HIL COOK MAKEUP, HAIR and PROSTHETIC ARTIST

HIL COOK MAKEUP, HAIR  and PROSTHETIC ARTIST
Join Hil and her savvy team on their journey behind the scenes in the world on makeup and hair. Mobile on the go EVERYWHERE!

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Antonia Prebble

Antonio Prebble



Antonio Prebble on the front cover of Fishead by Hil Cook
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Hil Cook Solution Buds ad - Nightclub

Hil Cook Solution Buds

Hil Cook Solution buds are the fast, easy way to touch up or remove your makeup, without needing a bag full of products and wipes. Simply remove the tip, watch the solution flow down into the bud, and replace the tip again. Use the solution end to clean up smudges or remove your makeup completely, use the dry to wipe up any residue.
Hil Cook Solution buds can be purchased through our E-commerce store at www.hilcook.co.nz or go to a pharmacy near you or selected New worlds.

PS. The dance track was Sung by our own Solution bud crew... Hil Cook, Ange Duncan, Geoff Duncan and Rodney Cook. Recorded & written by Geoff Duncan at Triple Star Studio.

Hil Cook Solution Buds demo



 

So there has been quite a lot of hype with Solution buds in Sunday Mag, New Idea and Cleo, and I see a lot of you have searched for them and come to our blog.  If you click on the title above it will take you directly to our E-commerce store.
If you dont want to buy on line, then go to your local Radius store nation wide or in the Welly area, go to pretty much any chemist or New world .
Check out our 3 second video above that shows you how these little gems work.  Be warned .... they are VERY ADDICTIVE!

La Shika Bridal fashion show. The Hil Cook team will be doing all the models hair and makeup

For all those brides to be, La Shika bridal will be a show not to miss.  Spot prizes and goody bags, lush dresses and fab hair and makeup.  Check it out at the Museum hotel on October 20th.

Aftershock: Behind the Scenes

Gibson Group whom we love and adore... check out behind the scenes with some of our gnarly wounds.

BROKEN EYE-SHADOWS, BLUSH & POWDERS... HAVE I GOT THE BEST TIP EVER!!!


Have you ever had a favorite eyeshadow or your best bronzer break into a thousand little bits and then small bits of powder makes it way all through your makeup bag?? How irritating is it when you buy a new Mac shadow and find its smashed only weeks later, most of you would throw this pot of mess out but I must stop you right there!  I have the tip of all tips to repair your pot of crushed shadow.
* Get yourself a small bottle of Isoproplyl ( 99% alcohol) from the chemist, it will literally cost you around a fiver.
* Crush up all the left over shadow into a fine mill of powder in its pot.
* Add a small amount of Isoproplyl to the crushed up powder and mix until it is slightly runnier than the consistency of toothpaste.
* give the bottom of the pot a few taps to get rid of unwanted air bubbles and leave to set
* Isopropyl will dissipate and by the next day you will have you shadow, blush or powder back in its original cake form, good as new.

Try it , it really works!!!

Goodness: The Solution

Goodness: The Solution: "Hil Cook: Shes a local girl with an International career as a film and television make up artist and now to add to her impressive list o..."

NEW TIP TO HAVE FUN WITH!



 ok.....so I've been trying out this new thing lately. Someone once said "There is nothing new under the sun", and that may well be the case, SO if you have been doing this wee trick for ages, I'm sorry!
HOWEVER if you haven't I hope you have fun playing!

BLUSH, I know that we are not big on "rules" but if in doubt, a look that always works is matching the tone of your blusher with the same tone on your lips.  BUT.....lets be wild and crazy and take that a little bit further.....

Have you ever tried taking your blush colour
and using this for your  eye contour colour or....
on top of your contour colour. Blending it slightly up towards the brow.
Its a beautiful warm look that can bring everything together and really
make your eyes popo!! (like that word!!)

Give this look a crack and send us in some of your "successful" photos, using this technique.

Can't wait to see the results.

ange x

PS: Any further questions email angeduncan@gmail.com

 The deep plum colour carried through.                                                      Touch of peach.

2 DAYS ON AN INDIAN SHOOT


INDIA COMES TO NZ

2 days of lippy, powder, shimmer, curls, dancing, laughter, southerlies and plenty of head bobbling. What a fab shoot!
Indian crew from Lemon Yellow Sun landed in Wellywood a few days ago to shoot a 2 day commercial for Monte Carlo clothing.  The crew were mint people and a whole lot of laughs to work with. The weather played its impeccable part of keeping up the '4 seasons in one day' scenario, not only did we get wind burnt, drenched and are arses frozen off, we also got a touch of sunburn just to top off our days.

We had 3 international models arrive for the shoot, a gorgeous lady by the name of Marcella whom shone like a star and nothing was a problem.  She had literally got off a plane from Brazil , got thrown into our fabulous makeup Maui van, stripped of most of her clothes and was made to stand in the sea in a southerly and look happy about it ahhhhh . She was an absolute Storm trooper!
Then there was Faranz, a very professional, popular male model from Iran and Carolina, another beautiful but slightly more on the diva-rish side, Brazilian model.

The crew were top people and really showed us all about fast turn around TV!!! They also showed us when there is a need to cut back on budget, get rid of continuity 1st ahhhhh. Outrageous I hear you say and I couldn't agree with you more, but it sure was a giggle when things disappear and reappear through different angles of the scenes being shot.  Certainly it made for an easier day although I wouldn't want to be in the editors shoes at the other end.

All in all,it was yet another wonderful job, a crazy adventure, new fun mates and a lot of laughs... oh and did I mention a lot of head bobbling! Loved it.

PS we were explained that the head bobbling means they are happy , not sad, between yes and no, maybe or not sure. In general i guess you could say fence sitting?

TRIPLE STAR STUDIOS recording for our viral behind the scenes



Sound producer Geoff Duncan. Click on the title to check out his webiste.

OUR FAVE LOOK OF THE WEEK!

Ange and I hooked up for coffee in Petone  yesterday at Cafe Tart and discovered this lovely lady Sarah-Jane.  It was Sarah-Jane's second day on the job but she made fab coffee and graciously let us take her pic..
We LOVE Sarah-Jane's look so have added her as our "LOOK OF THE WEEK"


Q: WHERE IS YOUR LOOK INSPIRED FROM

A: Blyth dolls
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Q: FAVE COFFEE HANG OUT

A: Lala cafe in Wellington
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Q: FAVE BRAND OF MAKEUP

A: Mac pigments
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Q: FAVE QUOTE

A: Choice

Check out our new Artwork

Mary Adams is our savvy designer and just look at this little gem she designed.  New art work for posters and adds, Nice!
We are also about to embark on our first Viral Campaign shoot this weekend.  We have the Epic cameraman Simon Baumfield  as our DOP whom would normally cost us thousands, luckily for us he is doing it for love! Yay. We also have two of the lead actors from BBC tv show "Paradise cafe" as our leading ladies, Georgia Fabish & lara Custance, again all for love.  Along with these gems, are our own gems, Ange, Lea & Nat  who are always there to slog on with the makeups, hair do's and the fab acting skills they will be pulling out on Sundays shoot, all in the name of Solution Buds.


Big thanks to everyone that has supported us in our Solution bud venture and believing in us.
We really appreciate it.

Hil X

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HOT NEW PRODUCT!

 
I discovered HIL COOK SOLUTION BUDS this week and wondered why it has taken so long for someone to think of this idea and make them.

HIL COOK SOLUTION BUDS are cotton buds filled with makeup remover so you can correct little makeup smudges caused by mascara and eye shadow.


Creator Hil Cook is a hair and makeup artist who has worked all around the world with celebrity clients like Kylie Minogue and Cate Blanchett. She now specialises in Wedding Hair & Makeup, Fashion & Commercial shoots, and Film & TV work.

There are 20 solution filled eye makeup remover/corrector buds in a pack, containing Vitamin E and Aloe Vera.
Look under your eyes, do you have mascara smudge or shadow fall out?? 
Here’s where solution buds come in!

Take out a bud
Twist the top off
Watch the solution fall into the bud below
Once the solution has fallen into the bud, place dry end back on
Using the solution bud, wipe the damage away, use the dry end to   wipe residue away.

YOU ARE READY TO FACE THE WORLD AGAIN

HIL COOK SOLUTION BUDS are available in Radius pharmacies and on Hil Cook’s website www.hilcook.co.nz
RRP $12.99

Win one of these packs
Enter below by Sunday 1st August