How Not to Look Tangoed

If you’ve bobbed out to the shops recently you’ll have noticed that this season’s fashion shades are really bright brights - tangerine orange, fuschia pink and electric blue to name but a few. They are gorgeous hot colours but which makeup goes with, and how do you wear it and how do you avoid looking like you've been tangoed?!  Well makeup is definitely following suit with brighter, warm-toned shades of tangerine and coral, but needs to be interpreted according to your colouring.

Blondes, redheads and warm-toned brunettes can wear orange shades easiest of all. Your peach and golden (freckly) complexions positively glow with coral and peach blusher and the brightest splash of tangerines and tomato red for lippy.

Deep-Autumn brunettes can look amazing in burnt orange, brick red and russet shades for lips, complemented by chocolate brown eyeliner pencil and deep coral eyeshadow.

If you’re at the cooler end of the spectrum, with rose-toned complexion and ash blonde or brown hair, choose orange as an accent rather than a basic: lip stains rather than lip stick give a subtle nod to fashion without drowning out your natural tones. For you, coral shades hint at orange without looking garish and can be used as a wash over the cheek and eye area, warming up your cool complexions.

More mature ladies or for those with silver or grey hair can transform a neutral palette of subtle shades too with the brightest orange lips and scarf colours for a dramatic and stunningly sophisticated look.

The main theme is that this season’s colours are the brightest and freshest for years and are meant to cheer us all out of our economic gloom, so you can create a fun glam look even on a shoestring. Enjoy J

Begin with Skin

As lots of you already know, I've recently set up my new skincare clinic at SkinFirst, King St, Knutsford.

Cosmetic beauty always begins with good foundations and with SkinFirst, I'm now able to offer therapies and treatments using a combination of IPL (intense Pulsed Light) and Radio Frequency.
IPL offers permanent or long-lasting results for the treatment of hair removal, acne, pigmentation, rosacea and thread vein removal.
Most exciting and innovative of all, Radio Frequency combined with IPL provides a safe, non-invasive alternative (and relaxing!) rejuvenation programme that tightens skin, kick-starting the skin’s own collagen into action.

The bespoke machines used by SkinFirst therapists have been researched and developed by SkinFirst director and colleague Cathy Catto with safety and client comfort a priority.
After age 30 or so, collagen production slows down, which is when many turn to Botox and fillers to give a lift. Radio-Frequency is able to deliver the desired lifting and tightening with the additional plus of helping the skin to start doing it naturally again and with no worries of side-effects.
It can be used on the jaw-line, brow, around the eyes, neckline, décolleté, arms and legs.


Please contact me for more information or book a taster session at my clinic-day on Mondays in Knutsford .

Hello and Welcome!

Hello and Welcome to An Eye On Beauty, my new blog which I’m setting up to keep in touch and to let you know about what’s going in the world of skincare and cosmetics straight from the front line of my two businesses, SkinFirst and Cheshire Makeup.

I’m passionate about both areas and my work is uniquely holistic – I offer both leading edge IPL and radiofrequency skincare treatments as well as the very latest trends in fashion colours and makeup looks available on the market so I can bring them to you and help you look and feel your very best, whether for a special occasion such as your Wedding Day, a personal photographic shoot, a makeup or style makeover or a makeup lesson.

Hope to see you soon!

Love,

Lauren