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Before & After

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

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Photo Credit: Product screenshots from Topshop

The top image is of me before and after a virtual makeover using Topshop Make Up powered by Taaz.com

It was only a matter of time till UK high street favourite, Topshop got it’s own makeup collection.

Topshop Make Up like the fashion brand, is a mix of the essential ‘needs of a makeup bag’ (your basic eye, skin and lip products) and the more directional ‘trend inspired want inducing’ products. The store make up range is thus a combination of trend make up colours as inspired by the catwalk inspired and the core beauty essentials.

Seeing that I have not bought any of the products yet it was fun virtually trying them on during a bout of insomnia.

Topshop have partnered up with Taaz.com (a virtual online makeover tool) to create a fun new makeover tool.
Using the Taaz virtual makeover tool you can either upload an image of yourself or use one of their model shots and go to town trying products from the collection on.

I had a ball with it, trying the a pale lip and fun shimmery purple eye. Not so sure if the purple eye is fuming teenage angst or bordering on possible chic. Not that it matters, as for me it was less about whether each virtual look I tried suited me and more about simply trying out the program.

Great way of trying the products without any ‘public beauty tester hygiene’ worries before splurging.

See the Topshop Make Up collection here.

Get beauty happy and have fun experimenting with looks, make up and a free makeover here.

Also on the site you can watch beauty video tutorials where you can pick up tips and learn to create looks by industry makeup artist Hannah Murray here.

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eye popping

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

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Photo Credit: Backstage images used in collage of Manish Arora autumn winter 2010 by Sonny Vandevelde via A Shaded View of Fashion

Last Saturday I wore this orange eyeshadow(I promise it looks a lot brighter in the real!). I was inspired by Manish Arora.

I have always been a fan of Manish Arora’s colourful and highly embellished design ethos. His autumn winter 2010 collection was no exception but what really caught my eye was the neon bright eye makeup.

The electric pink eyebrows and flouro yellow/green/orange eyeshadow was trippy acid rainbow meets orbital girl.

The shade im wearing is one I picked up in this tiny chemist. You know the type with the most random makeup brands.

In my makeup bag is this neon purple eyeliner that I am will be experimenting with in a scaled back version of the catwalk look.

I am also liking the below shades.

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Photo Credit: Eyeshadow images from Polyvore and Stylehive.

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♦ To keep it chic stick to one colour. The eyeshadows above are just a few of the few eye popping shades available.

♦ Try a coloured false eyelash. Think more high fashion and less experimental pre-teen.

♦ Dip into the trend by simply replacing your usual eyeliner with a brighter hue.

♦ If the all over lid look is too bold for you, apply the color sparingly in the crease of the lid. The other day a client had a ‘look at me’ turquoise shade in the corners of her eye. It looked amazing.

♦ Finally, be creative! Make up your own rules.

Will you be going all bright eyed?

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