I won the #bestbeautyflatlay competition

During the year Cleo & Dolly Magazines, Lust Have It subscription beauty box, Brands Exclusive and Luxury Escapes were running a competition for a Best Beauty Flat Lay. And I won!

My entry was inspired by that month’s Cleo, which was all about summer and beauty.

The prizes were amazing and I feel so gracious for everything I received. This was the most amazing experience and I’ve met so many lovely people along the way.

First, a huuuge box arrived at my door. Inside was $2000 worth of cosmetics and beauty products from Lust Have It and a Marc Jacobs watch and Miu Miu sunglasses from Brands Exclusive.

And if that wasn’t enough I also got an all paid trip to Sydney, courtesy of Luxury Escapes, to style my very own flatlay 🙀.

First stop Lust Have It. I had a studio and a photographer at my disposal. After a treasure hunt throgh the props department we shot a few combinations, which will be used for their advertising purposes

Then it was off to Cleo. What an honour to hang out with the editor-in-chief, Lucy Cousins.

I arrived in the middle of a fashion shoot. Too exciting! I would’ve been happy just to watch. But a break was called and I got to set up my shoot.

This was a whole different level of styling. As it will be published, I had to think of the whole page spread including all the print that the art department will later add.