Milan to Manchester

Alison Dace jets off again!

I've just been on another H3 adventure, this time to Milan, for a 3 day trip. When I arrived we went straight into the model casting, over 100 girls and boys to choose from, just as well as I needed 12 models. Casting a success, I started colour preparations, experimenting and using the new L'Oreal mix shades, yellow / mauve and Luo p10 ( a lovely light blue).

Day 2 was rehearsal and show day. We ended the show by handing out 200 3D glasses to the audience and created a ten minute 3D finale on the screens with spinning models and flying trees, it was pretty cool!

Day 3 was 2 hands on seminars, me and 60 delegates, hard work but loads learnt by all involved.

It's not only me that gets to travel, while I was away, my baby son, Tristan, went off to stay with his Grandparents in Manchester. The plan being that I would pick him up after the Manchester Trends launch.

So I get back late from Milan on Monday evening and make an early start to join Tracey Gallagher, Katie Adamson and our models at London Euston, ready to head to the L'Oreal Academy in Manchester for the Spring / Summer Trends Collection Launch. As always there were various dramas, probelsm with tickets and a prepped model who didn't show! But the show must go on, so in stepped our gorgeous make up artist, Lisa Price. The Trends Launch went really well, with an enthusiastic audience who are now looking forward to getting hands on with the 4 day Trends training to follow.

All packed up and ready to head back to London, my parents met me at the station with Tristan, and it was cuddles all the way home for me!