My Year 2014

2014 went a little like this ...

So this is my last post of 2014 and i thought i'd round up the year with a few pictuers of what i got up to in the world of Hair.

This year i feel i have accomplished a lot with :

 Winning a place on the ghd Art Team

Being promoted to Principal Stylist

Assisting backstage at Victoria Secrets Fashion Show London 2014

Finalist at the Loreal Colour Trophy Mens Image Award 

Seeing my editorial work published on Vogue and other Magazines alike

Finalist at Shu Uemura Image Awards 2014 

and much more ...

Backstage at Victoria Secrets Assisting Akki Shirakawa with ghd

Left styling Candice Swanepoel, Right styling Maria Borges. 

Both photos published from Vogue Online

Loreal Colour Trophy Mens Image Award Electric Hairdressing

Model : James Atherton 

Cut : Patrick Wilson 

Colour : David Halsall 

Photography : Sane Seven 

Shu Uemura Muse Image Awards 

Mode: Tabatha Lamb @ Storm Models 

Mua: Mei Rees

Hair: Patrick Wilson 

Photography: Jack Eames 

I am Amy Jackson 

Model: Amy Jackson @ Models One 

Mua: Suzy Clarke

Hair: Patrick Wilson 

Photographer: Hannah Furness

I created this origami sleek ponytail for Harvey Nichols AW14/15 Fashion Show 

And here is just a few of my favourite images i have created the hair for this year 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped me accomplish all i have this year. Im now looking forward to what 2015 has in-store!

Happy New Year

Patrick Wilson 

x 

Philip Armstrong S/S 15

Spring Summer Look Book 15

Philip Armstrong and Tony Burke are the designers behind the label Philip Armstrong. The pair met while studying fashion design.

Their joint passion for Fashion and Design proved to be a formidable combination and after five years experience in the industry, Philip and Tony collaborated on their first collection. Their unique style with a cutting edge focus on cut and detail was very well received and the Philip Armstrong label was born to high acclaim from the fashion press.

With every season, the brand grows in popularity and their pieces are now both collectable and highly sought after. Worn by a whole host of celebrities including Kelly Rowland, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Nicole Scherzinger and Helen Hunt to name a few.

As the Brand grows, so too does its following, encouraging Philip and Tony to strive for excellence in their field and excite their clients with every new look.

The collection will be available Online, In store and selected Harvey Nichols across the Uk.

I created the hair for the campaign this season, we wanted the look to be strong but playful so i decided on a low side parting the hair going over the face into a soft wave.

Get The Look

Products used: I prepped Kirstie's hair with tecni art pli, blow dried the hair upside down using ghd Air. For thickness i used a set of extensions by beauty works cut them to the same length as the models own hair. I wasn't adding any length it was all just to enhance Kirstie's natural hair and add a little bit of colour. The waving process i chosen to used ghd Curve in the classic tong this is a 26 mm barrel. Starting at the left hand side tonging back away from the face, i then allowed the curl to cool off and set the fringe area in a big barrel curl while the make up was applied. 

Dress it out: Once the hair was set i brushed the movement out into a uniformed wave using a wide tooth comb. This is my favourite tool for dressing curls out, i prefer it to a soft bristle brush but what ever works for you? Adding lift to the crown i sprinkled some tecniart texture dust to the roots and slightly backcombed the top area. All hair was moved to the left hand side and to finish off i sprayed with Air Fix hairspray.

The collection also featured in Vogue Online 

 Team Behind The Shoot

Client: Philip Armstrong

Model: kirstie Bennett

Photographer: Matt Ford

MUA: Zoey Stirrett

Hair: Patrick Wilson

House Of Coco - Front Cover

House Of Coco - Hard Candy

I have created the hair for the front cover image and the story within the magazine, it was such a fun shoot and it has been worth waiting for the final images. 

There is no better feeling than walking into a news agents browsing at the fashion section and seeing your work on the shelf next to ID and Dazed. House Of Coco is available to buy online or in stores such as Selfridges and most news agents in and around London. 

http://www.houseofcoco.net

The editorial was shot in the back streets of Manchester, Who knew there could be so much colour in one city?

The feeling behind Hard Candy was a Japanese cool girl vibe, one thing i love doing when working on an editorial is doing something different. Change is good so i loved working to this brief,

 i could do so much. 

The first look for the cover image i used hair peices to create an Ombre Pony tail falling softley over Siobans face. For the second look i twisted the pony into a knot on the top of the head. 

Third look was the jumping shot where the models hair was worn supper straight with a textured fringe, for this i used a fake fringe for instant change.

For the final look i used an ash coloured bob that i cut a fringe into, siobhan really worked it. I love the image in front of the door when she shakes her head, the photo just captuerd the moment at the right point. It has to be one of my favorite images from the editorial.

Magazine : House Of Coco

Photographer : Nicole Jopek

Hair : Patrick Wilson

MUA : Maxine Smith

Stylist : Taheed Khan

Model : Siobhan Perry @ Premier Model Management

#INSPO Behind The Cover

#INSPO Magazine 

The magazine is on its second issue and i was lucky enough to be part of the team creating the front cover of this addition. 

We wanted to create an image that was eye catching and I'm really pleased with the result. You can see that it has all came together from the Photography Sane Seven, Make UP Lucy Mckeown, Nails Elli Kershaw, Stylist Jurga Skeiryte, Model Adjoin Mensah, BTS photography Al Man and Hair By Me

Get The LOOK : The image was a real beauty shot but i still wanted to get the hair in, its simple but effective. The model has afro hair so i couldn't wet her own hair onto the face as it would just spring up bouncing back to its natural shape. For the look i pulled her hair back into a low bun and placed hair wefts at the front of the head. I then layered upon layered some Loreal Techni Gel over the extension hair and combed it onto the face.

For the second look i wanted it to look slightly tribal but fun so i coloured some platinum hair peices from beauty works with some new Crazy Colours i received from Salon International. Then mixed the colourful wefts with a natural colour 1B to make the ponytail blend in with the models hair. often for photo shoots i mostly work with added hair as it always apears better on camera, it helps with hair density, length and colour. 

Its always a proud feeling when i see my work in print, a lot of hard work goes in to creating a great image. You cannot do it without the team that you work with, so last but not least i will leave you with a Behind The Scenes video from the shoot.

             

Beauty Works Tutorials

Tutorials i created for  Beauty Works Hair Extensions

Shot by Hannah Furness

MUA Suzy Clarke

Model Holly Jade Peers

The videos where filmed to show costumers how easy is is to use the products.

I did prep holly's hair first with Loreal Techni Pli blow drying the hair, then creating movement and wave with GHD Curve classic tong hope you enjoy the videos first being the ombre clip ins, second the top knot and last but not least the glamorous ponytail.