Aubrey Organics is a fairly new brand onto the MAF radar, but one we wish we’d found a little earlier! Aubrey Hampton started the organic and natural product revolution back in the 60s, paving the way for other brands to follow, and his range of products are sold the world over, and if you pop by the website, you’ll see an impressive list of achievements, but also the sad news that he passed... 

Watt’s Up? Well, a soft focus highlighter for your face, that’s what! Housed in a lightbulb style bottle with a twist up cream at one end and a soft focus diffuser at the other, this makes highlighting your cheekbones effortless. Simply dab on the creamy champagne coloured highlighter onto the top of your cheekbones, then use the built in diffuser to soften down the colour and blur 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... 

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... 

There’s something about a product with a food related word in its name that makes it an instant appeal. Many years ago, Clinique released one of their ‘Almost’ lipsticks in the shade of Black Honey. It’s a soft and gentle just bitten berry stain with deep red undertones.  A year or so later, they decided to expand the Black Honey range, and introduced a nail colour (when they did nail colours,... 

Buried deep within the depths of your handbag is a lipstick, or 3.  A lipgloss, or 4.  Perhaps a blusher, maybe a spare eyeshadow, and most likely, a powder. You scrabble around looking for the product you need to touch up your face, and after bringing out a screwed up tissue, a bent cheque book and a half eaten tube of polo mints, you eventually find that item you need to perfect your face.  It’s... 

There are days when you just fancy some colour.  It doesn’t matter which colour you fancy trying, but you do expect it to come out of the pan and onto your eyelids, without losing any of it’s impact along the way. And it’s a rare high-colour shadow palette that can deliver that. Containing 6 high shine, high shimmer colours, the Blink and Go ‘Colour Tones’ palette does... 

With so many differing shades on the market for bronze; golden bronze, taupey bronze, orange bronze, or even bronzey bronze, it’s possible to skip past these metallic shades, thinking that they’re only for cheeks and face in the summer time.  Not so! International makeup artist, and ambassador for NEW CID Cosmetics, Mikey Phillips has created a look just for MAF, right from primer through... 

It’s that time of year again! As the days of summer and sunshine get closer it’s time to freshen up your make up with the nudes andneutrals of Spring/Summer 2011. There’s a lot to be said for toning down your make up and achieving a fresh, sun kissed look that looks fresh, pretty and enhances your features without going completely bare and avoiding the dreaded ‘washed out’ look. So to ease... 

So many pinks, so little time!  With every shade available, where do you look, which should you use, and which one actually suits your skin tone? Nadira V Persaud,  leading Make-up Artist with over 16 years of beauty expertise, who has generated work in beauty and fashion editorial, celebrity and advertising internationally and most recently worked on Marie Claire UK, You Magazine and Adidas has... 

Available from House of Fraser from RIGHT NOW, and nationwide from the beginning of May, the Bronze Goddess Soleil collection for 2011 is stunning. With a beautiful eyeshadow palette that mixes bronzes, sands and creams with a bright sea blue and a deep golden green, plus a pair of shadowstick duos in Pink/Teal and Gold/Bronze, there isn’t a summery look that you can’t create.  The... 

As a professional working makeup artist with far too many years under my belt, it’s fair to say that I see a lot of seasonal trends come and go, repeat themselves, then reappear a few years later.  It would also be fair to say that I’m a very fussy makeup artist and expect a phenomenal amount from a product, and for it to even make it’s way into my kit is a huge deal, let alone into... 

Normally, the product testers do individual reviews, which are posted here. This week however, one of our Moderators from the forum, the lovely Kylie Toft decided that a couple of lines was enough….  I have to agree, and the ensuing conversations were too amusing to leave out.  So copied here for your reading is the current ongoing conversation from the forum which you can access here!!! kylie Posted:... 

Like so many things with makeup, its easy to get into a rut, same colours, same products, same face every day. Time to step out of that comfort zone, and into some colours! This time, we’re featuring oranges (and a coral or two!).  But don’t ever be scared of colour, with a good quality eyeshadow, you can buff it down to a mere hint of colour, or use it as a flash line on your upper lashes. ... 

Red.  A colour that some run scared from, and others embrace with wide open arms.  Red is everywhere in Beauty, from nails to lips, eyes to cheeks, to perfumes and brushes. As a red fan, I had to take some time to see who’s got what out there, and build up a list.  When the list first started, it was quite small.  Its now huge!  Just have a look! But it’s not just me, or MAF that’s... 

For those that love and adore Smashbox products and collections, you won’t be disappointed with their latest offering for Autumn 2010, the Masquerade Collection.  For anyone who doesn’t know Smashbox products, this is as good a place as any to make a start. Eyes, lips, cheeks, everything covered for a Colour Collection (no bases, no concealers, just colour!) The first product I was drawn... 

Is it possible that a brand could be any more fun that Jelly Pong Pong? I’ve been using their products for quite a few years now, from back in the days of the infamous Hump Balm! Most recently though, I took away a handful of their products on my sunny funny holiday to Turkey, and they all came in handy! As the ultimate sparkly girly, I had to take the crystalliser away with me.  4 sparkly powdered... 

At the risk of sounding boring while I bang on about bronzers all summer as I meet and fall in love on a daily basis, I’ve decided that rather than cover MAF’s front page in articles about them, I’ll collate some of my favourites and put them all here for easy review! I’ve already enthused about Clinique’s and Estee Lauder’s bronzers, both of which I’ve been...