You may have seen me swirl wine, fondle jewels, twist lipstick…and yes, push a few buttons. Hi, I’m a hand model. Technically speaking, I’m a parts model – since my body parts are frequently featured in advertising. My mitts however are my main money makers, and have lent a hand to countless campaigns and occasionally double for celebrities, such as Katy Perry, Penelope Cruz, Natalie Portman, and more.
I didn’t plan for a career in parts. As a kid, I never gazed up at the stars and whispered, “One day… my hands will be all over the wooorld!” But here we are.
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I grew up on a (manic) organic commune in California, and dreamed primarily of returning to “normality” – as I imagined it – in New Orleans, surrounded by my big, boisterous, Italian food-biz family.
People always told me I had nice hands (mostly my grandmother), but it wasn’t until a random casting with OPI nail polish that I booked my first official hand job.
I live in Los Angeles but work between both coasts. LA leans commercial, while New York is all about big beauty and high fashion. One week it’s couture clutches in Harper’s Bazaar, the next I’m cleaning up Tang spills with the quicker picker upper.
When I first moved to Hollywood, I dreamed of becoming somebody. Little did I know I’d become somebody’s body.
I love what I do, but contributing more to the world than nice nail beds matters to me too. So I created Hand Jobs: Tales of a Hand Model – a blog where humor, heart, and humanity go hand in hand.
After years of loving labor, I launched a skincare brand, and my lotion love child, Essentiel by Adele was born. She was first conceived in the kitchen…
After much obsessing and perfecting, I made a moisturizer using natural ingredients I grew up with – I loved the scent of essential oils and the way this blend felt on my skin. When my friends started asking for more, I teamed up with a top formulator to spread the lotion love.
Here’s a short video about my multi-use moisturizer – made to nourish every part from head to toe and support healthy, happy skin through simplicity.
My next creative baby, Skin and Deep, is a film about image, aging, and the deeper parts we rarely show. It’s a personal documentary-in-progress that’s been incubating inside me for a very long time – about beauty, breakdowns, and the surprising freedom of midlife.
Stay tuned and stay in touch! 🫶
