One Of The Boys ~ Anna Selezneva For Elle Spain

I love this fierce tomboy fashion story

shot in a Madrid train station by Mario Sierra

for Elle Spain.

Russian beauty Anna Selezneva follows up her rock n roll glam story for the magazine

with this sexy-tough-cool approach to new season's fashions 

from the likes of Givenchy, Balmain, and Louis Vuitton.

Hair and makeup by Vicky Marcos

Blonde Hair Blue Jeans ~ Vogue Germany

Mario Testino shot this very Guess looking black and white 

story featuring 

Candice Swanepoel, Edita Vilkeviciute and Hailey Clauson for the March 2014 issue of Vogue Germany.

Styled by Carlyne Cerf De Dudzeele

Prime Time ~ All About Primers

If you want your complexion to look younger, fresher and more even than everyone else, and if you want your makeup to last all day, the key is to use a primer.

Primers are pre-makeup bases that help mask fine lines and wrinkles, make your skin look smoother, help your foundation to go on evenly, and help it to last.

Model Katie Bunn

Photographer Eric Cassee

Hair Will Zecco

Makeup Corinna Cooke

Your skin needs to be well moisturized (makeup grabs onto dry areas, making it look uneven and patchy),
and your facial SPF needs to have a couple of minutes to absorb before you apply your primer. If your skin still feels a bit dewy give it another minute or two.

You only need a small amount - about the size of a raisin. Massage it into your skin focusing on your T Zone first, and then across your cheeks.
Apply your primer sparingly - if you use too much it will ball up under your makeup.

Primers can be slippery, making it easier for your foundation to blend. Ideally apply your foundation with a duo fiber foundation brush to get a gorgeously even and light application.

There are many different types of primer. Here are a few:

For Dryness if you battle a drier complexion, look for a primer with hydrating ingredients lick glycerin, that will help provide a barrier that holds moisture in.

For Dullness primers with a pink or lilac hue can color correct out sallowness in the skin, making it look a little fresher. I particularly love Makeup Forever HD Primer in Lilac to cancel out too much yellow or dullness in the complexion.

For Redness use a green tinted primer, but be careful - too much green will leave your complexion looking very ashy.

For Fine Lines, Wrinkles and Enlarged Pores use a primer with peptides to reduce lines or even with tea tree oil to reduce shine.

For Acne use an oil free primer with anti acne ingredients and with silica to absorb excess oils.

* Using primer on your throat, chest and the backs of your hands can leave your skin looking silky and smooth all day.

Eye Shadow primers are a must too.

They will make your eye shadow go on more evenly, make the colors more true, and will make your eye makeup hold throughout the day.
I particularly like Lorac Behind The Scenes Eye Primer




If your lipstick tends to feather, or if you have trouble keeping lipstick on, try using a lip primer, or even dab a little of your facial or eye shadow primer onto your lips first.
Give it a few moments to settle in before applying your lip liner and  lipstick.'
But remember - use it sparingly...

Kelly Mittendorf Pop Art, L'Officiel Singapore

The March 2014 issue of L'Officiel Singapore

features this spectacular editorial

starring the one and only Kelly Mittendorf.

Photographer An Le took inspiration from Roy Lichtenstein

and the Pop Art movement,

showcasing seventies silhouettes against vibrant art.

Mittendorf is at once distractingly beautiful and completely mesmerizing.

 Elsa Canedo's hair styling is magnificent,

and is given liscence to take center stage

courtesy of Nigel Stanislaus' flawless makeup.

Pop Art

Kate Moss Biker Chick

In my book Kate Moss can do no wrong.

Here she is all smokey eyes rock n roll hair

 in British magazine Ponystep,

playing the role of biker chick alongside handsome Claude Simonon.

Photographed by Norwegian Lasse Floede

Doutzen Kroes For Vogue Turkey

Dutch model Doutzen Kroes is more beautiful than ever

in the March 2014 issue of Vogue Turkey.

Channeling her inner Greek Goddess,

Kroes models new season's spring fashions

surrounded by Greek inspired statues 

and a white Olympian set

for photographer Cuneyt Akeroglu.