Coco This!

Mitra Wedding Makeup Trial

Here are just a few quick photos from Yardley Mitra's wedding makeup trial that she did with two of her bridesmaids (who are also her sisters-in-law-to-be). The flash on the camera that I used wasn't great, so it really does not do their makeup justice. They looked completely made over and stunning in person. I forgot to take a before photo though, so I'm sorry! But here, enjoy.

Some goodies that I prepared for the ladies. Cookies and a nice soothing chamomile tea with herbal infusions ;) Break out the china!

I adore the sunkissed glow that they are all wearing - that dewy youthful look, especially on the cheeks and lips. It really brings their face to life.

I had to correct X's complexion a couple of shades lighter to match her neck and the rest of her body. I think we achieved success ;) She now has a fresh and clean look, with a sunkissed glow. And attention must be paid to her eyes ;)

I look so plain Jane next to these ladies!

Another Surography: Mademoiselle Coco

Ode to my alter ego

Ode To My Alter Ego: Behind The Scenes

Photos from the photoshoot are to follow. Here is just me saying, happy weekend (to most)! x (Wish me luck on my morning cycle/long trek!)

Bobbi Brown BBU Limited Edition Palette

No, not the Grammy Award-winning American R&B singer-songwriter and dancer, who's career went down the drain... but Bobbi Brown the makeup artist. I love this Bobbi Brown BBU Limited Edition Palette. Breathe. It is any makeup lover's dream, and every makeup artist's Holy Grail. It has an extensive skin tone range to suit most, if not all faces. I'm a happy camper :)

Definitely for the pros! This limited-edition palette was inspired by the hand-filled palettes used by Bobbi and top artists at photo shoots and fashion shows. The BBU Palette includes filled pans of every Bobbi Brown shade of Corrector, Creamy Concealer, and Foundation Stick. This sleek, easy-to-use palette also features an empty well for mixing shades.

Liberate Your Sexy

I love the splashing of water image. Chanel Calendar.

Pretty In Ink

Hannah Holman with the gorgeous eye make up, you may not be inked, but the fellow behind you surely is. I adore this photograph, there's just something about it. Is it the contrast of inked skin and clean skin? Is it the youthful glow? I don't know what it really is, but it's simple in composition, and the ink makes it somewhat complex. Did you enjoy this shoot? Looks like a fun time.
Vogue Russia 2010

Say goodbye to tradition

Beautiful eyes, great brows.


Spring has sprung (in some parts of the world!). So in celebration of this transition of seasons let's tear up the traditional beauty rule book and come up with the cool new rules that’ll bring you bang up-to-date this season and beyond (whichever season you reside in). Next post I will give you some tips on which seasonal palette and homebase you belong to, so you can start rocking colors that really bring out all your beauty and fashion (forward) potential!


SVdB

Rehab Your Brows!

Helena Sopar via garancedore.fr

When it comes to facial features, little has more power and impact than the shape of your brows. Get the shape right and you have an instant face-lift effect. Get it wrong and it can cause all sorts of problems. For instance, many women don't realise that their eyebrow shape can visually alter the look of their nose (for all the wrong reasons). What's more, the color of your brows can either harden your features or take years off.

Great brows frame your eyes -- they hold everything together and give your features definition and strength.

There's no point in doing glamorous or sexy eye makeup if you have eyebrows that look like caterpillars, slugs or tadpoles.

The number one 'crime' on eyebrows are the over-plucked brows. Most women think that thin, highly arched brows lift the eye and make you look younger. However, they do the complete opposite.


Brows you should not have + their effects on your face:

• Over-plucked (you've just aged yourself 10 years!)
• Tadpole/Commas (extremely unattractive, clown-like!)
• Semi-circle (tarty, you've added 5 kilos instantly, makes your nose look bigger!)
• The Downhill (speaks for itself! sad, sad eyes and helloooo puffy eyelids! haggard.)
• The Parting of The Red Sea (blank + alien-like expression.)
• The Triangle (peaking too soon causing a downhill puffy eyelid + distorting your eye shape! very hard look)

The girl in the photoshoot by Garance Dore has the 'perfect' eyebrows! I love them. I love the look of full eyebrows, they add the youth back into your face and frame the face perfectly. If you have any of the above eyebrows, my suggestion is to bear the ugliness of growing your eyebrows back, then have them professionally reshaped and waxed by a really good beautician. Hair in general does a lot for a person's face.

Beautiful Kiki & Coco get Surofied

Photography: Crystalline for Another Surography @ www.sushiroar.com

Stylist: Sidney Van der Bailey

Make-Up Artist: Deena Kako