Growing up I loved movies and make up. So for me my rock and roll stars were and still are make up artists. To this day I get very excited when I meet my make up heroes and I had so much fun filming with the fabulous make up artist and Lancome's UK Make- Up AmbassadorAlex Babsky. Lancome has just launched their latest foundation with the most delicious skin care benefits enriched with Vitamin CG that help to not only conceal but correct your skin imperfections such as dark spots, pores and wrinkles. The foundation comes in a rather nifty 2 parts with a mirror and concealer on the top half and a liquid foundation on the bottom half. The fact it comes in 18 shades (I'm shade number 13 lucky for me) makes me want to cry. Finally major brands are realising that catering to everyone is what it's all about. I'm turning 35 this year and the fact that the past 18 months has been the first time in my life I have had a wardrobe of foundations all in my shade without having to mix and get the correct 2-3 shades is shocking and both a relief. I say BRAVO Lancome and congrats on a really innovative and fabulous new foundation. Check out the films below to get Alex's top tips on how to choice the perfect shade for your skin tone, apply foundation and also conceal and perfect your skin using the new Teint Visionnaire!
If like me you are a child of the 80s you will remember stu stu studio line! Along with the Bourjois make up TV ads, these all formed part of my formative beauty years. The past few months have been super fun and busy with lots of filming with my production and creative agency www.couturecommunications.com. I was so excited to be working with the very latest generation of Studio Line products Matt & Messy, which has just launched. We have created a series of films on how to create the latest A- List looks using the new line. Check out the films below on how to create a messy bun and messy updo for your very own red carpet A-list moment.
Whether you are a Beauty Virgin or Beauty Addict this blog is for you. I will give you my beauty insider knowledge from almost a decade as a beauty journalist and expert. Please write to me with your questions, concerns and beauty disasters or triumphs. I believe beauty is an expression of and window into women's emotional well -being and as a result many women open up to me about their love lives. So I have also become known as a Relationship Guru and would love to help with any heartache, relationship dilemmas or stories you want to share.
As an Award Winning Beauty Journalist I regularly write and style for titles such as Vogue, Grazia, Sunday Time Style, In Style Magazine, Metro, Daily Mail, London Lite, The Telegraph's Stella Magazine, Men's Heath, The Daily Express's S Magazine, Harper's And Queen, Man about Town, Celebs on Sunday, Beauty Magazine, Black Beauty and Hair, German Vogue, Tatler, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Luxury Avenue, Daily Express, Red Magazine, Graziadaily.co.uk, Handbag.com and Psychologies to name a few. I also had a column in Marie Claire called "Colour Counter", which covered and celebrated beauty for all skin tones. I have also made appearances as a Beauty Expert on LBC Radio, on Jim Davis's show, where he called me his "First Lady of Beauty" and also on the BBC and Living TV's Dr. 90210 show with Hollywood celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Raj Kanodia. I am also the co-author of the fashion guide "Where to Wear London".
In January 2009, Ateh won a prestigious Johnson & Johnson Beauty Award for an article featured in Grazia.
