in:  Get The Look   |   May 18, 2013 - 7:15 pm   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Reading Tip: Why We’re Reading New Amy Winehouse Biography

The Live Like a VIP team have all read (or are currently reading) one book that is close to my heart because it’s about Amy Winehouse (photographed with me above). I used to work with Amy at a news agency called WENN and the book Amy Winehouse – The Untold Story by Chloe Govan details this time in Amy’s life and other things I experienced with her…plus other information I seriously had no idea about.

The biography about Amy made headlines in The Sun newspaper with it’s shocking line that Amy tried to commit suicide when she was just 10 years old after her parents announced they were splitting up. The Amy I knew, when she worked at WENN at the age of 18, put a brave face on that earlier trauma as she was one of the strongest girls I knew. Even as a teenager, Amy acted like a mother figure. I was older than her (about 21) and yet she’d been at the agency longer than me so she taught me about what I needed to do…and then gave me a cheeky wink and told me that I could get away with having about 6 cigarette breaks a day. I didn’t smoke, but I did go outside to get the gossip as long as I could get away with it.

Normally Amy and I talked about boys. She asked me about my ‘fella’ and at the time I was in a long distance relationship with someone Amy thought sounded like a loser. She was dating the news editor Chris and I thought he was lovely, but Amy would always smoke and complain. Even though she was younger than me, it felt like I was talking with someone worldlier and wiser – as she puffed on the cigarette I almost felt like I was gossiping with Dot Cotton from Eastenders, a prettier version. But Amy was trouble too..

One day, I was invited to the pub with the rest of the agency. Amy had left by then to pursue her music but she turned up and started smoking something that was definitely stronger than a regular cigarette. My sister was there and she’d never experienced that before and I remember bribing her not to tell our mum what we’d been up to.

The next time I saw Amy was when she’d made it. After WENN I moved on to the Mail On Sunday, and I attended a celebrity party – I think it was the ELLE Style Awards. Amy was mobbed! When she walked in, the paparazzi went crazier than when some A’list actresses walked in. The paparazzi loved her that much (and obviously she loved them I think). Despite being busy, Amy sought me out rather than me approaching her…as I was scared she would be too busy for me. But Amy always had time for people she cared about, and yet again she asked me about my ‘fella’ (who I had ditched b y that time but replaced with someone equally unsuitable). It was pre-Blake and Amy was with someone called Alex. I sensed he was a nice guy, but too nice for Amy who thrived on drama.

Throughout our careers (I moved from the Mail on Sunday to the London Paper and to The Sunday Mirror and Amy moved from one chart-topping single to another to THAT album to those marital dramas) we continued to see each other at various levels of intimacy. I hung out with her in the Hawley Arms pub in Camden, she cooked chicken for me in her flat, I got invited into her area at Glastonbury, I was there the night she emerged from the Sanderson Hotel in those bloodied ballet slippers, I attended one of her birthday parties on the rooftop of the Century members club in London and I even chatted to her in Prince’s Dressing Room. (It was the final night of Prince’s 21 gigs at the O2 and Amy said she was nervous about performing at Prince’s after-party).

But maybe all my tales are for another time. This blog post is not about me, it’s about the new book. Order it from Amazon and you won’t regret it…and maybe one day I’ll publish my own memories. What do you think?

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in:  budget,Get The Look   |   May 16, 2013 - 8:10 am   |  by:  Elissa Hudson

Five Festival Beauty Essentials

Last month we were teased by photos of celebs like Rita Ora and Katy Perry looking stylish whilst having fun in the sun at Coachella festival in California. Well, the UK’s summer festivals are on their way with the season being kicked off by Radio 1′s Big Weekend in Derry-London Derry next weekend.

For any beauty lover, the thought of spending a weekend in a muddy field with no home comforts is slightly daunting. As beauty junkies ourselves, we’ve put together a capsule list of products that keep us feeling and looking as good as possible whilst roughing it.

1. Clinique Super City Block SPF 40 – £16, Boots

If we had a pound for every time we’ve spotted sore, red sunburn at a festival we’d have enough money to buy the entire range at a Tom Ford beauty counter. Sunburn on your face however, is on an entirely different level of horrific – a huge no no, think of your poor collagen! Clinique’s City Block range of SPFs are perfect for every day use. They sit beautifully underneath make-up and provide both UVA and UVB protection, meaning they’re great for sunnier days in the UK.

2. Korres Lip Butters – £4.88, thehut.com

Excessive drinking dehydrates the skin like nothing else, and this is often most visible on the lips. Korres Lip Butters are well known by beauty insiders for their moisturising properties. Not only do they keep your lips soft, but they come in an amazing range of colours, meaning you can ditch the lipstick but still feel a little put together despite doing your make-up in a compact mirror whilst sat on a camping chair – not so glamorous! The best thing about these is that you can get them in stick form online, which is much more hygienic and perfect for festivals.

3. Cream Eyeshadow in ‘Happiness’ – £14.50, Lush

We like to keep our make-up bag as light as possible at festivals – the lighter our bags, the better! Multi-tasking products are therefore an essential, and Lush’s Cream Eyeshadows work brilliantly for adding a little bit of colour to the eyes whilst being tiny enough to fit in our festival beauty bag. The shade ‘Happiness’ is also great for adding some glow to the tops of the cheekbones and looks lovely on tanned skin when applied sparingly.

4. & Other Stories Body Mist in ‘Moroccan Tea’ – £12, stories.com

This stuff smells like a mojito in a bottle: fresh, minty and sweet. Taking our favourite fragile, glass-bottled perfume for a weekend in a field is a risk we’re not willing to take, so we like to opt for a cheaper body spray to keep us smelling fresh! This one has pretty good staying power and is from our new favourite high-street store, & Other Stories, which has recently opened on Regent Street. If fresh, sweet smells aren’t your thing, there’s so many other scents to try, so nip in and have a sniff!

5. Urban Decay De-Slick Oil Control Setting Spray – £9 (travel size), Debenhams

Things can get a little hot and flustered when you’re in festival crowds, and you’re guaranteed to be up partying until the early hours. That touch of concealer and dusting of powder doesn’t look so great 12 hours after you’ve applied it, and once you get home and see photos of your spotty, sweaty face plastered all over Facebook, you start to wish you’d made a bit more effort. We like to spritz Urban Decay’s De-Slick Spray underneath and over the top of our minimal make-up to ensure that concealer keeps on hiding our festival induced eye bags and blemishes all day (and all night) long. An absolute festival must-have – this stuff works!

Obviously cleansing wipes, hand sanitiser and dry shampoo come along with us too, but they’re a given! We can’t guarantee you’re going to look as great as the celebs at Coachella, but these products certainly help us to feel a little more confident when we haven’t got our extensive beauty stash to hand!

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in:  blowout,Celeb Goss,Get The Look   |   May 15, 2013 - 7:46 am   |  by:  Elissa Hudson

The Ultimate Celebrity Make-Up Bag

It’s safe to say there are loads of celebrities that we’d love to look like, but the trouble is they almost always have a make-up artist to hand to ensure they look their best. We decided that even if we can’t have Lisa Eldridge at our beckon call, we could at least fantasise about owning the products that make them look so gorgeous. So here we have it, the ultimate celebrity make-up bag…

1. Foundation: Nars Sheer Glow, £30.50 (Kim Kardashian’s favourite)

Despite the name, this foundation is neither sheer nor overly glowy. The skin is left perfected with a luminous finish, meaning it looks natural without compromising on coverage – gorgeous!

2. Eyeliner: Smashbox Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner in ‘Midnight Black’, £16 (Nicki Minaj’s favourite)

Super black and super waterproof, Nicki’s favourite Smashbox eyeliner is a must-have for creating the graphic liner looks she sports so often.

3. Mascara: MAC Zoom Lash, £14 (Lara Stone’s favourite)

Long, voluminous lashes are always a good thing, and MAC’s Zoom Lash is a staple for Lara Stone.

4. Concealer/Highlighter: YSL Touche Eclat, £25 (Coleen Rooney’s favourite)

Dabbed across the tops of cheekbones and under the eyes, Touche Eclat gives that bright, luminous look that so many celebs go for on the red carpet.

5. Lipstick: MAC Lipstick in ‘Lady Danger’, £14 (Caroline Flack’s favourite)

Caroline’s favourite bright, orange-toned red lippie really helps to brighten up the face and makes even the simplest face of make-up look well put together.

6. Bronzer: Lancome Star Bronzer Intense, £32.50 (Mila Kunis’ favourite)

Completely matte and finely milled, this powder bronzer gives a lovely, natural tan to the face without looking too over the top. Mila is always so beautifully bronzed and we love her look, so this is a winner!

7. Blusher: Illamasqua Powder Blusher in ‘Lover’, ‘Excite’ or ‘Hussy’, £18 (Nicole Scherzinger’s favourites)

Illamasqua blushers are known for being super pigmented, which means you only need the tiniest amount to get Nicole’s gorgeous glow!

8. Eyeshadow: Stila Eyeshadow in ‘Kitten’, £12 (Whitney Port’s favourite)

Whitney’s favourite eyeshadow is a beautiful shimmery champagne shade by Stila. This will look great paired with ‘Lady Danger’ lipstick as it’ll really tone down the eyes, letting the lips do the talking.

9. Eyebrow Gel: Anastasia Tinted Brow Gel, £17 (Cara Delevingne’s favourite)

Cara has openly expressed her love for this brow gel, and if it’s going to give us brows anywhere close to hers, then we’re sold!

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in:  Get The Look   |   May 15, 2013 - 12:19 am   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Exclusive Interview With X Factor Winner Matt Cardle

If I asked to name your favourite ever winner of the X Factor I know I’d get one of three answers. Some of you might say Leona Lewis, a fair few would say James Arthur and some may even mention Alexandra Burke. What about Matt Cardle?

It may seem that Matt has kept a low-profile since his X Factor win almost three years ago, but  I sat down with him for an interview at the launch of the European charts at JuJu bar in London’s Chelsea and it became clear that we shouldn’t underestimate the softly spoken star. One Direction and JLS made careers after being the X Factor runners up so I had to ask if Matt regretted winning as well as finding out when we could expect some new original material. If his voice helped him win the show, why on earth has he been quiet for so long?

QS: Matt, please tell us what you are up to right now?

MATT: I am song-writing – my third album! I have a studio in my house now so I am constantly in there, laying down tunes, Every day, I do something new. I genuinely enjoy what I do, refining my songs so I make something that’s appealing to people as well as genuine.

QS: What’s been your inspiration with this album?

MATT: My second album was very dark as it was all about a break-up. I had a lot of personal problems. Now I am out the other side. This is a lot more upbeat. I’m older, I’m enjoying life, so much has changed since my win.

QS: Ok, has your life changed for the better or worse.

MATT: Overall it’s better as I can spend more time making music rather than gigging all the time. However, I have a lot of people scrutinising me all the time, it can be stressful.

QS: How has that affected your love life?

MATT: I’m dating again and enjoying life and that is shown in my new music. There’s no point dwelling on the past. I got some material out of my break up but it is time to move on.

QS: Who is your celebrity crush?

MATT: Rihanna. I think she is amazing!

QS: Are you jealous of any other stars like One Direction?

MATT: You can’t compare us as I make all my own music. Those guys work hard but I play guitar and write songs and if I didn’t do that I’d be miserable so I am happy doing what I do.

Matt didn’t perform on the night but there was someone who sounded a bit like him. And Stooshe were there too.

Stooshe didn’t stay so long – maybe there are two busy promoting their new single Slip, which was released on Monday (13 May). But I wish both of them showed off their talents – I love their music and can’t work I like out most.

So I’ll let you decide – what do you think of Stooshe’s single Slip?

Versus Matt’s tune Run For Your Life?

Vote Below!

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in:  Get The Look   |   May 13, 2013 - 7:06 am   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Zoe Investigates The New Tweezerman Brow Collection

It’s a bit of a risk taking such a close-up photo but I want you to look at my eyebrows in more details. They look pretty neat, if I do say so myself…

I attended a blogger’s evening  at London’s exclusive Groucho club to celebrate the appointment of Lindsey Vonn – Tiger Wood’s girlfriend – as the brand ambassador of Tweezerman. Normally, I only thread my eyebrows as I feel that gets rid of the hair from the root and seems to last a long time. But when I got the invite I looked at Lindsey Vonn and couldn’t help but be impressed…

So as this blog is called Live Like a VIP, I asked if I could use Tweezerman on the night and I got something even better! Joanna Bernacka-Petit is the artist who did Lindsey Vonn for the Tweezerman commercial and yes, I did feel like a VIP as I sat in that chair and my brows were tidied by the gorgeous Joanna.

But sadly we can’t all have access to Joanna 24/7 (I wish I could!) so will Tweezerman help get us eyebrows like VIPs if we use it by ourselves? Judging by the full range of products on display, it looks like there may be something for everyone.

My hair grows really quickly so I can’t use tweezers as a long-term solution because I’d spend most of my morning pulling out hairs, but I do use tweezers for a quick tidy between threading appointments. I mean, if you get threading appointments every two to three weeks and you have an important event in the second week you’re going to want to look perfectly groomed, aren’t you.

If you’re anything like me, one thing you’ll hate about using tweezers is the time it takes to locate the hairs. You end up pulling your skin more than the hair. But in my honest opinion, I can say that the pointed edge on the Tweezerman makes it easier to grab hold of those hairs. Also I have never ever seen such blinged up tweezers – I LOVE these.

This particular pair below is £79 at FeelUnique.com (which is a bit much for a pair of Tweezers) but you can get a less sparkly but equally effective pair from £14.50. This might be about three times the price of tweezers in your local chemist but think of all the time you’d save in the mornings. It’s worth it!

And talking of time, do you waste a lot of time painting your nails when they chip? On the same evening, we were introduced to Alessandro International’s new Striplac peel off UV nail varnish.

 

This is a cross between a gel and a polish. It has the benefits of a gel in the fact its super long lasting but you don’t have to go back to the salon to have it professionally removed like you do with a gel. Simply peel it off when you’re bored.

Again, I’ll be completely honest with you and say I didn’t have chance to try this properly. I had to run off to another event so if this tickles your fancy check out the Alessandro Striplac website for more details. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to check it out another time and report back.

Have you tried any new beauty treatments recently? Tweet me @zoegriffin or scroll down to the comments section below. I could talk about beauty all day long!

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in:  Get The Look   |   May 12, 2013 - 9:35 pm   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Inside The EPIC Gala Screening And Garden Party

From the creators of the Ice Age comes new movie EPIC, which tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good who keep the natural world alive and the forces of evil who wish to destroy it. This is a movie for all ages as the kids empathise with the main character, a teenage girl who finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, while the adults can laugh at the freaky but fabulous characters that are part of the forest world.

And talking of freaky and fabulous, there was a small bit of freaky to officially launch this movie at a gala screening in London mixed in with a lot of fabulous. I mean, you couldn’t throw an average event  for a film made by the creators of Ice Age (I know I keep mentioning this but I do love Ice Age).

So, let’s start with the freaky – a giant worm who greeted guests at the Vue cinema in London’s Leicester Square. Linford Christie may be smiling but it could be nervous laughter.

 

And moving onto the fabulous, a lot of yummy mummies took their broods along to watch the film. Claudia Winkleman looked as chic as ever. Are those Chanel shoes??

 

Jordan brought her son Harvey and her new husband Kieran and just check out Harvey’s face in the photo below. He looks sooo happy!

 

Mark Owen, Rufus Hound and Donal Macintyre were some of the doting  celeb dads that attended – this screening was popular!

After the film, some of the celebs were transported to Bloomsbury Square in London, where trees were planted to echo the ‘green’ feel of the movie. Heart FM DJ Toby Anstis provided some tunes in the square and there was free family entertainment from the Heart FM angels. No expense was spared to make the first screening of this film memorable but I think whenever or wherever you see it you’ll love it. Check out the trailer below and you’ll see what I mean:

 

And did I mention Beyonce voices one of the characters of the movie? This makes it even cooler in my opinion. Catch it in cinemas nationwide from 22 May.

 

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in:  Get The Look   |   May 11, 2013 - 9:18 pm   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Nivea Dare To Dip – The Who, What And Why

How body confident are you? Despite photos like the one below (where I am in a bikini being watched by hundreds of bemused shoppers) I have my hang-ups like any other woman. But Nivea threw an event in Covent Garden with a large swimming pool tank called Dare To Dip and I instinctively knew that if I left without dipping I would have regretted it.

So what is (or was) the Dare to Dip campaign then? It was a one day event on Saturday 11 May that encapsulates the Nivea message – if you have nice skin then you should feel more confident about your body, whatever your shape. But notice the ‘should’…because it doesn’t always happen like that, does it? I like my skin a lot more than I like my body because I’m always looking in magazines and at other girls at the parties I go to and wishing I had their bodies. I think I’m pretty much like the rest of the population at this, most of us girls compare our bodies to one another don’t we? When what we should do is unite and compliment each other to boost our confidence.

Nivea’s Dare To Dip event (one in a series of promotions they’re doing through Facebook this summer) involved a group of women who’d united through social media to get down to London’s Covent Garden and jump into a pool in front of onlookers while wearing nothing more than a swimsuit. I guess it’s a bit like pulling off a plaster because once you’ve done something like this in such a public place, the next time you put on a bikini it will be lots easier!!!

The press preview that I attended was hosted by TV presenter Jenni Falconer. We all saw on the TV show Splash that Jenni has a figure most of us would kill for but even she said she has her hang-ups about wearing a bikini on the beach. When you hear someone like Jenni say this, it puts things into perspective. If someone you admire isn’t 100% confident then it makes you realise that most of us girls are being a bit silly, aren’t we? Sorry if this sounds patronising but we’re actually wasting our lives worrying about how we look when we could be having fun on the beach (or in a pool in Covent Garden!)
The event was also the perfect opportunity to launch one of Nivea’s new products designed to give us softer skin.  In-shower body moisturiser (£3.56 from Boots).

It’s kind of like conditioner for the skin.You apply shower gel as normal, rinse off, and then you apply this Nivea in-shower moisturiser and rinse off. This means you don’t need to stand around in your towel after getting out of the warm shower and get all cold while you moisturise before putting your clothes on.

I used it straight after getting out of that swimming pool and I can honestly say that my skin did feel a lot smoother as soon as I got out of the shower. However, I have to say that by the time I went to bed that night I had to moisturise again as I felt a bit dry. The next day I used it in the shower in the morning and followed it up with a regular moisturiser and that worked a lot better for me. Ok, it defeats the point of saving time / heat on moisturising in a cold room after the shower but I use conditioner on my hair and I use heat-protective serum and a frizz-taming spray. With my skin I just use shower gel and moisturiser,which makes me think. If I give my hair so much attention, the least I can do is give my skin some extra moisture with this new Nivea product. And it’s only £3.56!

And on that happy note, when you feel confident you can really enjoy yourselves. The press preview turned into a real party as Britain’s Got Talent runners-up Aquabatique did a performance in that pool

Those girls are amazing in real-life. Individually they might not like getting into a swimsuit either but they’re a foursome and they stick together.

 

We may not all be able to move like Aquabatique but we can be as brave as them if…. we want to be.

Feel free to contact me on Twitter @zoegriffin or comment below if you want some more motivational thoughts. After jumping in that pool, I do feel seriously empowered.

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in:  Get The Look   |   May 10, 2013 - 9:22 am   |  by:  Zoe Griffin

Inside Nina Naustdal’s 2nd Anniversary Party

At London Fashion Week in February, Nina Naustdal was one of my favourite shows (click here for a reminder) so I was pretty excited to get an invite to the 2nd anniversary of her shop. Located in the heart of Knightsbridge, the contents of Nina’s shop are just dazzling. From colourful prints to crystal embellishements, Nina’s clothes are for bold women that want to make a statement with their outfits. And Nina (below) picked the most fabulous outfit of the night, obviously!

Inside the party, Nina’s celebrity friends and customers were mostly dressed in her creations. My second favourite outfit of the night (after Nina’s own) was worn by Amal Fashanu. Amal, daughter of footballer John Fashanu, is a model and TV presenter which explains why the new season maxi dress looks so fantastic on her. I had my eyes on this dress when I saw it at London Fashion Week, but there is no way I could have pulled it off as good as her. Check out how tall she is compared to me, even with my big blow dry by Haus of Hair:

And here’s the dress in all it’s glory.

Amal is not all beauty and no brains. She’s made a documentary about homosexuality in football and she’s got several more documentaries coming up as well as her own fashion label. One day I want to sit down with Amal and do a proper interview – this girl has soooo many interesting projects on the go!

TV presenter Lizzie Cundy carried off another of Nina’s bold designs, looking incredible. Lizzie has such a fab figure she could wear anything and Nina picked this out for Lizzie especially. Lizzie’s off to Paris at the weekend to interview David Beckham and attend the Noble Gift Gala ball. Jealous? YES!!!!

The party was so star-studded that it’s easier that I’ll leave you with a selection of photos of some of the VIP attendees. First up, Mica Paris showed off her new slimline silhouette in a trouser suit – v on trend!

Nate James, the new star of The Voice, is starting to dress like his mentor Will.I.Am. His shirt was almost as attention-grabbing as Nina’s dresses.

But artist Pandemonia got the most attention on the night. Everyone wanted their photo taken with the darling of the fashion scene and dog Snowy, as they only attend the big fashion soirees normally. As she arrived in a taxi with media consultant Stephen Mahoney, the paparazzi flashbulbs went crazy!

I was also quite impressed by new boyband Times Red. Getting into the music industry is a competitive business but they certainly look the part. Talk about chiselled cheekbones – all of them!

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in:  budget,Get The Look   |   May 9, 2013 - 7:19 am   |  by:  Elissa Hudson

Met Ball Make-Up On A Budget

Whilst this year’s Met Ball may have seen a whole host of disastrous outfits (Kim Kardashian we’re looking at you in particular), the make-up on show was, for the most part, absolutely gorgeous. The Ball’s theme, ‘punk: chaos to couture’, clearly had the celebs’ make-up artists thinking two things and two things only: dark vampy lips and smouldering  smoky eyes.

Cara Delevingne, Taylor Swift and Kristen Stewart all wore a striking, dark smoky eye paired with a toned-down, nude lip. Kristen updated this classic look to match her dress with a slightly red toned shadow blended across the lid – risky, but we think she manages to pull it off! To create the look at home arm yourself with Avon’s Supershock Gel Eyeliner Pencil, it’s the softest, most pigmented pencil eyeliner ever. You can get it for just £6 on the Avon website, or you can get one for free with this month’s Marie Claire magazine, such a bargain, it’s the best eyeliner you’ll ever try!

Simply line the upper and lower lash line and blend, blend, blend! Use a firm blending brush to pull the colour up towards the crease of the eyelid until it fades out subtly and for the bottom, keep it closer to the lash line to avoid looking like you’ve been punched! Finally, take a light, shimmery eyeshadow and highlight the brow bone and inner corners of the eye to keep your eyes looking bright. If Kristen’s look is more your thing, use MAC ‘Cranberry’ eyeshadow (£12) and lightly blend it over the top of the smudged out eyeliner – simple!

Katy Perry and Miranda Kerr opted out of the smoky eye in favour of a bold, vampy lip which looks equally as striking. Going easy on the eye make-up is a must if you’re wanting to have a go at this one and a simple, black winged eyeliner keeps the look feeling classic whilst ensuring your eyes are more subtly defined.

 

Katy went for a more purple toned hue, whilst Miranda opted for a deep red stained look. Sleek Makeup’s ‘Vamp’ lipstick, which you can get at Superdrug, is a purse friendly way to give dark lips a go, so if you decide they just aren’t for you it’s no great loss at just £4.99.

So, whilst the highlight of this year’s Met Ball most definitely (and disappointingly) wasn’t the dresses, we think the make-up made up for it!

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in:  blowout,Get The Look   |   May 8, 2013 - 8:02 am   |  by:  Elissa Hudson

Get Millie Mackintosh’s Summery Glow: Chantecaille Just Skin

Millie Mackintosh’s complexion is to die for. Glowing and radiant with just the right amount of tan, her skin always looks immaculate and we want it! Millie’s favourite base product is Chantecaille’s Just Skin Tinted Moisturiser, which she uses to achieve a clean, natural finish that never looks overdone.

Surprise surprise, this stuff doesn’t come cheap, and will set you back an eye-watering £57 – ouch. If it makes our skin look anything like Millie’s though, it’s worth saving for. She uses it every day and claims it’s an absolute staple in her beauty regime. Considering she worked as a make-up artist before starring in Made in Chelsea, we’re inclined to take her word that this stuff is good!

It provides a decent amount of coverage whilst being incredibly lightweight, meaning it’s perfect for summer when it’s nice to wear a lighter base rather than a heavy foundation. An SPF is an absolute must as the weather gets a little brighter, but as this is only SPF 15 it’s probably best to apply a higher factor sunscreen underneath (we love Clinique’s City Block for every day use in the summer).

Finish the skin off with a dab of concealer where needed and a dusting of Millie’s favourite ‘Laguna’ bronzer by Nars – perfect!

Chantecaille products are available at Space NK, but be careful when browsing, we can guarantee you’re going to want to splurge!

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