Kim Kardashian Covers Cosmo Turkey???

Uh oh Cosmo - looks like you made a super sonic ethnic faux pas here!!

Armenian beauty Kim Kardashian graces the cover of Turkish Cosmo this month, a source of great distress to her, and no doubt her family.
April 24 marks the day Armenians honor those who were lost to genocide at the hands of the Turks, making an April cover even more of an insult.

The pictures are part of an international Cosmo shoot, but Cosmo were supposed to clear with Kim which international editions would have her face on them before going to print.

Cosmo really dropped the ball by not understanding the greater global cultural sensitivities. I'm sure the Turkish people will not be thrilled either.

Way to go Cosmo...

The Beauty Blender

I've been doing loads of really cool editorial shoots lately, and have been using some really fun makeup and tools on them, and got to thinking you might find the things I obsess about interesting too. As such I'm going to do some posts about some of them.

First up, the ultimate blending tool, the Beauty Blender.

This one has actually been around for a while now, but is so fabulous it needs discussing!
Designed by celebrity makeup artist Ree Ann Silva as a means to create a completey seemless, flawless finish, this has become my favorite way to not only apply foundation but also cream blush.

Beauty Blenders are latex free, non allergenic and odor free. The elliptical shape fits easily in your hand, and enables you to bounce (or stipple) foundation onto the skin, creating a flawless finish with no streaking or wiping. The narrow end gets into hard to reach places, while the wider end bounces and rolls product across the broader planes of the face.

Phoenix Bride & Groom cover shoot, Beauty Blender in one hand, Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation pen in the other

If you are a cream blush fanatic (like me) you can bounce the product over the cheek bone, and get the most beautiful finish to the skin. Beauty Blender presses product into the skin, so you don't have that cakey layer of makeup sitting on the surface of the skin. Everything looks seemless and beautiful.

Beauty Blender & Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation in hand

If you run with the eco-friendly crowd you'll love these too, as you don't throw them away. They come with a cleanser, and you just wash them in between uses.


Here's a little video to show you how to use your Beauty Blender

Handbags For Spring

A girl's gotta have a great handbag for each season, so lets look at some for spring:

Stella McCartney's PETA friendly faux leather and raffia Iris Bag is sleek, refined and chic. Its also very clean and modern.

If you're in the market for an easy saddle bag,
Henry Cuir Calumet 
is a stylish, extremely well built beautiful leather bag,
featuring saddle stitching on the front, 2 pouches under the
flap, an extra wide gusset for maximum storage while maintaining a sleek profile.
The shoulder strap is adjustable, so it can cross your body,
hang low, or hang at regular shoulder length.

I adore a good tote, even if it does border on extremely simplistic.
Tod's Shopping Medium Tote is
totally elegant while also being super functional.
It also doesn't date, so it will be at the height of fashion and luxury for years.
(Its on my "most coveted" list...)

Topping my "most coveted" list is this Prada Natural City Calf bag.
Uber chic, uber modern, uber gorgeous. Prada totally knows how to do it.
This super stylish bag is perfect for day, can fit everything in it, goes with everything - you'd use it forever.
Rihanna likes it for night.
Beautiful.

Kate Moss Vogue Japan May 2011

I've always loved Kate Moss.
In fact I think she is perhaps the greatest model of our time.
But I am very biased.

Here she is working her magic for Vogue Japan May 2011 issue.

Perfection. (apart from that squished boob)

Shot by Mert & Marcus.
I would die to know what makeup artist Charlotte Tibury used on the Moss's lips

i-D Spring 2011

Sometimes all you need are flowers and lovely pictures to look at.
Sometimes both arrive together.


Shine, i-D 2011

Aren't they beautiful?

I've just done several shoots where flowers were heavily and immaculately featured, so this totally caught my eye.


The photographer is Karim Sadli, the model is Poland's Malgosia Bela

For more images from this story check out the fabulous Fashionising.com here

Tired Eye Relief

Today I am really dragging my tail feathers after several very long days in a row on shoots. I've got many more days before the next day off, so the issue becomes how to you arrive on set looking fresh faced, and not looking exhausted?
Turns out I have a few tricks up my sleeve, the first of which you need to know about quickly, as it is a limited edition product.

You've heard me talk about skynICELAND products before.

This is one of my all time favorite product lines, as it is the only skin care line designed to treat the effects of stress on the skin. That's all they are about - Solutions for stressed skin.

And who has stressed skin?

These days pretty much anyone living in a city or busy town, anyone exposed to environmental pollutants (which is essentially all of us!) anyone who is tired, over worked, sits in front of a computer all day, has life-stuff to deal with - basically everyone.

The first place we see stress or exhaustion on the face is the eye area.

image courtesy of livestrong.com

Anything from puffiness, wrinkles, dehydration, dark circles, dulled skin, lifeless appearance.
The under eye area is where you can either save your look, or where you lose the game entirely.


skynICELAND has a limited edition product called the Icelandic Relief Eye Pen.

Its their best selling eye cream in a travel friendly pen.



You can apply it morning and night, but you can also throw it in your handbag for quick fixes throughout the day for on-the-go relief from the damaging effects of stress.

It goes after the 3 major eye issues associated with stress related oxygen and nutrient depletion: puffiness, the wrinkled/dehydrated skin and the under eye dark circles.
It provides instant aid as well as a (very much welcomed) cooling sensation.

You can apply it over makeup as needed through out the day, as it is residue free, and won't smear your concealer or eye makeup.

The convenient pen is perfect for travel (a lifesaver with you on long flights, so you can arrive looking fresh eyed and pretty!), great to have with you on long work days, days with big meetings, days where you are going out after work, awesome for brides, perfect for honeymoons - the list goes on...

They're not expensive either.

As this is a limited edition, you may want to pick up a few. I certainly am...

Get skynICELAND products at Sephora or at skynICELAND.com

Abbey Lee Kershaw For Atelier Versace Spring Summer 2011 Look Book

Oh this rocks my world!


Atelier Versace Spring/Summer 2011  look book.
You can expect to see some of these fabulous items sashaying down the red carpet in the next few months.


I am equally obsessed with model Abbey Lee Kershaw. I love the way she moves and the way she emotes.

Whoever did hair and makeup are a team of genius' too.

I am just loving everything about this....

I do enjoy a good print

 Look at the back on this one! The front is fab too.

Perfection. In emerald. That's all.

I love the back detail on this one

Is this last one singing to you the way its singing to me??? Its like my own personal Lorelei, leading me to ruin...

For more of the look book check out Fashionising.com HERE