Jessica Richardson - Hair and Makeup Designer

Bloody lovely summer spent in the 70s / 80s as Hair and Makeup Designer for Adrian Mole.

A real privilege to be working on the adaptation of the legendary work by Sue Townsend, remembered by the masses. Thanks to and . Coming soon…

Massive shout out to my main team , plus all the dailies who came to help out! I’ll do a separate post for these amazing people soon! Plus all the cast and crew, but a taster for now!

The making of one of M**s wigs, this one ended up being one of my fave looks for Mam for S2 of ❤️

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I must have done this about 10 years ago, maybe this is the year to bring it back and scare my kid…..

That’s it, series 2 of 2 is done! Just recovering from the aftermath of the wrap party, and getting my head around the beautiful chaos that was Smoggie Queens 2.

I can’t begin to describe the love for this job, and the cast and crew who are family for a few months, working so hard we barely see our own. We look out for each other. That love you see between them on screen, is real behind the scenes.

As a department, it’s the dream job. Big wigs, small wigs, tattoos and tattoo cover ups, breaking down, glamming up, fake noses and fake hair, long nails, no nails, nails on gloves and nails accidentally popping off into bras. We have it all, and I couldn’t be more grateful for my team - Supervisor You make me feel safe, thank you! , and to our trainee (who actually is way more than capable of stepping up, please get in touch any designers looking, she’s amazing!!) and to the dailies we had along the way You’re only as good as your team, and I’m bloody proud!

Thanks to for writing and smashing another series, and for being producer extraordinaire, I know you know how great I think you are, and

Until next year….. 🤞🤞🤞

Husband & Wife
Besties
Mum & Dad
Founder & CEO

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And of course there are more…..

Smoggie Queens was a dream job! I think all in, we had 22 wigs to make - anyone who knows wigs, especially drag, they take along time to create! From making the cages, setting, cutting and styling! Here’s how it started in prep, all beautiful, long straight wigs, to what you saw on screen.

These are just a few that were made (tagged are the people who made the wigs), so massive thank you to for the gorgeous wigs to work with, and my amazing team for bringing my designs to life!! Thanks and for trusting me with them all!!

Blue titanic wig by
Pride wig by
Fruit wig by
White wig by
Brown 60s vibe by

What. A. Night!! Suffering for it now, but man it was worth it! Absolutely adored designing - you are a comedy genius!! And thanks for putting up with alllll the hours in the makeup chair!

All the love for and last night, missed and - dream makeup team!

SMOGGIE QUEENS OUT NOW ON BBC iPLAYER!!!

Meet our Smoggie Queens, coming soon to BBC iplayer ❤️



Hair, Makeup and Wig Designer, with my fabulous team

Always supported by my agent Sally