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Hello and welcome to my Blog!

This isn’t a traditional Blog, more of a ramble. I am going to add posts as things occur to me that will have a variety of themes. For now I have divided it into 3 sections (Nails, People & Shows).

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Olympics 2012 Closing Ceremony (My Story)

August 14th, 2012

I'm sitting in a room with half a dozen large round tables, a couple of sofas, a plasma TV and a groaning buffet table. In one corner is Annie Lennox chatting; At the next table are The Pet Shop Boys drinking coffee; George Michael is at the next table with friends; Timothy Spall is chatting Read the full article…

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Alexander McQueen Show Nails 1 (retrospective)

June 19th, 2012

  I've worked on fashion shows for many years. In fact my very first show was in 1997 and was for Givenchy Haute Couture when Alexander McQueen was the designer (more about that in another post). I had honour of working on McQueen shows many times in both London and Paris, all of them memorable. Read the full article…

Gaga You & I

Lady Gaga You & I

June 16th, 2012

Last year, I was whisked off to Omaha, Nebraska to work with Lady Gaga on her music video for the single You & I. I had worked with her several times before and she wanted me to design some nails for the story she had created with the song. Fortunately, my friend and fabulous make Read the full article…

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Nick Knight Instagram Shoot

June 12th, 2012

Recently, I worked on a fashion/jewellery/nail shoot with Nick Knight. It was a 'first' as Nick shot the whole 'story' with Instagram on his iPhone and in daylight! The result was a Tumblr story for Showstudio. Stylist: Alex Fury, hair: Christian Wood, make up: Laura Dominique, nails by me (with help from Kimberley Casey). The Read the full article…

Roo Beauty Manicure Bag

Roo Beauty Nail Manicurist Bag

June 5th, 2012

Look what I've got! This is a new bag from Roo Beauty that I'm rigorously testing. I work in different environments every day and my method of working is to have a bag of my central kit that is ready to 'pick up and go' together with a case that holds what is relevant to Read the full article…