Beauty shoot with Faith Mason

So last week I had a fabulous shoot with the very talented Faith Mason, we wanted to do a beautiful beauty shoot with a slight edge, we shot in faiths bedroom against a blank wall, which was very effective, I love the simplicity of the images.The model Candice looked amazing considering she has only modeled a few times!

...The products I used were:

• Mac strobe cream as a base
• Mac face and body C3
• Mac skin finish in soft and gentle to highlight
• Bobby Brown concealer palette (natural bisque) to lighten and slightly conceal eyebrows
• YSL lip stick and gloss (Rouge volupte' 22) 
• For the hair I used Babyliss hair crimpers!! (oldskool)

Vintage Hair and Make up With Lucy in Disguise

I had a great day at The Big Feastival hosted by Jamie Oliver last week, A festival for food, wine lovers and great acts with the proceeds going to charity.

I was invited to work with a great creative team called The Hair&Make-Up Dept, Headed up by the lovely Natasha Devedlaka and her husband who is a fabulous hairdresser Michael Price. They will be managing the salon in the new Lucy in Disguise shop in Soho. Specialising in vintage hair and make up.

We were based in the WI tent (Women's Institute) along side Lucy and disguise clothing. There were also fantastic acts with hula hoops ,a great talk from Gizzy Erskine not to mention the mouthwatering chocolate brownies everywhere!!..

It was also a real pleasure to meat the Shoreditch Sisters a lovely group of ladies from the WI.
(below) Tara and Becky They do a great deal of fundraising and events so defintaley contact your local WI group!... Its not just for old ladies in twin sets and pearls anymore!

Throughout the day we created vintage inspired looks for the public ranging from 1950s to glam 80s! all free with a suggested donation to Jamies children's charity.

Check out Lucy in Disguise if you haven't already, gorgeous vintage collections for high end and more affordable lines too..

Kakuyasu Uchiide’s Eyelashes

I have been looking for some inspiration for a creative beauty shoot and came across these images, The make up is by Kakuyasu Uchiide he is the head makeup artist for Shu Uemura and International artistic director of the company. I love eyelashes and I cherish my Shu eyelash curlers they are the best!! If your into eyelashes its definitely worth checking out their website! superb quality with individual styles from natural to fantasy..and the Tokyo lash bar is inspiring!

I think eyelashes have the ability to transform your face they are the feminine focal point of your face in my opinion, I was not blessed with luscious eyelashes so i do my best to accentuate them with curling and good mascaras such as Max factor masterpiece, MAC zoom lash and YSL are super too.

http://www.shuuemura.co.uk
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Backstage Make up at Graduate Fashion Week London

Hi Lovelies I have just got back from 3 days of fabulousness backstage at the GFW London. I had the pleasure of representing AOFM the make up was sponsored by Rimmel

We were given a large assortment of their products to use for the duration of the show .I have to say I'm not a big fan of cheap make up but I was pleasantly surprised by the Rimmel foundations they had a great colour range and the colour stay gave a really nice finish the only downside was that they don't do tones for darker skin.

We were split into two teams for each theatre I was in team B along with a load of lovely ladies who have trained at the academy and are now freelance makeup artists in their own right.

We also had the lovely Ariane Poole (Make up artist) directing and designing the looks for the the teams along with her assistant Melisa Green.

AOFM ladies

Over the days we were given demos of the designed looks which we had to emulate for all the shows, ranging from very natural to heavy eyes and bold lips.

The Loreal pro team did an amazing job with the hair too!

Loreal Team

There was some awesome collections and I'm very proud to be part of the show! All in all i had a blast and met some wonderful people who I will definitely be staying in contact with. We also got to keep the products we used so that was a nice bonus too!



Natural with dark lip



Black smokey eye

Lydia Garde Folk Fashion Shoot

I recently collaborated on a lovely editorial shoot with  talented photographer  Lydia Garde, the theme of the shoot was Folk and she even managed to hire a professional team of Morris dancers!!

We shot in Lulworth a small village off the coast of Dorset. I really enjoyed the shoot and think the pictures turned out fantastic!

I kept the make up quite soft and pastel as the colours she was wearing were very bold and vibrant.

The styling was lovely especially the hat that Lydia made..i thought that was a nice touch. Check out her website.

 http://www.lydiagarde.com/

Amazing Paperself eyelashes!!..

I stumbled across this fabulous collection of eyelashes from Paperself, a lovely little company that makes cool things from..yes you guessed it paper! They have been featured in 2011 fashion week and have transcended down to the high street.

You can find them on ASOS or they have an online shop http://www.paperself.com/ps%20%20all.html prices range from 8-12 pounds!..get some before they run out!!!!!

This summers essential beauty buys !!!

Hello lovelies well the summer is almost upon us and if the weather forecast is correct we are set for a heatwave..good news for your tan! bad news for your skin!! here are some of my favourite cosmetics that will get you through those long summer days and humid nights

1: Mac Liquid Powder

This amazing powder comes in three shades and in actually made from water!!..the lightweight formula freshens and cools the skin while giving you are gorgeous glow to you face!..dust on lightly with a kabuki brush. available now at your local MAC

2: YSL pure pigment chromatics palette

I cannot say enough about these eye shadows they are awesome!! made with pure pigment the colours are dazzling and if you add water to your brush the colour becomes more intense. Perfect for a hot day they don't crease in the eye socket and come in a range of beautiful shades...available at House of Fraser now for 37 pounds (pricey but oh so worth it)

3: Evian water spray

I stock up on these as I cannot live without them, they are perfect for setting your makeup for the day and cool you down on a hot day..I keep one in my bag and kit at all times and they are a cheaper alternative to the MAC fix and spray

4: Smoochy lip balm

100% natural ingredients and smell so gooooooood you'll want to eat them!! various different flavours..check out the website very cute packaging too. only 4.49

smoochy lips
http://www.gwdihwbalm.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=6&Itemid=26