Channeling my Inner Ronette with Chiara Aprea

I have always loved the 60's especially girl groups, Twiggy, Mod and beatniks, so when I saw Chiara Aprea was doing a shoot inspired by the 60's I was in there like a shot.  As I don't just want to be the fat girl doing the 40's or 50's thing, even though there is nowt wrong with that what so ever and I will always worship the goddesses that were Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth and Grace Kelly.  It is just I don't always want to be that sometimes I want to be 80's punk, riot grrl or space age pretty.  I am a magpie taking and  indulging in whatever influences me.

If you haven't ever had a shoot consider it, as I believe it is a fabulous confidence boost and if you get nothing else from it you get a stunning profile pic.  Chiara's shoots are really reasonable, others charge much more for the same service and my personal opinion is she is a bloody genius with make up and a camera, as well as being really friendly, providing tea and biscuits and coaxing brilliant shots out of even me who has a habit of pulling a strange Cherie Blair grimace whilst trying to get rid of my double chin and can definitely do some very strange starey eyes.

From Chiara's selfies.

First Chiara does the make up and the photo above is after she had done the eyes and the base, then we focused on the hair which for this shoot was a fabulous beehive.  After we did this it was time for some cheeky selfies on Chiara's I phone which I think are almost as good as the finished article.  I have put them up, so you can judge how much is photoshop and how much is Chiara's genius with make up.

Then we shot the final images which I have to say I am bloody thrilled with and I feel like a fat white Ronnette or the homecoming queen who dreams of escaping to San Fransisco to become a Beatnik.

So remember fellow fats don't feel limited you can be whatever your little peacock heart desires and eff what people think is flattering to the bigger girl.  Now I am off to channel my inner Ronette for a while more so I will leave you with this tune.

Merry Christmas Belated

Merry Christmas bit belated but I was working from Christmas Day at 12:00 till 11:00 at night on Boxing Day and Christmas Eve we did Christmas with the In Laws and the Panto at The Marlowe in Canterbury, pretty damn good as Panto's go BTW.

I would like to say I looked as good and glam as this lovely pic by the ever talented Chiara Aprea, which I know I have shared before but as I said I was working so it was a bit more casual and teenager friendly although a Crown and Glory Headband was worn.

I was a good girl and santa brought me some lovely bits which I will share with you at some point, but for today I will chill in my fluffy Unicorn jumper and eat chocolate.  However, before I go I would like to say thanks to you all for reading my ramblings I am thrilled you do and do a happy dance when ever someone who isn't a friend or family follows me on Bloglovin or facebook or leaves a comment, so ta loves hope the Christmas and New Year brings you nothing but the good stuff x

Get Yer Baubles Out!

So when I wrote my 39 before 40 post, the avid follower will remember number 18 was "To have a photoshoot, as generally I feel awkward and most unpretty in photos and I would love a kick ass set that I feel proud of."  Well I finally got round to this with the fabulous, fun and rather talented Chiara Aprea.

I had seen Chiara's work on other other people, she did a fabulous set with the beautiful Mayah Thomas from Beautyful Youniverse and when she did a offer for a Christmas themed shoot at £50.00 who could resist.

I had never had a shoot so I didn't know what to expect but Chiara was really friendly and put me toataly at ease, admittedly the make up was a lot heavier than I usually wear but I was assured it would look great in the pics and under the lights and she was right.  She is also a master at poses and ideas and made me who has a habit of getting a magnificent double chin, pulling a weird mouth (think Cherie Blair with rigormortis) and a habit of doing startled eyes as its either that or closed eyes looking pretty damn fine.

So here's the images I chose for your festive fancy.

My personal favourite is the bauble and I love the retro cheesecake feel of them!  So mission complete and apologies if you have seen more of me than you'd like.  However, if you would like a photoshoot as a confidence boost or as a pressie for someone I cannot recommend Chiara highly enough