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Brand Spotlight- Beauty Pie
Hooray! It's time for another Brand Spotlight.This time it's the turn of Beauty Pie. An entirely new concept and if I'm honest, not one I was fully on board with at first. Now I am a HUGE fan.Beauty Pie is a membership that gives you access to really...
Brand Spotlight – Revolution Pro
Do you know what really floats my boat? High street bargains. Especially in the Beauty World. After working for high end premium brands for 13+ years I went freelance 11 years ago and discovered that the high street world of makeup was way better than I...
My favourite facemasks and a Free month at Beauty pie
My Favourite Facemasks and a FREE month at Beauty PieSkincare for me, is a long term plan rather than an emergency fix. My mantra is 'Keep it simple and be consistent'. So focus on Cleansing, exfoliating, hydrating and treating your skin daily. This means...
Your Virtual Makeup Artist
48 weddings for 2020. That's how many weddings I had in my diary (not including my team) but I still don't know how many of these I'll end up working on. It is SUCH a heartbreaking state of affairs. For my Brides, for their families, for the wedding...
My current skincare saviours
I bloody love skincare. Without it I can't do my job. I always recommend a routine for my clients but I take just as much care over my own skin. I would always rather spend time and effort on what goes under my foundation than my foundation itself.The...
Is your Skin Winter Ready
As a make-up artist, I get asked to fix all sorts of skin issues. Usually with a full coverage foundation/powder or a good concealer. However, my answer to these requests will always be the same. You absolutely HAVE to go back to skin basics and address...
Liz and Jonny – Tewinbury Farm
Back in November I worked on one of my favourite weddings of the year.Liz, the bride is an old school friend. We first met aged 9 at a local drama school and then went to secondary school together. However our paths really hadn’t crossed since the late...
The Natural Brides Guide to Makeup
The Natural Brides Guide to Makeup Over the years it’s a conversation I’ve had time and time again. Reassuring a bride to be at her trial that her ‘on the day’ makeup won’t be heavy, or too dark or my favourite- like a clown… I mean, that would be AWFUL…So...
My Secret to making a Red Lip work
Do Red Lips Scare You? We are a generation of smoky eyes, nude lips. In fact, a Regular Red Lip wearer is seen as a rare thing these days.In decades gone by it was seen as the norm. It’s chic, it’s low effort.I actually just spent 2 days in Paris working...
Katy Angelidi. Award Winning Luxury Bridal Makeup Artist
Hi, Katy here.I thought, what with this blog recently restarting, that I should be polite and introduce myself properly, rather than just talking at you! Plus, I get asked lots of questions about me, what I do, how I started etc so I thought a nice fully...
How to make the most of your Makeup Trial
Part of the process of deciding your makeup look for your big day is figuring out what makeup you want to wear and for you and your makeup artist to get together and play! For me, personally I don’t treat the trial as an audition to see if my bride likes...
What your Wedding Photographer wants you to know
Following on from Rachel of Mirabella weddings talking about what your Wedding Planner wants you to know, now it’s time for the Photographers. There won’t be that many people who have had to book and organise a photographer for a large scale event before,...
I Won an Award
I don’t know why I haven’t shouted about this louder… But I am so very proud to announce that I am The Wedding Industry Awards Make-up Artist of the Year 2019 East of England! I won the Regional Finals back in November and I can’t even begin to explain how...
What your Wedding Planner wants you to know
For the vast majority of Brides, this is the first wedding they've ever planned. So expecting them to be able to navigate the process without any confusion is a leap of faith too far. So I decided to start a series of blog posts designed to make the...
Janelle and Richards London Wedding
Janelle and Richard wed in September on a stunning sunny end of Summer day, up in my favourite part of London, with some of my favourite wedding suppliers. So it makes sense that Janelle and Richards wedding is one if my favourite weddings, ever!Janelle...
Laura and Sam – South Farm
Laura and Sam at South Farm Laura and Sam wed on one of the HOTTEST days of the year this July. It was a belter. Full on sweltering, extra fans brought in kind of HOT. Luckily, I know all the tricks to keeping make-up on and fresh all day! Laura’s look was...
More than just Bridal
One of my favourite things to do is to give my opinion! I have many! I’m pretty vocal about them and it works in my favour, it means I put out the type of opinion that divides people. And this means I end up surrounding myself with those who are passionate...
Laura and Mark – Butley Priory, Suffolk
Laura got spliced to her beau, Mark on October 20th. It could’ve been an August day, the sun was glorious. This venue however would look immense in every weather. Although it was lovely, on my first ever visit, to see it basking in light. Nothing...