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10 years in London!!! when I moved I said I’d probably stay for 5 years and I’ve done double 🥲 I moved from Yorkshire on a national express coach with a free ticket I’d got as compensation due to a cancelled return coach from Glastonbury that summer! 

a few pics to commemorate the last decade and also to document my rapid twink death hahah

met the loml on a random Tuesday night in May 2017! he messaged me out of the blue and said he’d just landed from a flight and did I fancy meeting in exactly 1 hour! I was in bed watching tv but thought “fuck it!” I stood on the street waiting for him and he approached me with his suitcases from the airport, flung them in his doorway and off we went for our date ☠️☠️

the day I moved to London I had a job interview that afternoon at Wonderland and got the job!!!! I thought I’d won the lottery!!! I turned up for my first day wearing dunagrees and an ellesse long sleeve rugby shirt and thought I was the absolute shit!!! I went to a dinner with millie Macintosh from made in Chelsea during my first few week and thought … this is it! this is london! I’ve made it!

was terrified to leave behind my home friends who have always been, and will always be, my bedrock — but they’ve had many trips to London by this point, even staying on the floors of some of my tiny London flats! thank GOD for a group chat that remained active pretty much all day, every day for the last decade!

went to a few international fashion weeks, even sat front row at Prada twice (lol) and just felt totally out of place the whole time tbh!! I was there with a suitcase full of ASOS basics writing terrible show reviews that no one read!!! but as you can see, I was feeling the fantasy 🥲 this pic appeared in Vogue and went viral on Russian Reddit 🫪 I screamed!

decided to make our own little print passion project! I actually got sacked from my job (a different one!) for this because the owner was concerned I’d made a competitor 🥲 we did two issues before the pandemic hit and never thought about it again hahah it was the first time I’d ever been sacked!!! I was mortified hahah

went to a bunch of really really random parties I had no business being at! this Burbe
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STORY TIME:
Did I ever plan or even think about becoming a freelance manicurist??? 
Honestly...NO. Simply because I didn't even know that something like this existed 😅

Eight years ago, I was working in a nail salon in London when I received a phone call that introduced me to a world I didn't even know existed 💅🏻📸
At the time, I had never worked on set. I didn't know what a call sheet was, what to pack, or what would be expected of me 🫣

But I said YES!!!!

The shoot had already been going on for a quite some time before I arrived at the studio, I knew there wouldn't be enough time to do a full manicure, but the nails still needed to look very polished. 
Despite the time pressure I had to choose something fresh, light but visible at the same time that would work with all looks.
With the stylist we decided to go for Essie pastel colour with a quick Swarovski crystal design.

That first editorial unexpectedly became my first magazine cover, featuring the beautiful Gizele Oliveira, who walked the @victoriassecret Fashion Show in 2017 & 2018.

I walked into the studio thinking that I loved working in a salon, but by the end of the day, I already knew where I truly belonged.

I fell in love not only with doing nails on set, but with the entire creative process - photography, fashion, the moodboards, the creative energy on set, and the incredibly talented people behind every image.

Looking back today, I'm especially grateful to Adrian, who thought of me that day when the shoot was already in progress...but he still called to ask if I could step in and do the nails 🫰🏻
One unexpected phone call opened the door to a world I knew nothing about !!! 

I would love to know - what is the one thing you still remember from your first working day on set 🙆🏻‍♀️

Cover shoot for @rollacoaster 
Photographer @smiggi 
Talent @giizeleoliveira
Fashion @kamranrajput
Makeup @adrianswiderski
Hair Peter Lux Hair
Nails by me, using @essie 

#newchapter #dreambig #nails #storytime #essie
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