INTERVIEW for VICE Magazine by JS Rafaeli

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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

Calibre - Social Calender

 

Photographer : Sun Lee

Hand Model : Brooke Colman

Stylist : Clare Lazaro

 

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.