Archive for May, 2007

Wedding make-up should be special, but it shouldn’t be over the top. On your wedding day you want to look like yourself, but also show the world your most radiant and beautiful face. This is not time to look trendy, you want to look timeless when you look at your weddding photos in few years. The make up you wear on your wedding day should be like your normal make up, but just taken up a notch, think rosy colours on cheeks and lips, and well defined eyes.

Successful wedding make-up has to last throughout the day, looking as fresh at the end as when you put it on. Therefore, set your foundation with powder, wear waterproof mascara, and fill in your lips with lip liner before applying lipstick.

Finally always have powder, blush and lipstick handy for touch ups so you look fresh and flawless on your day.

Spring/summer is all about bringing in bright colours to liven us all up after the drab Winter.

I think your best bet is to invest in a lightweight coat that will take you from winter into spring, the Burberry Taffeta red trench coat would be ideal (these retail at around £ 635 online).

A good quality bright dress is also going to get plenty of wear. Monsoon have an orange printed silk dress for £55 which would look great over some leggings, jeans, or cut-off trousers.

Black can look chic, but it can also make you look washed out and wintry. Spring is the perfect time to start wearing strong colours – it can lift your look and your mood and draw a line between the seasons.

A good way to introduce colour is to add splashes of colour via your accessories eg.red bangles or a teal coloured string of beads. Or team black clothes with a coloured handbag, belt or shoes.

You could try adding a white vest-top to a black jacket or fine-knit cardi, thus keeping you within your comfort zone, then add colour by wrapping a scarf around your neck.

Move onto wearing clothes that are still dark, like navy, brown and grey, but add white to your outfit, to lift the dark colours, and make you look more vibrant.

Always wear colours that complement your skin tone – experiment until you find the ones that lift your skin, and make your hair and eyes look more alive.

Lip balm is really just a barrier cream and all that a barrier does is repel. Therefore, if your lips are dry and cracked, and you then apply lip balm, all you’re doing is sealing in the dryness.

To banish dry lips, you need to gently exfoliate your lips with an old toothbrush, or use a fine and gentle facial exfoliator. Then apply a small amount of your day moisturizer, and then use your lip balm. So, in effect, you are sealing well moisturized lips for the balm to protect.

Sisley and Origins have fantastic moisturizing lip balms, and, if you’re feeling extravagant, Crème de la Mer lip balm is a joy to use. More value-for-money buys are from The Body Shop and Nivea. My personal favourite is Burt’s Bees lip balm, apply regularly and watch those parched puckers become smooth and luscious.