Blog TV tonight - Foundations and Skin Types

Nearly every email I receive asking for advice is about choosing foundations. Tonight I'll be on blogTV talking through my foundations and giving a general overview about how to choose a foundation shade and also the right formulation for different skin types.

BlogTV tonight http://www.blogtv.com/People/OxfordJasmine at 19:00 (7PM GMT). Use the World Clock to find out what that is in your time zone! Looking forward to seeing you and talking about skin types and choosing foundations!

June Favourites and Lucky Dip Winners.

It's the end of June already???

Just in time for an end of month round up of favourite items and also I announce the winners of my 2 year anniversary draw! 29 lucky winners are announced at the end of the video, are you one of them?

After over 5000 comments, I had to call it. A week early but it took me hours to go through the comments and pick winners!

Guest Post, introduced to e.l.f!

** We all have friends who love make up and own some of it but never use it. My friend Lou is no exception. I took it upon myself to send Lou a gift of several items that she had borrowed from me on a recent weekend away. I also ordered a few items that I thought she might like. Here's Lou's review!**

So lets be fair I am lazy when it comes to makeup, it really only comes out for special occasions or on the odd occasion where I find myself with 5 minutes to spare (not that that happens very often!)

Paying a small fortune on make up I do begrudgingly as I never use it all before it needs chucking and it seems such a waste.

In despair at my lack of make up and my minimal use my friend Jasmine purchased a few key bits for me from E.L.F to see perhaps if I could be enticed in to the world of make up.

I got a foundation, a couple of lip glosses and a concealer/highlighter pen and a lipstick which I can't comment on because I appear to have lost it already :-(

**OxfordJasmine edit: I bought
Hypershine lip gloss in Fairy
Luscious liquid lipstick in Caramel Candy
Studio Under Eye Concealer & Highlighter in glow/medium
Mineral Lipstick in Rosy Raisin
Tinted Moisturiser SPF 15 in Light Beige**

These products are a perfect size to pop in your handbag and not too large so a girl like me will waste them, they look stylish, do what it says on the tin, oh and lets not forget they are very reasonably priced which all makes me very happy.

I particularly liked the lipglosses which have taken permanent residence in my handbag for day and night. Also the concealer/highlighter is just as good as a lot of it's more expensive rivals which over the years I have tried and thrown out. Although the foundation was a bit light it may be that's because I've got a bit of summer sun so I'll perhaps get that out again in the winter. The nice thing is from £1.50 you can afford to maybe not get it quite right each time and I can always mix the foundation with a darker one. The consistency was good though and it went on well with good coverage.

I have particularly sensitive skin too and none of the products had any unwanted effects on my skin.

Ok so I'm not completely converted but I am using these products and I fear I may even need to replenish the lipglosses in the not too distant future the only question now is which colour I should go for.

**Thanks Lou! I did indeed purchase these products myself and I am affiliated with e.l.f CosmeticsUK**

Blog TV Wednesday 30th June 2010

Thanks very much for your feedback on the date and topic of the BlogTV segment I am planning.

The time is 19:00 on Wednesday 30th June 2010. I will be going through my collection of foundations and talking about how to choose the best type for your skin tone and type!

Join me if you can, I will try to record it for YouTube however I am not sure that this will be successful!

http://www.blogtv.com/People/OxfordJasmine

Aishwarya Rai inspired look tutorial.

Here's my latest tutorial, as requested it is an Aishwarya Rai inspired tutorial. It is a simple golden and bronze eye with heavier liner on the bottom lash line. Aishwarya has a slightly rounded eye shape although not as rounded as mine. Her eye lashes are generally swept out the outer corners and thicker liner is applied to the lower lash and water line to make then look more cat-eye like.

The lip colour is different to the lip colour in the photo I found to inspire the look as I thought it was too dark. Lately, Aishwarya has moved away from dark lip colour, which is both ageing and stereotypical of "aunties", so I thought I'd incorporate this in to my look.

Someone decided to point out that they can see the highlight under the brow was not blended properly. I found this amusing as clearly you can see I haven't used any product under the brow! Everyone's an expert huh?

Blog TV! - You decide the time and topic!

Choose a date:
Tuesday 29th June OR Wednesday 30th June OR Thursday 1st July. 19:00 hrs GMT.

Choose a topic:
Bridal Make Up Dos and Don'ts
How to choose Make up for Skin Types (oily, dry, sensitive, combination, mature, teenage)
Live make up tutorial smokey eyes

Manic Monday Look - ONLY 3 PRODUCTS!

I don't know why I look so serious here! lol

Breaking down this look is very simple!

e.l.f Pressed Powder applied with damp foundation brush gives the most amazing flawless and light finish. Try is, if you have especially oily skin and you will not be sorry. You won't need a primer, setting powder and your make up will stay fresh and matte all day. Just top up with powder if you feel the shine coming through.

You can of course add some glow like I have here using a shimmery blush, e.l.f mineral in Joy. Then a good black mascara, something which will add loads of volume. I used Bourjois Ultra Care. On the eyes and lips I dusted some blusher to give balance to the look.

If you're going out after work then take a black liquid liner to line the top lashes and some lipgloss.

Enjoy your manic Monday!