Well I know you haven’t heard from me for a while (the amount of work I’ve had on has been RIDICULOUS) but I thought you’d all appreciate a sneak peek and some behind the scenes from the first of two ‘Think Pink’ photo shoots for the October 15^th charity issue of Lipstick Royalty (more on that later!)

My wonderful model friend who you may recognise from some of my other photo shoots Milly was a fabulous sport modelling a tee shirt donated for the issue sweepstakes by Chelsea from CT.A Glam Couture. Check out the October issue for info on how to win the shirt along with lots of other cool goodies too!

The shoot would not have happened however without our wonderful make-up artist Emily who was absolutely fantastic on the shoot (it was the first time I’d worked with her) and I can’t wait to work with her again for ‘Think Pink’ part two, tomorrow afternoon!

For ages, I've been on a mission for a brilliant concealer. On thats flawless; one that makes your skin look flawless and one that makes it look like your not really actually wearing any concealer at all.

However there is one fatal floor to my quest, one floor that makes the mission in hand all that little bit more complicated: the said concealer has to be hypoallergenic. That and the palest colour has to look flawless on uber pale skin.

First up comes MAC's Studio Stick Concealer. Not strictly hypoallergenic, but it didn't give me any problems like MAC's eyeshadows do. Studio stick had an almost perfect, but not exact colour match and it lasts a long time. It was quite a heavy formula so therefore gave good coverage but could look quite caked on. Good, but I didn't buy it again.

Next in line comes Clinique's Airbrush Concealer. This one came with beauty awards so I was pretty confident. I use a lot of Clinque - eyeshadow and mascara as well as skin care products (body butter, eye cream, face cream, hand cream, face scrub etc.) as they are a really good hypoallergenic brand. And I really liked it. It looked flawless, had easy application (it comes in a pen like YSL's celebrated Touche Eclat) and was fabulous for use under the eyes. In fact I still use it there! However I find it didn't gave enough coverage everywhere else...

So we've got Clinique for under the eyes... but what about the rest of the face? Thats when my obsession with Benefit Cosmetics comes in... Benefit make 3 types of concealer... Boi-ing (industrial strength), Erase Paste (paste in a jar) and Powderflage which is under eye powder. Well I already had the eyes covered so I buzzed over to the Benefit counter to take Boi-ing and Erase paste for a test run. First up was Erase Paste. I know my friends use it and love it but I found it too, well, paste-y and it didn't match my skin tone though it gave great coverage.

Image: Benefit Cosmetics

Next up was Boi-ing. This could be applied with a concealer brush or with a finger. Good skin match and next to perfect coverage. Not too heavy and gave a flawless look. We have a winner! The three skin tones mean they can match to almost any caucasian tone.

Yesterday I stuck this up onto the front page of the Lipstick Royalty website... the first official look at out KILLER September cover featuring Doe Deere, the founder of Lime Crime Make Up. It was shot by Debbi Rotkowitz on a collaborative shoot with the world famous Mosh, and I don't know about you but for me it was love at first sight! Remember to check out the issue on September 1st! (If I ever get the issue finished in time. Don't ask. I'm just a bit useless thats all!)

Concidering I can't and don't wear the stuff (if someone can let me know of a brand I can actually wear without looking lke a WAG please leave the name of the brand in a comment!) I don't actually know how to put bronzer on. Just catching up on my backlog of Buzznet videos I havn't watched and I've found this one of Hanna Beth having her make-up done for the red carpet at the MTV movie awards... its actually a realy good tutorial

I'm no good with bronzer, or actully in fact any dark make-up used away from the lips and the eyes due to the fact I have extreamly pale translucent skin. Even professionaly make-up artists have faled dismly to darken, or "glow" my face with bronzer.

However, I've just been reading about (another) new product form Benefit out this summer. It's called Hot One Minute and rather than a bronzing powder its billed as a "sexy-in-seconds-face-powder" which comes in a copper tin and is an all over makeover for "all skin tones". But will it work? Once they stock it here in the Uk I'll have to have a run down to the counter and try it out...

Image: Temptalia