Shoot with Andrew & Oli

So I had a super awesome day today... did a shoot with the ever fabulous and entertaining Andrew Farrington photographer and his assistant Steve Bevan... and of course in front of the lens Oli Lee...
Andrew is an amazing photographer whom I have worked with quite a few times now, and Oli is someone I have met quite recently... he was an actor on a film called "Powder" that I recently worked on in Liverpool....

We went for quite a deep, dark theme to the day... starting with quite a basic make up with a bit of "guy-liner" as Andrew likes to call it..... but by the end of the day we had Oli's face glistening in red and black crazy spookiness!
I got to use one of my favorite, favorite products; Lip Tars by Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics

Lip Tar's are an absolute dream product created by David Klasfeld, for his aforementioned line OCC... They have an amazing consistency to them that stays very wet looking without moving all over unless you actually move it yourself if that makes sense.
Lip Tar's are not necessarily only for use on the lips but even though you can see I use these in the eye area I should mention that you must be very careful using these near the eyes because they have peppermint oil in them which is no good for eyes....
Also they are so highly pigmented that you need to make sure you have a bit of a base down if you are using them on normal skin so that it will make removal of the product easier when you are done...
If you havent already, check out the Obsessive Compulsive site and try to get your hands on these.... if you get a few basic colors you can mix them to make custom colors.... Today I used the black and red tars ("Tarred" and "NSFW")

Here is a shot from today, more to come soon!
x's and o's!! brandy o

Origins Facial

So today I got a free facial at the Origins counter in John Lewis courtesy of a voucher in Grazia...
I haven't really used their products before, and I really enjoyed the treatment! All of their products are natural so thats always nice too. My skin feels ultra soft and clean and it smells sooo nice!
Of the products that they used, a couple really stood out that I wanted to share....

Firstly, a skin cleanser called "Pure Cream"



This is a soap free cleanser... It smells sooo good and is made with carrot and coconut oil... it removes make up and debris and is great for hydrating dry skin.....

The other product I really liked was the "Ginzing" eye cream



I suffer from pretty bad dark circles under my eyes and I really noticed an immediate difference under my eyes within minutes of use... Its designed not only to aid dark circles, but also bags and puffiness. It has caffeine which livens tired eyes.
When I got home i could notice even more of a difference from my normal dark circles.... They were out of stock while I was in the store, but I will absolutely be going back to get it as it was only £20 for a decent sized jar.....

If you wanna check out either of these products, or anything else from Origins, check out their website:
http://www.origins.co.uk

xx Brandy

yay for new!

HELLO!
So I have finally jumped on the blogging bandwagon...!!
I intend to use this blog to keep a little record of some of the jobs and projects I am taking part in, as well as favorite products, and just your typical Brandy randomness....
If you would like to connect to any of my pages, they are listed at the sidebar... there are links to my model mayhem pages as well as my facebook fan page, which isnt so up to date at the moment, but I will be sorting that soon....
Hope any of you who read do enjoy!
More to come soon....
xxxx Brandy