
A Swarovski Tale: Diamonds for everyone
In 2017 I was invited to visit the headquarters of Swarovski in Wattens, Austria. My jaw dropped from the moment I walked in and didn’t lift until I was home. Here is the story I wrote for Scratch. That relationship continues and resulted in piloting the Swarovski Crystal Beauty Academy in the UK (see in […]
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Nailympia
Nailympia (formerly know as Nailympics) was started 12 years ago as the brainchild of a very good friend of mine, Alex Fox, Editor in Chief of Scratch Magazine, part of Olympia Beauty. Her organising partner of Nailympia London is Janine Derbyshire, a Director of the mother company, Seed Publishing and Quadex Exhibitions. Alex had a […]
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CND VIP Summit
I was delighted to be invited to the first CND VIP Summit! What a fabulous time in NYC. Here is an article that appeared in the January issue of Scratch Magazine. It says it all really but I’ve added a couple of extra images. CND VIP Scratch p1 CND VIP p2
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Nailympia and Nailympia Australia
Nailympia (formerly know as Nailympics) was started 12 years ago as the brainchild of a very good friend of mine, Alex Fox, Editor in Chief of Scratch Magazine, part of Olympia Beauty. Her organising partner of Nailympia London is Janine Derbyshire, a Director of the mother company, Seed Publishing and Quadex Exhibitions. Alex had a […]
Read moreLady Gaga You & I
Last year, drug I was whisked off to Omaha, ask 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, generic my friend […]
Read moreNick Knight Instagram Shoot
Recently, hospital 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, remedy hair: Christian Wood, ask make up: Laura Dominique, nails by me (with help from […]
Read moreRoo Beauty Nail Manicurist Bag
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 […]
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