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Welcome to my blog, originally created to document my professional development during my Higher National Certificate qualification. What began as a way to track my learning and growth has since evolved into a space where I share insights, experiences, and reflections on my ongoing creative journey. As I progress through various stages of my career, this blog has grown to include occasional posts that explore new techniques, industry trends, and personal milestones.
Oliver Helm
How to Create the ‘No Makeup, Makeup’ Look!
The issue about the makeup industry in the modern day is social media and filters. Everyone wants to look like a flawless Kardashian...
Sep 4, 2022
Semester 1 Reflection - HND
Within this blog post, I plan to document and relive the experience that I had during the first semester of my Level 5 HND qualification....
Dec 28, 2021
Week 22 Reflection - HNC
Unfortunately today we did not have a theory session and also had a guest speaker planned for the afternoon; this all however worked out...
Mar 26, 2021
Week 21 Reflection - HNC
Today we started out the session by mainly focusing on Unit 2 CPD and so we first started out by sharing what we had done CV wise and...
Mar 18, 2021
Week 19 Reflection - HNC
Today we started out by looking at unit 2 as the formative deadline was looming only a couple weeks away. My tutor asked us all where we...
Mar 4, 2021
Week 18 Reflection - HNC
Todays session was like the usual ones where we firstly go into the session and discuss what we have been up to over the last week. I had...
Feb 25, 2021
Week 17 Reflection - HNC
This week was pretty much the same as the last week; we were tasked with just continuing out unit 21 and unit 31 essays and portfolios...
Feb 17, 2021
Week 16 Reflection - HNC
This weeks session was very basic in structure. We met with Karen and had a little catch up and we discussed that instead of sitting and...
Feb 5, 2021
Week 14 Reflection - HNC
This is now the 3rd online learning session we've had and I feel that I am really losing motivation not being in college compared to when...
Jan 22, 2021
Week 13 Reflection - HNC
Today was our second lesson of our online learning. As our practical tutor couldn’t get on the call last week we had a practical demo...
Jan 15, 2021
Week 11 Reflection - HNC
This reflection is an amalgamation of my last day at college during term 1 and the work that I had done over the Christmas holidays.
Jan 1, 2021
Week 10 Reflection - HNC
Today, I partook in decorating the models with SFX applications for the 'run, hide, tell' simulation event that we have been preparing for.
Dec 10, 2020
Week 9 Reflection - HNC
In the practical session, I started out by de-moulding some of our silicone prosthetics that we ran the week prior before then powdering the
Dec 3, 2020
Week 8 Reflection - HNC
Today, I de-moulded my pieces and then practiced an application to my arm.
Nov 27, 2020
Reading week - HNC
We were given a reading week this week, and all students decided to go onto campus anyway to do some more independent study work -...
Nov 20, 2020
Week 6 Reflection - HNC
This week in our theory session, Unit 22 - Stage Craft was delivered. We disucssed the assignment before elaborating on parts of Unit 25...
Nov 13, 2020
Week 5 Reflection - HNC
After the half term, we returned to college about to get a head start on setting some wigs that we will be dressing and using for...
Nov 6, 2020
Week 4 Reflection - HNC
This week we got delivered out Unit 2 assessment which is referred to as the "long and lean assignment". This is an ongoing essay project...
Oct 16, 2020
Week 3 Reflection - HNC
After todays morning session we did some more brainstorming and working on our research proposals together. After much confusion we...
Oct 9, 2020
Week 2 Reflection - HNC
After this week's session I feel a lot more confident in my casting skills, this includes the preparation of the model, preparing the...
Oct 1, 2020
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