Cosmetic Companies - Who Owns Who?

What do YSL, Kiehl's, Maybelline and Urban Decay have in common?

Today, I found out ...

Today I'm Wearing Benefit...

Benefit Hello Flawless Oxegen Wow Foundation - in I'm Pure 4 Sure Ivory

Today I am wearing ...

Benefit Hello Flawless powder in I love me - Ivory

Fine One One - What's your Emergency?

I was arrested last Thursday. 

There I was drinking champagne, as ya' do on a work night, and all of a sudden I hear a loud siren and a mega-phone voice informed me I was under arrest. Apparently I was just too damn gorgeous; who knew that was a felony? Tough life, I know.

Then a makeup artist, who was wearing a police hat and handcuffs, hit me with a night stick. Also somebody thought it would be great idea to give Mark Rogers a megaphone ... This is all in a day's work when you're at a Benefit event. But what doesn't happen every day is the launch of something really, really special.

Benefit Make-up Challenge - we're in the Final!

You may have seen my previous post on the Benefit Make-up Challenge where Ben, future make-up artists extraordinaire and only 4 years old, gave me a make-over.

Well we made it to the finals! It's very exciting all together :)

The voting is open to the public. So take a look at the other wonderful entries and cast your vote :)

Benefit Blogger Challenge

Benefit Cosmetics set us a challenge - we were asked to put our beauty skills to the test and teach a son, dad, boyfriend, husband or any guy we know how to apply a FULL face of make-up!

This is Ben, I work with his mum Gill who was kind enough to volunteer him - and hilarity ensued.

7 Days of Skincare - Day 2 - Failing to Prepare...

"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"

My biggest skin worry was, admittedly, quite shallow - I worries as to how it looked to other people. As much as I loved make-up and spent all that time working on it, my skin would let me down. I was afraid people would think - Who is she to talk about make-up when she can't get her skin sorted out.

The most important steps in make-up application are the steps before you even open your make-up bag. You need to prepare your skin. Prep - to many people this may mean putting on a primer before your foundation, but I'm talking even before that.

Surprise Benefit sneak peak!

I had the pleasure, and pure pleasure it was, of attending the Benefit Blogger Christmas Party (because apparently once it turns October it's perfectly acceptable to talk about Christmas ...) where we got to gaze lovingly over all the lovely gift sets and a few newer products. Let's just say my Christmas wishlist is a mile long now!

And speaking of  new products - we got a sneaky peak of something extra special. Traditionally, Benefit ring in the new year with the launch of a new box blush - but never ones to play it safe they've decided to  change it up and release ...wait for it ...

... a cream blusher!!!