We are delighted to welcome our newest team member Christopher Walton.
With a 25 year career, He has travelled the world delighing audiences with his creative shows, educational seminars and fascinating insight into hair colouring and skin tone analysis.
Christopher’s work is featured on TV and through the media. He also has lots of celeb friends who he has rescued and re-styled giving them red carpet hair to dye for (pardon the pun!)
Christopher has an historic connection with fashionable Knightsbridge and Mayfair and recently worked as Colour director in Selfridges London store in Oxford Street. He has a particular flair for corrective procedures and creating natural, beautiful results giving your hair a youthful appearance.
Call the studio now to book your complimentay consultation and hair / scalp analysis with Christopher and see what he can do for you!
Someone in the know sent us this fancy little widget today. At the moment it’s a minuature e-magazine featuring loads of nice products for your house updated every week. You can easily stick it on your blog (like we have), install it on your Facebook profile or MySpace page or even upload it to your i-Google page if you have one. Apparently, this little gizmo is going to grow into a much bigger animal soon and you’ll even be able to make some moolah out of it. Rumour has it that you’ll be able to create your own Top 10 Design Products and publish them wherever you choose! Then watch your bank account as the profit share rolls in!
I have a make-up guinea pig, my friend Emma. Her make-up is always fabulous. She lives by the “more is more” rather then “less is more” when it comes to glitter and bright eye shadows. I’m always getting tips on products from her. The latest find is from Collection 2000 Glam Crystals Dazzling gel eyeliner from Superdrug. Since seeing them on Emma and working a long day with her, I saw that the eyeliner hadn’t shifted and still looked good. I deemed it worthy of my kit and immediately went to buy some for my kit (only £2.99). My favourite are Le freak and Night fever!
Wow, what can I say, love the place it’s so cool. Michael and I had a busy old time. I went for two days and manged to pack in a photoshoot, hang out with the lovely Amy - owner of Fringe salon and her cool team. It was great to meet some real New Yorkers. Did some serious make-up shopping. Ricky’s on Broadway was my fave, so many goodies, had everything you could possibly want to do with hair and beauty. Sephora and M.A.C were great too, so cheap! I was like a make-up mule walking through customs on the way home.
www.rickys-nyc.com
www.fringesalon.com
Sun has been out and my legs were day glow white, can’t remember the last time my legs and arms saw daylight so had a panic buy of fake tan. I was pleasantly surprised when i used L’oreals new Nutri Summer Body Expertise. It was easy to use, didn’t make me look like an Umpa Lumpea and smelt really nice, not the normal gerbal piss smell. It’s half price at Superdrug at the moment!
I’ve had a couple of jobs lately that I’ve needed to use body paints for. I love rediscovering the old school make-up of the theatre. Charles Fox in Covent Garden is an Aladdin’s Den of Kryolan neon aquacolor palettes, cream colours and beautiful Fardel loose glitters. As well as theatrical looks, I’ve been using the Aquacolor neon palette for cool feline eyes and bright lips for strong looks. The colours are solid and matte, which is really in at the moment, they are also water-based so wash off easily. Have a look at 125 Magazine there is an amazing beauty story by Rankin. Kylie is also working the look in her new video. The Fardel glitter is really fine so you can dab it on top of your eye shadow and it will not drop - it looks fab!
Finally Nars has brought out this wonderful blush “Orgasm in the Multiple” cream stick, slightly pricey at £27 but worth every penny. I have been using the powder blush for years and everyone I use it on wants to run out and buy some. This will have the same effect. When a find I shop that hasn’t sold out of the Nars multiple I will be stocking up on a few!
I am enjoying the come back of matte lipstick and have used it on a few shoots. Worked on a music video a couple of weeks ago and used Glam by M.A.C. It looked amazing on Sarah, lead singer of Lazenby but when re-applied all day it’s sooo drying to the lips. So I lightly dabbed a tiny amount of balm to the the lips, blotting so as not to lose the matteness but keeping the pout. Before you put any lipstick on make sure your lips aren’t dry, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream is my fave. If you’ve got flakey lips you can apply a fair amount of this cream and buff lips lightly with a babies tooth brush. Also making sure you’re drinking enough water will help. Try Russian Red and Glam by M.A.C for perfect glamorous lips.
I love Fashion Week,not for the clothes (sorry Drew) but for the fabulous hair and make-up. Thank God the “no make-up look” wasn’t on trend this time round! There were lots of bold and beautiful, if not a little twisted looks from Noki and Comme Des Garcons. Even Marc Jacobs embraced the bonkers with dragged through a bush backwards hair. My fave was Galliano’s fairies with spray painted gold pin curls and baby blues and pinks on the eyes and lips.Not to mention the spiky brows and lashes. The flapper girls looked amazing too with dark eyes and diamante encrusted lips. Looking forward to seeing what London comes up with!
Are you feeling like your skin is dull and grey, much like the winter skies? Well worry no more girls, Giorgio Armani have come to the rescue with Radient Pigments in 18. A liquid blush that leaves the skin with a gorgeous, fresh glow. You wont be disapointed!
