Burberry makeup

I adore this Burberry makeup campaign, the girls look effortless, chic and beautiful!

The soft brown tones around the eyes, strong eyebrows and flawless skin, this image is stunning.

If you like your makeup to look natural Burberry is a good brand for you, they have a wide selection of beige and soft brown tones for your eyes, light pinks and amber's for your cheeks and soft transparent nude lipsticks.

Have a look here for their full collection.

Dogs-a-go-go

 

My Friend L showed me this dog photography series that is crazy popular online

 at the moment and I can see why, these shots are amazing!!

Seth Casteel is a lifestyle pet photographer who had the brilliant

 idea to photograph dogs underwater, trying to fetch their ball.

Seths book Underwater Dogs is available on Amazon now.

 

Facepaint at the ready

A lot of my local shops are in full Halloween mode with skeletons and black cats slung at you anywhere from the butcher to the furniture shop.

To get into the Halloween spirit myself I had a little Google search on Halloween makeup and there is some great stuff out there.

Have a look at these Ray Lichtenstein inspirit models, amazing! (for those of you who don't know who Lichtenstein is Wiki this amazing American pop artist now, that's an order!)

These shots arnt new and you might have seen them before but I think dressing up as an iconic painting is a great thing to do.

 

makeup by Karin Stone

makeup by Eva Muller

makeup by Jennifer Coroca

Am normally not a big fan of skull makeup but this grumpy one is fab!

image by www.makeupbee.com

And of cource your dog cant stay behind, what about this lobster outfit by cute-n-tiny.com?

 Might have to get one for Kermit the Dog....

:)

 

 

Where the Mulberry things are

 

 

I am loving this seasons Mulberry campaign!

Makes me giggle every time I see it in a magazine.

Whats not to like, Lindsey Wixson immaculately styled in the woods

 with a big 'where the wild things are' style beast behind here,

 genius!

Pretty Powerful

 

Makeup mogul Bobbi Brown has launched her 7th makeup book and this beautiful guide is all about Bobbi's Pretty Powerful philosophy, inspire woman to use makeup to be their best selves.
The book features some famous faces and athletes but you can also find Bobbi's refreshing use of 'real' woman. With step-by-step application instructions, face charts and personal stories from all these woman this book can really bring out the best in you.
Pretty Powerful is available in any good bookstore, on amazon and on the Bobbi Brown website.

pictures courtesy of Bobbi Brown
 

A pop of Yellow

 

 

Have a look at these images from last months Vogue Bambini, they were for the back to school issue.

Stylist Ellie Lines combined the school clothes with little pops of yellow, how great does that look!

Photos are by Igor Borisov, makeup and hair by me.

 

 

Number five

If you ask somebody to name a perfume there is a big change the first they come up with is Chanel Nº5. This perfume is truly iconic and the first fragrance to come out of a fashion house, a very common fact now a days but a first in 1921. From the early beginnings Nº5 has always been ground breaking, did you for example know a Nº5 add was the first perfume advertising to be shown in the Superbowl add break? It was the first perfume to be packaged in a simple glass flacon, and now for the first time a men has been chosen to represent this most feminine off all fragrances, this man is Brad Pitt.
The add campaign will be published later this month, but for a little history lesson have a look at this amazing Nº5 video

Fruity and clean

 

I like to keep everything clean and tidy when I work and hand sanitizers are a great part of keeping everything bacteria free, especially when I have to work with mini models and their snotty noses ;)



The only down fall of an anti bacterial hand gel is that you end up smelling like a hospital, that was until my lovely assistant C showed me the hand sanitizers from the Bodyshop, they smell of yummy fruits! These 60 ml bottles are small enough to have in your handbag for everyday sticky hand emergency's and a must in my makeup case. The antibacterial gel comes in strawberry, coconut, satsuma, mango, lemon and pink grapefruit fragrance. I am slightly obsessed with the coconut one at the moment, I think I'm trying to hang on to the last rays of summer ;)
And for only £2 a pop you will never have hospital smelling hands again.