Kate Balding

Super excited to see this beautiful London Bride blog post on the wedding of Hollie and Christian from last September  - hair and makeup by moi!

Author Charley describes Hollie's style as 'laid back luxe,'  it was great working with Hollie, who went for neutral eyes, a bold red lip and a loose hair-up 'do.

Please follow the link below for the full blog post and pictures of their amazing day:  http://london-bride.com/hollie-chris-dulwich-pub-wedding/ 

For more details on wedding bookings and packages please do not hesitate to contact me!

It's been a busy few weeks at Kate Balding HQ, I've been meeting lots of new brides-to-be for wedding trials, honouring flower garland orders for weddings & festivals and providing one-on-one tuition. It's been great fun making people look beautiful and finding out all the wedding details (including cheeky sight of top secret wedding gowns!).

My main challenge this year was to get driving and I passed my test (first time!) early August (woo hoo!). So, I am now a makeup artist avec wheels - which should make life easier transporting my massive kit wherever I go. 

Last weekend I attended V-festival where the lady herself Beyonce headlined - an amazing day shared with great people (let's not mention the rain!). I have attached a few pictures of the day below, I wore a handmade flower garland, vintage 1960s kaftan and my lippy of the moment - MAC's Candy Yum Yum! 

On top of all this, my cousin gave birth to baby Arthur - was soooo excited to meet him and already cannot wait for more cuddles!

Next weekend I have a massive cupcake order for a 30th birthday party. Its been a while so I'm looking forward to chucking the apron on and getting creative - will definitely share pictures.

So lots of good news and fun stuff going on, if you haven't already, be sure to visit my facebook page (link below). 

Have a fantastic bank holiday weekend and until next time.... x

I had the pleasure of attending my friend Xandra's Nigerian engagement party at the weekend. What an amazing day.... Xandra looked absolutely stunning, I was in awe and totally inspired by all the magnificent traditional Nigerian outfits!

Xandra is a good friend from university and my fellow university ladies and I all wore matching cloth to fit in with the purple and gold theme. Love how we all wore the same material in different ways reflecting our own personalities / tastes.

Where has the last year gone? It only dawned on me today that it's been a whole year since publication of an Eastenders shoot I worked on with InsideSoap magazine (and covered by The Sun newspaper).... here's some final pictures of my work x

Orange and cream rose flower garland by me… I love the light in these pictures - Lauren looks angelic!

Makeup by Gemma (www.makeup-london.com)