My fave mascara of the moment is L’Oreal Telescopic in Carbon Black.
The comb means you get right to the root and no clumps. Its also blacker than black - all of these elements making for lush lashes.

I recently came across the Make Up Store in Westfield (there’s also one on Carnaby Street) on one of my long BBC lunchbreaks.

I love this shop; it’s well laid out, tactile and inviting - you’re encouraged to touch and try the makeup. At the moment they’re giving a way a lovely glossy magazine packed with inspiring makeup looks and practical makeup tips.

I absolutely love the bright pink, blue and purple goat-hair brushes and eye dust in Perfect (purple). I also love the glitter in Scorpio (black), which you can use with their mixing liquid so it doesn’t drop.

The sun is out: Hoorah! Feeling pasty? I just got the Bronze Goddess compact bronzer from Estee Lauder. It’s matte and a really good, natural tone - the perfect product to breathe some life into you after this long, cold winter. Normally I would say chuck the free brush that comes with a compact, but hang on to this one, it’s really good; real bristles, full and good application - the best I’ve seen in a compact.

Make-up is taking a break from the gothy, 80’s vamp look. The colours that dominated the catwalks at fashion week were block pastels and brights for the eyes. This is such an easy, fresh look to recreate; just wash colour all over lid  - no blending required - (you can also put under the lower lashes) and apply lashings of mascara - simple!
Fair skins suit peachy/rose shades, medium skins suit lilacs and pinks and dark skins look great with greens and corals.
Top tip: don’t match pastel lips and eyes. It’s either or.

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

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!