White Russian

Good Evening!  

In this post i'm going to take you behind the scenes of a photoshoot I did yesterday (hair and make up).  After having around two hours sleep the previous night and a catastrophic headache (all self-inflicted of course!) I headed to the stylists house and location of the shoot.  Luckily I was greeted by a big cup of tea (milk, two sugars) and two crumpets so my spirits were instantly lifted,  I was also relieved to discover that the model was also feeling a little worse for wear after a night of chugging champagne, sadly for me she looked absolutely radiant and I looked like....well you know where i'm going with that.  The model was a beautiful, blonde, blue-eyed Russian called Natalia who kept us all entertained with stories of evil exes!  The photographer: Dominic Clarke (whose work you can see by clicking on his name) enormously talented in his field, whose pictures have a dream-like quality to them.  Having worked with him before it was great to collaborate again.  Stylist:  Lou Litchfield (who also happens to be my best friend!) injects so much fun into her shoots by using an array of fabulous textures (feathers, sequins, fur, velvet, chiffon, rhinestones....ahhhhh i'm getting excited just typing it) and always manages to get the looks spot on.  Also being on a shoot with her is a guaranteed laugh and an excuse for a little mischief, artistic mischief of course!  The shoot is going to be published in the March issue of fashion magazine SYN and online for Ballad magazine. Also I have made a  little tutorial at the end on how to recreate the look from the shoot (first make up video I have ever done so be kind ;) ) So without further a do welcome to the shooting ground...

Can't wait to see the actual photographs from the shoot, Just pinched one from Dom's wall:

And of course, me, being ever the professional, having a couple of hours nap on the floor at the shoot ;)

As promised here is the make up tutorial with replicates the eye make up from the shoot...

Products used in Video:

Eyes: Mac khôl pencil in Smoulder on mobile lid, inner eye line and under lower lash line (Small flat synthetic brush to even out the khôl on mobile lid),  Chanel quad palette in 20 Regarde Perlé used deep sea green colour over the khôl (Using sponge tip applicator on the mobile lid and small pointed tip brush under lower lash line), Mac eyeshadow in Carbon to line the upper lash line (Chanel Angled brush 23), YSL False Lash Effect mascara in 1 Noir on top lashes to complete the look.

Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed this post

Have a great evening (hopefully practicing your smokey eyes ;) )

Peace and Love

Alessia 

xxxxx

Alright mate, nice to meet you...

Bonjour, Good day, holaaaaaa,

Welcome to my first blog!  A little nervous whilst writing this as it is all very new to me but I definately need to man up, stop procrastinating and just get on with it.  I have been wanting to make a blog for quite some time now but never got round to it (truth: LAZY!) but it's a new year and amongst thousands of other resolutions which I know I will not see through (go to the gym, stop swearing around my parents, go to church more...) this is one that I want to stick by!  If you have read my "about me" then you will already know the basics and if you haven't I will reiterate them for you.  The name: Alessia Pasquali (Italian if you couldn't tell), Age: 21, Occupation: Make up artist.  So what is my aim for this blog you might find yourself asking, well, as a Make Up Artist I thought it would be a good place to share some insider tips with you about looks and products and also to horrify you all with my pre made up face in some make up tutorials. I should also let you know before we begin that I have a very unhealthy relationship with glitter and anything that sparkles, It has been a life long obsession, when looking at sparkly things I just feel euphoric,much happier than any sane person should, anyone else out there feel the same?  Maybe that's too much information and this first post will be responsible for shopping me as a complete nutcase and i will be sectioned....anywaaayyy I also want this blog to be about my life, where I go, what I do/ what I like and of course the fundamental glue that holds me together is the wonderful people who feauture in it.  I am very blessed to be surrounded by such a diverse bunch of creative and talented friends (photographers, stylists, artists,dancers, actors,models, musicians...).  They all have something different to bring to the pot and each one of them inspires me and keeps my creative buzz well and truly alive, I hope to introduce you to some of them along the way...As this is a welcome post and you don't know me allow me to try to present myself and my life through the medium of photography: Friends, Family, My Make ups (bored yet?? )....

Alessia :

My Beautiful Family :

My Friends, life... :

 

(sorry for the overdose of pics I have to admit I am a totally addicted to taking photo's of everyone and everything but what's life without memories :) )

Some of my previous Make ups:

 

 So there you have it, first post done, not quite the traumatic experience I had envisaged!  I hope that I have introduced myself a little better by bombarding you with too many photographs from my colourful life!  I have loads of ideas filling my head right now of future posts I can do, hopefully the ones to follow will not be so heavily littered with pictures and will actually be helpful and informative :)... I hope I haven't put you off already and you will be back to check some more posts in the future....

Nothing more to say for now, you'll be pleased to hear, all that remains is a big THANKS for checking out my first post, have a great day you gorgeous souls,

Peace & Love

Alessia

xxxxx