RMS Beauty Living Luminzer

A product that surely needs very little introduction, Living Lumizer is a real cult favourite and one of the few organic make-up products which has made it big time - Make-up Artists Kenneth Soh and Alice Lane are both big fans as are Miranda Kerr and Gisele!

From The Vault: Vapour Beauty Soft Focus Foundation

This months trip into the depths of the OMUA post vault revisits a liquid foundation that didn't take long to make itself at home in my kit...

Strobing Products For Every Skin Tone

Contouring is so last year. At long last the Kardashian inspired (and much over [and often badly] used) trend is waining and there is a new kid on the block; Strobing. In all honesty Strobing is nothing new - Make-up Artist have been using this techniques for enos but we just called it highlighting...

Jane Iredale D2O Hydration Spray

Earlier this month the UK was hit by a mini heatwave and we were subject to the hottest July day on record. I am not particularly good in the heat and the merest glimpse of an orange triangle (let alone a red one) on the weather forecast and those around me are bracing themselves for a rough ride. As soon as temperatures rise above 25OC (yes I am that intolerant of heat) I am reaching for products and items to relieve my heat induced misery...

Top Five: In Flight Make-up Tips

With holidays on the horizon, here is the second of my Top Five tips to travel skincare and make-up...

From The Vault: Cheeky Cosmetics Eye Primer

Whilst rummaging through my vaults of make-up posts past, from time to time I come across a product I had completely forgotten about; and this is one of those times...

Duped: Touché Éclat

Toućhe Éclait is allegedly the must-have pen of Make-up Artists and a cult product adored women everywhere. With one stick being sold every 10 seconds, it one of the worlds most in demand beauty products! If you believe the hype then this is the one beauty essential all women shouldn't be without...  

From The Vault: Organic Glam Concealer

As I have said (many a time before) my greatest frustration from a make-up persepctive is the overall lack of good, clean concealers. Actually there are two; lack of clean options and lack of variety in the colour stakes within them... This months delve into the vault looks back at one of the first concealers to make it into my kit.

RMS Beauty Tinted Un Powder Launch

On Thursday night I journeyed into central London to the mecca of clean beauty Content for what I am sure will be one of my highlights of 2015; an exclusive make-up event with Rose-Marie Swift, founder of the eco-luxe make-up line RMS Beauty.

New Additions: Winter 2014

I have accumulated quite a lot of products over the last couple of months; I haven't been actively looking to but it has just happened. Here's what's new...

Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Powder Foundation

When working for one of my most regular broadcast clients we often have guests (usually male) join us in the studio at very short notice and more often than not for very short periods of time. This frequently results in me having to do unexpected make-ups in a matter of minutes; sometime seconds and this is where this foundation comes into its own...

Love: Ilia Beauty New Products

I'm a little slow in posting this but I am loving the look of the new additions to the Ilila Beauty range. As well as a couple of new shades to their existing lip line, Ilia are taking their first steps outside lip colour creation with the inclusion of a tinted moisturiser and concealer - I can't wait to see how they fair...

Top Five: Products of 2014

This year seems to have passed within a blink of an eye. It seems only a couple of months ago I was compiling this list for 2013. So what were my thoughts on clean beauty in 2014? Can my Top Five top last years compilation which consisted of an utterly amazing assortment of products)? We shall see...

Couleur Caramel Smoothing Velvet Primer

When it comes to male grooming for broadcast one product that I use almost without fail is a mattifying cream of gel. Whether it's used it on it's own with a little concealer or under a fuller make-up a mattifier is an essential part of a grooming kit and it took me quite a while to find one that I felt was comparable to products I was using in my pre-eco days (my weapons of choice for such a make-up was usually Supermatte Antishine by Make-up International).

New Additions - Autumn 2014

It's been a busy couple of months so I have been doing quite a bit of replenishing of my kit. Some of the bits and pieces I picked up were to restock old favourites, whilst others were complexity new additions. It's been a while since I shared the new additions to my kit, so here we are... (Apologies in advance for the different settings in the photos)

JT Studio Metallic Leaf

I love getting creative with my work. Sadly it is not something I get to do very often on a broadcast set; straight female and male grooming is the norm. Don't get me wrong, I love doing this but when I have the chance to create something a little more avante guard or effects based I jump at the chance.

From The Vault: W3ll People Realist X

This month I am taking a look back at a translucent powder from Texan based W3ll People.

Top Five: SPF Essentials

With summer being a little slow to get started this year and then somewhat unpredictable when it did actually get here, I for one have been caught out a few times when it comes to protecting my skin. Silly and very unnessacery I know but its a fact; my skin has been a somewhat unflattering shade of lobster.

Top Five: Organic Bronzing Powders

Although it seems to be a little intermittent at the moment, believe it or not Summer really is here and with it the eternal trend for glowing, sunkissed skin.

My Festival Beauty Essentials

The sun is (currently) shining and the wellies are on standby. It can only mean one thing. Festival time!