Meet the Experts

Alexia Leachman, Personal Branding | www.blossomingbrands.com

Alexia sees it as her mission to transform lives for the better, using personal branding techniques to help people communicate positively to the world around them. Alexia believes that making a great impression starts from the inside, and she’s determined to help BMM members be their own biggest fan. During her 15 years in the industry, Alexia has worked with top consumer brands, learning how to pull together a beautiful package and sell it by the bucket load.

Having reached the top of her game as a business marketer, Alexia decided to expand her horizons and train as a personal branding coach. Now qualified in a number of mind change and energy psychology techniques, Alexia’s clients include entrepreneurs, CEOs and celebrities. As a Personal Branding Expert, Alexia has all the tools to help you clear your head trash, reach your goals and develop your strongest personal brand image to put your best foot forward.

Arezoo Kaviani, Beauty Expert |www.arezoo.co.uk

Celebrity beautician Arezoo Kaviani is one of the first beauticians to introduce ‘threading’ and the ‘Brazilian wax’ to the UK 20 years ago, and is now named as one of the country’s leading therapists by beauty editors, celebrities and royalty. Hardly a day goes by where Arezoo and her exclusive Knightsbridge salon are not featured in the UK’s top press including Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Marie Claire and The Sunday Times. Her client list includes Claudia Schiffer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Daisy Lowe and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Arezoo is now the exclusive stockist of Swarovski body jewellery and is also the only therapist in the UK to use the same wax as New York’s famous J Sisters. Arezoo’s success is legendary and she hopes to expand her beauty salon in the future; “I work 7 days a week and I still don’t have time to see all my clients, what I do is my passion and it is so satisfying to see great results”

Sarah Collier, Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP Pratitioner |www.sarahcollier.co.uk

Sarah Collier is here to help you give the performance of your life by changing limiting beliefs and thoughts. After becoming fascinated by the process of release and renewal, Sarah quit her job as a professional actress and trained as a hypnotherapist. Her purpose is to help clients achieve flexibility in their thinking, so that life is experienced with greater relaxation, contentment and confidence. Sarah aims to help models overcome a wide range of issues including performance anxiety, phobias, insomnia and addictions. Her aim is to increase confidence and shape your future.Sarah trained at the UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy and was awarded a Diploma in Cognitive–Behavioural Hypnotherapy. She is also a Licensed Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), having trained with ‘The Slim Girl’s Box of Secrets’ author Ali Campbell.

Sarah Jagger, Makeup Artist |www.sarahjagger.com

Sarah Jagger has built a reputation as one of the best makeup artists in the world, making models, celebrities and musicians shine. Sarah catapulted herself from a successful modelling career into now being the most trusted makeup artist in Britain. With an enviable list of clients, Sarah was quickly snapped up by countless television companies (Disney, MTV, GMTV, BBC London) and is now presenter of Beautyzone TV, The Baby Channel’s ‘Mummy Makeover’ and of course her latest venture, BMM.Sarah is the official makeup expert for British breakfast show GMTV and author of Magic Make-up Tips and Techniques.

Samuel Odupitan, Accountant |www.zenithabs.com

Accountant, Samuel Odupitan, will help you to achieve your monetary objectives and become a business minded model through personally tailored financial solutions.

Samuel of Zenith ABS realises that no two businesses are the same and aims to deliver strong client relationships and personally tailored solutions to all your financial questions. BMM Accountant Sam Odupitan strives to gain a deep insight into your modelling career and aims to understand your strengths, vulnerabilities and opportunities. Samuel’s comprehensive business reporting service will help you to determine how to positively react to today’s economic challenges.

Zenith ABS connects new start up businesses, growing SMEs and individuals with resources that help them perform at their best. From personal tax returns, other routine accounting operations to strategic business and tax planning.

Stuart Phillips, Hairstylist |www.stuartphillips.co.uk

Stuart Phillips is Britain’s foremost hairstylist to the stars, sharing his expertise exclusively with BMM members. Having styled the biggest names in showbiz for over 15 years, Stuart Phillips has rightfully climbed to the top of the well-cut crop. Launching his career at the age of 16, Stuart worked as an international hairstylist in Sydney, Japan and Indonesia. With an eclectic mix of eastern versus western techniques, Stuart’s Soho salon buzzes with A-listers all eager to get a slice of Britain’s fastest rising hairstylist. Having landed in the Guinness Book of Records in 2007 for the most expensive haircut in the world, Stuart’s clientele boasts Serena Williams, Ivana Trump, Ronnie Wood and Janice Dickenson to name but a few. Stuart regularly demonstrates his styling talents on GMTV, This Morning, Sky News and Living TV. He has been the official hairdresser to the Television BAFTAs for three years as well as the National Television Awards, the British Comedy Awards and ITV’s Dancing on Ice.

Susanne Newman, Image consultant | www.garmentology.co.uk

Susanne is passionate about passing on her expertise to help people make that vital positive first impression.

A founder member of ASIP (Association of Style and Image Professionals),  Susanne set up the personalised online shopping service, Garmentology, two years ago, to provide free access to styling advice, body and colour profiling.

The springboard for her mission to empower people to understand and have confidence in their own bodies, was an early career in sales, becoming a top account director for a FTSE 100 IT company and subsequently setting up a professional singles event company.

This corporate background made her very aware of the importance image plays for both men and women in business today and how lack of self belief can undermine self-confidence and achievement. This led her into the world of image consultancy, training with Jennifer Aston in Style and Colour to supplement her earlier training in biomechanics and psychology.

She’s now keen to help you learn some of the style secrets she has been sharing with her personal and corporate clients for the past 10 years, and is confident that once you understand some of the simple techniques stylists use, there will be no stopping anyone from establishing their own style and looking absolutely fab!

Tahir Basheer, Entertainment Lawyer |www.sheridans.co.uk

As a Partner at Sheridans in London, Tahir works closely with celebrities in the music and fashion business. He advises a range of corporate and private clients in the creative industry and has built a strong reputation for highly commercial advice in digital media.

Tahir is a member of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers, a guest lecturer at Kings College London for Creative Business students and a member of the Fashion Business Club.

Yvonne Bishop Weston, Nutritionist |www.foodsforlife.co.uk

Author, Nutritionist and ION tutor, Yvonne founded Foods for Life and has held many key roles during her career in the nutrition industry. She worked for health chain Holland and Barrett, vitality restaurant Cranks and The Food Doctor before founding Foods for Life. She is regularly consulted by newspapers, magazines and TV and appears regularly in the UK Media (ITV and BBC).

Yvonne is here to help optimize your health and work out what the best foods are for the busy BMM lifestyle. With proven success in helping clients maintain a healthy weight and get the most out of life, Yvonne’s expert advice will provide healthy eating habits for life.