Sheltering from the blustery London streets, a world away from the adjacent bustling Bank station, in a gorgeous and grand art-deco gem of a venue, gathered some greats of the event world for a two day Summer Show spectacular. Under a canopy of pink cherry blossom trees and colourful hanging lanterns, exhibitors set up displays of their excellence and offerings in the industry, showcasing astonishing venues, catering, entertainment and decor ideas for presentation to top corp

Halloween has become the craziest and busiest time for face painters and for us it was no exception! We worked for 10 days at Tulleys Farm Halloween Theme Park -"Shocktoberfest" in West Sussex, painting children during the day and adults at night. It was like a face painting marathon with very few breaks and constant queues of people waiting to be painted at vampires, pumpkins, witches, zombies and the like. Painting for so many days in a row and being out in the cold was a c

Although the seed for our new venture was sown back in October, sheltered in an English country pub aside a roaring fire, we consider the true birth place of Poppy and Perle to be in the somewhat warmer Goa, India, two months later. Specifically, the beautiful Cozy Nook restaurant on Palolem beach was where everything came together in December last year. It was during our "business meeting" there that our ideas really started to flow and the name came to us both individually