"Dead Can Dance" from Velour Magazine, Issue Three

This issue of Velour Mag is literally packed with the most fabulous styling, makeup work and photography. This was photographed by Helen McArdle and the makeup artist was James Molloy. So gorgeous; I love it!

Beauty Project

I saw this and immediately decided to restage the entire thing.
List of Things I Need:
1. Coloured Powder.
2. Little lamb (preferably one that makes epically sweet 'baa' sounds).
3. Appreciative boyfriend to enjoy the show.

Willem Jaspert for Arise #12.

Lovely makeup by Mel Arter.

Richard Burbridge for Vogue Italia, April 2011

Les Magiciennes

From L'Officiel, 1969. Via Sighs and Whispers. I'm adding 'space-bubble' to the list of props I'm lusting after.

Rikke Dengso

Rikke Dengso is a hair and makeup artist who recently contacted me about checking out her work and featuring her on my blog. I did. Obviously. She does a nude face really beautifully, no?

Irresistable Beauty Ads circa 1930's.

"Beauty" Vogue Nippon, April 2010 by Takuya Uchiyama.

Makeup Review

These are my newest little friends to have joined the over-flowing kit: Nars duos in Sugarland (top) and Eurydice. Nars are probably my favourite eyeshadows, as I think the colours are incomparable. They are pigments though, so they do require some practice and a 'less-is-more' approach to begin with. I highly recommend a gradual build-up of colour with these; if you apply too heavily to begin with there's nothing for it but to start over, as pigments are naturally so much heavier than powders.

The picture of Eurydice doesn't do the product any justice (best I could find, I'm sorry), as the purple is actually a hyper rich, almost holographic shade, and the grey is deep but without the shimmer of the purple; so they balance eachother beautifully. The beauty of using pigments is that you can come up with a multitude of shades by combining the colours together - darker, lighter, more shimmery; whatever!

Another product I've rediscovered is Napoleon's Camera Finish powder. I really recommend this product for those of you wanting to play with a powder finish, but also looking for coverage at the same time. You can apply over your normal foundation (for an old-school, pin-up finish), or use it solo; building it up for a dewy complexion - this looks lovely on really young skin, and older faces as well, as some women prefer a lighter base.

I love the Mecca polishes as I find them long-wearing and virtually chip-proof: plus, they do gorgeous colours that somehow always look more lady-like than the norm. At $22 each, they are an affordable makeup pick me-up for those wanting a little refined decadence on their fingers!

Shu Uemura Tokyo Lash Bar.

On work breaks I generally mooch round the cosmetics, downstairs at David Jones and Shu Uemura always brings me undone. I long to play in the Lash Bar and say 'Konichiwa, welcome to Shu Uemura', and then plaster lashes to faces all day. Yum!