My latest videos

Makeup Time with Lisa and Victoria Beckham

Dirty Martini Makeup Look

Naturally Enhancing Makeup with Cherise

Some Good (and some bad!) News

Silent Movie Vamp - Costume Party Makeup Tutorial

Making Lipstick Using a 1920’s Recipe

A Beauty Tribute To Our Grandmothers - The Makeup and Skincare They Loved!

Enamelling - The Victorian “Instaglam” Look

Perfect Smokey Makeup Look For Any Event

The History of Makeup - Lead Ceruse

Say Hi to My New Liners!

My Two Cents On Trends - Whilst doing a Latte Makeup Look Using Drugstore Products

Bronzey Glowing Look for Hot Summer Evenings

Velveteen Lips Are Here!

Quick ‘Softly Sculpted’ Makeup Look
Organic / Natural Make-up Look
I've been asked many times if I ever use organic and natural make-up brands in my kit. As much as i would love to use all organic make-up I find that the range of colours in these brands is often too limiting for professional work (particularly in terms of foundation shades and textures). Due to the fact that many of the chemical ingredients and silicones are omitted there will always be certain textures and pigment types which they cannot achieve. However, the market for these ranges is growing and they are improving all the time in terms of their formulations and colour palettes. I've included my current favourite natural brands Lavera, one of the best out there, along with well established Dr Hauschka. These are brands I have used personally for years.
I havent touched on the subject of animal testing (suffice to say all the brands mentioned have animal welfare high on their list), as its such a huge subject. Working in the industry I know more about this than most but its not something i can cover and do justice to in a short video. Ditto the use of silicone in cosmetics. I did include all my thoughts on silicone in this video but it was 25 minutes long! I don't have a problem with silicone myself, its worked its way through the medical industry for years before making it into cosmetics but its up to you to make your mind up for yourself. The look i'm creating is very simple and untechnical as I wanted to focus more on the textures and feel of using these products. Hope you like it X
Products I have used in this video:
Lavera - Natural Liquid Foundation
Dr. Hauschka - Translucent Make-up (Discontinued)
Bourjois - Bio Detox Organic Foundation (discontinued)
Korres - Wild Rose Foundation
Korres - Wild Rose Concealer
Lavera - Natural Concealer
Korres - Wild Rose Compact Powder
Lavera - Beautiful Mineral Eyeshadow
MAC - Blending Brush - 217
Lavera - Organic soft Liner
Dr. Hauschka - Liquid Eyeliner
Lavera - Organic Double Black Mascara (Discontinued)
Dr. Hauschka - Lavender Dreams Balancing Teint Powder (Discontinued)
Dr. Hauschka - Rouge Powder Duo Natural Pastels (Discontinued)
Korres - Lip Butter - Pomegranate
Butter London - All Hail The Queen