The Day I Met The Editor of Women's Health!

A lot has changed since the last time I posted, for example I moved to uni! I'm currently studying Magazine Journalism and Southampton Solent, and it really has its perks.
This is just a short post about the Editor of Women's Health magazine, Farrah Storr. She came in to talk to our class about her journey and the industry, whilst giving some invaluable advice. Once I've sorted out my notes I'll write a proper piece on her advice for all those wanting to get into magazine journalism, but for now here's a few bullet points to sum it up...

• Get work experience at as many places as possible.
• Build up a portfolio of small pieces of writing- anything you can.
• Make your email specific to the magazine you are writing to- don't make it generic.
• If you get a place, try to stay on. Hang around.
• Dress for the job you want. You are much more likely to get noticed.
• Get in early and stay late.
• Use social networking whist looking for a place and whilst at your place.
• Read up on the editor. Follow them on twitter!
• Try not to specialise too early- you may find it difficult to branch out later on.
• Have a favourite writer.
• Have an opinion.

Me with Farrah Storr.

Bestival 2012

I thought I'd share with you all the preparation that went into one of the best weekends of my life! The fancy dress theme for Bestival this year was 'Wildlife', so I chose to be a leopard and a flamingo. Separately, of course.

Numero uno: Glitter leopard. We had a few days to prepare costume wise, so we decided to make our own! The leotard used is really just a body/bodysuit (whichever you prefer) from Primark which cost £6. I drew on the leopard spots with felt tip and spread the gold glitter with Anita's Tacky Glue and a Q tip. Took me a few hours but it was so worth it!

This is the make-up look I went with to match the costume. Apologies about the untamed eyebrows,  I had yet to sort myself out pre-festival! The background gold was a Barry M pencil which I definitely lost therefore can tell you no more information about! The darker gold was an extremely cheap eye pencil, I don't even think it had a brand! And the black is just liquid eyeliner.

My flamingo costume! This one was the killer... took me a few days! The top was another body from Primark, and the feathers are Marabou feathers from Amazon at £3.99 for 120. (I needed 3 bags/360 feathers).  My tutu is from FairyLove, but they are quite expensive and you can't really see it so feel free to just make your own! I then ripped up strips of pink tissue paper and glued them on and scrunched them up. That definitely took a while...

Definitely not looking my best here with scraped back hair and tired eyes but here is my flamingo face paint! I think in the end I just went with the mask in the previous picture, but this was a nice experiment. I just used liquid eyeliner for the black bits, although face paint would've been a lot easier! The white is eye pencil, the light pink is just eyeshadow from Claire's applied with a really good brush, and the dark pink is Mac pigment so I didn't need a lot. All of the make-up used were presents so I have no idea of the price but I'm sure the internet will hold the answers!

If you went to Bestival this year I hope you had just as an amazing time as I did, and if you didn't, I advise you to go next year!
Beth x