Colour Me Beautiful...The Legacy Edition

Rhea Management presents (or should I say presented lol)...
Colour Me Beautiful

An annual fundraiser and variety event held at Aura in Mayfair
On the night there was a fashion show and acts showcasing their talents.

I worked behind the scenes with another make up artists doing make up on the models. Once the models were on the catwalk strutting their stuff I felt like a proud mama seeing the girls and how beautiful they looked

See some pictures below of the head shots:

 - Just wanted to add that all foundations were Mary Kay of course - it photographs really well!

A few snippets of the fashion show:

 

And your resident make up artist, with Sylvia (MUA)!!!!!!

(I don't like this picture by the way)

Wendy is the CEO at Rhea Management and organised the event, she is also my friend. Have a look at her facebook page for more pictures of the event and how to contact her. She specialises in event management, styling, modelling agency and much much more, basically she's Superwoman!!

Can't wait for the event next year and your all invited! :)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/RheaManagement


 xx

Get ready with me....kinda!

Beauties,

I created a look today using all Mary Kay products.

In this blog, I will tell you which products I used specifically, then you can adapt it to suit your skin tone, if your not the same colour as me.
I call this look 'Peachy Smokes' - the lid colour is peach with a touch of a smokey eye on the outer corner. Its not a heavy look, its designed to suit for all occasions, but its a very pretty look (I think anyway lol)

I always start with my eyebrows. People always want to know what my secret is, the truth is there is no secret! I simply use an eyebrow pencil. The Mary Kay Brow Definer Pencil (£10.50) in the shade 'soft black' . Then to get it the shape I want I use a concealer brush and some concealer and the concealer I use is the Mary Kay Concealer (£7.50) in the shade bronze 2.

Next I completed the eyes...

For this look, I first applied some primer on my whole eye area. A primer acts as an eyeshadow base, which means the eye shadows have something to 'stick to' and the colour pigmentation shows up a lot more, this is essential for women of darker colours who may experience that certain colours do not show up as much, particularly on eyelids as they tend to be a little darker than the rest of the face. A primer also ensures longevity on your eye shadows, NO MORE CREASING! Eye shadows can now last all day without fading off or creasing in between the lines of our eyes. Try it for yourself, it really works. So obviously I used the Mary Kay  Eye Primer (£16).
I let the primer dry (for about 30 seconds before applying eye shadow)
Eye shadows are £6.50
The colours I used are:
-Honey spice for lid
-Hazelnut for my bridge and crease
-Chocolate Kiss for the outer corner
-Coal, just a little bit to add a little definition

Eyeliner on my eyelid (£10.50) in colour 'Black'
Mary Kay lash primer (£10) - A lash primer prepares your eyelashes for mascara, my eyelashes are given more length, body, volume. All that a typical eyeshadow can not do!
Mary Kay Ultimate Mascara (£14) - I use this for the top and bottom lashes

Now for foundation! I use a Foundation Brush from Mary Kay (£8) and Mary Kay timewise matte-wear liquid foundation. I mix two shades, 3/4 bronze 8 and 1/4 bronze 7. the bronze 7 gives me a bit of a healthy glow which I lurrrrrrve!

Okaaaaay, so onto the onto the rest of the face!

I firstly primed my lip with the TimeWise Age-Fighting Lip Primer (£16) then lined with Mary Kay Lip Liner (£10) and I used the colour 'Chocolate'
For my lipstick, I used 'Pink Satin' - lipsticks are £12

For blush, I used 'Cherry Blossom' (£8.50)

Check out some more pictures of the look below :)

More looks will definitely be coming soon!!!

Lots of love xx

Lights, Camera, Action!!!

Second post! I must be loving this ey!

I wanted to quickly share my experience at the Mahogany Bridal Show which I exhibited at in October 2012. The show was held in Paddington at City of Westminster college.

At the show, a variety of businesses exhibited their services to prospective brides or people just interested in the bridal market. There were photographers, designers, make up (eh hem), event planners and organisers, bespoke jewellers, and wedding dress and accessories available to purchase on the day. There was also a fashion show which included designers showcasing their work.

I didn't have the chance to take many pictures because I was so busy on the day, trying out foundations shades, giving skincare and make up advice and generally having a 'chin-wag' with people who wanted to talk about their exotic wedding destinations lol.

An up and coming presenter and videographer (I think that's what they are called these days) approached me and several other exhibitors to feature in their project and of course I obliged! Please check it out below, it also summarises the event (sorta, kinda)

Its a long one, so would advise you get your cuppa ready...or my Mary Kay plug starts at 27 mins!!!

Hollywood next ey!

xx

The Foundations of this Blog...

I guess I had better start with some form of introduction. Well here it goes, my name is Linda and I am a Mary Kay beauty consultant. I have been doing this for a few months now and I thought I would share my experiences and some of the products here on a blog incase there are some unanswered questions and also to get an insight of a 'day in the life' type feel of a beauty consultant.
I think it would be boring if I started going through my background and how it has made me who I am today(!) so my first entry will be about the Mary Kay timewise foundations.

Foundations:
This product is the best seller of Mary Kay, well in my experience anyway, everyone wants a piece of the foundation pie and as a user of Mary Kay foundations since 2006 myself, I can understand why.
What I like about the foundations is that they are long lasting and natural looking. When applied properly, it can make you look as though you just have flawless skin straight from the womb! It's not too heavy on the skin so you don't have to worry about build up and developing bad skin. As long as you stick to a routine which include moisturising your skin and cleansing it, you should have no issues with your skin, if you do that's for another post entirely!

Mary Kay foundations come in two types: Matte and Luminous finishes. The matte is suited for women with oily skin, as it helps to control shine throughout the day, leaving a matte finish. When I say matte, I mean like a dry finish on the face.
Compared to the luminous finish, this is more suited for women with dry skin, it gives additional moisture and also adds a healthy 'glow' to the finish.
You don't just have to play by the rules, if you like the 'dooey', glowy type look but you already have oily skin you can still opt for this as some people will produce oils from their pores different times of the day. You would need to invest in a good primer (should I insert shameless plug here about the Mary Kay primers...nah i'll leave it for another post lol) and oil control throughout the day. I wouldn't recommend someone with dry skin to go for the matte finish as I have had reviews from customers that it drys out their skin even more.

Colour ranges are from Ivory 1 all the way to Bronze 8. The colours suit all shades of women absolutely perfect, no word of a lie! One tip I have learned is that to find your true colour, you can place some of the foundation at the back of your hand or cheek and if the colour totally disappears into your skin that is your shade! Well that would be the shade I would recommend anyway, I have had some customers who prefer a more 'bronzed' look or healthy glow hence not going for the shade that truly matches them. It's completely up to you, whatever you feel makes you look better, in your eyes.

If you are into foundations, you don't want to miss out on trying your shade today!

Xx