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Melissa Kay Nuckleytweet me @companystudentmel

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grad handbook. We hope to fill you with all the knowledge you need regarding life at university. Whether you’re yet to join or are just about to leave we have features, step-by-step guides and interviews that will answer all your questions about life within higher education. I’m fully aware its that time of year where your faced with what seems like endless deadlines, your social life is put to a halt, nights are spent in the library and days are spent running around like a headless chicken trying to figure what the hell you’re actually meant to be doing, but don’t stress I’ve been there myself and its all worth it in the end! With that being said this first issue shall focus on the stress of university (so don’t feel like you’re doing this alone) and how some still manage to pursue their dream jobs whilst studying for their degrees. For some of you this time of year feels like the end of the world, exams and dead-lines piled high and now being within touching distance of having to leave your friends, the university lifestyle and moving back home with your parents, you probably feel you just wont be able to cope, but things aren’t all bad, check out page 64 as it gives you the pros and cons of living at home after graduation.

Hope you enjoy the issue! Wishing you all the very best of luck!

and welcome to the firstedition of Company’s ‘student &

life

AND THAT’S

nothing stays the same forever...

WHEN I REALISED

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When you leave your home for university you never really take in to consideration who you’re leaving behind and that when you return things wont just be the same like you’ve always known it. A lot can change in 3 years…Melissa tells her story.

remember the night before I left for uni like it was yesterday, I had two leaving events to attend to, one was my best friends party, full of friends I’d known

caught by the teacher passing the ‘can I sit next to you at lunch’ note and from then un-til we was 16 we were inseparable. Despite going to different colleges, we still we’re as close as ever and we saw each other at every given opportunity. Throughout college Charlotte* started dating one of our best friends from school Matt,* they were the perfect couple and despite me worrying I’d lose both of them it was a perfect arrange-ment, I could hang out with my two best friends at the same time!

For as long as I can remember Charlotte* had always dreamt of pursuing a job in jour-nalism and travelling the world and yet I had found the idea of moving away from home and being surrounded by people I didn’t know just a little too daunting. However Sep-tember 2010 came and we were both mov-ing away to different uni’s, I couldn’t quite believe that we wouldn’t be in the same town for at least another three years.

Moving in day came and I set off with my parents in a jam-packed car, full of pretty much everything I owned, all the way to

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since I was in primary school and the other a trip to the pub with my new found col-lege buddies. The night was full of emo-tional goodbyes but it still it hadn’t quite hit me that I was moving away from all my favourite people and I wasn’t aware that when I was to return in three years things would be very different.

I have been best friends with Charlotte* for 12 years now, we met in year 5 at Primary School when we we’re just little 8 year olds who’s only worries in life were if we’d get

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By Christmas in my second year Char-lotte* had got herself a new boyfriend Scott* and it meant another secret I had to keep from Matt* this meant I avoided conversations with him, I couldn’t face constantly lying to him so it was easier to make up excuses of why I was busy. Matt* soon became bored of trying with me and seeing as he was at university now he was interested in making new friends who weren’t always cancelling on him.

Over the three weeks I was back home for Christmas I managed to see Charlotte once, as her and Scott* became insepa-rable and seeing as I didn’t even know who he was it meant it was difficult for us all to hang out together as friends. My relationship with Charlotte* continued to fade over the coming months and when my birthday hit at the end of February I wasn’t surprised when she cancelled on visiting me at uni and when I didn’t even receive a card in the post but despite that my birthday was fab and I was began to realise who my real friends were. I visited home for a relatives birthday in April and decided to meet up with Charlotte* for a catch up unaware of the massive news I was about to discover.


Southampton. I cant even describe the feeling that I felt the whole car journey, I’m a rather shy girl so the thought of liv-ing with complete strangers made me feel more sick than excited but I knew there was no turning back now.

For the first few days I found it difficult to settle and all I wanted was to be back at home with my family, the people that knew me. Luckily the people in my flat were so lovely and friendly I soon felt like part of the gang and the start of my university experience began. With Char-lotte* and I both being at uni it was hard to find time when we were both free, our days and nights were spent either in les-sons or getting to know our new friends. We spoke occasionally but not to the ex-tent we used too and surprisingly it didn’t feel weird.

After a couple of months Charlotte* decided to quit uni, it wasn’t everything she had hoped it would be and seeing as Matt* was taking a gap year in our home town she was happy to move back in with her family and close to Matt* again. This meant whenever I visited home, they’d both be there for dinner and a catch up. Unfortunately I didn’t visit home much, it was too far away and expensive and so I only managed to return for spe-cial occasions or holidays.

In the summer of my first year Char-lotte* and Matt* decided to split, my worst nightmare had occurred as my perfect arrangement was ruined and I had to divide my time between them, keeping secrets to avoid arguments. The less time I spent at home, the more of a stranger I felt there when I returned. All my college friends had moved on with amazing jobs and so our schedules were so different I felt I became distant to eve-ryone I once was so close to.

Charlotte* had made us lunch and it was perfect to visit her family home like I used to so many years ago, feeling like grown ups we sat for our civilised meal and spoke about everything that had gone on over the few months we hadn’t seen each other. During lunch Charlotte* left the room and demanded I leave, confused with what was going on I re-fused and knew something must be up, I found her in the kitchen curled up in a tight ball. ‘I think I’m having a miscar-riage’ of course this was the biggest shock to my ears not only was I unaware my best friend was pregnant she was lying in front of me in agony, I called Scott* and we headed to the hospital.

Her parents were called and just like myself they were full of all kind of emo-tions, shock, worry and anger. I, like her family who had known Charlotte* forever just assumed that she had only found out she was pregnant and was planning on an abortion, the Charlotte* I have always know has her head screwed on and a plan for the future that doesn’t include a baby at the age of 20.

But I couldn’t be more wrong, she had been pregnant for three months (which explains why she never came down for my birthday) and was planning to keep it and start a family with a boy who had only been on the scene for a matter of months.

The baby was safe and it was just a small complication in the pregnancy, I spoke to Charlotte* discussing what she was about to do but nothing was chang-ing her mind, I cried and cried for days imagining my best friend with a baby and being responsible for another person but by the end of it I knew I just had to be there for her.

The next six months went by so quickly and our conversations became limited when we had nothing in common to talk about anymore, she was dealing with morning sickness and I was deal-ing with hangovers. On 30th November 2012 Maisie Isla Aplin* was born, she was a beautiful little baby girl who I couldn’t keep my eyes off, she was so small and fragile I didn’t feel responsible enough to hold something so delicate. I managed to visit them all for a few hours before it was back to lectures and uni work.

Over Christmas Scott* proposed to Char lotte* on the London Eye, a few years ago I would have been the first person she called to tell but unfortunately I found out over Facebook.

Before you leave for uni you don’t real-ise how different things may be when you return, I never imagined I’d return home to my best friend being engaged and with a baby but these things happen and you make the best out of every situation, now I have a cute little baby to cuddle when I go to visit!

MOVING BACK INWITH THE RENTS:

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PROS

The dreaded time is soon approaching, finally leaving our independent lives and moving back in with our parents, but its not all bad, check out why moving back home has it advantages.

CONS

the pros and cons of living at home after graduation

You’ve spent the last three years in dingy little rooms, in cold damp converted stu-dent houses so moving back home can make you feel like royalty. Clean bathrooms, bins that get emptied regularly and a sink that isn’t piled high with dirty pots and pans are all things we shall be thankful to witness when moving back home. More importantly stick to your usual routine of picking up creased clothes off the floor and chucking them on, your mum may be so horrific she’s witnessed such a thing, she’ll agree to wash and iron your clothes as to not be to embarrassed by your dreadful appearance.

Luxuries

The idea of finishing uni can seem daunt-ing, having to adapt to a new daily routine and social life is a hard process. Moving back home with your family again can offer you the structure you need until you build up your new life. Family can be the supportive foundation you need through the journey to employment.

Support

The all-important pro of leaving life as a student and living with the parents again…food! Free food is the best, free expensive (and by that I mean no Asda own) food is also the best, but what tops this is off is not only is it free and edible its also cooked for you! Home made meals by mum, oh how you’ve taken them for granted! Don’t forget the full up cupboards and fridge, we all know when mums gone shopping the day just gets a little better!

Food

Moving back home is the perfect plat-form for saving money, whether it’s too expensive to move in to your own place or you need to save for future goals, such as travelling or a house deposit, living at home with your parents is the ideal solu-tion. Staying at home requires giving very little rent money if any at all, you often find that the rent doesn’t include bills and food which you know from experience now can set you back a fortune.

saving money

You probably have missed your loved ones more than you care to admit and you’ve felt that moving away from home has enabled you to bond in a new way. Now you’re considered as a ‘grown up’ you’ll get to be treated like one and petty rows with parents and siblings can be a thing of the past. Best of all you get cuddles from the family dog and a shoulder to cry from

Nearest and Dearest

Gone are the days when you can lock yourself in your room for days at a time if you wasn’t in the mood for contact with the outside world. Parents are nosey, love a good ol’ snoop and incapable of knock-ing, so don’t be getting up to anything with your boyfriend until you know for certain you have a free house. Stay up all night partying, discussing the

nights antics over a fry up in the local café and shopping trips with all your girls are the thing of the past. You’re trips out the house other than to work are to help mum with the weekly shop or escorting younger siblings to school.

SERious loss in coolness

Lack of privacy

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You may feel like you’re going back to exactly you three years a go and seem like you have made no progress in life, but you have. You’ve passed your de-gree and this is just a small stepping-stone while you sort yourself out.

This is the biggest disadvantage of mov-ing back home, losing your independence that you’ve had for the past three years and now having to tell someone your every move. The endless questions from mum ‘Where are you its 6pm’, ‘Do you want dinner’, ‘Will you be home tonight’ the list goes on and on but just remember its not forever.

LESS FREEDOM

Your families irritating habits have become muffled in your memory after being away for so long, but be sure to return to your parents constantly aiming to embarrass you in public, siblings stealing everything of yours and when boyfriends come to visit, parents still getting out the terrible photos of you as baby. Something’s will never change!

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Check out UberLuv a clothing brand

based in Southampton. Reality TV stars

such as Kirk Norcross and the cast of

Geordie shore are often seen sporting

the attire. Their raunchy and quirky

designs can be seen printed across

t-shirts, hats, hoodies and more. Be

sure to take a visit down South to see

pop up shops of the brand and see them

host this years Southampton Fashion

Week to raise money for British Heart

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The one and only Beyonce Knowles is the new face

of H&M and we’re so excited to sport her line of

bikinis and beachwear. All the designs are inspired

by her individual style so its the closest we’re going

to get to being Beyonce and we cant wait!

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HOW I DID IT:HOW I DID IT:

"STARTED MYOWN BUSINESS"

If you’re looking for something and its just available to you...make it yourself. Company speak to Silvana who did just that

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products. Shortly after, Twitter be-came the main portal of commu-nication and exposure, and at the moment, after just over a year, it has attracted over 6500 fans. Commu-nication and connecting with the clients is paramount in developing a business, as it creates that invisible, yet indispensable relation with the customers, and building the platform for growth of the business.

What’s next for the brand? Are you hoping to become available in retail stores at some point?

I aim for Kukee to continue to be an outlet for affordable costume jewel-lery, to maintain its fresh approach as an alternative to mainstream trends, and to reach and inspire others in all corners of the

globe, to release their creativity and define their personality. After all, Ku-kee’s motto is ‘Make a statement’, an invitation to personal expression of one’s choice of the moment. And, if at some point in the future there will be a request/business proposal for distribution in retail stores, I would certainly consider it a great oppor-tunity for further development of the brand.

I hope the success with Kukee con-tinues. All the best for the future!

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So how did Kukee come about? Have you always had an interest in making and selling jewellery?

Kukee was born out of my realisa-tion of the need for cheap, yet functional, quirky and contemporary costume jewellery. I have always enjoyed the challenge of finding jewellery that would closely reflect my personality and individuality. And while it proved to be quite difficult to procure it on the market, the idea of creating an outlet for my vision took flight and eventually became the inspiration for an online shop. While scouring the internet in search for quirky yet inexpensive jewellery, the idea of commercialising it along with presenting the jewellery designs I had in mind, eventually resultedin the creation of Kukee, a costume jewellery online shop, retailing both ready and hand made jewellery.

Are you a part of a team or is Kukee ran by only yourself?

At the moment I run Kukee by my-self, and I have to say that though it occupies a considerable amount of my time, I take pleasure in every second I spend running it, and also I truly relish the rewarding feedback I receive from my customers. Running Kukee on my own is quite difficult however, as it involves a variety of jobs, quite a few creative, some managerial and mostly sourcing/purchase and sales distribution, so I don’t quite have time to get bored, as each one of these jobs has its merits and equal importance.

How do you go about advertising Kukee?

One of the most affordable and ef-ficient methods of promoting Kukee was Twitter, closely followed by Facebook. Initially, I used Facebook to connect with my prospective customers, present promotions and updates on the stock and new

Silvana Cotan, 23, runs her own Jewellery brand ‘Kukee’

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here is no doubt that romance within in our society has continued to wither over the generations, T

“I lose count of the amount of times i have a little nose

across Twitter..”

however many may question now whether or not romance is well and truly dead!

who’s to blame? And whom do we hold responsible for this accusation above, the male popula-tion as a whole, or one man in particu-lar… Mark Zucherberg? We have seen a massive change in the way relationships are made, over the last ten years, due to the social media revolution. Social networking and micro-blogging sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are unavoidable and to the majority of people using them, they are an important element within their day-to-day routine.

I am not alone when I wonder, what the hell has happened to chivalry, re-spect and some good ol’ wining and dining? - A few words from a long list that seem to be unfamiliar amongst the younger male generation of today. With a surprisingly 70% of Company readers thinking a life without social media sites such as Faceboook would be a better one, I start to wonder, why do we con-tinue to use them if they could be the reason behind the loss of one of the key factors to a healthy relationship – ro-mance!

Twitter and Facebook are just examples of the online platforms we use to share and update information which was once deemed to be private. Our lives are laid bare across the World Wide Web for eve-ryone to devour. Nowadays we’re seen and heard critiquing, gossiping and delib-erating about things we see online. 65%


of readers find themselves permanently signed in to at least one social networking site throughout the day, whether that be cheekily keeping a tab up of Facebook whilst at work, or endless check ups on what’s happening on twitter using your mobile. I’m not proud when I admit to you that throughout the day I lose count of the amount of times I have a little nose across

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram but it definitely passes time throughout them long bus journeys, lonely walks to uni and that 3 minutes during ad breaks when fast forwarding isn’t an option. Our demand and desire for the Inter-net has left me concerned whether our social media culture has ruined romance and relationships forever?

Never being in love myself, I find even the mere mention of the word ‘love’ makes me cringe a little inside. Don’t get me wrong I still believe in love, the hope for a fairytale ending and all that palaver but I think my wish to pursue a hopeless romantic within today’s soci-ety makes me only set up for disappoint-ment. Why does it seem that anything revolving the subject of love has been prohibited across our generation? I often wonder how we got the to stage when it

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killing romance?social media:

Why is our generation missing some good ol’ romance, guest writer Melissa discusses whether social media is

to blame.

report

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75% believe that social media is killing romance!

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women wanting to be treated equally men may be questioning whether ro-mantic gestures will be misconstrued and are instead just enjoying our new found sexual liberation.

I’d like to point out that I do not as-sume that all men (and women) think the same when it comes to relationships. We ladies make it hard for ourselves, “no one likes too nice” Emily, 21, from Bournemouth has got us so right, being the moaners that we are, men should be not surprised that we have a particular amount of ‘nice’ we look for in a partner. Ladies like the chase just as much as the gents do, if they give us everything we want straight away then we’ll get bored. There has to be a right amount of playing it cool before the sweet sensitive side that we fall for, appears.

Back to the point in hand, social me-dia and its murder of romance - since the introduction to Facebook and its ability to stalk everyone who is everyone and especially potential dates, all the mys-tery has gone and the dating scene has changed. You can find out what they look like, where they went to school and even where they live, there is no longer any excitement in getting to know some-one, as you can make an instant judge-ment based on what you see on their profile.

Being raised in a generation where technology plays a large part in your daily routines means I have never experi-enced the dating scene without the use of social networking sites and fast paced ways of communication such as mobile phones. I imagine romance and falling in love to be based on the anticipation of

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seeing and getting to know each other but unfortunately it seems social media may be to blame to the death of this.

There is a problem with social media sites and that is that they are a document-ed time capsule shared across the world recording everything you have once and now regrettably wished to share. Relation-ships will struggle to form if your potential soul mate gets to see you looking your worst through your timeline of embarrassing photos before getting to see you at your best. A massive 80% of Company readers send they would decide whether on not to date someone based on their Facebook profile

These days we are sharing our feelings less than ever and people are suppressing how they feel to conform to this society we live in where we supposedly no longer show emotion. I don’t believe romance is 100% dead but our world revolves around social networking and our faced paced society has left it shunned. If there’s one thing I am sure of is that being true to your feelings leaves you open to a broken heart and a bruised ego and that’s the last thing you want displayed across Facebook.

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screen huh? As Mila Kunis says in the film, ‘Friends with Benefits’, “You really have to stop buying into this bullshit Hollywood cli-ché of true love.” Ironically, I now blame Mila for influencing girls to believe they will find love by casually sleeping with someone, and somewhere down the line he will realise she is the girl for him.

Most often the process of finding a boyfriend/girlfriend is the complete op-posite to how it once was, dates are a thing of the past and dinner only comes with the celebration of anniversaries and when a joint bank account has been

created so its no longer awkward to decide who’s paying the bill. Intoxicated meetings, sex, saved numbers, endless texts, more intoxicated meetings, a few sober so called ‘dates’ (that being just sex) and then maybe but not very often a relationship may come out of it. You may have noticed that there is nothing romantic about the above statement, no sweeping of your feet, no flowers, picnics or long walks but is that really what we desire these days?

In recent years we have seen some women endure the same casual attitude to relationships and sex, with that and

“ saved numbers, endless texts, more intoxicated meetings, a few sober so called ‘dates’

65% constantly check their social networking sites


become fundamentally normal for most men and women to think that being in a relationship is for ‘losers’. 100% of Compa-ny readers agree with me that romance is regrettably dead. “Boys are more fussed by gaining ‘lad’ points than treating a girl how they should” Most teenage boys attitudes to relationships have completely changed. “There has always been but more so recently, a massive pressure for boys to make as many notches in their bedposts as possible.”

Films play a major role in why us fe-males feel we deserve our very own prince charming; from a young age we’ve grown up watching some of the most beautiful and heart-warming fair-ytales. I don’t know about you but when the release of ‘No strings attached’ and ‘He’s jus not that into you’ hit cinemas I was excited to watch a film that was most accurate to the society we live in today. There is no surprise that no strings attached led to happily ever after and one man might not of been into her but someone else ended up being their to sweep her off her feet, why oh why doesn’t this happen out of the movie

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Take a look at two students who still study at university whilst pursuing their dream jobs.

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MAKING IT BIG STILL AT UNI &


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"we’ve got better and much bigger than we

ever expected!"


Hanging with Dan from Bastille, F. Stokes and Jay Brown at sold out Scala gig!

What’s involved within the role of Creative Art Director and who do you have on your team? As the role of Creative Director, I am the person that takes care of the visual side of things like branding, general

design work, choosing which photo shoots are suitable for the website organising vid-eo shoots and directing videos. I’m more of a visual person so anything that doesn’t involve too much writing basically. I’ll leave that for the editorial side of the team!

At White Noise we have a team of writers, stylists, photographers and designers who aim to create content for people just like ourselves - ‘twenteens’.

So you’re in your final year of University, how do you manage to keep on top

Louise herself!

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ART DIRECTORMeet Louise Tse (pronounced

‘Louise say’) the Creative Art Director and co founder

and co founder of White Noise, an online platform that aims to show-case the best in new music, fashion and culture. At only 21 and in her final year at university studying Mag-azine publishing at University of the Arts in London, we discuss how she manages to juggle life living away from home, finishing her degree and running her own magazine.

M So firstly tell us how the idea of White Noise came about?

During our second year of university, we had to create a publication, which was then called Dash. When we finished the academic year, Jojo (co- founder, class-mate and Editorial Director) and I ended up being a bit bored and decided to continue on with what were doing and it ended up creating some buzz. In February 2012, we changed our name from Dash to White Noise and since then we’ve got better and much bigger than we ever expected!

Louise tse: CREATIVE First published White Noise!Louise

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MAKE UP ARTISTAlexzandra Cleal:

CCompany caught up with Alexzandra Cleal a 22 year old make up artist based inC

Southampton & London. Soon to graduate from university, she dis-cusses the next step in her journey as she prepares for a career in the fashion industry.

From looking at your portfolio you’d think you’d be doing make up for many years, is it true you only started to gain an interest whilst at college?

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It’s Alexzandra!

Behind the scenes


of uni work and run things at White Noise?

Pretty much the whole team we work with are a bunch of students and I think that’s why we work so well together. To be quite honest I’m not sure how we jug-gle everything but we do prioritise uni-versity work (especially towards deadline days). I’m currently in the middle of my

What’s next for White Noise, have you anything big coming up?

I really should be doing my dis opportuni-ties that I have had to interview bands have been such a good experience for me. For example, I recently interviewed Portugal. The Man, who I am a huge fan of and they were the nicest guys ever and they performed some new mate-rial for us. sertation but I’m currently just doing a lot of research as to who/what to do in the future once university ends.. I just want to be busy once everything is all done!

Good Luck with everything !

most breathtaking things I could have experienced.If I hadn’t have started White Noise, I wouldn’t have had the chance to meet most of the people/artists that I have.

Seeing as the idea came from boredom to give us something to do - not at all!It was when we got the opportunity to in-terview Bastille and Foster the People was when I was like ‘woah, is this really hap-pening?’ Then when we had the name change, we totally revamped ourselves, got a fashion team, upped our game and I guess we got rewarded for our hard work. Sometimes I look at the stuff we did while we were Dash and I still think ‘how did this happen!?’

What has been the best opportunity you’ve been given since producing White Noise?

Sitting in an empty church with James Vincent McMorrow performing an acous-tic song for us was definitely one of the

dissertation and ironically this is the time if year that things tend to get busy for White Noise so it is a bit of a strain but its good to give myself a break from the library! But once the dissertation is handed in we will be totally free for the summer and able to prioritise White Noise and its future.

White Noise is being such a suc-cessful magazine; did you expect this kind of result when the initial idea came about in class?

Live session with Portugal. The Man


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unless you experience it for real. Doing a shoot with your friends at uni is a com-pletely different situation to working with a real client. You learn to think on your feet, act professional and adapt to change because in this industry it doesn’t always run as smoothly as it should. All of this I’ve discovered from being apart of intense fast paced and unpredictable live projects.

From looking at your website you’vebeen involved in some really big projects, what’s been one of your favourites?

I got asked to be a trustee for a charity called ‘GastroParesis UK’ (link to website). I’m basically in charge of all the creative aspects involved within the charity. Being a brand new charty they need to adver-tise and gain more followers in order to raise money and awareness so to get that started an awareness campaign photo shoot was organized in Glasgow. In the process of raising money, wemanaged to loan Britain’s next top model ball gowns

inspirationand E4 Made in Chelsea’s Proudlock to tweet about the campaign to increase coverage. Not only has it been one of the most challenging and over whelming projects, its always been one of the most fulfilling. I recently was an assistant make up artist for a photo shoot shot for Vogue Turkey, it was amazing to be a part of something for one of the biggest publi-cations in the world!

So you’re soon to be graduating from university, what’s next for Alexzandra Cleal?

After making connections with an up and coming singer, I’ve been asked to tour in Japan for six months as her per-sonal make up artist, I feel privileged to have such an amazing opportunity given to me straight after university. It’s quite rare to be given paid jobs in your chosen career path straight after you graduate, so I feel extremely lucky.

That’s amazing! We wish you all the best for the future.

On set with Alexzandra!!


Yes! If I’m honest I didn’t even acknowl-edge make up artistry as a career or know it was something you could study until I was in my second year of college. I was studying foundation art and design at Chelsea university of the arts and was interested in pursuing a career in interior design however after limited options I de-cided to take a pathway towards fashion and that’s when I discovered the course I’m in now – Hair and make up design for film, tv and fashion.

So when you started university you was one of the only in your course who hadn’t studied beauty or make up before, how did you find going in to the course as such a novice?

For my interview I had nothing make up based, unlike the rest who had portfolios full of photoshoots and experience in the subject, mine was full of drawings and artwork. I didn’t know much about make up only that it involved the face, so I managed to

As nervous as I found it because I thought it was going to be a flaw of mine that I didn’t know much about the industry, it was actually an advantage because I was open minded, everything I was being taught was brand new information to me, so I was willing to make mistakes and learn from them. Unlike most of the others within the course I hadn’t picked up any bad habits… just yet.

What experience have you gained from your time at university?

University is a great platform to learn from and give you the basic information you need to get started however I’ve found you’ll never truly really learn

adapt my portfolio to the course by incorporating textile pieces and using dif-ferent mediums to distort the face.

“...assistant for a photo shoot shot for

Vogue Turkey”

On set with Alexzandra!!

Judge & make up artsit at Cheltenhams top model


inspiration

WORK IN FASHION

what are your

CVName: Sophie EllieAge: 22Based: Billericay Essex. Current retail shop working for: Matalan - I begun my career as a junior admin - I Worked my way up inter-nally working hard and getting very involved with all the prod-uct and trends and giving my opinion - My next step is an assistant

BUYERS ASSISTANT

1. Emailing suppliers about orders and development 2. Sending enquires to suppliers regarding products we want to book and negotiate price with them 3. Collate boards of product together of jewellery that’s making profit and best sellers and worst sellers4. General meetings – e.g first looks and sign offs 5. Jobs the buyer may need help with (collecting samples for boards or meetings)6. Searching online for development and styles we may be missing out on 7. Approvals with the buyer (which is a sample of jewellery we have booked that gets sent in from the supplier and we check its correct and make any changes where needed and we email supplier to amend the sample and send again)

“...Fingers crossed I’m heading towards an assistant buyer but I’d love to be a buyer myself””day to day jobs

Fancy Sophie Ellis’ job working alongside jewellery buyers for retail

brands? Of course you do!

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THERMAE

BATH SPA

In the World Heritage city of Bath you can enjoy Britain’s only natu-ral thermal waters, as the Celts and Romans did over 2000 years

Take your man to TWILIGHT FOR TWO£80

Valid Sunday-Friday

Enjoy an evening at Thermae Bath Spa for two people. Available from 16.00 with last full entry at 18.00 and last serving in the Restaurant at 20.15.

2 x 3-hour spa sessions, including time in the Restaurant Complimentary use of towel, robe & slippers for two 2 x Choice of one dish from the ‘Grazing Menu’ 2 x Glasses of specially selected wine, beer, juice or water

(the Twilight Package can-not be booked in advance)

UUnwind this spring and take your man, your mum or best mate to Thermae Bath Spa for the day. Enjoy your choice of 2 hours, 4 hours or up to a full day relaxing in mineral-

where to go?where to go?


rich waters including the indoor Minerva Bath and the open-air rooftop pool with spectacular views over the city of Bath. Additionally, you can refresh your senses in the aroma steam rooms and choose from over 40 spa treatments and packages.

With prices starting at just £26 per person, a cheap relaxing few hours away could just be what the doctor ordered! To find out more visit: http://www.thermaebathspa.com

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