Interview with model

After the photoshoot we interviewed the model to grasp a full understanding of his life and interests 

What course do you study?
International Business
What do you do other than your course? (societies, clubs etc)
President of snow sports society
Future plans - after uni (job, internship, travelling etc)
1 year working and snowboarding in Canada
Favourite restaurant
Chipolte
Favourite drink
Chocolate milk
Favourite night out in Nottingham
Detonate
Internet sites regularly visited
Shock mansion, stampd LA, forever ashbury
Favourite brands
Nike SB, Misbhv
Where most clothes are purchased
Online - America, Europe
Favourite magazine
Don't buy magazines
If got given £1,000 would buy
A new snowboard

Fragrance worn
Chanel Blue - would be willing to experiment: try a new one
What do you like about it
The smell and packaging (smell is what made purchase)
How much would you spend on fragrance
£30-40 for 50ml, this was bought as gift
Where would you buy fragrance
Would consider buying from a clothing store/Boots/department store

Black eyeshadow

I recently purchased a sleek eyeshadow pallet from Boots for only £7.99. It includes a good range of colours and is a fraction of the price you would pay for a designer make-up brand's eyeshadow. 

I love the black (pictured below) which is perfect for creating smokey eyes or a heavy eye look. 

Photoshoot

On the 30th April we did our photoshoot in Nottingham for our fragrance brand.

Model:
We decided to use my friend Chloe's friend Ollie. We thought he'd be perfect for our brand as both his look and lifestyle represent our brand's essence and values.

Locations:
Burns Avenue
White wall (shape in wall)
Blue gate
Park hotel
Inside photos? Possibly in model's house?

Images from shoot:

We were really pleased with how the images turned out and are looking forward to seeing how they will be translated into ads once we have edited them using Photoshop.

Big earrings: Guess

I have always been a fan of big earrings to dress up an outfit, add something a bit different and make a statement.

On a recent trip to New York I purchased these beauties from Guess which happened to be in the sale and so only ended up paying $10 for them. These are my favourite out of the Guess earrings I have so far seen as a lot are plastered in the word 'Guess' something I do not like at all.

Summer Plans

As much as I never want freshers year to end I CANNOT WAIT for this summer. Starting on Sunday 4th May with Everywhere festival in Nottingham. It is held at multiple venues across Nottingham including rock city, stealth, spankys, walkabout and rescue rooms. 

Line up for everywhere

I also have tickets for Parklife festival at Heaton park in Manchester on the 7th and 8th June, which could not be at a better time with my last deadline being on the 6th June. 

Leather Shoes

For ages now I've been looking for some shoes that I cannot destroy on a night out. Something that can be worn to a pub or club that do not come back looking like I've walked through barbed wire or attacked by a pitbull (the dog, not the rapper…although I don't know what would be more scary).

After a long search I FINALLY found these flat black leather crocodile print cut out shoes. Better yet they were only £10 in the Topshop sale, something that would never normally happen to me.

So here they are after being worn countless times out, still looking like they did when I first bought them. Heel wearing, fake eye lash loving, fake tan fans are probably confused by this post wondering firstly why you would wear flat shoes on a night out but secondly how on earth you could ruin them. Well if that is you I'm afraid my blog is not for you. 

Scrunchies

Initially popular in the 90s the scrunchie has made a big come back. With designers such as Marc Jacobs and Missoni showcasing luxe versions into their autumn 2013 collections. 

Even celebrities have been sporting the look such as J-Lo below and Jennifer Aniston being quoting saying she, 'loves a scrunchie'.

I've caved and currently have a collection of six scrunchies (some pictured below) They are perfect for people like me who can never be bothered to actually do anything nice to their hair and so rather go for putting pieces of it up in a scrunchie.

Bottom right - black velvet from urban outfitters from a set with a pink one
Others - Cow vintage in Nottingham The thing I particularly like about those from cow vintage is that they are hand made and so each very different. Some are also available to match co-ord sets.