LMFF Marie Claire Beauty Workshop.

Rae Morris, Beauty Director at L’Oréal Paris and Emily Taylor, Beauty Editor from marie claire hosted yesterday's LMFF Beauty Workshop. Held at the Sofitel, it was a mixture of the who's who, the who wants to be, and the who will never be (sounds bitchy, but I had to write it...there was a girl in a sarong for heavens sake).

A lot of it was a huge plug for L'Oreal make up. This will do this, and that will do that. But Rae did have some pretty handy helpful tips as far as make up goes.

Have a look:

SUNSCREEN. This wasn't so much a tip as an order. Anyone in the beauty world cannot stress enough the importance of sunscreen. Use it as a primer if you must but start using it. It will be the best anti-aging cream you'll ever purchase.

MOISTURISING is as important as sunscreen, but you have to find the right one. You can be doing more bad than good if you're using the wrong one. Also, never moisturise you're eyelids. They are the oiliest part of your body to begin with.

FOUNDATION should be based on your chest. Don't test it on your hand, arm or neck. You're chest is the same colour as your face. And PLEASE always blend. No one likes the look of orange foundation ending at your jawline.

LIPSTICKS should be tested on your finger tip. Due to the fingerprint, you'll be able to judge if the lipstick bleeds or not. Never test on your hand, it is far smoother than your lip. Also, always apply with a brush, not straight onto your lip.
This winter - out with the gloss, in with the colour. If you are afraid of bold colour, use a coloured gloss, just make sure there is some pigment happening. Plums, Reds and Oranges.

EYE SHADOWS will always go by your eye colour in conjunction with the colour wheel. So.
Blue eyes - Blue shadow or Orange, so, peaches, golds, bronzes.
Green eyes - Green shadow or Blue, so, Navy, Violet, Indigo.
Brown eyes - Lucky for you, any colour will go.

Why do women still threaten women?

This morning I attended a beauty workshop held at the Sofitel by L'Oreal and Marie Claire. It was just one of the many activities you can take part in this week. Melbourne is the so called fashion city of Australia, but during Fashion Week, you step it up. Fashion week is when you were the stiletto ankle bootie and the black body-con dress to work instead of your old flats from Betts and your ironed shirt. It has reached a stage where women don't dress for men anymore. We dress for other women. It's as much a bonding thing as it is seeking approval.

This morning there were many women that looked amazing. But there were also a few that didn't. If you pay for a ticket to go and stand in a big room with all these other ladies during fashion week, expect a whole lot of judgement. But remember, it is the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Fashion and Judgement have always gone hand in hand, and you if dress the part, often the judgement will be something of the 'damn, girl' sort.

I don't know if it's just a fashion-lover thing, but when Fashion Week rolls around, it's a time for excitement! YES! I can wear these high wasted jeans with a pair of heels and not be looked at like I've put in too much effort. YES! I can wear bright red lipstick and no one will look at me like I'm an idiot. YES! I can rev up office-chic and go to work feeling sexy for once!

No. Well. You can do all that. And you can work down the street with your head held high and confidence oozing from every black polished nail like all women's magazines tell you to. But 90% of the women you walk past will still look you up and down and leave you with a look on their face that will burn into your brain and shoot little darts of self doubt around.

So. As the title would suggest, my question is, why do women still threaten other women? It's like anti-bloody-feminism. All the fighting and nagging and rioting and persistence to get where we are, only to stare each other down? Why not look and think, 'wow, there goes a chick in six inch heels, and she looks great'. Or, 'that girl must have got out of bed at 5am to look that good'.

Instead, those who do wear heels and put effort in get stared at in such a venomous way that it makes you wonder why they do it in the first place.

May as well go back to the ogling and the wolf whistles.

Something To Put A Smile On Your Dial

Happy LMFF!

A World of Entertainment? A World of Gross.

Last night I went to see a movie at Crown Casino. I threw on a pair of jeans, a baggy singlet, some heeled ankle boots and a bit-o-bling. Well excuuuse me. But I was way under-dressed, sister. I have never in one place seen so many pairs of synthetic kitten heels. I am a big believer in the fact that when it comes to heels, it's 6 inches or no inches. The kitten heel suits corporate outfits and the wives of politicians and that's about it.

What was even worse was what was going on above the synthetic heels. Polyester dresses as far as the eye could see.
A football ball, or something of the sort, was held last night also. Men in suits (or boys in suits, really) strutted through Crown with acrylic goddesses strapped to their sides.

I also spotted three different hen's nights...where each hen would have been my age...and I am not old enough to get married. I thought the age of brides these days was increasing? One hen-nighter yelled out - 'Do you reckon they'll check ID?'
Good Lord. My favourite hen in particular was dressed as a police-stripper. She had a whistle that was blown consistently and a penis on the end of a stick...kind of like a fairy wand but dirty.

I should take it back. Crown isn't a World of Gross...it is definitely a World of Entertainment. However I don't think the entertainment I received last night is the sort of 'entertaining' they're going for...

Elle Models for Louis Vuitton

Well. She didn't get the name The Body for nothing. This Aussie babe is still going strong at 46 years of age, which is NOT a common number when it comes to supermodels. Unless you're Janice Dickinson. But all she seems to do is get her lips pumped with collagen and put her leg above her head on a daily basis.

Elle modelled a dress from the latest Marc Jacobs collection for Louis Vuitton as girls less than half her age watched on (Pixie, Alexa and Daisy) during Paris Fashion Week. Even though Bar Refaeli and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley were also part of the parade, Elle was said to have stolen the show. Go Aussie Go.

Lara B. & Mikey C...?

Can someone just release a statement already? Are these two on or off?