TOP 5: Bling Jubilee Court.

On Sunday, I volunteered at the Alternative Village Fete at Battersea Park, organised by Home Live Art.

Together with artists Harold Offeh and Barby Asante, the team of volunteer make-up artists, stylists and photographers created the Bling Jubilee Court. We dressed the public up as ‘Queens of the COMMON-wealth’, then led to a stage and photographed before an adoring crowd (photos over here). Here are 5 of my favourite shots from the day!

1. Our boudoircontained about 50 wigs, a tonne of make-up, a pile of stick-on mustaches,  and 2 long rails of dress up clothes. Naturally, we tried it all on.

2. Two of our dress-up queens. Disco Queens, to be precise.

3. A rainbow of eyeshadow.

4. A gorgeous drag queen popped in to say hello.

5. Harold getting his make-up done.

You can see the full set of my photos over on  my Facebook page.

Oh, and I promise this is my last Jubilee-related post!

TOP 5: Facepaint.

Last week I went to a masquerade ball, but I painted on my mask rather than actually wearing one. I’ll use any excuse to paint my face – It’s too much fun.

1. Dressing up as a Black and White Film, for a Hollywood themed party.

2. War paint.

3. Shadow war paint.

4. The eye of Ra.

5. Elves love a bit of glitter eyeliner.

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TOP 5: Undead (Halloween edition).

In no particular order:

helena-maratheftis-undead-31. The eyelashes are a nice touch, don’t you think?

helena-maratheftis-undead-42. Check it out, here.

helena-maratheftis-undead-53. Impromptu ghostification using table decorations (tealights).

helena-maratheftis-undead-14. Some cheerful Athenian street art.

helena-maratheftis-undead-25. Zombie boy and his mistress from the future.

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