Vlog; Seven Deadly Beauty Sins tag

A quick video for the popular Youtube tag "Seven Deadly Sins of Beauty".

The Sins;

GREED - What is your most inexpensive beauty product? What is your most expensive? 

WRATH - What beauty products do you have a love/hate relationship with? What has been hardest to find?

GLUTTONY - What are your most delicious beauty products?

SLOTH - What beauty product do you neglect due to laziness?

PRIDE - What beauty product gives you more confidence?

LUST - What attributes do you find most attractive in the opposite sex?

ENVY - What item would you most like to receive as a gift?

Hopefully they aren't too bad! Although, it took me so long to choose products for each question that I'm thinking I'm definitely a bit greedy. But aren't we all? ;)

What are your deadly sins?

Heather 

xo

Vlog - daytime make-up and Betty's Tea Rooms

As promised, here is my daytime make up routine. I bought a new camera last week so you all get to see my lovely, make-up free face in HD, yay! In the Vlog I also witter on about eyelash curlers- Shu Uemura; yay or nay?

I wanted a very pretty, light daytime look because I was visiting the lovely Betty's Tea Rooms in Harrogate for a very posh and lady like afternoon tea with friends. If you've never been before, you really must go if you're ever in Yorkshire; they have branches in Ilkley, York and Harrogate but the one in Harrogate is the original. It's a great place for lunch with Grandparents (especially if they're paying!). The food is divine, décor traditional but luxurious and the staff have been wearing the same uniforms since 1919 (washed, obviously). All in all it's the epitome of English loveliness.

The beautiful Diviya and I; potential ladies who lunch?

What are you thoughts on the Shu Umera Eyelash curlers? Have any of you guys been on nice trips recently?  Leave me a comment, I'd love to hear about it :)

Heather xo

Claridge's, good slippers and a moisturising dilemmas

It's 10pm on Wednesday which means that I have now officially been up for 40 hours and yet here I am, blogging. If that doesn't show dedication I don't know what does! :) 


As I said in my last post, I had a job yesterday for Claridge's Hotel which is an incredible 5 star, art deco hotel in Mayfair, London. We were shooting the hotel's new promotional material which will be used in the Maybourne magazine, as well as the website and worldwide brochures. 


The shoot went well; it was pretty tough going as we worked right through the night but what made it bearable (apart from a constant stream of cake to keep sugar levels up and slippers that felt like you were walking on clouds) was the makeup, courtesy of the lovely Karen Mason, and the preeeety clothes and bags - mainly from Mulberry. 


The brief was decedant elegance - make-up was kept in soft nude browns eyes, using Chanel Illusion D'ombre, a glossy nude lip from Bobbie Brown and loads of highlight. Karen also finished off the look with some corner lashes on the outer edges of the eye which is something I've never tried on myself before but it just finished off the look perfectly. 

Odd colour difference because of rubbish hotel lighting. 

The hair was changed several times but the base itself started off with barrel curling the hair and then pinning it up to keep it in shape. This allowed the hair a bit more texture when going in to the up do's and made the look more modern. Here's a little sample of one of the finished looks.

Dress by Amanda Wakeley

Even though it was tough to stay awake, I enjoyed this shoot a lot, the whole team were so friendly and I cant wait to see the finished shots - which I of course will be sharing with you once I'm allowed :).

However, on the shoot, Karen noted that colour just "falls of your skin", meaning that for some reason, make up finds it really hard to just. stay. on. my. face. It's something that I've noticed before now and when I asked why, she said it was because of two things; 1. Not drinking enough water (oops!) 2. Moisturiser's that don't work for my skin. In the past, I've blamed it on bad foundations/no primer, not really knowing any better.

So with that, I'm now embarking on a hunt for a new moisturiser for my combination skin! I currently use the Boots Botanics Pore Perfecting Day Moisture Lotion, which is lovely and light but clearly isn't doing enough for my skin in the day. Ideally, I want to keep it under £20 as my mother already thinks less of me for using anything other than baby lotion!

So ladies, what's your favourite moisturiser? 

Heather xo