Monday 18 April 2011

Paparazzi

Friday 15th April 2011: The most hilarious afternoon spent playing 'model' with my best friend Gracie-Lee. A well kept birthday surprise which is every girl's dream: playing dress-up but with real make-up artists and professional hair stylists. Oh and did I mention the endless flow of champagne? Well here's the final result...



Now before you see the photograph below I need to fill you in with a little background information. We were asked to bring four or five different outfit options. After exhausting the dressy options, we made the bold decision to bring out a funny one. The story goes, in 2007 when it was our leaver's day the entire Year 13 dressed up as Superheros which included a pair of Lycra silver leggings. With the absence of our Superman T-shirts, we improvised with black leotards as it linked to our days of performing in the school Dance Production (a whole host of wacky outfits there...) I think if we had anticipated walking through a studio filled with people whilst wearing skin-tight Lycra (which in Grace's case had lost all elasticity around the crotch area, resulting in me laughing uncontrollably in a heap on the floor) the mortification would have put us off for sure. But faced with the reality we went with it and strutted our way round (breathing in constantly I might add) and here is the final result. We can laugh at it so feel free to do the same...

Sunday 17 April 2011

Final Self-Promotion Square

As part of the Celebration Event taking place in June at Nottingham Trent University which displays the students and work produced on the Fashion Promotion & Communication course, here is my 'Self-Promotion Square'. Each student has been asked to produce one of these which shall offer our contact details, i.e blog, website, email etc.

Monday 11 April 2011

Sunday 10 April 2011

Megan Joanne Grant's Blog Post

http://meganjoannegrant.blogspot.com/2011/03/rose.html

Found my friend had posted some photographs from a photo shoot we did for Self-Promotion. My two close friends Megan Grant and Sarah Bonner took charge of my hair and make-up and transformed me with the use of rose petals and excessive eye-lash glue. Can't thank them enough for their help with the shoot.

Saturday 2 April 2011

The Real Greek, Covent Garden


Went to the most amazing Greek restaurant in Covent Garden today. The sunshine, the relaxation and the hustle & bustle of London's weekenders created a definite holiday-vibe! Being a big fan of Cyprus, it was lovely to taste some of the cuisine again. All the girls in my family are big fans of feta and hummus so we had an amazing feast. I almost walked straight into STA Travel to book a holiday to Protaras!

Insiders tip: Not only does this restaurant serve amazing food and reasonably priced, you get an extra 25% off voucher with your receipt!

Friday 1 April 2011

Girlie Treats

There's nothing quite like a Christmas present in April. I'm aware that sounds rather odd but that is exactly what today entailed. It's almost as good as when you discover an unopened present! My sister gave my mother and I the treat of a spa day at Bannantyne's Health Club in Holborn. I had the most amazing chocolate body wrap (although it definitely had a hint of coconut too in the body mask) and a facial. The chance to relax was absolute bliss and comes highly recommended to all third year students! I just need to find that 'off' switch so that when I'm lying on the beautician's table covered in chocolate mud and wrapped in cling film, I can actually stop thinking about L'Oreal Professionnel Homme and RELAX!!