make-up advice.

Now the Christmas and New Year party season has ended, if you are like me you start January feeling quite low because the last month or so has been so busy planning and organising the festive season and then January comes along and all is very quiet.  To give yourself a boost this January I have an offer for you to pamper and cheer yourself up at the start of 2016. Why not buy a 2 hour one to one make-up lesson to learn how to apply your own make-up by a professional make-up artist   The lessons I hold are friendly, informal and interactive with plenty of hints and tips to take...


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Part of my working week is being involved on photo shoots, creating looks for photographers and writing articles for magazines. I had a chance to collaborate with photographer Rebecca Elizabeth Tate to create this look. This latest look was published in La Di Da Magazine          I wanted to show you how to create easy natural beauty look using 6 items from Illamasqua: Foundation: Skin Base Foundation Eyes: Precision Gel Eyeliner in black Mascara: Raven Blusher: Bronzing Duo in Glint/Ra Eyebrows: Eyebrow Cake in Dark
 Slate Grey Lips: Lipgloss in Sheer Electrify   Credits...


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It's time to put your heavy foundations away for the summer months coming ahead. You may ask but what can you wear instead as you like to wear some coverage on the skin? I must admit myself I don’t wear foundation, I tend to prefer a light tinted moisturiser on my skin and use concealer as and where I need it. BB creams are generally as a rule slightly richer in texture and have more coverage than a tinted moisturiser. I was really pleased with the results of the latest BB Cream by Kiehl's which I have been using over the last couple of weeks. The main benefits of Kiehl's Actively Correctly...


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Are you in the process of deciding whether to hire a professional make-up artist for your wedding day or if you should save some money and apply your own make-up.   When contemplating these thoughts, ask yourself the following questions   Do you know how to apply make-up to bring out your best features in order to get the best results on your wedding photography? Do you know how much make-up to put on to show up on your wedding photos? Do you know how to correct any flaws in the skin ie dark circles, redness without having layers upon layers of foundation and concealer...


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Recently i have become an associate tutor for Jemma Kidd masterclass@HOME and wanted to share with you this wonderful offer for the Queens Jubilee.    Why not rewind back to 1950's  and learn all the hints and tips how to apply bold eyebrows, subtly defined eyeliner and royal red ruby lipsticks.   The masterclass of 6 people just £60!  Book by Saturday 9th June quoting JUB12.  Classes must be held by 31August 2012.   Contact 01428 788070 or jk@conviviality.com .   Have a wonderful Queens Jubliee weekend  


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