Christmas brush sets!

I have shopped around and picked the ultimate make-up brush sets to add to your Christmas wish list.

The Tom Ford Deluxe twelve piece brush set 

£650.00 (yes you did read that correctly!!!)

Trisha McEvoy Power of tools brush collection contains nine brushes 

£180.00

Trisha McEvoy Effortless Beauty deluxe travel brush set of five brushes in a pink clutch

£100.00

Bobbi Brown Basic brush collection - six essential brushes

£144.00

Bobbi Brown Old Hollywood collection travel brush set contains signature travel brush set with eight tools of the trade in totable sizes.  Includes a Foundation Brush, Touch Up Brush,  Dual Ended Concealer/Eye Blender Brush, Smokey Eyeliner Brush, Ultra Fine Eyeliner Brush, Eye Shadow Brush, and  Sheer Powder Face Brush.

£89.00

Laura Mercier Luxe travel brush collection contains nine brushes in a brush pouch £65.00

Christmas mini brush set contains four brushes from Dior 

£57.00

Nars travel brush set contains four brushes in a pouch 

£55.00

MAC Stroke of Midnight Brush sets.  There are three to choose from essentials, smoky eye and mineralize.

£42.00

Real Techniques starter set 1406

£21.99

Make-up advent

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In Ancient Rome crocodile excrement was used as a facial mud pack!

Behind the scenes on a Glamour Magazine shoot

In the November issue of UK Glamour magazine I did the make-up and hair for a shoot with Timberland and  the make-up for a shoot with Calvin Klein, hair by Choccy.
See pictures from behind the scenes below. The Calvin Klein shoot was shot on location in a beautiful location house in Camber Sands, it was the hottest day of the year it felt like we were working in Spain not England.  The Timberland shoot was shot on location again this time in Camden, a minibus was our base for styling.  See how rain was created for the shot!  The official tearsheets can be seen on my website
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October Update!

I hate winter it is official but thankfully October has been relatively mild and sunny in parts so it is not all bad, plus we have just booked our belated honeymoon to Mauritius so we have that to look forward to before Christmas which will be here before we know it!

The wedding season has started to slow down after the crazy summer whirlwind of fabulous weddings I was lucky enough to be involved in.  I have now had time to catch up on the admin' that has been piling up and recharge my batteries a little!

I love Christmas and am very organised this year I have made two Christmas puddings and a Christmas cake.  I have also already started the Christmas shopping and gift wrapping already!

My Macmillan coffee morning held at the beginning of the month raised £281.00 which I am thrilled about.

Below are some of my pictures from October.

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Bridal shoot at Hertford Castle

                                         Christmas puds in the making!

Wedding fashion show at Offley Place

  Glamour magazine shoot on the beach in Southwold

 Home made strawberry cupcakes ;)

  Homemade Chocolate cherry brownies were a firm favorite!

  Behind the scenes at a Good Housekeeping Magazine shoot

Another day another shoot all set up ready for action!

A recent Bride Emma!

It was my pleasure to do wedding make-up for Emma's wedding day at Luton Hoo recently, she is stunning and photogenic to boot!

Photography by http://awardweddings.co.uk/awardweddings.co.uk/Welcome.html
Hair by http://www.hairbyjaydean.com/
Make-up by http://www.nikimakeup.co.uk/

Results of my Macmillan Coffee Morning!

I recently held a Macmillan coffee morning, I am really pleased to say I have added up the final amount after receiving the results from the "Guess the weight of the cake" competition and together we have raised a grand total of £281.00!

A huge thank you to all those friends, family and Harpenden people who showed lots of support and helped me to raise this for such a wonderful charity.

Niki x

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La vie en rose!

I am inspired by all things pink at the moment. Here are a few of my daily pink inspirations which you can also follow on pinterest.

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