Christina Ricci on the cover of April UK Marie Claire.

I have recently had the pleasure of working with the lovely Miss Christina Ricci. Im sure you all remember as the troubled daughter in the Adams Family. Such a great role and more recently in the Hit TV show Pan AM. Well here is a look at the recent Marie Claire UK cover and shoot I did with her. It was also great to get to work with Tesh the photographer a long time collaborator form some of the AMAZING i-D covers I have worked on. I think she looks great very soft and pretty.

Katy Perry Grammy Looks!!!!!!!

So I'm sorry I'm a bit late posting this but have been cray busy with work. But here are my looks for Katy Perry's amazing Grammys weekend.

The first look is the look we did was for Jay Z's Grammy Brunch at Soho House west hollywood. This was a simple chic blow out which once dried I straightened with the irons I slightly curved the ends under to give a little more polish to the over all look. To finish I used a little hair spray to get rid of any fly away hairs.

Then there were the looks for Grammy day!!!!!! We did two looks the first look was for the red carpet this was a chic up do. Now the following step by step is quite long winded but its worth the time as I'm sure you agree as she looks STUNNING!!!!!!!

Red Carpet :- This was a modern take on a Cinderella princess feel. I dried the hair with a thickening spray to give the hair guts I blew the sides of the hair away from the face and flat to the head. And the top I gave lots of root lift for the quiff vibe. I took a horse shoe section form each temple to the crown and pined this out the away. I then took a centre section down the back of the head then started on one side of the head and back comb the roots from the front hair line to the back center part. Then push away the hair to the side away from the part and pinned a row of bobby pins up along side the part this will give you the anchor for the pins you will use to secure the pleat.
Then brush all the hair back away from the face making sure the sides are very smooth and flat to the head I then twisted the hair into the center part from the nape to the crown making sure most of the hair in the twist ends up at the crown. So it almost looks like an ice cream cone small at the bottom and wider towards the crown. Then use U shaped pins to tuck and tighten the shape into the bobby pins you put in earlier. As you add more pins the shape will get tighter and more secure.
Then repeat this process for the other side but when doing the final pinning with the U shaped pins make sure there is no gap between the two pleats. Then take the top section out. I back combed the roots of this section to give extra height to the quiff part. I then brushed the hair into the desired shape. I wanted it to look quite square but you can soften it up if you like. Once you have the shape you want I rolled the extra hair at th back under and pinned it to the top of the two pleats to make one shape. And finish with hair spray to hold in place.

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The perfomance look was pretty simple. I just wanted to accentuate the shape of Katys bob so I used a crimpping iron from the roots of the hair to the ends using hair spray on each section for extra hold. Once the whole head was crimpped I let it cool down and then brushed the hair out really well as you do this the hair will frizz and expand!!! It naturally formed a triangle shape. To finish I used hair spray underneath to help add more width and hold the shape.

I just love working with Katy as she is not afraid to try new things and i think theses three looks are a great way to show how versatile a bob can be......

Dior Homme S/S 2012 Memoir By Willy Vanderperre Styling By Olivier Rizzo

Check this special project I got to work on for Dior Homme with the amazing Willy Vanderperre and Olivier Rizzo Grooming by Peter Phillips.

I always LOVE working with Willy I think his point of view is so special !!!!!!

True Religion S/S 2012 Ads

So here are the print Ads for True Religions Spring Summer campaign. There are five sections to campaign as you can see and there will be more images released as the season passes. Watch this space for more images!!!!!!!

True Religion Behind the scenes video S/S 2012 Ads

Here is a first look the True Religion Ads for S/S 2012 well a behind the scenes video you can even spot me in there working my magic!!!!!! Click on the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1WQ1z_vv7KA

Keira Knightley On cover of IBERIA's RONDA magazine

I found this cover randomly at Madrid airport while in the IBERIA lounge. Its taken form some shots done at Tiff. Its funny when your work just turns up on a cover. As always she looks Stunning. Make up by the wonderful Kate Lee.

Zoe Saldana and her sisters in W magazine

Now I know this has been out for a while but I just thought they looked so stunning I had to post this. It was a great pleasure of mine to get to work with Zoe as I feel she is one of the most beautiful women not only of color but just as a woman today. Not only that but a dam amazing actress to boot!!!!! Her sisters were just as beautiful and as a family showed so much love to each other. I felt very lucky to be part of this wonderful portrait.

I kept the hair very simple and graphic with a large bun on two of the three and a smooth and slick bob on the third. I think you will agree they look elegant and oh so chic!!!!!