My Work Station

I was working yesterday on a photo shoot and there was a little down time between the changes of looks for the model so I thought I'd take a few pictures of my work station.

It shows a small part of my makeup kit - I was only working on one model, but you can get an idea of some of the products I use and how I work. Thought some of you might like a peek!

Below are some of my fave products - I use Makeup Forever a lot as they are a quality pro brand, and I love my Ben Nye Lumiere palatte!

  

Young, High & Dead: Teaser Trailer!

Check it out, first rough cut of the trailer for Young, High & Dead!

Young, High & Dead

So here are a few pics from behind the scenes of Young, High & Dead:

I made the hands using gelatin and a fake arm that one of the production team sourced mysteriously from who knows where! The stunt hand, which had to be severed, proved to be quite tough and resilient to being chopped up by an axe, but our director Luke Brady eventually got the better of it!

A bit of movie trivia: There wasn't time for me to take a cast of the actor who's hand this is supposed to be so I had to use my boyfriend's hand!

Although it might not look like it, this here is the lovely Su Elliott, who was up for everything her role involved: Rolling around on the forest floor, getting her head slammed in (not actually!) and being covered in various bloody goops lying in the dirt for about half an hour! A very cool lady.

And below we have our leading lady: Louisa Lytton. 

She threw herself into her role, which involved being wrapped in chains, running round the forest and being splattered in sticky blood almost every day! She's very sweet, despite looking quite fierce here!

You can see more images from behind the scenes here on the facebook page. Become a fan!!

Every Busy Makeup Artist Needs a Little Rest...

So, after a very busy few weeks that saw me stressing about wedding fairs, fake hands and horror movies, I finally had a few days off to have a little rest!

For the last part of September I was running around a muddy forest in Dorking, working on location for Young, High & Dead, a horror flick that I've been involved with as makeup and effects designer and key makeup artist. You can see a bunch of stills from the rushes on the facebook fan page here - get clicking that like button!

We had a great cast, including fab actor Philip Barantini from Band of Brothers, and the lovely Louisa Lytton and Hannah Tointon.

Stay tuned and hopefully soon I can get some pics up here from behind the scenes. 

Towards the end of the month there was the Landmark Arts Wedding Fair in Teddington, which saw myself and my 2 assistants do bridal hair and makeup for 10 models in just over 3 hours. Yes, that was TEN hair and TEN makeups in THREE hours!!! Quite an achievement, and it is a testament to my lovely helpers that we got everyone done in time for the bridal fashion show. I will be in possession of pictures from the show soon. One last mention must go to my wonderful boyfriend, who designed and source parts for my lovely stand at the show. Without him it would have been an ugly table with a grey background, so thanks dear!!

Animoto Slideshow

So I'm just doing a bit of work today on SEO for my website and images and have stumbled across this site Animoto. You can create slideshows of images and so I've given it a go - always trying to get my name out there and expand my reach across the internet, thus bringing more traffic to my sites. At least I hope so!
Here's the link to my little slideshow:  Natalie Guest Makeup

New Bride Pics!

Thanks to Carolyn who sent me some lovely pictures from her wedding, which was held at the Caledonia Club in Belgravia in July.

Her dress was vintage inspired and she decided to go for a vintage look for her hair and makeup to compliment the dress. 

I created 40's style waves at the front and sides of her hair and swept them back into a low off-centre bun, which was decorated with vintage inspired hair accessories. For her makeup we continued the 40's theme with a small wing-flick at the outer corner of her eyes, and a lovely deep red on the lip finished a look that is very popular at the moment. As you can see she looked lovely!

 "I just want to thank you for your patience with our wedding. And I know that I was a bit of a mess during our trial and was frustrated by the hair. However, I received more compliments on my hair style than anything else at the wedding! Seriously! It was beautiful. Thank you so much."  Carolyn.

Calling All Brides-To-Be!

On Sunday the 26th September I will be hosting a stall at the Landmark Arts Wedding Fair in Teddington.

As the makeup and hair provider for the bridal fashion show, my work will be on display on models in 2 catwalk shows during the day. 

I will also be giving demonstrations of popular bridal hair and makeup looks.

So grab your free glass of bubbly and come visit me at stand 34 for a free consultation and great show specials!