Latest Trends - Bold Eyes & Lips - Get The Look!

One of the latest trends that is set to be a huge hit this spring breaks all the beauty rule books on wearing bold eyeshadow & lipstick together!! Normally if you play up one then tone down the other, but not after Dior's A/W 2010 collections on the runways this season, they combined bright blue eyes with red lips & came up with a look that was hot to trot!!!!!!!
To get the look, go for a blue/turquoise shade with a little shimmer through it to add add some reflexion that will keep it light, sweep across the lids but not right into the inner corners (blend a little pearly highlighter there instead). Keep it soft, just a wash of colour & blend it into the socket line so it still stands out, try Urban Decay's eyeshadow in 'Peace' for that perfect light blue/turquoise shade. Don't line the eyes with any heavy liner for this, just go for some white liner in the inner rims of the bottom lash line & lashings of black masacara to make the eyes pop!
For the lips go with hot bold red, take two coats with a lip brush & blot after the first to keep it matt, try Ruby & Millie's Lip Colour in 'Red 450'.

New BodyForm Natural - Fantastic Beauty Tips & Free Stella McCartney Underwear!

Bodyform are currently running a fantastic competition where you can win £100 of Stella McCartney underwear every day!!! Just simply answer their question on the website to enter or even submit your own natural beauty tips to them & you will automatically be entered into their prize draw, check out some of the fantastic tips below -


1. “I swear by adding a ¼ of a cup honey to bath water, not only does it give you a fragrant bath but leaves your skin softer than any moisturiser”

2. “To brighten up, remove nail varnish stains or strengthen up my nails I just rub a quarter of a lemon on to all of my nails. It really does work!”

3. “If you are out of quick-dry spray for nails, dip your fingers into a bowl of ice-cold water. Your nails will dry quickly don’t touch the sides of bowl”

4. “If your skin is looking a bit dull separate some egg whites and use them as a face mask, leave to dry and wash off, the protein helps brighten up skin”

5. “Use camomile tea bags in the bath (new or used) for a lovely relaxing soak and soft skin”

6. “For shiny beautiful hair brunettes and redheads should add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to the rinse water. lemon juice works for blondes”

7. “When shaving your legs instead of shaving foam use hair conditioner it works great is cheap and leaves you're legs really soft”

8. “If you’re worried about spots, use soluble aspirin made into a paste”

9. “When feeling bloated on your period and a bit crampy drink hot milk and sprinkle black pepper into it works a treat no more pain”

10. “Wash your hair in vodka once a month it will feel super clean”


Bodyform natural are a new range of towels that are made with some of natures best soothing secrets such as Aloe Vera & Camomile to help neutralise odours & keep you comfortable all day long.
To enter their competion click - Here
*This competition is not in association with Stella McCartney

Michael Van Clarke Creates Exclusive Luxury Packages For Any Occasion

Planning a weekend in London this spring, well for some extra special pampering check out Michael Van Clarke latest salon treatments, with the introduction of several luxury hair and beauty packages, inspired by modern women who want style and glamour at their fingertips!

‘From Runway to Runway’
Most seasoned travellers understand that creating a chic and pragmatic look for the airport is about as easy as getting an unrequested upgrade to first class! The struggle is now over, as Michael Van Clarke introduces ‘From Runway to Runway’, a luxury package that allows jetsetters to head to Heathrow looking like they’ve just stepped off the catwalk. The full body package includes the unique Diamond Dry Cut™ with blow dry, manicure, pedicure, facial, fake tan and a makeover with a top Make-Up artist, ensuring you maintain a fabulous and chic look so you touch down in style.
Starting from £200 per person

‘Cut and Cocktails’
Half the fun of a girl’s night out is the polishing, preening, cocktails and dancing before you hit the town. So why not bring some glamour to your make over regime and join your girlfriends at the Michael Van Clarke salon for a pre-party pamper package, and start the night as you mean to go on. Look a million dollars with a pre-party hair cut, blow dry and manicure as well as a glamorous makeover with a Bobbi Brown make up artist, then join the girls for champagne and canapés to get in the mood to P.A.R.T.Y. The pampering doesn’t stop here as the package also includes a chauffeur driven car to one of London’s most stylish venues for night long VIP access. Making ‘Cut and Cocktails’ the only way to spend a Saturday in 2010.
Starting from £150 per person



‘The Early Riser’
Anyone knows that looking your best helps you act with confidence and feel on top of your game. Nowhere is this more important than in the business world and it is with this in mind that Michael introduces his ‘Early Riser’ package, exclusively tailored for working women who want to look fabulous in the Board Room. The Michael Van Clarke salon will open early for a wash and blow dry prior to an important business meeting, interview or key event to keep women looking their best no matter what time their day begins. This package is ideal for pre-fashion show preening at London Fashion Week to ensure a fabulous look that lasts.
Starting from £22.50 per person

The Michael Van Clarke luxury hair salon, based in Marylebone, offers the unique Diamond Dry Cut™ technique and has recently launched “3 More Inches” a range of protective, restorative and anti-damage products for hair including a Pre-wash Treatment, Shampoo, Conditioner and Thicken & Shine Finishing Feed. 3 More Inches products are available at www.3moreinches.com or Space NK stores nationwide.

Get The Look - Jennifer Aniston At The London Premier of The Bounty Hunter

Well it's safe to say Jennifer Anniston's love life is certainly hot on everybody lips, especially after her flirtatious display on the red carpet with Gerard Butler, but is it all just rumour??? Well, yes it is according to the superstar herself, she & Gerard "are just really good friends", how sweet!!! Anyway another sure thing is that Jennifer gets hotter & hotter with age, she looked stunning last night for the premier of the 'Bounty Hunter' as she took to the red carpet with her 'friend' & co-star Gerard Butler. Wearing a sliver Valentino mini dress, a black Alexander McQueen jacket plus a pair of strappy Jimmy Choos that showed off her perfectly toned bronzed legs, along with her trade mark sun-kissed natural make-up & long golden locks!

To get Jennifer's gorgeous complexion try out a tinted moisturiser as your base & add concealer where needed, go for a tone slightly darker than your own skin tone as with it being a light base, good blending will work to create a natural glow. Use a bronzer with a few different colours to again give that natural glow to the skin, sweep this across the cheeks as well as where the sun would normally catch you, such as your forehead, but focus on your cheek bones to give definition.

Try out Bobbi Brown's award winning 'SPF15 Tinted Moisturizer' (£26) for a sheer coverage natural coverage which will give you that summer glow, match this with their best seller 'Bronze Shimmer Brick Compact' (£29.50) to create a deep 'bronzy' glow. Keep the eyes & lips neutral, just focus on defining the lash lines with a nude eyeshadow & a sheer gloss on the lips, it will create polished but natural look, worthy of any red carpet! To create a Hollywood gorgeous tan, try out Benefit's 'Jiffy Tan' it does just what it says it will on the tube & creates an instant colour that blends quickly & easily creating a warm golden colour without any orange in sight! What's more it also adds some gold sparkle to your skin so your legs can gleam like Jennifer's!!!!

Sweeter Than Chocolate This Easter For Under £20 With The Perfume Shop!!!

Spring has sprung, Easter is around the corner and The Perfume Shop has developed a sweet tooth!!! If you love chocolate and all things sugary then don’t just stop at Easter eggs this season why not give your olfactory senses a treat with these sweet smelling scents. The Perfume Shop have sent us a list of some of their fantastic offers just now, where you can be smelling sweetly beautiful, all for under £20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHOWTIME BY KYLIE MINOGUE EDT 30ml (£19.99)
Bursting at the seams with zingy fruit this gorgeous pink bottle is like a sugary bon bon! The Top Notes provide fruitiness with Cranberry, Strawberry and Blackcurrant, while the Base Notes and the Heart Notes deliver Toffee and Liquorice Beat.

BLACK STAR BY AVRIL LAVINGE EDP 30ml (£19.50)
Everything about this scent is sweet, from the cute bottle to the aroma of chocolate – perfect for chocoholics! This fragrance is sweet at heart with notes of Black Plum but with an edgy feel thanks to the Gourmand Accords.

HELLO KITTY EDT Spray 30ml (£12.00)
The universally popular brand offers a deliciously fruity floral mix, combining Heart Notes of Strawberry and Violet, with Base Notes of Musk. Little girls and the young at heart will adore the cute packaging.

HARAJUKU LOVERS SUNSHINE CUTIES EDT Spray 10ml (£14.50)
This range of perfumes are the ultimately girlie fragrance and they make the perfect gift this Easter – sweet enough to be an alternative to the traditional Easter egg! With five characters there is a scent to suit everyone with Heart Notes ranging from Pink Pomelo and Candied Violet to Sugared Rose and Coconut Cream.

BURBERRY BRIT FOR MEN EDT 30ml (£19.99)
Lots of men have a sweet tooth too! So they’ll love this Burberry styled bottle which encapsulates a truly fresh fragrance with Top Notes of Cardamom, Green Mandarin and Ginger Accord, and Base Notes of Grey Musk and Oriental Woods Accord.

Rimmel's New Match Perfect Foundation

Foundations are just getting smarter & smarter these days & Rimmel's latest offering will mimic your skin tone to give an exact match, so tide lines no more! Their new foundation called 'Match Perfection' comes in 5 shades itself, all with 'Smart Tone Technology' plus 'Blue Sapphire Complex' pigment to give fresh colour to your skin as well. It promises to give a more accurate colour match plus a radiant complexion that along with it's oxygenating complex will stay true for up to 16 hours, not bad at all!!!!

Get The look - Katy Perry Rocks Vintage Glamour At The Oscars!

Just loving Katy Perry's look at this years Oscar celebrations, the star sported a gorgeous vintage chic make-up look with light smokey eyes, fabulous lashes (as always!) & nude lips. To get Katy's hollywood smokey eye look apply a light nude/pearl eyeshadow, try Mac's 'Shroom', which is always great as a base, and apply it across the lids. Then take a light golden brown & shade over the socket line, blending just above the socket & then at the outer corners to define your eye shape, try Mac's 'Patina'. To define the top lash line try a Gel Liner to give a strong defined line & lightly flick at the outer edges, take a little of the golden brown shadow under the bottom lash line to give a smokey softer finish that will make the top lash line more of a statement. Apply false strip lashes to give the eyes a glamourous finish, the longer & thicker the better!!! Finish off with a soft peach & bronzed blush then nude/peach lips with a little gold gloss to give some sparkle.

Also Pantene Pro-V celebrity Hair Stylist danilo also styled Katy's 1940's inspired look & again they share some of their red carpet secrets with us so you can get the look yourself! See below -

Step 1 :
As a base, Danilo combed through the Pantene Pro-V Nature Fusion Moisture Balance Leave-in Conditioner (RRP £3.99) to condition and ready hair for styling. While blow-drying individual sections of hair, he sprayed the Pantene Pro-V Volume & Body Magnifying Mousse from route to tip (RRP £2.99) for extra lift and definition.

Step 2:
He sectioned the hair into a side parting before setting it using a large (2 inch) curling iron away and under from the parting. Each section was misted with Pantene Pro-V Volume & Body Bouncy Body hairspray (RRP £2.99).

Step 3:
Once the set cooled it was brushed smooth, the wave was arranged with volume in the front at the root and the style was secured with a final finishing spray to help it hold.