Shooting the El Wood 2013 Calendar

Last year I had the pleasure of working with stunning model El Wood for her 2013 calendar. She wanted modern glam make up and hair to compliment the fresh styling by talented stylist Natasha Lyons and with the great photographer Chris Harris on board, we got some fantastic shots on the day.

For the first few looks I kept the skin looking dewy with barely-there foundation and did the signature ‘El’ look of a kitten flick eyeliner and coral lipstick. I finished the look with a small drawn on beauty spot to give the make up a vintage glam feel.

I took the beauty spot away for the next looks and changed the lipstick to a pretty magenta colour. For one look I even added a little cat nose and whiskers!

The last looks were darker and bolder so I gave El a ‘lived in’ smoky eye to keep the look modern and rock ‘n’ roll. I also changed her lipstick to dark pink/red colour to make the overall look quite vampish.

Photography by Chris Harris: http://www.chrisharrisphotography.co.uk/

Model is El Wood: http://www.officialelwood.com/

Styling by Natasha Lyons: http://www.natashalyons.co.uk/

Make up and hair by me: http://www.alivyavfree.co.uk

Photoshoot for Malice Clothing and Sugar and Vice with Pirate Photography

A few months ago I did a shoot with my good friend and talented photographer Kitty Wood from Pirate Photography. I was sent a some stuff from Malice to model and Kitty had a few things from Sugar and Vice to photograph – so we got together one Sunday to collaborate!

Here is a little of what we shot:

‘Double strap’ suspenders by Malice

‘Pentagram’ leg harness by Malice and ram head necklace by Sugar and Vice

‘Mermaid’ top and ram head necklace by Sugar and Vice

‘Skinny’ harness by Malice

‘Inverted Cross’ top and cat face necklace by Sugar and Vice

‘Pentagram’ harness by Malice

‘Basic’ and ‘Tri Strap’ harnesses by Malice

I always have so much fun shooting with Kitty! No photoshoot with her would be complete without a silly ‘behind the scenes’ shot, so here is one from this shoot:

Silly.

Even though I model, I find it exceptionally hard to take myself seriously… 😉

Photography: http://www.piratephotography.co.uk

Harnesses: http://www.maliceclothing.bigcartel.com

Featured Tops and Jewellery: http://www.sugarandvicedesigns.com

Model/Make up/Styling: Me http://www.alivyavfree.co.uk

Photoshoot with Ched53 Photography & Jess Abidde

Some of my make up palettes

Last year I was asked by talented photographer Aaron from Ched53 Photography to do make up on the beautiful model Jessica Abidde, and I was more than happy to do so! We were also joined by lovely hairstylist Kirby Blythe, who did an excellent job on Jess’s hair.

Behind the scenes: Jess Abidde (model)

For the first look I created a slightly golden brown smokey eye and I kept the skin quite fresh and dewy. The lips were left natural so the emphasis was all on Jess’s eyes.

Behind the scenes: Jess Abidde (model)

Behind the scenes: Aaron shows Jess some of the photos

The make up for the second look was kept the same and all I did was tidy it up a little to keep it fresh. Kirby changed the hair and a new outfit was selected.

Behind the scenes: Jess Abidde (model)

Behind the scenes: Kirby tidies up Jess’s hair

The third look was a lot stronger and I felt that I needed to add something to the make up to make it bolder. I added a bold metallic red lipstick that looked amazing on Jess’s full lips.

Behind the scenes: red lip

Behind the scenes: me touching up Jess’s lipstick

For the last two looks we decided to go very feminine and pretty – for this I did very natural and soft make up on Jess, and Kirby put her hair up in an elegant up-do.

Behind the scenes: Jess getting her hair done

Behind the scenes: make up all done and hair being styled

For these pictures Aaron made a ‘bed’ covered in chocolate coloured satin for Jess to lie on, giving these photos a glamorous feel.

Behind the scenes: Jess Abidde (model)

Here are the finished photographs:

Thank you to everyone involved!

Photography: Ched53 Photography / http://www.ched53.co.uk

Model: Jessica Abidde / abidde.wix.com/jess

Hair: Kirby Blythe / http://www.hairbykirbyblythe.co.uk

Make up: Me / http://www.alivyavfree.co.uk

Accessories: Creations by Liv Free / http://www.livfreecreations.co.uk

Behind the scenes photographs taken by myself and Kirby.

Splashing about: A shoot with Brian Rolfe Photography

It was a couple of months ago now when I worked with talented photographer Brian Rolfe and make up artist Natalie French… however I keep forgetting to blog, and so, here is the post I should’ve written in November!

The location was at Natalie’s parents house in Shenfield, which was a grand place that gave us plenty of areas to shoot in. I asked Brian for some ‘behind the scenes’ shots of the day:

My brain cells seemed to have disappeared in this pic. ^

I wouldn’t be me if I ever took myself seriously.

It was fairly freezing outside so after that set was done we went back inside and I got myself ready to be thrown into the pool & do the pouty thing once more! A change of make up was required:

I ‘appropriated’ Brian’s camera and left him to fend for himself with his Blackberry… (how mean of me!)

I couldn’t stop laughing as I attempted to hang on to the side of the pool for dear life… My dress was floating away and trying to take me with it!

Out of the pool and back into make up for a couple of headshots at the end. At this time I resembled a shivering drowned rat. Not such a sexy look, this one…

Here are few pictures from the day:

Photography: Brian Rolfe / http://www.brianrolfe.com

MUAH: Natalie French

Model: Alivya V Free (Me) / http://www.alivyavfree.co.uk

Cream Dress: Katmaren Designs / couture.katmaren.co.uk

Accessories: Creations by Liv Free / http://www.livfreecreations.co.uk

Liv x