October is all about transformation.... Bright Autumn colours, leaves turning red, burning bonfires, the excitement, spookiness and fun of Halloween costumes and fancy dress, Mexican Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos sugar skull makeup. Turquoise blue...

I’m so glad I bought this 5 year diary for reflection. It’s been a really interesting but undemanding way of looking back over the past couple of years so far. I have a weakness for stationery (but hey, show me a creative person who doesn’t!), and I bought...

When I facepainted for a party of girls in Regents Park - so near London Zoo, it was just a hop and a skip away from the tigers! - I was over the moon to be asked for imaginative designs like a 'rainbow R2D2' and 'Yoda with vines and glitter'. Or...

Dahlia Inspiration What's your favourite flower? When a little girl asked me this question, I really had to stop and think. I was facepainting her at a party in Mews of Mayfair, the walk way to which is in fact lined with beautiful bright red geraniums. It...

I met a lovely lady at a wonderful event who’d never had any kind of face or body art before, and she took a bit of a chance when she asked for a very specific tattoo-style painting of a hummingbird. She liked it so much that she came back for something...