My week as a 28 year old, chronically single makeup artist who lives and THRIVES in London.
Quick fire
New tattoos - 2 (you’ll have to head to Tiktok to see these!)
New piercings - 2 (I snuck these in whilst working at Superdrug live from the free piercing stand)
IRL dating events - 1 (Timeleft, review is coming soon)
Bumble convos - 4
Raya convos - 1
Times that I flashed me housemate - 1 (we have a real brother and sister relationship so that went down like an awkward lead balloon)
Headlines
*shocker* but the main headline is this, Substack. You already know the deal, but expect dating experiences, recommendations, general thoughts and feelings and a splash of chaos. Obs, there will be a mixture of Paid and Unpaid content. The paid feature is there if you’d like to support me as a creator (I turn down a lot of brand work to remain authentic af) and also help me pay for these dating events to review lol
My best friend got married!
Not only was I a bridesmaid, but I was a full on makeup artist which resulted in maybe the most full on day I’ve ever had but I’ve never been so full of joy and happiness ever. I did (amongst the chaos) manage to make a vlog?! Please don’t ask me where I found the time, but if you wanna know more, here’s a link. I want to do it all over again, I truly cannot believe it’s over and done with. Now if the rest of my friends could hurry up and get engaged, that would be great.
I went to another IRL dating event
I went to ‘Timeleft’, a supper club to bring people together. This was by far my most requested event that I go to. I’ve filmed a before and written up a review, I just need to edit it and set it live. I unfortunately didn’t find the man of my dreams, but had a very pleasant evening otherwise. Thoughts are coming soon!
A career highlight happened!
The campaign for the new (old) Nokia brick phone came out recently which featured my makeup! The brief was Claudia Schiffer, 90s supermodel and personally, I think myself and Willis kind of slayed this one. I’m still fairly new to the freelance make-up artist game so securing this campaign was HUGE. I’ve said it many times, but my self worth is so tied up in my career and I completely LOVE my job so when huge things like this happen, I really get in my feels. The campaign is out and about in real life, so if you manage to spot it, please grab a picture and send it to me! And maybe, just one day, I’ll spill the beans on the crew member who told me to ‘fuck off now’ on this set.
Btw, the Nokia does have snake on it. Full nostalgia mode.
I cried in the scrapyard
I had to say goodbye to Fifi the Ford Fusion this week. Unfortunately, she wasn’t ULEZ compliant and costing me a little bit too much money so she had to take her final drive to the scrapyard. Turns out I am weirdly attached to this car?? She was a hand-me-down from my uncle’s mum, to my uncle and then me when my uncle died. She came to me during the ‘eat out to help out’ era and gave me some much needed independence when I was forced to move back in with my parents during covid. I’ve never spoken about it online but the first three months were a bit traumatic for my family, dealing with terminal illness amidst a global pandemic. I had to move back in with my parents and manage a family whilst all this chaos was swirling around and Fifi the Fusion gave me some much needed alone time. She was also a huge reason why me and my ex-boyfriend were able to get together and each Friday, we’d speed our way down the M4 to stay with him in Clapham for the weekend. I have a lot to thank my little Fifi for and still feel bad that she had to be scrapped?? Anyways, the man at the scrapyard reassured me that I wasn’t first and wouldn’t be the last to cry when they handed over their keys.
Pit of the week
I cannot get over this situationship FOR THE LIFE OF ME!! I might have to dedicate a whole post to this, but I have seen this man for approx 4 hours in the last 8 months and it’s taking longer to get over than any of my other previous relationships. I. cannot. stop. thinking. about. him. Any advice welcomed (and probably ignored) because I am my own worst enemy at this point.
Dirty hits for dirty girls
I did something this week that I never thought I would do, I got a tattoo of ‘words’. I think I always thought that getting words tattooed would be a bit risky but I’ve had the words ‘glorious you’ swirling around my brain for a year now and after a well-timed cancellation post from my tattoo artist, I now have them on my back. ‘Glorious you’ is actually a Frank Turner song. Frank is one of my favourite men ever. His song writing is just genius and ‘Glorious you’ is one of my favourite love songs. It’s about all the things he found endearing about his future wife and I related to her in some way. I don’t think I’m the most ‘standard’ person to love, I bring plenty of quirks to the table, and hearing them written in a song made my heart very happy. It’s almost like a grown up ‘Little Things’ but One Direction. To listen to Frank and my other picks, check out my playlist here.
Some nice things that I’ve bought this week
Refy Collection (Papaya) - I can’t say I’ve ever paid much attention to Refy but the colour way is this was too good to miss! Catch me is this all summer.
Maybelline Sky High (Burgundy) - so this mascara is already a major favourite but this colour?? Absolutely perfect, no notes. I’m on my second tube already. If you have blue or green eyes you simply must try this.
Blue sparkly bikini - another near perfect item. The most amazing shade of blue, has some cute beading details, true to size and just perfect for summer.
Leave me a comment and if not, big smooches and see you soon! x