BEAUTY INSIDERS
I’m definitely a bath
person, I always make
time for one at night. I love Ren’s
Rose Otto Oil, £25, both the bath
oil and the body oil are fab.
I shampoo and condition my
hair daily using my own Sacred
Locks line, from £22, but I’ll
alternate between the Fine Hair
Conditioner and Treatment
Masque (2) every other day,
unless I’m on holiday, in which
case I use the masque every day.
I love my Volumising Spray, £15,
too which I spritz on over my
rollers before heading out to
a party, and style with Aveda’s
Wooden Panel Brush, £17.
I’m currently developing my
own line of hair supplements,
but in the meantime I always
take Omega oils, a strong
probiotic and Vitamin C with
Iron. I love those Emergen C
sachets which I take daily to
keep my skin shiny and my hair
glossy. I really believe in looking
after yourself from within.
I don’t wear a lot of make-up,
only if I’m going out. My friend
Fiona Jolly who is a make-up
artist taught me to mix Chanel’s
Vitalumière Foundation, £43.50,
with a bit of Mac Strobe Cream,
£21, which works brilliantly as it
leaves me looking as though I’m
not wearing any make-up while
evening out my complexion. I’ll
brush on a bit of Mac’s Gingerlilly
Blusher, £16.50, and I will layer on
Mac eyeshadow, £11, using black
close to my lashes then brushing
over with a grey to soften it.
My favourite
mascara right
now is Max
Factor’s False
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£10.99. I also
adore Soap
& Glory’s
Sexy Mother
Pucker Lip
Gloss, £8.
I always
wear the
same scent
which is
Chanel’s Rue
du Cambon,
£160.”
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“I’m seriously into skincare, and in truth
I’m really high maintenance. Having
been a painter and artist before I
became a make-up artist, textures and
colours are so important to me, hence
my obsession with using products that
give you the best possible complexion.
The first thing I do is cleanse my
face with Dermalogica Chroma White
Tri Activ Cleanser, £24.60, then I use
their Microfoliant, £22.99, which really
polishes your skin. I like whitening
products because I love the way it
evens out your complexion. In the
“I’m obsessed with makeup
and skincare. In
my head I’m on a Forties
Hollywood film set”
morning, I also do an intense Japanese
face massage. I really roll and pinch
and use a little rolling machine to get
a lot of blood circulating to my face,
and then I plunge my face into freezing
cold water so it really tightens the
pores. As you might imagine, this does
get my face looking quite red. I love
Natura Bissé products, and layer these
on, especially the Inhibit Tensolift,
£460 (3). It doesn’t relax the muscles
so to speak, but it does smooth down
the lines – liquid Botox if you will.
For my eyebrows I use loads of
Illamasqua’s Eyebrow And Lash Gel,
£10.77, to get a really sharp shape.
For any problem areas I have
Dr Hauschka’s concealer, £15.31,
with lavender and rose, which doesn’t
clog up the skin but makes it looks
flawless. For my eyebrows I use
Benefit’s Babecake, £15.50, which
I wet with a brush then I fill in the
brows with an eyeshadow by
Illamasqua called Gimp, £14.
For the eyes, I use bone-like contour
shades by Illamasqua such as Slave,
Servant and Succumb (all £14) so I can
deepen the sockets. I use a liquid
eyeliner then I apply Lancôme’s
Hypnôse mascara, £20, to my lashes
if I’m not wearing false ones then I use
Illuminator, £11.74, under my eyes, just
around my nose and around my lips.
My favourite lip colour is the Box Red
Lipstick, £14, by Illamasqua (4) finished
with Cherry Lipliner by Mac, £10.50.
I always have red lips. I just love
wearing make-up.
I love applying
it, I love how it
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makes me feel.
Every
morning I use a
dry body brush
and have done
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for the last 16
years. I’m a
massive bath
person, I have
one in the
morning and
use epsom
salts because
WE WANT THAT
DRESSING TABLE
AND WE WANT IT NOW
I’m a runner. After the bath I have
a freezing shower then a hot shower
then a cold one again. I rub Rosemary
Leg And Arm Toner by Dr Hauschka,
£22.46, an old-fashioned alcohol toner,
which I use to tighten the skin on my
legs, and then I use Bliss Fat Girl Slim,
£28, before I go to bed to tone my
body while I sleep.
My emergency trick is Shu
Uemura’s DeepSea undereye
patches, £38, which are amazing.
You can see when you take them
off that the area turns white, lightning
any dark circles and lifting the skin.
I also mix egg whites, really fluff
them up, and add some lemon juice
then put that around my eyes, it gets
my skin super-tight so I can’t move
while the lemon juice kind of bleaches
my skin, really toning and lifting all the
while. But best of all is exercise, getting
some colour into your cheeks from
a good session at the gym or run
is fantastic for your complexion.
I haven’t tried Botox yet, but
I probably will, anything for the
pursuit of perfection. I’m not against
technology, I have a mobile phone
so why wouldn’t I use Botox?
I’m obsessed
with make-up,
with fragrance,
with skincare: in my
head I’m on a Forties
Hollywood film set
even if in reality
I’m sitting here
in Peckham.”
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