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MELBOURNE HAIR AND MAKEUP ACADEMY

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Calling all beauty enthusiasts! Form a line and give a warm welcome to the new Melbourne Hair and Makeup Academy in Greville Street, Prahran, opened by the talented hair and make up artist Silvana Mitkovsk. The site brings together a hair and makeup salon, retail store and a training academy in one space.

The Australian hair and make-up artist aims to provide a beauty arena that promotes ethical products that are simultaneously high quality and luxurious. The line oozes pure glamour and elicits memories of the bygone Old Hollywood style with the aim to “make everyday gals feel like a film star”.

The store stocks a variety of makeup and haircare ranges that are not tested on animals and do not contain parabens, sulphates and other harmful chemicals. The brands include Beauty Is Life, Synthesis Organics,Alterna Haircare Bamboo, Cloud Nine Hair Styling Tools and Curtis Collection Make-Up.

Beauty is Life is a phenomenal European make-up range that is only available in Australia at the store. The German brand is hypoallergenic, against animal testing and famed for its high-quality products. The brand is a perfect fit for Silvana Mitkovski as it offers products that “are good for the environment and good for our health without compromising glamour”.

Synthesis Organics is an Australian organic, cruelty-free, vegan and environmentally friendly skincare line.Alterna Haircare Bamboo offers organic haircare products without harsh chemicals that are perfectly complemented by Cloud Nine Hair Styling Tools. Curtis Collection Makeup is an Australian line that provides high quality mineral makeup designed to “make women glow from within”.

Customers are provided with expert assistance through the team of industry professionals, makeup artists and hair stylists on hand to answer questions and provide stunning makeovers. Silvana Mitkovski delivers even further by providing stylists to work with customers on location as well and is also launching make-up and hair training modules.

If you’re passionate about beauty and want the ultimate experience, this boutique is the place for you. One thing’s for sure, Silvana Mitkovski will undoubtedly set a new benchmark in beauty service!

The Melbourne Hair and Makeup Academy is located at 109 Greville Street, Prahran. Hours are Tuesday to Friday 12pm-6pm and Saturday 10am-6pm. Find out more and purchase products online at www.makeuphairacademy.com.au

BOBBIE AND KATIE COLLECTION

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Bobbi Brown and Katie Holmes have joined forces to bring you a makeup line ideal for the busy, modern woman. Renowned for creating makeup that is ‘simple, flattering and wearable’, the new line includes the limited edition Bobbi & Katie Palette and the Mini Brush Set, which hit stores from September 15.

The brush set and cosmetic case are sized perfectly to fit your handbag and encapsulate the notion of ‘beauty on the go’.

The Bobbi & Katie Palette is the essential face palette with an interior mirror, eight eye shadows, two pot rouges and a mini eye pencil. Encased in a ‘journal’ that was inspired by Katie’s own journal, the palette is stylish and chic. The shades include neutrals, pinks, browns and shimmery pastels making the palette versatile enough to use for both day and night!

The eyeshadow shades include a shimmery pink chiffon, metallic brown sugar, metallic pink quartz, metallic black cocoa, ballet sparkle, stone, and antique rose eye shadow.

For blush, you can alternate between a lighter pretty pink color or a deep raspberry shade. To line eyes, look no further than a chocolate coloured eye pencil.

To complement the gorgeous shades in the face palette, meet the Mini Brush Set! Taking up minimal space and time you’ve got no excuse not to whip out a brush for a flawless makeup finish. The chic brown cosmetics bag includes four mini brushes you can use with the palette to complete your beauty look. Brushes include the Mini Face Blender Brush, Mini Eye Shadow Brush, Mini Eye Sweep Brush and Mini Smokey Eye Liner Brush.

The Bobbi & Katie Palette and Mini Brush Set retail at $115 each and are available for a limited time only. So get in quick to cut time on your makeup routine without compromising on its quality!

Bobbi Brown is available at Myer, David Jones and www.bobbibrown.com.au

OLD HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY ICONS

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Elegant, blonde bombshells, ravishing brunettes, daring, sexy, sophisticated.. old Hollywood stars have given the beauty world their fair share of beauty icons.

Couturing brings you some of our favourites and their most memorable beauty moments.

Grace Kelly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The golden girl of the 50s – later the Princess of Monaco – radiated beauty. As her name suggests she was the epitome of grace with creamy porcelain skin, bright blue eyes, and blonde shoulder length hair elegantly curled and fashioned into classy chignons. Kelly’s beauty style focused on creamy, velvet skin with a light application of apricot blush on the cheeks. Her brows were normally brushed upwards and the inner rim of her eyes were occasionally lined. Kelly’s signature lip shades varied between a pretty peach or classic Hollywood red.

One of Kelly’s best beauty moments was her flawlessly elegant look at her wedding to the Prince of Monaco. The star had her blonde hair swept off her face in a high bun, with creamy skin, contoured cheekbones, apricot coloured lipstick and a strong brow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marilyn Monroe

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synonymous with sex appeal, Monroe was a seductive 1950s movie star. Curvy, glamorous and talented, the world (especially men) fell in love with Marilyn. The star proved that ‘gentlemen prefer blondes’ with her peroxide blonde hair glamorously curled in a bob. Her makeup was all about the wow factor, with porcelain skin, contoured cheekbones and a splash of eye-popping red lipstick. Monroe commonly wore false lashes and black eyeliner for the winged-eye look and sported a beauty spot on her lower left cheek. The luscious blonde bombshell famously declared that all she wore to bed was her signature perfume Chanel No. 5.

One of our favourite looks is Monroe’s version of casual beauty. Her hair was curled and slightly windswept, her eyes winged with black eyeliner and a bright fuschia lipstick gave the wow factor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audrey Hepburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The movie star who made the world crave breakfast at Tiffany’s is a fantastic beauty icon, as she stood out with her magnificent bone structure and high cheekbones. The beautiful brunette had porcelain skin, full arched eyebrows and deep brown eyes. Differing from the blonde bombshells of the 50s, Hepburn’s beauty style was understated and always elegant. Her hairstyles were normally short and worn up of her face fashioned into chignons and buns. Hepburn’s makeup was normally minimal, with soft peachy pink blush and a soft peach lipstick.

A notable beauty moment was in the iconic film Sabrina. Her strong brows are the centre of her look, with a flick of black eyeliner, blush and soft lipstick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brigitte Bardot

The sexy, sultry star of the 60s made bed-hair and smoky eyes fashionable. Her long blonde locks were full of volume, slightly waved and made her look as if she’d just rolled out of bed. The star’s blue eyes were normally framed with black winged liner on the upper lid and smudged on the lower rim, with thick lashings of mascara for a true smoky effect. Bardot’s lips were full and plump with her signature colour a soft baby pink lipstick.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The strikingly beautiful actress was part of Hollywood’s ‘golden age’ leaving behind an impressive legacy. The sultry star had jet black glossy curls, piercing blue eyes and a porcelain complexion. She exuded pure glamour with the help of her elegant makeup and hair style. Taylor stood out with her defined brows, a flick of black eyeliner on the upper lid and creamy rose coloured lips.

Taylor will undoubtedly be remembered for her stunning beauty look playing Cleopatra. Her shoulder length black hair was braided with gold thread and framed her face with a full fringe. Taylor’s complexion glowed with bronze blush conturing her cheekbones and a soft nude-pink colouring her lips. The focus was on Taylor’s eyes, with dark defined brows, blue shadow and a thick winged black eyeliner making her look truly mesmerising.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The wonderful thing about these icons of old Hollywood is that their beauty and their style are classically transferable from them to now. Perhaps take some of their favourite looks and be inspired for a new ‘old’ look for you today. It shows that the old addage is true, Beauty transcends time.

Images via Fanpop, Inspired Wedding,Luscious Life, Topricin and Silver Screen Suppers.

THE TOP BEAUTY LOOKS AT PARIS FASHION WEEK

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It’s the time of year where the weird and wonderful in beauty is vigorously encouraged! Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week sees a fabulous display of the latest designs for Autumn with dizzying arrays of fantasy inspired makeup and hair.

There was a predominant focus on clear skin and barely there makeup at this year’s fashion week. The beauty looks were generally elegant and simple with the rare runway pulling out a show-stopping style!

Couturing brings you their favourite beauty looks from Paris Haute Couture.

Jean Paul Gaultier: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This runway was all about releasing the animal within! Jean Paul Gaultier stood out for its exaggerated hair styles with four different up-do’s created by Odile Gilbert. Style one saw  models’ hair fashioned into the “Chintilly Chignon”, designed to resemble a “tall, swirly mound of whipped cream”. The second look incorporated long hair extensions wound around sparkly rollers for an almost sci-fi style. Other models’ hair was wound into an extremely high topknot bun whilst the most exciting look saw animal leopard prints painted onto hair!

Jean Paul Gaultier didn’t disappoint with their makeup either, as artist Lloyd Simmons channelled the early seventies for inspiration! The focus was on cat like eyes using thick black liner, white liner top open eyes and brown eyeshadows.

 

Valentino


 

 

 

 

 

 

The beauty look at Valentino was feminine and beautiful with echoes of fairytale princesses. Makeup was soft and natural with dewy skin, pretty pink blush swept onto the apples of cheeks and petal pink eyeshadow and lipstick. Models’s hair cemented the fairytale princess look as it was swept into a chignon with a centre part and finished with a delicate headband braid.

Armani


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flappers from the Great Gatsby era were centre stage at Armani. Elegance and sophisticated glamour oozed off the runway as both the hair and makeup were flawless! Linda Cantello created the 20’s inspired look focusing on luminous skin, silvery lids, no mascara and deep pink lipstick. The hair was styled into a faux bob, with the fringe slightly waved for an extra glamourous look.

Chanel


 

 

 

 

 

 

The look was somewhat masculine at Chanel. Hair was pulled back harshly off the face and fashioned into a pompadour and sleek ponytail. Eyebrows were thick and bushy with little arch and cheekbones were emphasised with rosy pink blush. Makeup artist, Peter Philips, kept the eyes subdued with no mascara and finished the look with a splash of soft pink lipstick.

Dior


 

 

 

 

 

 

It was all about working the pout on the Dior runway this year! Artist, Pat McGrath, created a metallic, reflective lip using bronze, lilac and dark rose shades that looked truly magical glistening under the bright lights. The lips had a wet finish and were mesmerising to see! The rest of the makeup was kept fairly simple with bold brows, gold flecks in the inner rim of eyes and light eyeshadow. The hair was tightly slicked back into a bun and wet with glitter

Elie Saab:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The beauty at Elie Saab was graceful and incredibly wearable. The hair was pulled back into an elegant chignon with the fringe swept across the forehead to the side. The makeup injected some modernity to the look with black and metallic shading the eyes. Thick black mascara was piled onto lashes as well as a flick of black eyeliner to make the eyes stand out. The rest of the makeup was kept simple and finished with a subtle rosy pink lip.

 

TRIED & TESTED: L’OREAL PARIS COLOUR RICHE LIPSTICKS

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Searching for the perfect Winter lipstick? L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche lipsticks are the answer. Incredibly nourishing, these lipsticks are the answer to attaining comfort as well as glamour.

The Colour Riche ‘Naturals’ line are lip shades designed to suit every woman’s hair and skin colouring. The tailor made shades aim to provide your perfect colour match from nude to intense red.

The lip colours designed for blondes and fair skin colouring are delicate pinks and cool browns. Brunettes and those with olive skin are instructed to wear warm browns and plums , whilst those with dark skin should wear purple, bronze and glimmers of gold.

During winter, skin can become flaky and dry so it’s important to use makeup products with moisturising qualities. But, if you think that means you have to sacrifice rocking a beautiful lipstick you are sorely mistaken! The L’Oreal lipsticks use a combination of Omega 3 Oils and Vitamin E to ensure lips are cared for and remain smooth and healthy. The lipsticks glide onto lips easily and feel incredibly creamy.

Rose Tendre (No. 303) is a frosty, pale pink shade intended for blondes. This lipcolour delivers a fairly sheer tint, although it can be built upon. A notable aspect is the shimmery effect it has on the lips to add some glimmer to a daytime makeup look. Rose Tendre is very pale reminiscent of sixties babydoll pink lips.

Sensual Rose (No. 379) is a rose pink shade intended for light brunettes. This colour is shimmery with flickers of gold showing up on the lips. The golden frostiness of the lip colour makes it an exciting lip colour to try out that is suitable for both day and nighttime wear. Sensual Rose provides more of a sheer tint to lips than a dramatic splash of colour and would suit blondes as well as brunettes.

Once again L’Oreal delivers in terms of packaging. The lipsticks are encased in a classy, sleek golden tube giving them a more upmarket feel. A real bonus is the ‘clip lock’ lid that means your lipstick is extra secure and won’t become separated from its lid.

So if you’re after an affordable lipstick that will work wonders on your pout during winter look no further than L’Oreal Colour Riche lipsticks!

Images courtesy of L’Oreal Paris and Blogspot.