Maurice Meade X Evo Fabuloso collab
When the Maurice Meade dream team invited me to take part in their latest colourful campaign in collaboration with Evo, I literally let out a little sqweee of excitement. Does a unicorn shit glitter? Hell yeah, I was totally keen. I immediately started dreaming about what colour they had planned for my blonde tresses…
Okay, so I've been a little slack on the blogging front lately... Life has, as it so often does, taken over - and it's been hard to catch my breath, let alone sit down and write about what has been happening.
...and so much has been happening! So I thought I'd pop it all into one, beautifully rambling, utterly unplanned blog post to bring you all up to speed! Enjoy x
Okay, so I’m no fashion guru. I have no idea what the current trends are, who wore it best – or what the hell will be the craze in 2034. My idea of fashion forward thinking is mixing a floral dress with leopard heels. I know, right? Wild. I've been running this blog for a few years now, and this is actually the first fashion focussed post I've ever written... I'm sorry. Stay with me!
After three years of working at a gorgeous Advertising and Marketing creative agency, last week I bid a very emotional farewell to agency life. It was a tough decision to make - but all good things must come to an end and I decided to spread my wings and begin a fresh new adventure client-side! Next week I start my new role, heading up Social Media for an iconic WA company and I'm beyond excited to take my passion, career and experience to the next level.
Being a little more corporate in how I dress however... Oh, how I'm going to miss my ripped up boyfriend jeans and Birkenstocks! It's time to cast aside the denim, comfy (un-ironed) shirts and Havi's (weep!) in favour of a little more tailoring and professional pieces.
Thanks to my lucky stars, my girlfriends at Popcherry were able to come to the rescue...
I'm often asked what I miss most about living in England. Friends, family, history (and fashion) aside, I truly miss the rolling green hills, the earthy, leafy woods and the oh-so-English country rose gardens. Yes, I really do miss the lush things all that darn rain and drizzle brings. So, you can imagine my excitement when I learnt about Perth's Secret Garden...
Yep, Perth has a Secret Garden. Well, a not-so-secret-garden actually - thanks to the copious amounts of coverage it attracts on Social Media! Located close to several highways, and right in the middle of suburbia, it’s difficult to see how such a magical garden could ever remain a secret even without Social Media (and Google Maps)!
Stepping into the garden, you’re immediately immersed into an enchanted wonderland, with wild vines sprawling across the woodland floors, twining into hollow logs and around fallen branches. The vines have even crept up the willowy trees, dangling over the banks of the still, glittering river - completely transforming the space into something quite magical...
Four Perth creatives, the exquisite scenery of Ocean Reef Beach and some unreal, magical weather...
This blog is a follow up to my 'Out of the Woods' post from last month, where I was lucky enough to collaborate with three very talented Perth creatives. The collaboration came together, as they so often do, through good old Instagram. Local make-up artist Cat reached out to see if I'd be interested in being photographed for a styled shoot (err, hello? Yes!), and soon set up a date with local Perth photographer Terry Lok and hairstylist Rachelle Lord.
The beach is my favourite place to be in the world, no matter what the season - and was therefore the natural location choice for this shoot. Ocean Reef Beach is just stunning. Ridiculously full of texture, with stretching beaches, rocky coves and sandy cliffs. We were so lucky with the moody winter weather! When we shot this a month ago, Perth was in the middle of a week of epic storms - so we were treated to grey stormy skies, swirly silver ocean and magical sunbeams peeking out from behind the rolling clouds...
My latest collaboration came together, as they so often do, through the old 'gram. Local make-up artist Cat reached out by commenting on one of my posts, and we soon began emailing to arrange a date for us to meet and 'get creative' together! Within a week, Cat had a full styled shoot arranged and collaborations set up with Perth photographer Terry Lok and hairstylist Rachelle Lord. I know, très excité!
Cat went for a stormy-glow look, with heaps of silver, grey and earthy-peach tones. We had so much fun getting ready for the shoot, playing with make-up, giggling like teenagers and listing to Swifty... Who's 'Out of the Woods' video was the initial mood inspiration behind this shoot.
I was keen to shoot at the beach - it's my favourite place in the world, no matter what the season. We were so lucky with the magical weather - totally lucking out with stormy blue-grey skies, moody silver-grey ocean and luscious, mossy sand dunes on the Ocean Reef cliffs...