Live engraving at the VIP event of KIKO Milano reopening flagship store in Covent Garden London

March 2024 was surprisingly one of the busiest months for me so far for on site events with a total of 8 events. On 14th March, I had the absolute honour to be asked to provide my calligraphy engraving services on site at the reopening of Kiko Milano flagship store in Covent Garden.

It was one of the longest onsite events I ever had (11 hours) and I am so happy for saying yes to the challenge.

The 2hr VIP event wasn’t that busy for me, but after the doors have opened to the public, I got so busy where I had to do all the engraving freehand without any drafting first.

This event also tested my capabilities as an onsite engraving artist and that I can still achieve professional looking results during busy hours. I also learned to make decisions quickly and decide if a product I haven’t tested before is suitable for engraving or not. Safe to say I didn’t ruin any and no misspelling engraving found.

I love this type of events where I get to interact with the customers and hearing their reactions when they receive their personalised engraved make up product.

Prior to the event I was sent 5 different products to test for engraving, but on site I engraved so many others: from all the lipsticks range, mascaras and eye shadow palettes.

It’s definitely been one of my craziest (in a good way) experiences of engraving events for which I am so grateful of taking part

Below, is a gallery of the products I engraved during those 11 hours. Obviously, the 3D Hydra Lipglosses were the most popular choice amongst so many customers.

I absolutely adored being part of the VIP opening event and afterwards in store for the rest of the day and grateful for being asked to take part.

Also, on my Instagram highlights and reel you can see more behind the scenes videos.

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