liza smith
Well-Known Member
hi guys
i'm glad mrs geek & mum filled u in, i had to go straight to my sisters house warming party last night. the shoot ran very late, & we didn't get home till 10!
thanx to marian yet again, i know she says i helped HER out, but that's the kind of "help" i'll give anytime!
thanx to my colleague correlli who drove us in style in her new audi tt! it was her 1st job with me, & she was a star. she didn't have a ciggerette ALL the time we were there, so that she didn't smell of smoke when we got close to jennifer!
she hardly eat anything, she was sooo nervous!
it didn't help matters as we arrived 15 mins early (despite going 25 miles down the M23 , don't ask!), & they had just gone to do some stills.
alarm bells rang when the assistant to the studio said they were expecting jennifer back on set at 2.15. (she was meant to have her nails done between 1.30-3pm)
however, the 1st lesson you learn on these jobs is expect the unexpected, & b prepared to change the plans at a moments notice!
we sat & waited...
it was decided that they would do the next section of filming b4 i did her nails.
i met the lovely val garland (celeb make-up artist) who showed me the ropes on my 1st big job for british vogue.
she told me that jennifer had had nails put on a wk b4 on a shoot, & they kept breaking, so she pulled them off (whoops!), so they had a "nail tech" on day 1, who hurriedly buffed & painted a french polish. val had to clean the white enamel from under her free edge, eekkk, that's how gd that tech was.
day 2 & another nail tech, & she was sent away as jennifer couldn't bare to have her nails done.
then came my turn... don't forget, this is the celeb that reportedly has an entorage to overshadow elton john! & who is reportedly a complete diva.
thank goodness the reports were sooo wrong.
not only did she only have her assistant & 2 guys who i assumed were her bodyguards, but she was very relaxed & lovely.
her husband was with her, & they are obviously very in love.
she sang along to the 1st cut of her new cd while i was doing her 1st hand, & wow, what a voice, not easy to concentrate!
i asked whether she wanted pink & white or natural, & she choose natural. as i'd been told i only had 25-40 mins, i got on with the job.
after 3 nails had been sculpted (tips would've taken too long), she apologised, & said she should've gone with what i said, & could she have white & pink??!!?
no problem i said!
time was very tight, so i trimmed the ends down & filed the free edge into a smile line & re-sculpted the whites.
because of this, it was decided that i would do the 2nd hand after the next section of filming.
so once again, correlli & i sat in her trailer & waited.
the clothes & shoes were amazing, her stylist was showing us some of the looks.
as for the ad, we wasn't able to get on set as there were too many people there already, but from the outfits we guess it will have an oriental theme, as in the film "kill bill". we saw a fencing mask as well!
did i mention that Beyonce was there aswell!!
they are both very gorgeous in the flesh & jennifer in particular is TINY!
they finished shooting & her assistant asked us if we would mind doing the 2nd hand in her personal trailer, of course this was acceptable!
she had changed into jeans & t-shirt & was looking thro shots of her for her new album cover with her husband mark, & beyonces make-up artist.
she was very friendly, & was a joy to work with.
she explained that when she 1st thought of oval nails she thought of her mums nails! but she couldn't beleive how feminine it made her hands look!
she reckons she is "gonna bring back oval"!
i left her & her stylist a goody bag, & they had heard of solar oil!
great day
great experience
& hopefully a few more people now know that nails have moved on a bit in the last few years!
liza x
i'm glad mrs geek & mum filled u in, i had to go straight to my sisters house warming party last night. the shoot ran very late, & we didn't get home till 10!
thanx to marian yet again, i know she says i helped HER out, but that's the kind of "help" i'll give anytime!
thanx to my colleague correlli who drove us in style in her new audi tt! it was her 1st job with me, & she was a star. she didn't have a ciggerette ALL the time we were there, so that she didn't smell of smoke when we got close to jennifer!
she hardly eat anything, she was sooo nervous!
it didn't help matters as we arrived 15 mins early (despite going 25 miles down the M23 , don't ask!), & they had just gone to do some stills.
alarm bells rang when the assistant to the studio said they were expecting jennifer back on set at 2.15. (she was meant to have her nails done between 1.30-3pm)
however, the 1st lesson you learn on these jobs is expect the unexpected, & b prepared to change the plans at a moments notice!
we sat & waited...
it was decided that they would do the next section of filming b4 i did her nails.
i met the lovely val garland (celeb make-up artist) who showed me the ropes on my 1st big job for british vogue.
she told me that jennifer had had nails put on a wk b4 on a shoot, & they kept breaking, so she pulled them off (whoops!), so they had a "nail tech" on day 1, who hurriedly buffed & painted a french polish. val had to clean the white enamel from under her free edge, eekkk, that's how gd that tech was.
day 2 & another nail tech, & she was sent away as jennifer couldn't bare to have her nails done.
then came my turn... don't forget, this is the celeb that reportedly has an entorage to overshadow elton john! & who is reportedly a complete diva.
thank goodness the reports were sooo wrong.
not only did she only have her assistant & 2 guys who i assumed were her bodyguards, but she was very relaxed & lovely.
her husband was with her, & they are obviously very in love.
she sang along to the 1st cut of her new cd while i was doing her 1st hand, & wow, what a voice, not easy to concentrate!
i asked whether she wanted pink & white or natural, & she choose natural. as i'd been told i only had 25-40 mins, i got on with the job.
after 3 nails had been sculpted (tips would've taken too long), she apologised, & said she should've gone with what i said, & could she have white & pink??!!?
no problem i said!
time was very tight, so i trimmed the ends down & filed the free edge into a smile line & re-sculpted the whites.
because of this, it was decided that i would do the 2nd hand after the next section of filming.
so once again, correlli & i sat in her trailer & waited.
the clothes & shoes were amazing, her stylist was showing us some of the looks.
as for the ad, we wasn't able to get on set as there were too many people there already, but from the outfits we guess it will have an oriental theme, as in the film "kill bill". we saw a fencing mask as well!
did i mention that Beyonce was there aswell!!
they are both very gorgeous in the flesh & jennifer in particular is TINY!
they finished shooting & her assistant asked us if we would mind doing the 2nd hand in her personal trailer, of course this was acceptable!
she had changed into jeans & t-shirt & was looking thro shots of her for her new album cover with her husband mark, & beyonces make-up artist.
she was very friendly, & was a joy to work with.
she explained that when she 1st thought of oval nails she thought of her mums nails! but she couldn't beleive how feminine it made her hands look!
she reckons she is "gonna bring back oval"!
i left her & her stylist a goody bag, & they had heard of solar oil!
great day
great experience
& hopefully a few more people now know that nails have moved on a bit in the last few years!
liza x
