Deb

As promised, here comes Deb, Beatrice's friend, who kindly agreed to model for Beatrice's jewellery line. Deb has beautiful, full lips, so I really wanted to do a classic, pin-up-like-red-lip look on her. Here is a before picture, with her hair up.

As you would expect with people who have light hair, Deb's eyebrows weren't very visible, so I gave them some definition. I used an eyebrow powder rather than a pencil, to keep them soft and natural looking. Then her eyes got some contouring for extra dimension and black eyeliner, a really classy look.

I then created quite a sharp edge to the eyeshadow, almost like a cat-eye shape, to give the eyes a little extra 'lift'. Then onto my favourite part, the bright, bright red lips!

A little bronzer for contour, a blush and some mascara, and Deb was ready for photos, with her hair up and with her hair down, sporting Beatrice's canned necklaces.

Here is a before/after just so you can better see. Photos done by talented Christina Parker.

Beatrice

After a long summer break, I am back! Today I am going to share with you a photoshoot I did with Christina Parker. Our model was Beatrice who needed the photos for her new website. Beatrice creates exciting pieces of jewellery by 'upcycling' cans and other materials. You can have a look at her work if you visit Beatrice's Bazaar.

Here is a before picture of Beatrice, you can see she has a beautiful, even skintone and just a couple of problem areas to cover up.

Because she was going to wear silver as well as gold coloured jewellery during the photoshoot, I decided to use an elegant champagne colour on her lids that would complement both and also show off her brown eyes. 

I chose a soft, quite natural colour for her lips and ever so slightly filled in her brows. You can see below in these two photos how the makeup worked with gold and silver accessories alike.

 And finally here is a before/after with the same clothes, background and angle.

I'll see you soon again in my next post when I introduce you Deb, Beatrice's friend who also modelled with her jewellery.