Chanel, Baby

My Mum and Dad were visiting me last week and they helped me with a ton of stuff around the house. One of the things we finally got around to doing was framing my Chanel campaign photos. I’ve had these squirreled away for soooooooo long!

There are two each of the lips and the chopped up lipsticks. I just love these. The tricky thing with these is that they’re actually lighbox slides. I think Mum has done an amazing job of them. I have two over my fireplace and two over my couch. I love how the pinks go with the paint colour in my living room. It has really made it super fresh and bright in here.

The other one I have is a regular poster. I think this is so pretty. The tricky thing is, I have no idea where I’m going to hang it! At the moment it’s sitting on a bookshelf, but that just won’t do! I suspect it will end up either in my room or in the guest bedroom. What do you think?

Rebecca x

Rose Martinis at the Mandarin Oriental

Saturday was quite a big day. In the morning I had to say goodbye to my parents that had been visiting from Australia for the week. It's always so hard and, obviously, there were tears. But there was no time for doom and gloom because I was off to make up some beautiful bridesmaids at the Mandarin Oriental in Knighstbridge. 

It's not every wedding where you get to see a royal procession go right by your window! The bridesmaid and I both ran out to the landing to take snaps! We decided it was definitely all for the bride!

Getting the bride ready up in her room was pretty manic and as everyone was trying to race around in preparation to leave, Yoko Ono walked by and took a peek inside to see what all the ruckus was about! Eep!!!!! I *love* Yoko Ono! I've met her once beforehand years ago and she was so amazingly sweet and lovely. 

After we got all packed up, Mariam and I decided we could use a cheeky drink in the bar downstairs. Seeing as it was world gin day, we decided on martinis. Mariam is a sucker for a super duper dirty martini and I went for the rose flavoured. I love rose flavoured food and beverages and this was the best yet, I think!! Yummmmmm!!! I ended up having two and could have happily had a lot more! 

Fingers crossed I get to go back soon for more!! 

Rebecca x

Kit Essential: Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover

This *has* to be in my kit. It literally takes a second to remove nail varnish and even works on glitter varnishes!!! On a shoot, time is short so I'm forever grateful for this little gem. Models always mention how good it smells as well. I just wish they made one for toes. 

http://m.boots.com/mt/www.boots.com/en/Bourjois-Magic-Nail-Polish-Remover-75ml_1253870/#un_jtt_addtohome_hidden

R xxx

Estee Lauder Day Wear Sheer Tint

This has been a fairly new discovery for me. I have it in a few colours so I can put it in my kit but I wanted to put it through its paces on my own face for a while first. My verdict? I really like it. Luckily, I’ve had the perfect weather for it with all these lovely, sunny days we’ve had! Perfect conditions for creating a natural, glowing complexion.

This is a really sheer tint of colour. Light, even by tinted moisturiser standards. If your skin is in tip top condition, you could just wear a light layer applied with your fingers. This is somewhat buildable but if you have redness, pigmentation or blemishes you want to cover, you’ll still need a concealer. I *have* tried applying it with a sponge and that’s given me considerably more coverage but keeping the fresh look I’ve wanted to achieve at the same time. The bonus here is that it has a SPF of 15 in it as well.

This is the type of foundation that I wouldn’t want to powder over. If you’re particularly oily and you need to set your foundation in, then this probably isn’t for you. It’s probably not ideal for anyone that wants to cover a bunch of skin dilemmas up, either. I’ve got a little redness and a couple blemishes at the moment so I put the Day Wear all over, then my Laura Mercier Moisture Supreme Foundation on my toublesome areas. Under my eyes and on any blemishes, I go straight to my Estee Lauder Double Wear Concealer. My skin looks like skin but a better version of my own skin. Perfect!

You can find your Estee Lauder Day Wear Sheer Tint here.

Rebecca xx

Stay All Day Victoria’s Secret Style Hair

Do you dream of having the gorgeously wavy curls of a Victoria’s Secret model? Well, I have some inside knowledge on how you can achieve it! Not only that, I can help you so that they’ll last all day! After washing and drying your hair, you’re going to need three things…

1. A Mason Pearson natural bristle brush like this one from Escentual.com
2. A really good 32mm hot tong. I like the Babyliss Dial-a-Heat from LookFantastic.com
3. Joico's Texture Boost. You can get this little bottle of wonder from feelunique.com

Clip your hair into sections and take 1 inch pieces at a time. Brush it through with your bristle brush, spray in some of the Texture Boost, brush it through to distribute the product then tong. Repeat all over head. Remember to always tong the pieces around your face away from you.

Once you’ve done your whole head, flip your hair upside down and shake it all out. Remember to give the roots a good shake with your fingers as well. This would be a good time to spray a little hairspray in your roots for extra lift. Flip back over, smooth lightly with your Mason Pearson and, voila, beautiful and bouncy curls that will hold all day.

I’m not going to lie, this is a fairly time consuming process. It’s probably not an every day thing, more for special occasions. It’s worth it, though!!

Rebecca xx