Friday, December 31, 2010
A night of fireworks, champagne and frivolity calls for at least a red lip, smokey eye or some glitter. Take your pick, or if you’re game like me, do it all. Have a fabulous New Years and see you next year! Lots of love, Anni xxxx Helene Desmettre shot by Gaetan Caputo for L’Officiel Ukraine [...]
Nothing beats a red lip. It’s fun, sophisticated and by far the quickest look in in any makeup maven’s repertoire. Keep it simple and classic with clean skin, curled lashes and a slick of a blue-based red. Bobbi Brown’s lipstick in Red Number 10 is the one to try. Et voila, stunning for day or night. [...]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Oh yes! It’s couture time! Over three days of last week Paris held the couture shows where 10 labels offered to us their finest work. I have the hugest passion for dresses and the haute couture shows always blow me away with their romanticism and intricate beauty. There were two absolute standouts for makeup from [...]
I started learning Italian at university because of three men. The first was John the Baptist by Caravaggio: John the Baptist by Caravaggio, 1604. (Pic from Wiki) After discovering this artwork I became fanatical about baroque art. All of the drama, rich colours and intense lighting pulled me in. The other two gentlemen were Domenico [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Like everyone else out there, I’ve been watching (and obsessing over) HBO series “True Blood”. I can’t believe season 2 just finished! What am I meant to watch now!?! All of the romance, supernaturalism, melodrama, blood, pretty sweethearts and handsome, broody vampires got me thinking about red lips, naturally. For me, red lipsticks are the [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
I’ve been fortunate enough to be pretty busy recently. Yay! It comes in waves, a job here and there, and then, 6-7 days a week for a few months straight! And excitingly, I got an iPhone just as my work really picked up! So I’ve been recording all of my exciting shoots on my iPhone [...]