No Fake Smiles This Xmas

Season’s greetings all, hope you got everything you wished for under the tree this year. I experienced a first this year though - I bought a present for myself on behalf of someone else! Buying your own presents is something that I thought only 'grownups' did (each year my mum buys herself some nice knitwear from M&S, and gives it to granny to wrap up and give back to her - she's perfected the surprise face). This year I had the generous pressie...

Gellux nails - glitter shell

When my good friend Rosie Lee MUA is not creating awesome makeup looks for glam photoshoots she does outstanding Gel nails, which I am openly addicted to. Gellux nails last 2-3 weeks, they are instantly dry (so no more having to drive home from the salon with your elbows) and they withstand pretty much everything! (I stripped down and painted my sister's new house recently and the nails withstood it all). So, with the party season coming up I...

Black mirror

I'm a massive advocate of mobile. Not only are smartphones the supermini personal computers we were promised all those years ago by Tomorrow's World...but more importantly it means Cher's polaroid-snapping outfit-deciding in Clueless is a reality for us all! I have also been known to dodgily apply makeup using the 'black mirror' of the screen and then check it with a quick photo. Alexander Bell would be quite amazed at the breadth of functions...

Primer

This is my first blog post, and just like a good primer, this blog post should provide a smooth base for everything ontop. So I'll keep this primer post simple and let 'Face Facts' begin.....