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... 

With stunning visuals, shot by photographer Cindy Sherman, MAC is fast out of the stable with a bright colour collection.  At first glance, it would appear that they’re trying to compete with Illamasqua for standout visuals, but that’s where the similarities end. MAC have taken a face and used it as though a child were drawing a cartoon.  Albeit a talented child, but it’s not trying... 

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... 

With the focus on monochromatic eyes and bold vibrant lips, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Autumn collection, Modern Mercury, from Estee Lauder is just another rehash of a collection from years gone by. Not so this one, delivered by the creative talent that is Tom Pecheux. With shimmering molten eyes, the lips are a smack of colour, but matte.  Just matte.  Edgy, cool, and totally... 

This week, we’ve been shipping out products for testing to some of the MAF readers, supporters and Twitter followers.  This first review comes from Twitter follower and MAF member, @Sweet_Miss_Jo who blogs over at beautyliciouslove. Please go and have a read of her blog, she writes with passion and from the heart, sharing little snippets of her and her beauty loves, plus some fantastic reviews... 

Bathing.  Splosh some bubble bath under a running tap and wash your body with a soap of some description.  That’s pretty much it, isn’t it?  Or if you’re the showering type, wash your body with whatever comes to hand and away you go… But does it really need to be a means to an end; simply a way of cleaning your body? Luxury brand Abahna have reawakened the desire to indulge in a body... 

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... 

There are so many variants of purple; plum, lilac, bright, muted, dark, light.  Everyone has a shade they ‘refer’ to when thinking of purples.  But really, anything does go!  Jules Cardozo-Marsh, Make-up Artist, has given MAF some of her suggestions on how to wear purples and lilacs  www.JulesCardozoMarsh.com  “This Spring/Summer, lilac and purple hues give a fresh and feminine... 

Bringing the best of British fashion and beauty together this summer, Alice Temperley and Elemis have collaborated to create the ‘Safari Travellers’. These limited edition luxury traveller collections have been specially created to help raise £40,000 for Mothers4Children charity available at John Lewis exclusively from 12th – 27th March 2011 before it’s available nationwide from late May. Designed... 

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...