It's not rocket science - get to know the parts of your eye :)

Brow Bone/Highlight: A light colour should be applied to this area; a light sparkly colour like MAC's versitile 'Vanilla' pigment, Benefit's highlighter-Miss Popularity, or for a more dramatic look try a light tone of what you wish to put on your lids, or go low-key and use a skintone colour.

Above Crease: The blending area! As your main colour will be on the lid, the colour needs to be blended as it moves it's way upwards towards the brow. You can do this by blending your lid colour upwards, but I suggest using a lighter color than the one used on my lid to help fade the colour upward. You can also use the same colour you chose for the highlight if you wish.

Outer Crease: Your outer crease extends from the inside of your eye right to the end of your eye. I deposit colour in the outer crease, then bring it inward to the middle of the crease -easy peasy! I don't normally darken the entire length of my crease because in my opinion this makes your eyes look smaller!

Inner Lid: A lighter colour is put on the inner lid.

Middle of Lid: A slightly darker colour should go in the middle of the lid. So, for example, Inner lid =Light, middle lid= medium, and outer lid =dark.

Outer Lid: Here as I said above, this is where the darkest lid colour goes. Also can put the same colour you used for crease here to add drama!

Waterline: Please becareful with this area as it is highly sensitive. Liner added here can easily get into the eye and sting! The waterline is called the waterline as it is watery, therefore product does not last long if applied here.

Inner Lower Lash Line: A lighter colour which is similar to the colours used on the lids can be applied to the inner lower lash line - your preference really!

Outer Lower Lash Line: To create smoky eyes, apply a darker colour to the outer lower lash line or go for thicker eyeliner and smudge it around the outer lower lash line.

Simple eh? :)

Colours to suit your eye colour - guaranteed!

Blue Eyes


Great Colours for you:
Orange (the complementary colour for blue) is a great colour for you. To highlight your eyes, choose eyeshadows in shades of golden brown, earthy brown, peachy pinks, apricot and even gold.

Colour to avoid:
Blue-green (this will reduce colour intensity of your eyes).

Your colour palette:
Coppers, orange/coral, golds, bronzes, beige, brown and dark grey.

Green Eyes

Great colours for you:

Mauve and all its variations (purples, plums, pink, etc).

Colours to avoid:

Blue - it's far too boring for you!

Your colour palette
Plum, mauve, purples, pinks, red-brown, crimson, copper.

Hazel Eyes

Great colours for you:

To emphasise your eyes, adopt the colours that appeal to you! From golden brown to grey-green, all shades will bring out your pupils.

Colours to avoid:

All halftone colours as they are just a bit plain.

Your colour palette:
Browns, oranges, grey-green, khaki, blue-grey, golds.


Brown / Black Eyes

Great colours for you:

Deep colours that will highlight your dark eyes (dark grey, navy blue, brown, black, deep plum, etc) .

Colours to avoid:

Pastel shades. They will bring out the whites of your eyes and make your eyes look a bit washed out.

Your ideal palette:
Navy blue, dark grey, plum, pink, copper, bronze, and gold.

High protection suncare for the face - MAC and Clinique reviewed

I am the typical English Rose - I have the whitest skin in the world! I have never had a tan in my life. The closest thing to a tan I have had was being the colour of a lobster! I find it's quite a pain to be so white.

I spent a lot of my childhood in Africa (I had parents who loved to travel!) and I did not really have much of a problem. Then I had a shock, two years ago I went on a holiday to Mauritius and after a couple of days I was feeling rotten and got prickly heat and after a trip to the chemist on the island I was told to cover up completely and stay out the sun!!! It was more than a little bit depressing! I now have to take allergy tablets 1 week before I travel abroad. So it is essential that not only I buy a good hat, I buy the appropriate creams and lotions.

My boyfriend lives in Athens and at the airport on the way to visit him last summer I bought a special bumper pack of Clinique Super City Block SPF 40! It is a little embarrassing in the mornings to apply all the different creams and things, I feel like a total prima donna! The only thing I really worry about is my face to be honest, I hate that red cheeked, red nosed 'british holiday look' so I applied the city block quite liberally to my face.

I did keep re-applying the block throughout the day, before and after swimming, but I noticed that my face was still slightly flushed at the end of the day. The lotion is actually quite thick, and it does feel like you have protection. When I returned to England I had a lot of freckles, which is a clear sign of sun damage. I was really upset because I followed the instructions and was very careful and still I got burnt!

I really do not know what to say about this product now. I loved the idea, but I am not really convinced it works in very hot climates (it was 40degrees-ish!). I do wear this whilst in England because I want to keep my skin looking youthful. The Super City Block is £ 12.23 for 40ml. You can wear it alone or underneath your makeup. I have tried both ways. To be honest it does work well with makeup (although it did feel a little more greasey that usual but I think that is to be expected with a product like this). It is also available in SPF 25, and 'New Derma White SPF 40' which apparently prevents dark spots and discolourations.

I found another excellent product and it's by MAC (surprise, surprise!) it's their prep and prime with face protectSPF 50! I found this not only to be an excellent makeup primer, and it gave me the confidence my face was being protected. Unfortunately the MAC UK website does not stock this product anymore, but it is still available in shops, and also in the USA.

The only downside of this product is that it is quite small, and you only get 30ml for about £24 (if I remember correctly!). Well, on the upside, it fits in your handbag very well!!! ;)

I'm sorry mac, I just don't get your shadesticks!

Everyone who knows me, knows that I am a BIG fan of MAC products. I love them. I have once bought a shadestick in sharkskin and also beige-in.

I found the application of the shadesticks quite difficult because they felt very hard and aggressive on my eyelids. I also found them to cake a little and crease.

I was a little upset because this was my first flaw I have ever incountered with MAC. The shade-stick is apparently versitile because it can be used as a base, or as a simple eye-shadow. For me they just don't feel..... right. I far prefer Urban Decay's Primer Potion for a base as it feels far lighter and less sticky. I have heard that to make the shade-stick more useable you have to heat it up by rolling it between your hands. I tried this, and it didn't make too much of a difference. It is far preferable to buy a MAC paintpot!!! I think that we expect the highest standard from MAC, and really, this doesn't quite reach it girls!!

What do you think? Am I right?

A bad boy for this bad girl!

The famous Bad Gal Kohl Pencil!!! Many companies have tried to copy it, but they havn't even touched on the magic of this pencil! Wow. I first was given one for my birthday when I was 20 years old, and I havn't looked back. I was a little bit of a rock chick back then, (shhhhh!) and I loved the sexy smokey eye effect which you can achieve with this bad boy! Sometimes I find it's chunkiness a bit of a turn off because at times you want just a little more precision. With the vibrancy of the jet black kohl, I can live with the chunkiness! I always feel good when wearing this. It's common to feel a little self-concious when wearing kohl pencils because they tend to go everywhere.. but, if you smudge this, your eyes look smoking hot rather than smoking not!

It retails at £12.50 and can be found at many department stores, failing that it can be found at http://www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk (P&P £4.50 ...Ouch!).

I give this product full stars, because it totally deserves it. Well done Bad Gal!

For a Brazilian bootay....

This is one Lush product that has changed my whole view on skincare! Lush Sandstone Soap is a gorgeous smelling, fresh soap, with tones of lemon and lime- a real citrus wakeup call in the morning! What makes this soap different is that it has real sand inside!

The sand is a great exfoliator, and aparently was inspired by Brazilian ladies who mix up suntan lotion and sand to create a do it yourself body-scrub!

The price of this soap starts at £2.54. It uses a palm-oil free soap base which is great news for the forests of the world (and the Orangutans who live in them)! I feel happy that I am not only making a good beauty choice but also an ethical choice for the environment.

Within the first month of using this product, you will notice a real difference. It made the small bumps on my upper arms dissappear, and it helped reduced in-growing hairs after shaving, and I noticed cellulite had reduced (not that I have any! ;) ). The soap is great for women, but I would also buy it for the man in my life also.

I have tried hundreds of exfoliators and I give this one ten out of ten!

NARS blushes - get your hands on them!

The packaging is very subtle, the blusher comes in a flat black compact which includes a little mirror (which is very handy because 9 out of 10 times I forget to take mine with me!). It fits into your handbag/makeup bag easily-less bulky like their competitor MAC which has an almost bubble like container.

They are soft, sheer, pressed powder blushes made with transparent pigments for a soft and sheer look.. The great thing about NARS blushers are that they are very blendable, lightweight, and have amazing colour payoff. A little goes a long way. Also because they are very blendable, even if you are quite heavy-handed it is very difficult to acheive that "over application" horrible "clown look" with these products (let's face it girls, we've made that mistake once or twice havn't we?! Embarrassing!).

I must warn you that some of these blushers have X-Rated names! I have Nars Orgasm (coral with light shimmer) which is my FAVOURITE, Deep Throat (darker pink with gold reflectors), Nico (natural skintone, very light, no shimmer) and Madly (bronze colour with shimmer). Nars Orgasm is a fantastic product and works with virtually any skintone (in my opinion!). It has won "The best of Sephora" (a popular American Cosmetic retailer) for the past 5 years! The blush is a perfect pinky-peach colour with subtle highlights with accents of golden shimmer. Yum! It is a beauty editor/makeup artist's favourite, and it's easy to see why!

They are priced at £18.00 for 0.16oz. They are versitile and can be worn alone or layered together for more depth and intensity! MAC blushers can be hit or miss but Nars blushers always hit the spot! Can be bought from premium cosmetic outlets in UK, or directly from http://www.narscosmetics.co.uk.

I reccommend to buy from places such as Harrods/Selfridges/John Lewis because if you buy from their website postage is £ 6.00 and tax is £ 3.13!!!!!! What a rip off ladies!!