A vegan 5 mins with Celebrity Make-up Artist Justine Jenkins…

I like to think I know a bit about natural and organic beauty, but this doesn’t always mean that the products are vegan. Lots of natural brands will contain beeswax especially in products like lipsticks and lip balms. A lot of colour products will also contain carmine, indeed probably a lot of products in my…

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Strobing, highlighting….

Strobing may be a relatively new make-up term but in no way is it a new technique. You’ve probably already been doing it for ages. The name was coined last summer and is a gentler approach to bringing out facial features, as opposed to the bold contouring famed by Kim Kardashian. Instead of using matt darker colours to…

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Product of the month – Alima Pure Precision Angle Brush

  March’s product of the month is Alima Pure’s Precision Angle Brush. It is one of the few brushes that I use personally on a day-to-day basis, and I couldn’t be without it. I didn’t realise how reliant my make-up was on it, until a certain little person decided to steal and hide it. It…

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Lippy Girl nude lipsticks..

There is a lot to be said for a bright lipstick. Colour on your lips can make a huge difference to your complexion. It can brighten and disguise things like dark circles and tired eyes. A bright colour can transform any outfit too. However a bright lip isn’t for everyone. Not everyone feels comfortable wearing…

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Get the look – Beijing Opera inspired

I’ve been working on my website and sorting through images, old and new. This shoot was actually done last year but it hasn’t featured on the blog, so I thought I would share a couple of the shots with you and tell you about the products I used. The theme was Beijing Opera hence the red…

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