Winter Bridal Beauty Tips
As a hair and make-up artist who does weddings all year round, I wanted to break down why winter bridal beauty is my favourite, and how you can achieve a stunning winter look. Keep in mind, I used to do hair and make-up in Michigan and now live in a beach town in...
How to Layer Make-Up to Enhance Your Natural Features
The terminology of colour pop and contoured make-up has been used in the industry for many years, but it’s only recently that it’s become mainstream and exploded onto the mass market. ‘Colour popping’ is the art of layering make-up products to...
Honeymoon Beauty Essentials
You’ve planned your wedding day and now it’s time to get your suitcase packed with all those honeymoon beauty essentials. You’ll want to maintain your ‘just married glow’ throughout your honeymoon, wherever you may be! Lashes An effective...
Bridal Beauty Trends for 2017
The bridal beauty trends for 2017 are all about naturally chic looks. Brides will look to enhance their best features with discreet yet effective styling. On 2017 bridal collection catwalks make-up and hair has taken a step back with gowns given the prime focus. The...
Wedding Day Make-Up Products
Many brides do their own bridal make-up instead of using a professional wedding make-up artist. But to create the right look you need the right products. We have found some of the best wedding day make-up products that are perfect for if you choose to do it yourself....
Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Summer Glow Make-Up
Are you looking to create your own make-up look for your wedding? Do you want to capture the radiance of the sun for an endless summer glow? If so, the Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Summer Glow make-up collection is the perfect choice. This is a collection of glowing,...
Bridal Party Hair and Make-Up Timings
The bride will of course want to look her best and feel wonderful on her big day. Timing is the key to an enjoyable and relaxing wedding morning, and I am well aware of the time required for a bridal party’s hair and make-up, particularly the bride’s....
How to Create a Statement Bridal Make-Up Look
Bridal hair and make-up is a very personal thing. Some brides feel their wedding day is the one day to really make a statement and go for a bold look – something they may not usually try but will really make heads turn! The theme of a couple’s wedding day...
Lash and Mascara Tips for Brides
With any look, lashes do so much to frame the eyes. So, to make sure yours are looking beautiful and effortless on your wedding day, and all those happy tears won’t wash them away, here are my top lash and mascara tips… Double Tint Your Lashes My number...
Essential Make-Up Tools for Perfect DIY Bridal Make-Up
You’ve set the date, booked the venue and got your dress. You may be considering doing your own make-up on your wedding day, and why not, especially if you are going abroad for your wedding or you simply feel more comfortable doing it yourself. You may have...
Winter Inspired Alternative Bridal Looks
Today we have something rather different for you; the incredible pictures of two winter inspired bridal looks, for the bride who is looking for something alternative. Emma Brooks, part of the creative team behind these looks, calls them ‘edgy’,...
2016 Bridal Make-Up and Hairstyles from Team Glam
Ok ladies, if you are looking for ideas for your wedding hair and make-up, then you are in for a treat today. Team Glam has created some bridal looks to die for in their latest style collection for 2016. We love the bridal make-up looks for 2016 – and the...
Tips and Techniques for Long-Lasting Wedding Make-Up
The make-up you wear day to day will not be what you wear for your wedding day. The simple act of spending more time, attention, and effort to every aspect of your wedding, make-up included, is what creates the perfect day that you will remember and treasure forever....
How to Create Michelle Keegan’s Wedding Make-Up Look
After the recent wedding of Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright, many brides want to know how to create Michelle’s gorgeous, glowing look on themselves. So, I am going to give you a few ideas and tips on how to achieve Michelle Keegan’s wedding make-up look....
Bridesmaid Make-Up Tips
You may have decided to have one, four or more bridesmaids to stand with you on your wedding day. Best friends, sisters or cousins, your nearest and closest are sure to be there to help. But since everyone has their own preferences and style when it comes to make-up,...
Flower Wall Styled Bridal Shoot
We have something a little different for you today with this amazing Flower Wall styled shoot, showcasing the incredibly talented Team Glam, and their amazing hair and make-up skills. It is set against the most spectacular and vibrant flower wall, created by Lily and...
Top Tips to Prepare and Shape Eyebrows
Today I would love to discuss an often neglected and misunderstood area – eyebrows. Never underestimate the power of great eyebrows, especially for your wedding day. Eyebrows frame the eye, so the better prepared and shaped your eyebrows are the better your eyes...
Top 3 Exfoliation Products for Brides
The key to great wedding make-up is all in the preparation. Moisturising un-exfoliated or poorly exfoliated skin will never give the best results, as active ingredients will never penetrate deep enough. As a result skin looks dull, even if you use an expensive...
Pre-Wedding Skin Cleansing Tips
If you go to see a personal trainer once a week in the lead up to you wedding, how much good will that one session do you if you don’t exercise in between? A bit, but not a lot. It is better to exercise a bit every day to keep your body as healthy as possible....
Glamorous Bridal Beauty with a Modern Twist
Today’s feature is a beautiful bridal beauty shoot, with a mix of luxury and glamour with a modern twist. Claire Salter created the luxurious make-up and elegant hairstyles which are very fitting of the 50’s, and we just adore the headpieces from Debbie...
A Guide to Eyelash Curlers
When it comes to eyelash curlers, first off, the Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler is simply the best! To my mind it is the only eyelash curler that really delivers and gets the most out of your lashes. So many of my clients do not use an eyelash curler, even if they own one,...
Getting to Know – Claire Salter Bridal Make-Up and Hair
Interview with: Claire Salter Company Name: Claire Salter Bridal Make-Up and Hair Location / Coverage: Nottingham/ Nationwide & Thailand How did your business get started and how long has it been going? Several years back I had a very difficult time in my life...
Getting to Know – Wedding Hair and Make-up by Natasha Wiggins
Interview With: Natasha Wiggins Company Name: Wedding Hair and Make-up by Natasha Wiggins Location / Coverage: Hampshire and Surrey Describe your business I am a hair and make-up artist, and I also have a small team of hair and make-up artist that work for me for...
Tips for Long-Lasting Lipstick
To ensure your lipstick is long-lasting and your lips look luxurious, soft and moisturised lips are an absolute must! First, a quick tip… Buy a few tubes of clear lip gloss and leave them on your desk, in your handbag, in your coat pocket and near your bed. That...
Top Eye Make-Up Techniques
Beautiful eyes are the key to successful bridal make-up. Below are some of the best techniques to create wedding eye make-up in a way that defines the eyes beautifully for the photographs, and keeps them soft and sparkling during the day. Setting Eyebrows Eyebrows...
How to Create a 1950’s Wedding Make-Up Look
Many brides seek a 1950’s inspired look for their wedding make-up. Given the iconic, timeless beauty of the images of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, it is easy to understand why this is a style that is very much in vogue. The key to creating a 1950’s...
Choosing a Wedding Make-Up Artist
One of the many decisions any prospective bride faces when organising her wedding is whether to book a make-up artist for the big day. Rather than delve into the pros and cons (as a professional make-up artist I’ll admit I’m biased), I thought I would...
How to Create Perfect Smokey Eyes
Many of my clients ask for ways they can create a dramatic evening look to follow-on from their daytime natural bridal makeover. A smokey eye look can be fantastic for this, and here are my seven steps for creating the perfect smokey eye. How to… To ensure that...
Liz Earle Sheer Skin Tint
We recently reviewed the fantastic Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser by Liz Earle which I absolutely loved, so I was very excited when the lovely people at Liz Earle sent me their latest product which has just launched, their Sheer Skin Tint. Liz Earle Sheer...
10 Tips for a Stress-Free Wedding Morning
As I have had the privilege to be part of so many wedding mornings, I thought it may be useful to write my article this month on how to have a stress-free morning, and I don’t think enough emphasis is put on the start to your wedding day. Have Some ‘Me...
Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser
I want to share this great beauty product with you, the multi award-winning Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser. This multi-tasker removes every trace of make-up (even stubborn mascara), cleans skin and gently exfoliates when used with the muslin cloth....
Wedding Make-Up for Different Skin Tones
We all have different skin tones, so what can we do to ensure we have the right foundation choice and tones for our wedding make-up? Wedding Make-Up for Pale Skin Tones Foundation For all tones it is very important to get your base (foundation) spot on. If you are...
A Guide to False Lashes
Many brides want their wedding make-up to be very natural. I absolutely agree with this and I don’t feel you should be too far from how you normally look, just more of an enhanced you. False eyelashes are a great way of achieving a natural make-up look, and us...Sponsors
