Read online interview here.
Wednesday 27 July 2016
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Dyson Supersonic hair dryer - Ray Massey
Her face and my hands for the new Dyson Supersonic hair dryer.
With four temperature settings and three airflow settings, meaning you
can tailor the heat to your hair type. Inside the dryer is a thermometer that records the temperature
around 20 times per second, guaranteeing it'll never get too hot and burn your mane.
Photographer : Ray Massey
Hand model : Brooke Colman
Model : Florence Eugenie
Manicurist : Karen
1st Assisitant : Michael Walker
2nd Assistant : Iain Tollotson
Monday 4 July 2016
Good Housekeeping Interview - My Top Tips!
- What you’d never do to your hands?
I would never cut my cuticles. After applying Leighton Denny remove and rectify on my cuticles for 2-3 mins I push them back using a metal cuticle pusher. Using my cuticle nippers I only trim the dead skin that has come away from the nail. Cutting cuticles protecting the nail is a big no no! Not only does the skin grow back thicker, it also leaves your skin sore, exposed to bacteria and open to infection.
- How often do you moisturise them?
I believe that what you put into your body is more important than what you put onto your body. I drink plenty of water and have a green smoothie containing Spinach, coconut oil, almond milk, banana, blueberries, Manuka honey and Chia seeds at least 3 times a week. Unless I’m on a shoot I’ll moisturise my hands when I feel like they need it. Before bed, after a bath or shower and always after swimming. In the Winter months I carry in my hand bag the perfectly sized 50g Crabtree and Evelyn La Source hand therapy.
- How do you look after your nails and cuticles?
My nails suffer with ‘hangnails’, a hard piece of skin/cuticle that grows next to the finger nail. I trim them back as close to the nail as humanly possible. I then use ‘Slick tips’ by Leighton Denny or CND Solar Oil You could also use almond oil if you’re happy to apply without a brush. The results? It’s as though the ‘hangnail’ never existed.
- What do you avoid doing? I.e. Washing up without gloves, picking something with your nails etc.
Luckily I have a dishwasher so washing up isn’t much of an issue but I would never wash up pans without gloves. Cooking used to be a hazard until I bought The Gloven which are thinner than oven gloves and have fingers but can still withstand heat up to 250’c. I tend to steer clear of touching fruit like pomegranates and raspberries as they can stain my nails. I’m also that annoying person who will ask you to open their can of drink.
- Any other tips to look after your hands?
We all need vitamin D so I do sit out in the sun to get my dose but I make sure I’m wearing at least factor 30 and it’s usually in the morning or late afternoon sun. Mid-day is when the sun is at its most dangerous.
Before any shoot I swear by my Crabtree and Evelyn’s hand recovery scrub. It makes my hands super soft and really brings out the whiteness of my nail tips.
Accidents happen and even if you’re careful you can catch and scratch your hands. Although we have photoshop for photographic shoots, it’s a lot harder to cover up cuts for TV commercials or online videos. So when my boyfriend’s mother introduced me to Sudocrem (yes the cream mums put on their baby’s bums) I was over the moon. It heals cuts and spots at a ridiculously fast rate and guess what? No scaring!
Read online interview HERE.
Tuesday 7 June 2016
ROY WIFFEN - Property Master, Stunt Man and Grandfather.
My Grandfather who was a Property Master and Stunt Man on films and commercials, was the first person to introduce me to the world of hand modelling. I absolutely love getting to work with Property Masters who have worked with him as they share some great stories.
*The photograph on the motorbike is of Roy Wiffen acting as Marianne Faithful's stunt double in the 1968 film 'The Girl on the Motorcycle'.
Roy Wiffen IMDb
Roy Wiffen IMDb
INTERVIEW for HUCK MAGAZINE by Cian Traynor
They know 200 different ways to pick up a LEGO brick. They can method act with a Ferrero Rocher for hours. Their fingers are insured for seven-figure sums. Meet the unseen stars of the world’s biggest advertising campaigns.
Brooke Colman
Brooke’s grandfather Roy Wiffen worked as a props man for films and commercials, collaborating with the likes of director Ridley Scott. While everyone in her family said she had the perfect hands for playing the piano, he insisted she had the perfect hands for hand modelling.
“I’d been accepted into The Lee Strasberg institute in New York to train as an actor and needed to pay for my flight,” she says. “I found an agency online called Hired Hands and sent off some photos. I had a meeting with them on the Thursday, a casting on the Friday and was booked for my first job for the Monday. I couldn’t believe I hadn’t been doing this sooner.”
Brooke rarely mentions what she does but when people find out, their reactions are a mix of intrigue and amusement.
Once, six-metre-high replicas of her hands – moulded by the same people who made the Daleks in Doctor Who – were sent to seven countries around the world to promote the Nikon 1 camera. At its launch in London’s Covent Garden, a cherry picker elevated her so she could clean the lens of a camera held between giant replicas of her own hands.
But it’s not all absurd tasks for absurd amounts of money. People are constantly surprised at just how competitive this industry is, Brooke says, and building a reputation can play a huge role in securing a casting.
Although you hardly need a degree to do hand modelling, she adds, any photographer or director can tell the difference between a great hand model and a bad one.
“People assume it’s really glamorous being on shoots, but the reality is waiting around for days and spending long periods of time in positions that are incredibly painful… which often leads to many sessions with my osteopath.”
Monday 29 February 2016
Oli Kellett
He wanted Sad, so I gave him sad!
Secret project revealed May 2016
Photographer : Oli Kellett
Chambord
Check out all the fun we had for @Chanbordchannel on Instagram!
Photographer : Jess Bonham
Manicurist : Emma Zentner (Boom Nails LDN)
Set design : Anna Lomax
Friday 19 February 2016
Schon Magazine - Behind the scenes
Schon Magazine
Photographer : Chris Turner
Make-up / Nails : Amy Atkins
Hand Models : Brooke Colman & Nic Clackson
I love getting to work with other hand models especially when they're my friends and it was great to work with the lovely Amy too. Special shout out to the 10 plus security guards who had to squeeze into the studio...those jewels really were something!
Instyle - The Illustrated Nail (Sophie Harris-Greenslade) and Sister Arrow by Katie Service
Instyle Magazine
Beauty Editor : Katie Service
Photographer : Luke & Nik
Manicurist : The Illustrated Nail
Hand models : Brooke Colman & Nic Clackson
If you managed to get your copy of Instyle's January 2016 issue, you would have seen Myself and Nic Clackson modelling a nail art collaboration between The Illustrated Nail and Sister Arrow. Nic and I were fortunate enough to get our nails done by the incredibly talented yet modest Sophie Harris-Greenslade aka The Illustrated Nail. We also got to work with the brains behind the shoot Katie Service and Photographers Luke & Nik.
I don't think you'll believe me if I tell you but these beautiful shots were all captured at Edenham High School in Croydon.
Funky Mutiny - Music video
Artist : Abel Azdad / Funky Mutiny
Director : Marco Sanges & Alberto Bona
Actress : Brooke Colman
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