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... 

You’ve got the perfect lipstick, and it gets discontinued. You found the eyeshadow to end all eyeshadows, but it was limited edition. You’re like me, pale, but yellow toned, and finding a foundation to suit your colouring is virtually impossible. Well, this is where it all ends! Cosmetics a la Carte, the only bespoke cosmetics service, will fix that little annoyance in fairly quick time!... 

Perhaps a slightly random product to feature at first glance, as it’s the mixer that’s ‘meant’ to go with the other camouflage creams that Keromask makes, but I love this Yellow Mixer for it’s own unique qualities. Granted, I do love the Keromask camouflage creams, and I’ll be talking about them in a future featured article, but this one product is a makeup artist’s... 

Well, we’ve all heard about it now, that product that makes claims of making you look 10 years younger in 40 seconds. Well, it sort of depends on your age to start with, and the condition of your skin.  I can’t see a 20 year old using it and looking like a 10 year old again, but post 40, you could knock a fair few years off in a few seconds. I’m 37, and while I don’t think... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

When it comes to concealers, there’s a plethora of products on the market.  Some for dark circles, come for blemishes, some that just say ‘concealer’ on the packaging… But which is which, what’s the best for each area requiring concealers, and where on earth do you put the stuff! Under Eye Shadows If they’re not particularly dark, you just want something to take... 

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... 

Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Coverage Foundation, formerly known as Maximum Cover, it’s got a new name, and a whole new fanbase! Possibly the best ‘heavier coverage’ long lasting foundation that has passed by the MAF offices in a long time. Often, the 2 things don’t go hand in hand.  Heavy coverage usually means rapid displacement as the skin screams ‘breathe breathe’... 

Its all about the Yellows this week, with everything from nails to eyes, liners to bathing products, and some things in between, yes even lips…! Yellow can be sunny, it can be caramelly, it can be bright and it can be muted, but here are some top MAF picks for Yellow products to help you consider spring! Oh, and because MAF is based in North Wales, some Daffodils as it’s nearly St David’s... 

In an age where women put their makeup on at 7am and want to still look amazing at the end of the day, but without having to reapply their makeup, the ‘how to achieve’ this is getting easier as modern technology inside products gets better and better. I’ve been a priming type of makeup artist for many years, but still come across both consumers and makeup artists who don’t prime,... 

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... 

Have you heard of Rituals?  No?  Then why not?! This very clever and most innovative of companies takes mineral makeup to the next lever. It is a gentle formula opf minerals, without perfume and parabens, but with gemstones.  Yes, you read that correctly, gemstones! I’ve previously mentioned an eyeshadow with sapphire in it, and this particular palette is enriched with amethyst. But is there... 

Urban Decay Razor Sharp Ultra Definition Finishing Powder This is what they say – “Be Facebook-ready and camera-perfect everyday, thanks to this high tech finishing powder by Urban Decay. Razor Sharp’s silky, micro fine powder fools the eyes with ‘optical blurring’, and miraculously seems to airbrush away skin’s imperfections. It’s a smooth, flawless, soft-focus...