Victoria Beckham On The Front Cover Of Vogue

Creating quite a buzz this week is the new front cover of Vogue, featuring Victoria Beckham & it certainly is 'bling' personified as she is quite literally dripping with diamonds, right down to her sparkling eyeshadow! The 12 page article includes a photoshoot with top photographer Nick Knight, with many pictures from the shoot taking on a 1940's feel, further inspiration for this season's vintage glamour. Victoria described her shoot with Vogue as the most exciting day of her life & it has been a life long ambition to appear on the front cover - definitely helping to secure her aspiring fashionista status!

Check out the video clip below of the shoot -



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Body Shop - Passion Fruit Body Butter

Probably one of the most famous products from the Body Shop, their Body Butter is pretty much world renowned for it's first class moisturising effects! Easily & quickly absorbed into the skin leaving it feeling soft, smooth & conditioned for up to 24 hours which helps to prevent any dryness. As well as winning many 'Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards' recent reviews have given this one a fabulous 5/5 score - the Passion Fruit scent makes it good enough to eat & lasts really well too as well as leaving your skin baby soft!
Also try their new Body Butter in Japanese Cherry Blossom, as recommended by Vogue!
Body Butter 200ml - £12 & 50Ml - £5

Eyelashes Galore!

Natalie Portman at her latest Film Premier for The Other Boleyn Girl, sporting glamorous lashes and of course these are not through the aid of Mascara alone but are perfectly formed & beautifully placed lash strips that give her eyes this striking finish. Try Mac's 12 Lash (£7.50) as they give a fantastic dramatic look & are easy to apply or if you fancy going a step further why not opt for Semi Permanent Lash Extensions, these give you fuller lashes with added volume and will last for up to 2 months! The treatment normally takes around 1-1.5 hours & individual eyelash extensions are bonded and blended into your existing lashes one by one, this creates extra length and volume which will feel just like your own lashes! No maintenance is required (although using oil based eye make-up removers & waterproof mascara is best avoided), top-ups/refills are also offered to keep your lashes looking voluptuous. The extenions are only applied by trained professionals obviously & as the demand is growing more & more salons are offering this service, have a look at Xtreme Lashes for more information as their directory of therapists are available nationwide - www.xtremelashes.uk.com. Only slight down side to having this done is that the treatments can be expensive & range between £70 up to around £300.

While we're on the of eyelashes why not try Rimmell's latest ofering on the Mascara front, brand new Glam'Eyes, it promises to give you lashes that are 10x fuller & 80% longer, defintely worth a shot!

Mac Paint Pots

Try Mac's new Paint Pots (£12), another version of the Mac Paints this fabulous formula is easy to paint onto the eye with no creasing & gives a smooth long lasting finsh as well as intense colour. The other great thing about it is that it can be mixed with the mac shadows & liners, available in a range of different colours in matt & pearl finishes.

Best Long Lasting Foundation - Revlon Colorstay

This week I went on the look out for the best long lasting foundation & this one defintely came up trumps as the most widely used foundation for staying power!
There are 2 types, one for Combination/Oily Skin & another for Normal/Dry Skin (11.99), it has their secret ingrediant 'Softflex' which keeps it light on the skin as well as looking freshly applied for 16 hours, so after applying in the morning it should survive all the at the office as well as a trip to the gym!

New to the range is the Colorstay Mineral Foundation (12.99), again it's lightweight with a flawless finish & is a loose powder foundation, said to be great for your skin!

Promoting 'Real Beauty'

This is one of the many Dove Campaigns to promote 'Real Beauty', it has been so refreshing to see a large cosmetic brand doing it's bit to stamp out the media's perception of what is beautiful - manufactured, buffed & polished unachievable beauty, to the point none of us would even want to look in the mirror again for fearing we could never live up to these unrealistic & not to mention false standards..?!



The above film shows the real story behind the billboards, we've all heard before that ad pictures are airbrushed although to see it performed before your very eyes just goes to show how real 'false' beauty actually is!
I've always believed in making the most of what you have, we can't all love what we see in the mirror everyday of life & there will always be photos of ourselves we want tear up, but it's how we feel about what we have that matters as well as learning that perfection does not exist & if even it did, would it be good enough for us anyway!?

Latest Looks - Bold Eyebrows, Coral Lipstick & Orange Nail Varnish

Bold Eyebrows, Coral Lips & Orange Nails are three of the hottest looks of the moment, firstly bold eyebrows - Sienna Miller 'boldly' sported this look back in September last year which caused quite a stir, even making it to the front cover of Vogue. To get this look ensure your brows are well shaped with no stray hairs (bold does not mean bushy, nor does it mean monobrow!!), one way to give yourself an instant bolder look is to take some eyeshadow closest to your own natural colour & with a slanted eye brush (Try Mac's Small Angled Brow Brush - £13) define & deepen your brows, then take a brow comb through them afterwards to soften the finish.

Coral lips have featured a lot this week & it is most definitely the colour of the moment, the buzz started after it featured during London Fashion Week, Revlon's 'Kiss Me' Coral shade was brought out from the archives for the Roksanda Ilincic show & was such a hit Revlon have now brought it back out for sale!! (Limited Edition - £7.49)

Dark nails have been all the rage for quite some time but this season lighten up with Orange nail polish which is the latest lacquer obsession, neon colours are set to dominate for quite some time to come! Try Nails Inc -'Hans Place' (£9.50)