism. Why should women be pressured to wear makeup in the work place to look professional? Men don't...So why should we? Obviously dress nice and be well groomed, but a full face of makeup required? Its not necessary!
MINERAL MAKEUP is the way to go!!
Mineral makeup I feel is the best option for a daily subtle enhancement. Some people may not feel like they are not blessed with this 'natural beauty' and would like to accentuate their best features.
This is me. Mineral makeup does not clog your pores and create more acne.
Warnings: Careful with the fakes, lots of brands are putting Mineral in their titles because it is a selling strategy. Bare minerals for example has been known to have an ingredient called Bismuth Oxychloride that has been creating bad reactions to the skin. This is an article on Bare minerals.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/551797-allergies-to-bare-escentuals/
And this is a link to a recommended Organic Mineral Makeup Brand Originating from Australia.
http://www.miessence.com/shop/en/category/4/cosmetics
A night out and a special occasion I feel should be the only exception for spicing it up and creating different looks! Then its special, you feel like its a treat. Your creating this look because you want to not because you have to!
Thanks for reading if you got this far!
This is my opinion, what is yours?:)
xxxx <3
I cannot retrace the moment when I decided to go into beauty. I think it was because I was sick and tired of not knowing what was going on with my face or my style.
Everyone else seemed to be comfortable in their own skin. Why am I still so awkward?
My mum never wore makeup, only the occasional blue eyeliner on a night out. But she has always had such natural beauty that it just looked horrible when she wore it. She said to me that the only time she wore makeup was on her wedding day and my dad didn't like because it just wasn't her and he wanted to marry the girl he fell in love with.
I am in an inner fight with myself at the moment with my feelings on makeup and the beauty industry.
Does wearing makeup truly make us feel better about ourselves? Or is it just a mask we wear as protection from judgement by others? I look at myself in photographs when I don't have makeup on and when I do. I do personally think that I look better with makeup on. I don't want to feel this way. I want to feel comfortable with looking in the mirror at what I see without the mask.
As a makeup artist I constantly get this with clients, 'Excuse me...I have really bad acne...can you cover it up?' or 'Sorry I want to be more tanned, can you please put some bronzer on me?'
My feeling is, before you experiment with makeup, you need to feel comfortable with your true self. If you have acne....go to a dermatologist and get professional help (don't cover it up with crap!). Eat properly, do exercise, sleep!! Become the best version of yourself.
Then you can experiment. I agree with the term 'Makeup is art'. You can create different styles. change up your personality, match your outfits with your makeup....There is no limit!Yes there is! The limit is when you become dependant. Its an addiction. 'Whatever I'm not addicted, you may say.... I just always need to go out with a little bit of mascara, foundation and concealer...O and of course eyebrows! Must not forget eyebrows!'.
Makeup is Character creation, that is why it is art, and is always seen in fashion and TV. Are we characters, or real people?
MAKEUP IN THE WORK PLACE.
This is feminism. Why should women be pressured to wear makeup in the work place to look professional? Men don't...So why should we? Obviously dress nice and be well groomed, but a full face of makeup required? Its not necessary!
MINERAL MAKEUP is the way to go!!
This is me. Mineral makeup does not clog your pores and create more acne.
Warnings: Careful with the fakes, lots of brands are putting Mineral in their titles because it is a selling strategy. Bare minerals for example has been known to have an ingredient called Bismuth Oxychloride that has been creating bad reactions to the skin. This is an article on Bare minerals.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/551797-allergies-to-bare-escentuals/
And this is a link to a recommended Organic Mineral Makeup Brand Originating from Australia.
http://www.miessence.com/shop/en/category/4/cosmetics
A night out and a special occasion I feel should be the only exception for spicing it up and creating different looks! Then its special, you feel like its a treat. Your creating this look because you want to not because you have to!
Thanks for reading if you got this far!
This is my opinion, what is yours?:)
xxxx <3
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