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Beauty Quotes

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beauty quotations

“There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others”

– Mandy Hale

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“Outer beauty pleases the EYE. Inner beauty captivates the HEART.”

– Mandy Hale

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“Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear”

– Taylor Swift

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“Whole life is a search for beauty. But, when the beauty is found inside, the search ends and a beautiful journey begins.”

– Harshit Walia

“If people were more concerned with how they looked on the inside, then on the outside, the world would be a nicer place to exist.”

– David Walsh

“Inner beauty never gets older”

– Unknown

“A great figure or physique is nice, but it’s self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.”

– Vivica Fox

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

– Confucius

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“Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.”

– John Ray

“The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.”

– Francis Bacon

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“Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”

– Anne Frank

“The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”

– Chanakya

“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.”

– Rosalind Russell

“For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.”

– Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

“Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder.”

– Aldous Huxley

“Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”

– Saint Augustine

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.”

– H. G. Wells

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“Beauty is whatever gives joy.”

– Edna St. Vincent Millay

“Beauty is not caused. It is.”

– Emily Dickinson

“To love beauty is to see light.”

– Victor Hugo

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”

– Maria Mitchell

A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

– George Meredith

“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”

– Aristotle

“Beauty is a fragile gift.”

– Ovid

“Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.”

– Dante Alighieri

“The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.”

– Albert Einstein

“Real beauty knocks you a little bit off kilter.”

– David Byrne

“Things are beautiful if you love them.”

– Jean Anouilh

“Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.”

– Charles Lamb

“The problem with beauty is that it’s like being born rich and getting poorer.”

– Joan Collins

“Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?”

– Clara Schumann

“Integrity reveals beauty.”

– Thomas Leonard

Brigette Bardot’s 1960’s Glamour with Modern Day Twist Makeup Tutorial

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This Makeup Tutorial was demonstrated by Professional Makeup Artist Stevie Brook Colley you can find more about Stevie at:

Twitter: @CoileyStevie
Instagram: steviebrookmua

I created this look based up Brigette Bardot’s 60’s glamour , Smokey eye and nude lip, yet show how it can be used in modern day with a sleek hair up.

Eyebrows:

Mac Brun and Embark through the brows using a slanted eyeliner brush.

Eyes:

Topshop grunge stick all over the lid and blended with a mac 217 brush, blended slightly under the eye finished with eye liner and false lashes.

Face:

I primed the face with a pore minimising primer and used mac face and body in c4, to contour I used mac sculpting powders and mac soft and gentle to highlight the top of the cheekbones and down the centre of the nose and Cupid’s bow

Lips:

Prepped with mac prep and prime for lips, then lining the lips with a Nude lip liner and filling a nude lipstick.

East Asian Makeup Tutorial

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Professional Makeup artist Hollie Kempton has provided the latest makeup tutorial covering the topic of East Asia Makeup application. You can contact Holly on Facebook here

Step by step – East Asian Makeup.

1. Start by prepping the skin, I’m using ‘Clinique daily defence moisturizer’ and I’m putting that all over the skin.

2. Next I’m using ‘Fix plus’ by Mac to give the skin the refreshing glow.

3. Then I’m adding ‘Baby skin – instant pore eraser primer’ for a good base for the makeup.

4. I’ll start by doing the eyebrows using my Sleek pallet in the colour dark. Using the wax to start off with, getting a sleek looking brow and go over it with the powder completely filling in the brow. Using the eyebrow brush by Real techniques.

5. Underneath the eyebrows I will apply a concealer, to give the eyebrows more of an edge finished look, with a flat C170-4 brush.

6. Go back over the eyebrows with powder if needed.

7. Next I’m applying ‘Select cover up’ by Mac NC20, all over the lid for a base to help the makeup not slide during the day. Blended with a 217 brush by Mac.

8. Applying ‘Buck’ from the Urban decay naked 1 pallet in the crease of the eye to create a deeper socket line and again blend up with a 217 brush.

9. Using the colour ‘Verve’ by the Urban decay Naked 2 pallet apply all over the lid using flat eye shadow brush by Fraulein.

10. To get the full intensity of the purple pigment, I’m using 3 different purples. First I’ll be applying from ‘Elf purple pigment’ colour in the crease and outer corner of the eye lid. Using an angled brush by Royal & Langnickel.

11. The next purple I’ll be using is from the Electric pallet by Urban decay using shade ‘Urban’. Again into the crease and outer corner for more intensity.

12. To get a darkened out edge I’ll be using ‘Young punk’ by Mac. It has a mixtures of colours as it’s from the Mineralise eye shadow line. Also apply some fix plus to your brush so you can get the full effect of the pigment.

13. To get a perfect shaped eyeliner flick, I used a bit of tape from the end of the eyebrow to under your lower lashes.

14. Using a mixture of the new ‘Benefit push up liner’ and Mac ‘Black track B43’ to create a nice eyeliner finish.

15. Now take off the tape from under the lash line and you should have a nice eyeliner finish.

16. Next apply a tiny bit of mascara, I’m using the ‘Collection 2000’ by Max Factor.

17. Apply some false eyelashes to enhance the look, using Duo glue and tweezers.

18. Apply the ‘Elf Purple pigment’ under your lower lashes to enhance the purple eyes, with a small angled brush and blend with the Urban decay – Naked 3 blending brush.

19. Apply ‘Select cover up’ by Mac over blemishes and dark circles with a concealer brush.

20. Next for the foundation, I mix ‘Face and body N1’ by Mac, with ‘Studio Sculpt NW25’ by Mac. I mix the two to because I don’t want the end result looking too oily and wet. Applied with an Expert face brush by Real techniques.

21. Next apply ‘Set powder’ by Mac to stop the makeup from sliding. Apply with a Powder Brush by Real Techniques.

22. For contouring, starting at the top of the cheek bones, I apply ‘Sculpting powder’ by mac with a Contouring brush by Real Techniques. Using it over the cheekbones and jawline and temples.

23. After contouring, apply some bronzer over the cheekbones, I’ll be using ‘Baked blush’ by Elf.

24. I’ll apply highlighter, sitting on top of the cheekbones by using the product ‘Urban decay Illuminator’.

25. Apply ‘Spice’ by Mac Lip pencil.

26. Next apply ‘Baby lips’ by Maybelline to give your lips Hydration in prep for the lipstick.

27. Lastly, apply ‘Hug me’ by Mac all over the lips to give your make up the beautiful finish.

Hope you enjoyed the makeup tutorial. Check out our Makeover Photoshoot Experiences which are also available as Gift Vouchers

1980’s Style Makeup Tutorial

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This video tutorial was demonstrated by Professional makeup artist Hollie Allison. You can find more about Hollie via her Facebook page,  or via her Instagram account @missholliej

Below is list of products used during the demonstration. Gosh it takes me back to my youth. Loved the 1980’s but didn’t realise at the time how iconic the look would be, together with the music of the time, what a great era. Hope you enjoy the tutorial.

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Eyes

  • Mac paint pot shade layin low all over lid
  • Bright blue eye shadow up to socket line
  • Light blue eye shadow on brow brown area
  • Eyebrows filled in with hd dark brown
  • Black gel eyeliner
  • Black pencil eyeliner
  • Mascara

 Face

  •  Mac base visage primer
  • Foundation Mac nw18 and nw45 mixed to models skin tone
  • Contour studio fix powder nw45
  • Concealer used from crown brush pallet
  • Blusher Mac dolly mix and breath of plum
  • Lips nude lip liner pink apocalips Rimmer
  • Mac translucent powder all over the face
  • Go over with blusher

Hope you enjoyed the makeup tutorial. Check out our Makeover Photoshoot Experiences which are also available as Gift Vouchers.

Paper sizes

paper sizes from A0-A8

This handy illustration shows all the paper sizes from A0 to A8 and their dimensions in mm. I often find myself surfing the net to find such an illustration, so thought I would do one for myself. Hope you find it useful.

Description mm inches
A0 1189 X 841 46.86 X 33.11
A1 841 X 594 33.11 X 23.39
A2 594 X 420 23.39 X 16.54
A3 420 X 297 16.54 X 11.69
A4 297 X 210 11.69 X 8.27
A5 210 X 148 8.27 X 5.83
A6 148 X 105 5.83 X 4.13
A7 105 X 74 4.13 X 2.91
A8 74 X 52 2.91 X 2.05
A9 52 X 37 2.05 x 1.46
A10 37 x 26 1.46 x 1.02