Wedding Belles Cont...

It is such a privilege as a hair and makeup artist to be a part of someone's wedding day, to be there for all of the excitement and last minute nerves and so rewarding to witness the moment that the bride is transformed, about to walk down the aisle looking radiant with glowing hair, beautiful skin, her stunning dress and with a sparkle in her eye.

For me it is a real honour to be part of such an intimate occassion.

As promised here are some wedding photos...

The first images are from the wedding of my gorgeous friend Lai and her lovely new husband Les.

Not only did they have a stunning English style wedding but two days later they had an incredible Chinese wedding ceremony involving a 10 course banquet with Chinese Lion dance in the streets of Soho!

How happy do they both look together!

Florist: Kate Mannell, English Rose

Photographs courtesy of Confetti Shots www.confettishots.co.uk

This photo makes me laugh! : )

Sorry Les I had to add it - I love it!

And these shots are from another gorgeous friend of mine, Sian who married the lovely Trevor on what had to be the hottest day of the year in Little Venice, north London.

An amazing party in the evening, such a fun night - loved the dance offs that were taking place!



 





Introducing Sprocket!

Off to work with the gorgeous model Tunde Martha this afternoon and Elite Models photographer Benn Healy...excited!

Purely for the cuteness factor I have to share with you a photo of my gorgeous new puppy!! He's called Sprocket...the rocket! : ) Not quite sure what the cats are going to make of him!

Cover Shoot for Issue 13 of Stacked Magazine, VIP Poker Magazine for PKR

Images courtesy of PKR

Model Vladimir Geshkenbein ('Beyne')

Photographer Paul Condron

Makeup / Special FX Lara Crudgington

I had a lot of fun with fake blood and bruises down at Shoreditch Studios with Beyne and the PKR team for this cover shoot. 

If you look closely you can see me in the background on the back cover!

Blog of Note

A huge thank you to all of my fellow ebloggers out there

who have been checking out my blog after it was named a 'Blog of Note' on Thursday

and sending me such lovely messages over the last few days.

It really means a lot.

And thank you so much to the Blogger team!

Thanks guys.

L xx

Wedding Belles

Wedding season is now in full swing with 5 wedding bookings in the last 6 days.

Brides and bridal party all looked beautiful - There's a lot of lucky fellas out there!

Images coming soon... 

Tough Day Location Hunting for Next Test Shoot!

ITV Fixers, Big Summer Fix hosted by Natalie Pinkham

Wednesday June 8th 2011

Working with the ITV Fixers today on The Big Summer Fix.

ITV Fixers is an amazing campaign enbaling young people to fix things for the better.

http://www.itvfixers.com/

About The Big Summer Fix:

ITV Fixers celebrated its third anniversary today with a party/awards ceremony at The London Studios to recognise the best of Fixing in the UK. The event brought Fixers together from up and down the country to celebrate with celebrities, actors and high profile media figures, all of whom support the incredible work of the young ITV Fixers.

http://itvfixers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1366:big-summer-fix&catid=81:london&Itemid=177

Photographer: Simon Partington, Courtesy of ITV Studios.

Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist for Natalie Pinkham,

Shakka Phillips and Kadeem Boyce: Lara Crudgington



Natalie Pinkham



Natalie Pinkham



Shakka Phillips



Natalie Pinkham

Natalie Pinkham



Kadeem Boyce



Recent Images Cont...

Photographer Lea Salomone

Model Stephanie Pochet

Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Recent Images

Photographer Lea Salomone

Model Lenta

Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Photographer Lea Salomone

Model Lucie Henzlova

Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Photographer Lea Salomone

Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Images for Lona Scott Cashmere www.lona.co.uk

Photographer Lea Salomone

Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Images for Lona Scott Cashmere www.lona.co.uk

Photographer Lea Salomone

Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Images for Lona Scott Cashmere www.lona.co.uk

PKR Poker Video Shoot, Shoreditch Studios, London

Tuesday May 31st & Wednesday June 1st 2011

Photographer Paul Condron Courtesy of PKR

Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Lara Crudgington

Photo above taken by Lara Crudgington

Poker, MTV & One Mayfair

Monday May 23rd 2011

At the Mum & Dad Studios in Shoreditch with the PKR Magazine team for a cover shoot with European Poker Tour Snowfest Champion, Vladimir Geshkenbein ('Bein'). The brief for the final shot of the day meant we got to have some fun with fake blood and bruises - Bein left the shoot to catch a flight still wearing said bruises and fake blood - wonder if they let him on the plane?!  : )

Tuesday May 24th 2011

Working at MTV Studios in Camden this afo with TV presenter Helena Dowling, makeup artist Kit Hall and the Nickelodeon Jnr team for Wake Up World...before a short dash across town to One Mayfair where I joined makeup artist Jo Adams and her team down in the crypt for a Dom Perignon event - One Mayfair is an incredible venue: www.onemayfair.com/

Being affectionately known as 'Lash Bitch' (!) I got straight into applying some seriously striking neon green false lashes for the girls who were serving champagne for the evening and some beautiful 'Decadence' Antique Silver Diamante lashes by Illamasqua for the dancers.

With their glitter, big hair and bespoke black dresses that lit up in neon green, all of the girls of course, looked beyond fabulous!

 

*Photos to follow*

 

Range Rover Evoque Live, Earls Court, London

Thursday May 19th 2011

At Earls Court in London today doing makeup for models and dancers rehearsing for Land Rover's launch event of their new Range Rover Evoque.

An amazing moving video installation, super hot dancers and super chic models, incredible outfits and of course the fantastic new Range Rover Evoque (which by the way is now firmly on my wish list, in white please!) all made for a pretty glamorous Thursday afternoon.

 

Testing Testing...

Just back from an epic 11 hour shoot with photographer Lea Salomone and 

five amazing models. We got some incredible pictures. I can't wait for you guys to see them. Lea has hundreds to edit...so for now, here are a few of my behind the scenes shots...

 

 

Quintessentially

May 11th 2011

At a ‘Quintessentially’ event this afternoon at the über chic Neo Bankside apartments in London, doing the makeup for a team of stunning girls.

http://www.quintessentially.com/

http://www.neobankside.com/

With hair and makeup artist Jo Adams http://www.getyourfaceon.co.uk/! we set up in one of Neo Bankside’s stylish bathrooms in an apartment which has the most spectacular views spanning across the Thames and London sky line, from the Tate Modern to St Paul’s cathedral and beyond…I tell you, it’s a tough life!