Hello lovelies, 

I was a little obsessed with my HD brows palette for a while but after a freak accident, the shade I was using somehow crumbled and broke, I have been stranded in brow limbo! I have super fair blonde eyebrows and they are pretty sparse too. I keep them waxed in to a pretty thin line and then dye them just to bulk them out a little. They always need filling in too.

Recently, Make Up Store came to my attention and more specifically, their eyebrow trios. The middle shade is a perfect ashy taupey brown colour that closely mimics the HD shade. I’ve used this kit every single day since I got it and it’s brow love!

The trio is a nice dinky little size that takes up no space in my travel kit which is a huge bonus for me! 

The powder itself is divine. It feels almost creamy when you run your finger over it and I don’t get any dusty fall out on either the pan, my brush or even my brown. Finely milled and so smooth. The texture is just a pleasure to use.

I know a lot of people loved the HD brows because it came with a huge mirror and brush inside which made using the palette on the go easier, but I’ll be honest…. I don’t leave the house without my eyebrows “on” so I don’t really need to use this in situ throughout the day.

The selection of colours is great. The darkest colour works well on black and dark brown brows as well as setting gel liner whilst the mid tone and light shade work like a gem on lighter eyebrows.

I love the packaging, it has a luxe feel to it without the hefty price tag.

If you are eyebrow challenged like myself, or just want to be a little more groomed, then Make Up Store’s eyebrow trio is definitely the one for you!

You can buy Make Up Store Tri Brow kit here for £16.00

I have the foundation and powders on my wish list next!! Can’t wait to try those!

What do you use on your eyebrows? Have you tried Make Up Store before?

Stay tuned for something very exciting coming soon from Make Up Store here on www.ladyfromatramp.co.uk

No words for a change, all pictures…..

Hello Lovelies,


I recently entered a bit of a competition over on the Immediate PR blog in order to win backstage passes to Craig Lawrence’s LFW show. How exciting is that eh?!


I made it through to the first stage of the comp and for part 2, we had to predict a style that will be trend during A/W 2012.


I took my inspiration from Craig’s body of work, along with masses of brainstorming to come up with my completed style board. I decided not to style this one out on myself as I wanted to show lots of variations of the style and what better way to do it than with a style mood board.






When I think of knitwear, which Craig Lawrence is famed for, I think of softly delicate strands intertwined with each other to produce beautifully soft items.


This instantly made me think of curled, soft hair pinned up in a textured bun updo . An elegant, dishevelled ballerina but retaining it’s form and shape. Hair coming back from the face with body, bounce and curl rather than slicked back sleek. Perfect for naturally curly ladies or straight haired girls using appliances. 


I’m going to name this trend the Urban Ballerina. Traditional yet edgy and effortless.
  

With the weather being tricky to predict in A/W a pretty up do can be every womans failsafe go to style. Keeps your hair off your face in those muggy September days and protects your tresses from the window, rain and snow in the depths of winter.


Picture wearing a super soft, snuggly delicate knitted jumper or dress with this hair and I think it would be an easy look to recreate if you’re both naturally curly or need to tong.


The key to this look, in my opinion, is super conditioned hair and loose, effortless curls and to achieve this i’d use my number 1 favourite conditioner, which is actually the Rescue Treatment, to make hair super resilient and glossy.


I have naturally curly hair so i’d define my curls by using Twist Curl Cream to prep and groom the hair before drying and styling. For those ladies with enviable straight hair, a heat protectant is a must before tonging, or you could use Curlformers to set hair overnight without heat or stress.


A perfect messy bun comes from lots of volume and to save the hair from back coming damage, I’d use Thicken Elixir in the ends to plump hair up. Root lift around the crown would boost the volume even more so a good dusting of Powder Punch would really give your hair some OOMPH!


Now when the dark mornings arrive this Autumn, you know you can pull of a perfect, quick and easy up do to stay on trend AND save extra time under that lovely duvet!




Hope you all like my submission. I know I have had a lot of fun researching both Craigs work and some beautiful hair styles… as well as playing around with my own hair too!