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30s inspired style that suits the
short and curly!

I tend to use Illamasqua a lot and
Benefit Cosmetics but believe it
or not this is just Maybelline
"Pleasure Me Red" No 547
lipstick with Maybelline Colour
sensational Shine Gloss in
"Gleaming Grenadine" No 550
finished with lip liner pencil by
RIMMEL in "Black Tulip" my
all-time favourite lip liner which I’ve used for the past 20
years! I apply the lipstick then blot with tissue and do a
second coat. Then sharpen up the outline with the lip
pencil - (blending it in a little so that it’s not a hard line of
different colour - fade it in to the main lip colour). Finally
I add some of the lip gloss just to the centre of the lips.
Hope that helps! There have been slightly different lip
shapes in fashion over the years. In the 20s they favoured
the "rose bud" lip shape and used to use stencils to apply
the lipstick! Lips were not as wide; more focussed on the
centre of the lips but were very sharp and defined with a
"cupids bow" shape.

4 January 2016 —
AVOCADO UPDATE! So I know you’ve all been waiting
eagerly to hear more about the frozen Avocados I
brought from Tesco. No more under-ripe, over-ripe or
slipping when pipping with a knife point. Well, I took an
Avocado half out to defrost as directed and voila! A
dollop of green, slimy mush that disintegrated into