me by Maud Chalard

here come few pictures of me made in collaboration with a talented make-up artist Nidia V shot by the amazing girl and photographer Maud Chalard.

when I'm a model

when my friend Nidia, who is a terrific make-up artist working for Chanel, told me she would like to have me as a model I was very skeptical. me ? a model ? OMG... but who doesn't want to try being someone else ?
and then the problem : "who is going to shoot me ?" appeared. of course I immediately thought about Charity Thomas. I showed Nidia her work and she liked it too. so once Charity told me she is willing to try we set a date.
 I loved the whole process when you are "changed". everything I don't like about myself Nidia makes art of it : almost no brows - she hid it even more and turned it white ! transparent lashes - she applied yellow mascara ! very pale skin - she made a porcelain effect. I was like a white piece of paper to her and she could do whatever she wanted. her fairy like hands transformed me in a strange doll.
modeling is another problem, I feel stiff and ridiculous, so people who think it's an easy thing to be a model are oh so wrong !... it was raining all along, so it was not helping at all, we were socked but kept on shooting, my hair lost the volume and my make-up started to run away at the end, but I actually love the result !!! Charity knew how to catch some magic moments even with a bad model as I am.
I am very grateful to both artists for their great job, thank you girls !!!

make-up and hair : Nidia V

photographer : Charity Thomas

Elsa x Marilyn Monroe

I was on my way to Elsa's place (our shooting of the day was cancelled, but I wanted to do something cool and new) when I thought about Adrien, a brand new make-up artist. I noticed his work back in Greece 3 years ago, when I saw his make-up creations I was speechless. so his evolution from the circus artist to make-up artist was very logical to me.
the only problem was the clothes, we didn't prepare anything... and a picture of Marilyn Monroe under the sheets appeared in my head. I called Adrien and as by a magic he was free and enthusiastic to work with us.
here comes our first collaboration as a team, I think that we will work together again very soon !

model : ElsaMuse

make-up artist : Adrien Giffard

ElsaMuse x Nidia V

we've already worked two times with Nidia back in 2013, she was a make-up artist and I was a photographer for a fashion blog. I felt in love with her style and her vision ! so when she asked me to work together on her blog and the personal projects I said yes right away.
we are both in love with underground style and attracted to everything that is unusual and even weird. the fact that we are both foreigners (she is from Portugal) living in Paris brings us even closer and we understand each other very well. I admire a lot Nidia as an artist but also as a woman, she is truly incredible ! we decided that we will work together on regular basis, so there will be new projects very soon.

for our first shooting we also asked my dear Elsa to join us.
we came to Nidia's apartment an early morning where coffee and croissants waited for us. it was an amazing day in the company of two great girls, we had a lot of fun together. who said work has to be hard ?

 the dream team :

model : ElsaMuse

make-up and hair : Nidia V