Vintage Dresses and Wedding Dresses and Competition!

For those of you thinking of having a retro styled Wedding...Honeypie Boutique offers not only a beautifiul array of vintage dresses, 50's inspired dresses, and net petticoats but also 50's inspired Wedding Dresses for your inner Audrey, Elizabeth, Grace, or Marylin.

Win a fabulous retro themed photo shoot including make-up and styling with me and McDonald Photography in Manchester!

All you have to do to be entered into our draw is have a wedding planned for 2010/11 and sign up to our joint mailing list here before 30th March 2010!

This springs must have nail polish

Chanel Le Vernis in Particuliere, £19, is this springs must have nail polish. However, for those of you who didnt get yourself on the waiting list 29th Jan (or just couldnt be bothered) then OPI do an almost identical copy!
OPI Nails Over The Taupe Brown Nail Lacquer Brights Colour - B85 - and lets face it it's a little cheaper too at only £9.95
Although considering last year's Jade nail varnish was changing hands on ebay for up to £100, it alomst makes the wait worthwhile!!

Retro Photoshoot with McDonald Photography

Styled and did the Make-Up and Hair for a retro photoshoot with Andy McDonald and model Toni Jordan recently and am really really loving the images!!
The suitcase, fur stoles, make-up compact and other props are all genuine antiques!!!
Toni was a real trooper as it was freezing, dont know how she managed to smile so beautifully with her teeth chattering like they were, Andy worked his usual magic as a fantastic photographer, finding lighting where there was none..etc He's fantastic!

Smokey Eyes With A Difference / Shoot with McDonald Photography

Smokey eyes. One of the most simple ways to take your look from day to evening. Yet surprisingly one of the hardest for a lot of women to master, and also one of the most boring! Because with statement eyes goes nude lips. Just as a bold lip goes hand in hand with a more natural eye (although that doesnt go for your lashes!!!) :)
Why not add a shot of colour into the mix? There is no rule that says Smokey eyes are restricted to a monochrome palette.
Try blending a bold colour from the inner corner out into a darker shadow.
Lilacs and purples bring out green and hazel eyes, bronzes make blue eyes pop and golds are great for brown eyes...but dont stop there!! Take it a step further, go for bright blues, greens and pinks!!

Shoot with Andy McDonald and the gorgeous Sally...great fun! He got a few of me at work aswell! :)