Thank you so much for your support this year and I look forward to an even better year next year.
Have a great time,
Thank you so much for your support this year and I look forward to an even better year next year.
Have a great time,
Ali Hamylton has created the PERFECT lipgloss... seriously it is perfect. I now have one in my bag, one in my car and one in my makeup drawer. It's like the Thora lipstick in that it is a hand bag essential! If you get one lip gloss this summer this is the one. It goes BEAUTIFULLY with the Sweet Lip Pencil, so beautifully that if you buy a Mars Lip Gloss you can get a Sweet Lip Pencil for half price.
Have your lips looking so shiney and beautiful this summer with this great offer... Lip Gloss and Pencil for just $27.50...you get your lip pencil for just $9!
Keep smiling,
Well finally I have swallowed my pride and taken a video of how to use our new products. It's nothing fancy, and there are some serious light issues (not to mention that our childrens toy room is a funny place to do a makeup video!) but none the less it is a start and hopefully it will be the beginning of my doing more videos. Believe me, the only way is UP from this one!
Next video will be a simple makeup that I did after doing this foundation... there will even be before and after shots! Now who's getting technical?!
Today I'm introducing you to a few new products in one big hit, and next week I'm going to show them to you individually with instructions on how to best to use them.
Firstly;
Serge Louis Alvarez is a professional, natural and organic makeup range created by the master of makeup artistry, Serge Louis Alvarez. He began his career at a very young age in the theatres, opera houses, advertising and fashion houses in France as an elite makeup artist.
Some of his achievements are;
• Professional Make up director in Paris opera
• Make up designer : special effects
• Creation activity: advertising for Kodak Perrier etc…
• Make up designer : theatre, Chatelet theatre, Paris
• Make up designer : show business, Lido, Paradis Latin
• Make up designer : haute couture - Paco Rabane
• Ready to wear : Halles group, Kenzo, Chacok, young designers
• Designer for cosmetic ranges
I could go on an on about how awesome this guy is and all of the amazing things he has done, but the upshot is that I needed to find you ladies a creme that you would love and I know I have done that. The SLA range comprises something like 1200 products, but don't worry, I have no intention of putting them all up for sale at Thatmakeup!
We are just going to start with the cremes and the concealers…where we go from there is yet to be seen.
So, a little about the new foundation;
The Even Bio Skin Foundation range is comprised of a velvety smooth formulation which achieves an incredibly natural coverage. The formula is highly enriched with an amazing cocktail of organic ingredients and the result is a beautiful, radiant glow.
At the heart of the formula is organic apricot seed oil, organic shea butter, organic argan oil, with extracts of peach tree leaf, apple and raspberry!
Some more wonderful points are;
There are six colours to choose from and I have done my best to explain them on the CREME FOUNDATON page but if you would like me to help you with a colour match just email me at kylie@thatmakeup.com
And the concealers;
The Bio Concealer perfectly covers the dark circles under the eyes and brings touches of light to the complexion. Due to the natural active ingredients it allows a smooth, easy application which is non irritating and comfortable on your skin.
It is a different consistency to the Ali Hamylton concealers, but I have been using it for weeks now and love it. It comes with a natty little brush and this makes application really easy. I am still working on the concealer page so bare with me while I get those 2 products up and running...will have it done in a jiffy.
And now my new best friend, the Corrective Pencil!
I love, love, love this little baby! It is like the stealth bomber of concealers…its fine point gets into all of the nooks and crannies that are hard to conceal without getting too much makeup where you don't want to conceal…not to mention that you can conceal the inner rim of your eye in order to cut the redness, wow that has been a revelation to me.
It is also made from all natural ingredients, has a creamy texture and is super easy to use…you're going to love it!
And finally we must welcome The Beauty Pod to the stage.
I love this sponge. I know... it is a tiny bit more expensive than the plain old sponge, but it is well and truly worth the money. This is an Australian invention that is taking the world by storm… unfortunately everyone is now stealing the idea from the guy who invented it but that's what happens when you don't pay the money up front to patent something (but that's a whole other blog!)
It comes in pink, purple and black so you can take your pick... they all work brilliantly!
PHEW! That was a big one. I'm going to leave it at that and come back over the next few days with small posts and "how to's"…remember to like ThatMakeUp on Facebook as I will be putting more stuff up there as well, until then...
Short and sweet.
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This woman, who shall remain nameless for this email/blog, took those email addresses and SPAMMED my database promoting her own makeup range no less! She may claim that her range is exactly the same as Ali's, but I am not going to waste time right now explaining how it is far from it. I only want to formally apologise for this situation and reassure you that she didn't have any access to your personal information, she just swiped your email address from your packing slip...nice hey?!
These days I am running the show on my own so there is no chance of any of this ever happening again, but still I'm sorry that your inbox may have been violated…not all of you though because she actually copied out the address incorrectly for about half of you (hehe, we'll call that a little karma), but others of you she managed to email more than once. This is actually against the law and if you would like to file a complaint just click on the link below and follow the instructions, it's pretty easy and won't take long;
http://www.acma.gov.au/interforms/spam_complaint_email.asp
I'm going to leave it at that. I hope you all have a great weekend and look forward to making more positive contact very soon,
That MakeUp is having an unprecedented sale. 20% off across the board until midnight this coming Friday.
There is no limit to what, how much or how little you buy it is up to you.
It is just my way of saying thank you for sticking with me throughout this past year. I know I haven't been as attentive as I should have been, haven't returned as many emails as I could have... definitely haven't posted as many "how to" blogs this year to help you out with ideas. Not to mention the videos that I promised that haven't found their way to the internet yet. Actually that was a pride issue, I made the videos, but couldn't bring myself to publish them... I've got over 40 vanity issues.
The sale is also to celebrate a few changes that are on the way to ThatMakeUp. I have redone the Facebook page because I am going to be introducing another makeup range to the site. Now don't worry, Ali Hamylton Cosmetics will still have its online home here, but we will also be promoting a certified organic, natural makeup range for you to choose from! I am going to be introducing it slowly starting with CONCEALERS and CREAM FOUNDATIONS. Woohoo, I know that you've been waiting forever for those.
OK, so I will leave it at that and keep you in suspense for just a little while longer...to get your 20% discount all you need to do is put in this coupon code at the check out...
THAT20%SPECIAL
Make sure you cut and paste it as it is case sensitive.
Happy Shopping, and I will let you know all the new gossip very soon!
Ali Hamylton Cosmetics has had a long standing account with a pharmacy chain and they have gone into recievership. Now I know that happens, businesses go bust all the time, but the process of receivership is really unfair. For example;
In this case all orders taken from December onward will not have to paid. So the business, that could see it was going out of business at this late stage, has NO RESPONSIBILITY for the orders it made as the ship was sinking! The blissfully ignorant business owners like Ali Hamylton that honored the order taken just sent the orders out...how does that work?! Shouldn't the business that KNOWS it is going down the toilet be responsible for the most recent orders as much as the oldest? If I KNOW I have no money, and I take my credit card to the local shopping center and have a ball, do you think the credit card company is going to say "that's cool, anything you bought in the last month doesn't count? Not bloody likely!
In this case the larger accounts will be paid out first and the business is not responsible for paying out accounts under $2000. Wow, so if you are owed under $2000 forget it, you don't matter. How does that work?! Who decides which business needs those funds more than others? I find bankruptcy laws so unfair. That people can go out and reak havoc, going into debt all over the place, and then go into receivership or declare bankruptcy and then go on with their lives only having to pay a percentage of their mess. Do you think the guy who owned the pharmacy chain has to give up is BMW, or his holiday house? I'd be surprised, everything is more than likely in someone else's name.
I know this isn't relevant to how you do your makeup, it is just an issue that is a little up my nose. I keep hearing all manner of excuses about why business is so challenged, that the GFC is effecting us all, that times are tough, that it's all Julia's fault...or in this case 'we didn't know this was going to happen'. But surely, being an isolated country at the bottom of the world should benefit us.
I know I am niaeve and idealistic but how about we just try a couple of things on for size;
Support your local community; Buy your fruit and veg from your local green grocer or butcher instead of a large multinational supermarket, give gift vouchers for a local business instead of some mass-produced trinket made in China...haircuts, window tinting, makeovers, car services, dress shops, restaurants, cleaners... makeup web sites :) anything that someone would otherwise pay for themselves rather than a vase that will go into their cupboard.
Start a community food exchange; Find someone with chickens and swap eggs for fresh herbs from your garden. A girlfriend of mines husband is a keen fisherman and she now swaps fish that he catches for veggies from her neighbours gardens, how local and fresh can you get!
Just give it a go, it is only our intention that needs to change...and as for the pharmacy chain where this little rant started, I am p'd off, it is a really tough start to the year, but Ali is a tough old bird who knows if you get pushed over 7 times you only need to get up 8.
Big Love,
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Isn't it funny when you get to the stage in your life when you catch yourself consistently saying "when I was young..."? I am well and truly there! I find that I am talking about the differences between my childhood and that of my children all the time. It's not as bad as "when I was young we didn't even have shoes", but it is more like..."when I was young there weren't so many preservatives in the food, when I was young there wasn't so much to watch on TV, when I was young hanging out with your friends meant going to the beach or the latest doozy... When I was young we weren't even allowed to wear makeup to school!"
The moment I said that I created a makeup monster. You see, I said no makeup to school, so the makeup was put on at school, and slowly, slowly the makeup got heavier and heavier and heavier. By judging whether or not the makeup should be worn, I missed the opportunity the teach HOW to wear the makeup. It wasn't until one night when we took the kids out for a birthday dinner and I took a photo and saw my little makeup monster staring me in the face that I saw the error to my ways. There she was, foundation too heavy, wrong colour, no blush so looking pasty and a little ill, tooooooo much eye liner (what is it with teenagers and eye liner?!) and covered in pimples from not cleansing properly...I was ashamed of myself. Here I was being pious and missing out on something fantastic. So we finally sat down and had that "makeup for school" lesson. One of those if you cant beat 'em, join 'em moments.
The first thing we did was cover how to remove your makeup properly. She took a little bit of convincing, all her friends said that using an oil on your face is bad, and they should know! I mean who am I with my 20+ years of experience, what would I know? But she listened and tried the coconut oil out. It took two weeks and a couple of amazing breakouts, but after that her skin was clear as a bell (and believe me bells are clear!). So take a look at my skin care blog for that lesson.
Then we covered foundation. The very best foundation to wear for school is the dual finish, applied with a brush. No concealer, that is just too obvious. The dual finish with a brush is soft, subtle and gives you just enough coverage. If you need a little help with colour matching, or if your daughter needs more coverage than that for school then send me a photo and I can design something specific for her.
Then we went on to the blush explanation. The thing is, if you wear a foundation you must wear a blush. The funny thing is you end up looking like you have less makeup on if you do...wear more to look like less. Wearing foundation takes all of the natural colours out of your face, mainly the colours that you don't want which is good, but you have to put the good colours back. Sydney is a perfect, soft blush just for this purpose. It's not too peachy or pink and no shimmer to catch the sunlight, just a natural shade of warmth (if warmth is a shade!). Apply a little to the apple of the cheek, (that's the front of the cheek bone, stand in front of the mirror and give yourself a huge grin and you will see the two little apples I am talking about), and then blend in small circular motions back toward your ear. Be careful here, we don't want stripes, remember we are going for subtle.
Now, as much as they will protest, no bronzer! The shimmer monster is in that bronzer, and this is the culprit that will get your girl busted for wearing makeup at school. Bronzer out of school is great, add a little extra life and glow to the face is brilliant!
Now for the eyes. My suggestion is to have groomed brows and lashes. You can do this yourselves, just watch my video on how to tint and shape your brows, and also to have a regular eyelash tint, this way we don't need much mascara to get the definition that she will be looking for. Then I would use a soft, subtle, brown liner. Get as close to the lashes as possible with a sharp pencil, put a fine line on the outer 3rd and then blend it with a cotton bud. Then curl the lashes and put a very small amount of mascara on the outer tips. Finally a little bit of lip balm and voila! Beautiful, soft, virtually undetectable makeup.
I hope this helps you, let me know how you go.
keup, but sometimes it will be about some other wonderful thing that has taken my fancy. I am not going email them all to you, so you wont be bombarded, it is all just going to sit here waiting for you to come and play. So here's to 2012, I look forward to playing with you all much more this year.
