Poppy

I’ll be looking to organise soon a champagne nibbles and make up lesson event in the wheatbelt, if there is enough interest, feel free to please PM me if you think that is something that you might enjoy x

An old make up that popped up.

At Christmas a red lip never fails ❤️

I missed make ups so much.

Due to health will just be doing two make ups per Saturday for now.

I got so sick of running over at Mecca having started my make up career at Chanel and in bridal that my appointments are an hour and fifteen minutes if needed. I loathe to be rushed.

From my home only, in Scarborough, no longer any travel.

$70.

By far the best live tutorial I’ve watched in years, particularly for those of us no longer teenagers.

Trinny & Rae Morris brow and eye make up tutorial- tonnes of little tips and tricks from one of Australia’s best make up artists.

The live should be over on Trinny’s page once the live is finished x

Home manicure for today’s self care 🖤 $10 kit from Kmart # # #

Tinted my eyelashes yesterday for my little act of self love ❤️

For anyone hesitant, it’s actually very easy. My two top tips - 1. Once applied remove any excess in the waterline with a cotton tip. 2. Don’t even try wiping off with cotton buds/cotton pads. This will definitely sting your eyes. Just jump in the shower when the ten minutes is up and rinse thoroughly there x

Self care/love act tip for today - you can buy both these pedicure products from a chemist or supermarket whilst your already there, the callous cutter is the same as they use in nail salons, and after putting on some beautiful moisturiser and socks your feet will feel lovely again ❤️

Keeping it simple with self care now -

✨ Lovely shower every morning
🌟 Fresh clean comfy clothes every day
💫 Getting deep into my skincare regime
⚡️ Putting on perfume and brushing my hair.

Yes these are tiny things, but they make me feel fresh & clean and gives me some normality.

Don’t forget in amidst all the craziness to stick to some routines x

It’s that time of year again! Some points to remember -

• Check the use by date on your sunscreens from last year and the year before and throw out any that are out of date.

• Be picky with your sunscreen, not all meet the claims with independent testing.

• A huge amount of the international sunscreen based products we get at MECCA, once they have been tested by FDA in Australia, have to remove any and all claims of SPF.

• A tinted moisturiser with sunscreen is insufficient for the only sunscreen applied.

• We have the strongest sun in the world, it’s safer to use Australian made sunscreen for the Australian conditions.

• Not included here is the MECCA sunscreen, as this was a New Zealand study.

• The cancer council recommends we still need to slip slop slap. Shade, a hat and cover ups are STILL needed along with Sunscreen.

• You need at least a teaspoon of SPF on your face, or a dedicated sunscreen.

• Reapplication of SPF over make up is easily achieved with a powder with SPF.

• You must apply sunscreen half an hour before your swim.

• Spray sunscreens are incefficient alone. They are a top up only after application of a cream product.

* The sun is 80% of all ageing.

• Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancers in the world. We must must must wear sunscreen.

With that lecture - it’s healthy to get a small amount of sun, as long as your prepared.

Happy summer! 🙂