A Bronzalicous guide to Make-up brushes

This simple pic highlights which make up brush does what!  If you're on Pinterest we recommend pinning this pic. We guarantee it will come in handy.

Over Exfoliating

Sure, a little exfoliating treatment every now and then feels like tiny angels are scrubbing your face with magical toothbrushes, but exfoliate too much and you could be doing more harm than help for your skin. Exfoliating gets rid of all the dead skin cells on your face, but this in turn makes it more vulnerable to the sun and your favorite products.

We recommend a few times a week in the summer but in the winter keep it to once a week so you don't dry your skin out.

Remove your gel mani safely.

Word on the street is, lots of people out there are peeling off their gel manicures. This is a big no-no due to the fact you can remove the entire top of your nail at the same time. Not only will this cause the nails to be weak and brittle, but if you're too rough you may rip off the nail, opening it up to infection and all sorts of yucky elements. PLUS it would be super painful. Come and see us for professional gel mani removal.

Get the right shade of eye shaddow for your eyes!

This chart of complementary colors will ensure your eye color 'pops' when made up.  We recommend using the lighter tones for day wear and the deeper tones for evening wear.

Classic Beauty Inspiration from Audrey Hepburn

Age Before Beauty? Allure Study Reveals Surprising Attitudes Towards Aging

We bandy about the term anti-aging with relative ease nowadays — it seems like every woman's greatest fear is to look gasp, her actual age. But, we like to believe that the rest of the world has a more enlightened view on the topic of aging, one that's a bit less panicked than our personal beauty neuroses.

Wishful thinking, at least according to a recent survey by Allure . Surveying a total of 2,000 men and women, the poll revealed some harsh truths about how we view the topic of growing old in our modern society.

Some of the most surprising statistics include the fact that women's number one aging fear is sagging skin, George Clooney and Meryl Streep are considered the best in aging celebs (that Streep really does win everything, huh?), and that 70% of Americans are taking proactive and non-invasive measures to fight the signs of aging. Our least favorite finding? That while a man with grey hair is usually considered distinguished, a woman with grey hair is more likely to be associated with the word "old".

How to: Chanel’s glittery beauty look

1) Prep the face by applying a moisturiser and primer. This will help keep the skin soft and fresh and will help your makeup last longer.

2) Apply foundation for a natural and even skin tone, adding concealer under the eyes and wherever else necessary. 

 

3) Apply a cream blush to the cheeks for a soft, feminine look. The make up team used a carnation pink cream blush. 

 

4) For the eyes: the focus here is obviously on the sparkling metallic glitter that clusters across the top lid and lashes. Peter Philips and the Chanel team used makeup glue to carefully stick chunky pieces of silver and gold glitter to the top lid. First, dot the glitter pieces along the top lash line – using a cotton-tip to align them in place as you see fit – and then to complete the Chanel look add some pieces to the ends of the lashes.

5) Rather than over-do the glitter by also putting it on the bottom, the Chanel runway went for a more mod look. A kohl crayon was used under the bottom lash line, drawn outwards and down at the outer corner for a wide-eyed and retro-inspired look.

6) Accompany the beauty look with complimentary nail polish to match. 

 

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