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Saturday, 19 March 2011

ooooh! so excited! New Business cards, logo and leaflets hav arrived!

I've been working along with Gavin at Kramers designs on my new logo and business cards!

I was very excited indeed to collect them today in time for a wedding fayre I am exhibiting at, at the weekend!

I would love to know what you think?

Jo xxx

Thursday, 3 February 2011

A Beautiful Wedding from 2010 - Lucy & Jonathan

I had forgotten that I've recently had some wonderful feedback and been very lucky to have received some beautiful wedding photo's from some of my bridal clients recently. Lucy and Jonathan's wedding was the middle wedding of 3 in the August Bank holiday which I did the makeup for.

All of Lucy's bridal party we're amazing and really lovely to work with! Mostly they wanted something that toned in well with their gorgeous dresses, however it was great to work with clients who like to wear a little bit more than the very natural look.

Here are some of Lucy's spectacular wedding pics!

Jo xx

Brigitte Bardot Inspired makeup

Today I uploaded a Brigitte Bardot inspired makeup look for Youtube!

After looking through my makeup images I posted on here yesterday I felt inspired to re-do a sultry smoky eye makeup look but with a fresh lip and cheek for an updated twist.

I used cool toned eye shadows in midnight blue with MAC's satin taupe to create a different feel rather than the usual grey or black.

You can watch it here! http://www.youtube.com/user/mashnmoby?feature=mhum

Products used were-

Chanel vitalumiere Aqua shade beige pastel

Laura Mercier secret camourflage in SC3

MAC studio finish concealer in NC20

UD PP

MAC omega for brows

MAC satin taupe e/s

Beeluscious shadow in moody blue

Clinique black gel limer

Loreal Voluminous carbon back mascara

Avon supershock gel liner

Lashes from ebay store

MAC warm soul mineralised blush

Laura mercier bellini gloss

Sorry the pictures aren't very clear! Had to rush off to do the nursery run!

Jo xxx

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

MOTN, last fridays night out makeup

Hi there!! :)

I went out for a quiet drink with some friends last Friday and wanted to try a slightly different brights look than my usual tangerine! (on the lips!)

I wanted to create quite a classic pin up eye with a punchy pink lip and cheek!

Of course I used my new Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua (for purposes of blogging now known as CVA, hurts my fingers typing it so much haha) On the eyes I used -

MAC e/s in vanilla on the lid and blended out up to the brow bone

MAC wedge in the crease with a crease brush, blending out into the vanilla and added more vanilla under the brow to define.

MAC omega and mystery in my brows

MAC wedge under the bottom lashes

Clinique gel liner in black

Eyelure natural lashes (new ones, sorry can't remember the no but you should check out their new ones)

MAC CCB in pearl on the cheekbones to highlight

Chanel soilel du tan in hollows of cheeks and blended up into the CCB

Illamasqua blush and lipstick from the sirens palette! (I'm not sure if they're in the permanent collection but would definitely recommend you check out illamasqua if you have not already!

http://www.illamasqua.com/

I swapped around the lipstick for the evening with MAC's girl about town to match my Bright fuchsia nails, a look I will try again soon!

Be back soon!

Jo xoxo

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Tangerine Dream MOTD

Here is a pic of my makeup with the 'let me pop' paintpot from MAC, along with satin taupe and smut in the crease and winged out!

I was feeling a little pale after a bad bout of virus' so thought I'd apply some st tropez, and while I was in the sunny mood , I put on a quick swipe of Laura Mercier Tangerine Lipstick, to match my equally bright coral nails!

What a good match hey?

LOVE LOVE LOVE this colour, strangely more in winter than I did in the summer as it brightens up my day every time I see my fingers! This is Tropical temptation by Revlon.

Just a little colourful post for you!

Jo xoxo

Pretty things! MAC champale and some favourites

OOh I really fell for the 'Cham pale' range at MAC! I kinda went along to replenish a few of my favourite what I class as 'bridal products'. Those being the 'Prep and prime skin' which I just love to give my brides a smooth and illuminated surface to apply makeup onto and also some 'Fix+ fluid. If you have not come across this product before, let me tell you, It has a multitude of purposes, basically, it can be spritzed onto the skin after makeup application to 'fix/set' it and also help to adhere and blend your makeup into your skin, it can also be used to spritz on the face before foundation is applied for an easier application. I also love to use it to make my pigment eye shadows stick! I'm sure there will be more purposes, but for now, I love it, my brides do too as it makes sure their makeup stays in place all day and also gives them a little cooling down before they leave for their big day!

I wasn't actually looking for anything else, but have seen loads of people excited about this range on twitter and youtube so thought I'd have a look. It's quite difficult to tell what the swatches are like on the web site but once I had swatched these, I LOVED them!

Take a look here- http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/whats_new/collection.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT30411

Chilled on ice reminds me of snow white, very pretty ethereal kind of colour, but with a beautiful shimmer to it!

Have been using it just on my lids with some gel liner, it really catches the light and looks so pretty!

The other one I chose was Let me pop, thought it would be a great one for blue/green eyes to do as it says!

It's a very subtle colour but also very beautiful and pretty for winter! Can imagine it will look beautiful on tanned skin too!

The Fix+ I'd bought was from the cham pale range too, it's very similar but contains lavender rather than it's usual rose!

Did you get anything from any of the new MAC collections?

Jo x0x0

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

skin savers!

Okay, so I'll admit it, I am by no means blessed with the best skin, whether it be genetic, hormonal, stress related, I'm unsure, sometimes it is perfect without much effort and then for periods of time, It's an absolute MARE!!

Which is most definitely not fun, and although I count my lucky stars that I have the magical products to apply new skin 'Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua' is my new favourite, I still would just LOVE healthy clear skin.

I was rather fortunate as a teen and I had more or less good skin, then in my 20's started with a few odd bad months of problem skin. Over the years I have tried more than my share or products to try to help, and especially when I was pregnant, I was on a mission to find something that would work, but to no avail, except for Dermalogica.

I unfortunately have quite sensitive skin so have troubles with skincare for oily skin and still figure that I have more combination with dry patches..(great!) In the new year I had a flash of nostalgia and remembered that the only thing that had helped calm things down was the Dermalogica 'Dermal clay cleanser'. Pictured below-

It's an unusual consistency, obviously quite clay like! So I dampen my face with water, massage this in, in upward and outward motions, and then rinse off. It smells quite minty, which is very refreshing and feels quite soothing, especially if I've been suffering from breakouts!

After this I also use, just once a day in the evening, the 'Skin prep scrub' this seems to really help remove any of the dry skin, especially around the healing blemishes, and leaves my skin feeling soft and smooth, the particles are very fine and I haven't found that they irritate my sensitive skin.

The 'Multi active toner' I only spritz on in the morning before I moisturise, as It really freshens my face and I find helps my moisturiser to apply better.

Then , in the daytime I use the oil control lotion, I find this helps not only to moisturise my skin in preparation for makeup but also doesn't leave an oily film like some can, therefore aids the staying power of my foundation.

I am by no means an expert in this field, however I do appreciate that to have your makeup looking good, It certainly helps to have a good base. I know it's not all in the products and I do try my best to eat a healthy diet and drink plenty of water, but for me, this little kit has been fab! My skin is still breaking out, but feels more clear in general, smooth, supple and free from congestion!

I didn't actually go to a salon and have these products recommended as I'm sure this is the best way to have the right products for your skin type, however I did visit

http://www.dermalogica.com/uk/

where they have a helpful section called 'speed mapping' asking a variety of questions to try to 'diagnose' your skin needs.

As my skin is prone to reacting to products I decided to try out this litte pack first rather than buy the full sized products and I got this little travel sized set for £23-50 from Amazon.

The pack contained, dermal clay cleanser, skin prep scrub, active toner, oil control lotion, a sample of pre cleanse oil, a sample of skin refining mask and a lip conditioner. Obviously not full size but this has lasted me a month so far and will probably last 6 weeks, so not bad for a trial..

My other little skin saver kit is this one-

Bio -oil which I apply nightly, Loreal lash renewal serum, Blistex relief cream and Vaseline rosy lips for daytime..(I even put bio oil on my better half's face before bed as even though he's a little younger than me he frowns alot and I keep trying to tell him he won't appreciate those lines after he turns 30! haha!)

What are your favourite skin savers? DO you have naturally clear skin or do you suffer with problems? Please share!

Love

Kind wishes!

Jo xoxo

Friday, 7 January 2011

Products I would like in 2011

In my dairy I have what seems like a never ending wish list of products..but to be honest, I don't mind! I guess I could get excited about clothes, or a new album, or shoes, or bags.....but nothing really works for me as well as some new beauty products!

So, i thought I'd share with you a few things which are on my current wish list..

Hope you like them!

Chanel's new 'cult' nail polish in Black pearl out 28th jan! Actually like all three of them, I heard they are inspired by chanel pearls..ooh lovely!

OCC lip tars!! They have some wonderfully bright colours, fab for a new season of bright punchy lips! You can get them from http://themakeupartistboutique.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19_20

MAC pro long wear foundation, possibly for my kit but think they will be very useful for my clients with more oily skin and provide great long lasting coverage!

For me....I've had this before and loved it, just not something I re purchased as I don't find it photographs very well, still looks fab on it's own as a powder foundation or to set your own foundation! Leaves a velvet finish on the skin!

OCC again..love these colours..!

Clarins instant light natural lip perfecter...mmm two very pretty shades! although I love all the bright lips coming up, my poor lips are still very much suffering from all the cold weather we've been having here and the virus I've had has just about finished them off..so,,,some TLC from these lovely lip friends may be needed!

Elf cream eye liners in metalic Olive, gun metal and black! Have been using clinique gel liner and Bobbi Brown in 2010, but have seen some great reviews of these and at £3-50 a go, I think I'll give them a try!