One might think that being on the set of a TV commercial might be a bit glamorous. With two people fussing over your hair and make up, being photographed, filmed, powder puffed and tweaked every few minutes one should feel a little bit special.

A day on a shoot goes a little like so: I arrive at 8am and the breakfast spread complete with Bircher muesli and fresh juice is worth it! At eight thirty actors are called two by two into make up. Head make up artist and...

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:chuckle: Allison were you one of those 'customers' on the ad that looks concerned when they dance around you??

Well Alison, you have a real flair for writing!
I so enjoyed living this experience through your eyes. How grossed out were you by the lack of hygiene in the " Makeup Dept "?

we still have more shooting to do and yes I am one of those horrified customers : )

hygiene!!!- I turn a blind eye to how they are applying that gloss!

Wow! That was a fantastic write-up Allison:clapping: I didn't realise that it was such a lengthy process,always thought with ads they just zipped thru them.guess you just gotta hope the ppl you are waiting with are friendly and funny.

Allison I am surprised you didn't offer to take over the makeup application in a more hygenic fashion :chuckle::chuckle:

hygiene was at its worst yesterday when we had another artist helping out onset and I had a lip brush weilded at me that already had old gloss on it. there were about 50 dancers on set as well as other actors so god only knows how many lips that had touched!

I found myself watching tv for hours. my onset 'boyfriend' and I went for a wonder around the shop... I need a replacement VCR player and found a great one (multitasking here!) and then we decided to head to the plasmas.. grabbed a couple of chairs and settled in for the evening between calls watching quality viewing such as 'ladette to lady' :whistle:

:glee:

Thanks for the article Lady A. It may be boring to you but fascinating to us who have never seen the inside of a commercial shoot.

hygiene was at its worst yesterday when we had another artist helping out onset and I had a lip brush weilded at me that already had old gloss on it. there were about 50 dancers on set as well as other actors so god only knows how many lips that had touched!

I found myself watching tv for hours. my onset 'boyfriend' and I went for a wonder around the shop... I need a replacement VCR player and found a great one (multitasking here!) and then we decided to head to the plasmas.. grabbed a couple of chairs and settled in for the evening between calls watching quality viewing such as 'ladette to lady' :whistle:

:glee:

OMG Allison,
Please take your own lip brush along next time!! Tell them you have cold sores or something so it looks like you are trying to protect everyone else from you!! Do they know you are a top Beauty Therapist? I am assuming NOT!