Archive | October, 2011

MY STYLIST WORK: BEHIND THE SCENES OF NEW AFRICAN WOMAN; EAST AFRICAN BEAUTY SHOOT!!

27 Oct

Hey my fellow blog readers!! So here is another ‘behind the scenes’ of a shoot I styled!! 

As you can see, the these of the shoot was East African!!

Photographer: Arron Dunworth

Mua: Ama Toffee

Hairstylist: Adeola Olaose

Wardrobe Stylist: Erica Matthews

So using the amaaazing moodboard I was given.. I went to amazing brands such as American Apparel, Zeke Design Jewellery, Binou, Adopted Culture, Yummi Kouture to style this shoot up!!

The first look was ‘princess of the south’, It was mainly inspired by the iconic movie ‘coming to america‘ featuring Eddie Murphy.

I used an amazing cuff I found at Made in Topshop which also doubled as a hair accessory.

The hooot neck piece is from designer label adopted culture ( model Nana Afua Antwi)

The bandeu is from American apparel

and the statement earrings are from Zeke Designs Jewellery

Continue reading 

GOSSIP: MY TREAT TO MY READERS!.. GET EXCLUSIVE BRITAIN & IRELANDS NEXT TOP MODEL @BINTMLIVE ’2 FOR 1 TICKETS’!!!

26 Oct

GET YOUR

Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model

’2 For 1′ Tickets!

The ESSENTIAL weekend of fashion, hair, beauty, style, shopping and music, Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model Live will be taking place in London this coming weekend (28th – 30th October 2011) at the ExCeL Centre.

To celebrate, readers of http://www.ericamatthews.wordpress.com have the opportunity to snap up 2-4-1 Standard Tickets (£20 normal price) for the closing day of the show! These tickets are available for 24hours only with the offer starting at 00.00 on Thursday 27th October, and ending at 23.59 Thursday so get in there quick!

Go to www.bintmlive.com, click book tickets and enter BLOG24 when prompted!!

Fans of the TV series will get the chance to join the show’s infamous judges Charley Speed and Grace Woodward and the 13 gorgeous contestants from series 7 for the ultimate three-day live event which will be London’s biggest fashion and beauty fix, and the ultimate girl’s day out!

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??

Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model Live runs from Friday 28th – Sunday 30th October at London’s ExCeL Centre. For specific performance times for all of this year’s acts and to book tickets now, log on to www.bintmlive.com. Standard tickets are £20 and include entry to the event and a seat within the Main Catwalk Show. Premium tickets are £28 and include entry into the event, a Premium seat within the Main Catwalk Show & Show Guide. VIP tickets are the perfect treat at £49. VIP tickets give you entry, VIP seats in Main Catwalk Show, Show Guide, a VIP goody bag worth at least £30, access to signing sessions with the stars of BINTM and entry into the exclusive VIP lounge.
Show your support and visit us on Facebook.com/bintmlive, or search @BINTMLive on Twitter.

 

Enjoy!! Xx

PRESS RELEASE: MODELS GET SCOUTED AT @BINTMLIVE

25 Oct

‘Get Spotted’ at Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model Live 2011

Young model hopefuls will have the chance to ‘Get Spotted’ and become the face of some of the UK’s top brands at this year’sBritain and Ireland’s Next top Model Live, brought to you by TRESemme, which runs from the 28th – 30th October 2011 at London’s ExCeL.

Imogen Leaver, Ufuoma Itoje and Jade Thompson this year’s winner of Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model (Sky Living, Mondays) were spotted at the event in 2010 by model scouts and all three went on to successfully make it through to the competition.

Hundreds of potential faces attending the three day event will once again have the chance to take to the Kiss Open Catwalk stage in front of a wide range of the UK’s top brands, to be in with the chance of being cast as the next face of some of the latest brand campaigns.

Wish Want Wear, NYX UK Cosmetics,Aspire Drinks and Models 1 are just some of the brands who will be looking for the new faces of their latest campaigns.

PLUS! grab yourself ’2 for 1′ tickets using promocode: blog24 at checkout exclusively on thursday 27th october!!

Across the three-day event, each brand will take part in the series of Casting Couch sessions on the KISS Open Catwalk, where visitors and aspiring models will be able to put one foot forward and show industry specialists exactly what you have to offer.

Each of our brands is looking for the best of the best, from the most enthusiastic walkers, to the more modest beauties we want you to take to the stage and strut your stuff.

You will also be able to get expert advice from top agencyModels 1, on how to walk the catwalk with confidence, those simple tips and tricks to get spotted and learn exactly what it takes to become a top model. Continue reading 

GOSSIP: BEYONCE?… FAKE BUMP?

11 Oct

So as some of you know.. I am a DIE HARD fan of Beyoncé!!.. So when i wake this morning and see that BB is finally working, I also see that status’ about Beyoncé are updating like HELL!!! How can this EVER be true?.. we all witnessed her at the VMA awards and even some of us here in London, UK got to see her at the GRAND OPENING of her gorgeous label Dereon in Selfridges sporting that bump.. not to mention the bikini shot we have all seen…

Like inspector Morse.. I must investigate.. and this is what evidence I found..

So now.. I sit here with tears filling thine eyes… waiting for an explanation of some sort on how this can be.. #betrayal?

The bikini image is tooo life-like.. why would she get a prosthetic that is life-like??

but why is there also a need to exaggerate how pregnant she is?

*rests on chaise lounge*

What do you think.. vote below..

PORTFOLIO/PRESS: I WAS A GUEST ON BBC RADIO 1XTRA “SOO OTM”!

3 Oct

As some of  you may know, I was asked to be a guest on fashionista Gemma Cairney‘s friday show “soooo otm”. My faaaavourite DJ Ace was sitting in for Gemma  this week and I had the pleasure of him asking me allll the questions!! If you never got a chance to listen in click on this link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b0150kw9/

let me know your thoughts.. x

BLOG GIVEAWAY!: SUPERDRUG PRODUCTS!!

3 Oct


Do you want to get your hands on some superdrug goodies??!

…well answer this following question…

What year did Superdrug open their first store?

To enter this competition, leave your answer as a comment on this post!!

ENDS FRIDAY 7TH OCTOBER!!


FASHION PICKS: WOMENSWEAR & MENSWEAR AW11 TRENDS IN HOTMINUTE MAGAZINE!!

2 Oct

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