Image located via google stock shots. Creating an image unique to us, was far more than the capabilities of the MAF team... Well, I managed to forget our Birthday last week.  To be fair to myself, I was nursing a sick child, sick husband and ended up writing the week off as a bad job when I ended up on Antibiotics myself…! I did however have a lovely Tweet from the Image Box PR team wishing... 

Are you okay with being addressed in such a way? According to Twitter, many are not.  Personally, I’m not bothered! I never get involved with Twitter bashings, and in actual fact, I haven’t seen anything recently on there (I’ve been nursing a collective of ill children!) and haven’t been on twitter properly really since before Christmas, so this isn’t a response to anything... 

The next part to our Alphabet Game series is focusing on all things body beautiful. We’ve tried and tested body lotions, bathing products, body creams, body exfoliators, stretch mark creams, contouring products, tints and tans! You may well recognise some of the names of our testers, they featured in our A is for Anti-Ageing article, and are featuring here again, with a few new names to the group! As... 

We don’t very often run competitions here on MAF. Not because we’re stingy and mean, but because of the politics involved with competitors. A few months ago, I saw a twitter competition run by a cosmetics school, get so nasty that a friend of mine was verbally attacked and some very disgusting remarks were made about her daughter.  All for the sake of some brushes. What that company did... 

Woo Hoo, I love Oskia. I’m really rather in love with the Renaissance Mask, and lighting the massage candle has become a nightly ritual! They have the most incredible products, I’ve talked about them before and the background to the brand, and now, for you lucky readers, we have been given an exclusive discount for 20% off any order! That’s huge! So, if you’re stopping off at... 

Today, you have the chance to win ALL FIVE of the charmingly delightful Paul and Joe Ornamental Self Select Eyeshadows. See, there’s no need to self select, because you’re going to get all FIVE of them! Woo Hoo! Seen on our First Day of Christmas Gift Guide (Something for a Friend), and kindly donated by BeautyBay, these 5 darling shadows in their own Christmas Ornament packaging could... 

Time is very much of the essence here. I work 3 ‘shifts’ per day in order to juggle motherhood and MAF. I work when my children are at school and the baby is asleep. My husband works silly hours, he leaves for work hours before anyone else is out of bed, and gets home after the children are asleep. Or if he’s on night duty, leaves as we’re sitting down for our evening meal,... 

After 4 long and gruelling months, we’re pretty much there with the MAF makeover! We’ve not been able to integrate the forum completely (former webdude lost a bit of important data!), however, if you take a look to the right…. you’ll see a live feed from the forum and see what we’re all talking about! The decision to not integrate the directory has been mine, and there... 

Anti Ageing is something that all of us are going to think about at some point in time. We’re either forward thinking and will plan ahead, we’re maintaining our skincare, or we’re desperately trying to turn back time.  No matter where you go, there’s a phenomenal amount of information out there, the beauty counters are overflowing with products and information, and the science... 

Saturday 26th November would have been Sophie’s 25th birthday. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation aims to Stamp Out Prejudice, Hatred and Intolerance Everywhere [their fantastic website and Facebook page will tell you more] The aims and objectives of the Charity are as follows: To create a lasting legacy to Sophie. To provide educational group-works that will challenge the prejudice and... 

Urban Retreat has teamed up with glamorous British designer Maria Grachvogel to offer one lucky winner the ultimate, head to toe make-over prize. This incredible prize, worth up to £2,000, includes  a day of pampering at Urban Retreat’s flagship Super Salon on the fifth floor or Harrods followed by an afternoon chooising the dress of your dreams from Maria Grachvogel’s coveted collection. The... 

Glitter is that item that is both glorious and terrifying in equal measure.  Glorious, because when it’s applied well, it looks incredible.  Terrifying, because when it goes wrong there’s no escaping it.  But glitter really doesn’t have to be scary.  It doesn’t have to be an overload of shimmer, as though Christmas has just exploded over your face, it can be subtle, it can... 

This week has been all about the children.  With 4 sons aged 8, 6, 3 and not-quite-6-months, there’s always something going on, someone with an injury, or generally just a boy being a bit too inquisitive. The week started out well, but went rapidly downhill after a freak accident with a freshly poured black tea and an inquisitive baby.  I want to say a massive thank you to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd (Ysbyty... 

Its a golden day when you can break out a gold shadow or polish and not look like you’re about to hit the dance floor.  Gold isn’t as hard to wear as you may imagine, and because there are so many golds; rose gold, honey gold, white gold, there is one for everyone. It doesn’t only have to be kept to the editorial or fashion pages, it is wearable… But I love gold, and used... 

Strictly Come Dancing is back, and with it, a veritable snowstorm of glitz and glamour, sparkle and shimmer! QVC have put together their own line up of products that would give you a Strictly sense of Sparkle!   First up is the Extreme Glimmers Set from Bare Escentuals, with sparkling nude, gold and copper-green, plus the essential primer for pure colour intensity and an easy grip brush for... 

MAF is currently undergoing a bit of a makeover, so forgive the layout at present.  The very talented web designers are creating the perfect website for us and for you…. However, you can still read all the existing articles, and the new ones that are being written as we speak! There will be a fanfare when it goes live, and I can’t wait for the mini party!  It will be just ahead of our... 

Well, she did it! After beating off thousands to win a place in the Top Model House, then slowly and surely knocking off the competition, on Monday night, we saw Jade Thompson crowned as Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model. What the judges and critics kept saying was that she has a unique beauty, and she most certainly does.  With that amazing hair, those incredible lips and freckles that... 

Silver isn’t as simple as just being silver.  It could be a chromatic version, or a shimmer wash, a sheer wash of colour, or a wet-look metal.  Wear it all over your mobile lid for a wow impact of colour, as seen here, created by Ellis Faas using her Lights shadow, or just a flash of colour across the inner half of your lash line.  Add it to a lipstick to give that a hidden inner glow, or...