Grow Baby Grow | HD Brows

Emily Ash of Browns Loughborough recently sent some products for me to try to help with my over-plucked / under-fashionable eyebrows and I am currently in the middle of a trial. 

I'm testing out 'Grow Baby Grow' which is an HD Brows product formulated to help eyebrows grow back to their former glory - it encourages rapid growth by increasing blood circulation to the area and provides essential nutrients.  As my eyebrows have taken a bit of a battering from my tweezers over the last..... oh gosh.... 18 years! I feel now is the time to give them some love and to show them I mean business. 

The photos below show my eyebrows before using any of the product and four days afterwards.  Over these four days I have made a thorough application twice a day making sure I cover the sparce areas carefully and painting on the clear gel above and below my natural eyebrow shape.  The product has a really fine brush (almost like a liquid eyeliner brush) so application is easy and as it is a gel, it's not at all messy either.

Before ANY Grow Baby Grow Application

Day Four of Grow Baby Grow Application (excuse the wet hair, I am a busy Mum!)

I have a habit on this site of posting THE most unflattering photos of myself, but to see things properly sometimes it is necessary.  I do think that my brows feel thicker, I really do, but is this because I am not tempted to pluck at all as this would jeopardise the test? - not sure. I wasn't really plucking them anyway as I have been trying for about 5 months to grow them, without much luck I must add, maybe Grow Baby Grow is working it's magic after just four days :)  I will take a pic again in another four days and add it to this post but in the meantime, do you think my brows look thicker? (no make has been used on my brows at all).

After this trial is over, I think the next step for me is the full HD Brow treatment - I want to be tinted, waxed, threaded and plucked to perfection too, just like the celebs!

Four Days Later..........(8 days into trial)



4 days later (same photo position and time of day)



4 days later (taken inside, shows brows in a better light)

They are definitely getting thicker. I have increased the application of Grow baby Grow to twice a day and will keep going.  These pics show my brows with NO make-up and NO dye.

A special THANK-YOU to Browns Loughborough.

Contact them here http://www.browns-loughborough.co.uk/about-browns.html

M.A.C Half Lash Curler - do they work?

M.A.C Half Lash Curler

I got my hands on the new M.A.C half lash curlers last week and wanted to report back on what I think of them.  I always assess things from two points of view : one, from a make-up artist perspective and two, for my own usage.  I was with someone in the store and tested them out as I would use them on a shoot or with a bride and I thought they were great.  I have sometimes struggled with using lash curlers on people with deep set eyes and very large eyes, but with the half curlers you can curl sections at a time which is particularly good for large eyes.  I adore them for doing just the outer corner lashes too. 



M.A.C Full Size Lash Curlers v M.A.C Half Lash Curler



This morning I used them on myself.  I am sure you all know that you need to use eyelash curlers without mascara so forgive my very plain un-made face on the pictures that follow.  I have cropped the images so that I don't look too frightening for you!

 My un-curled eyelashes

Outer Lash Curling

Inner Lash Curling



The End Result - Curly or what?!

I must admit my favourite eyelash curlers are the Shu Uemura ones which really curl and not kink the lashes.  These half curlers do kink slightly, but they made me look SO awake it is hard to fault them.  As I write this 7 hours later my lashes are still great -they have softened slightly with the weight of the mascara, which is a good thing. 

This last pic was taken after the curling test, I added mascara to the bottom lashes so you can see the full effect.




My M.A.C'd lashes! (still with no make-up on - bit of gloss that's all)

In answer to the question in my title - YES! THEY DO WORK.

The half lash curlers are available in M.A.C stores throughout the UK and online. 

M.A.C Half Lash Curler 

Price: £11.50

Cliff Barns Bridal Shoot - March 2011

OK this isn't make-up or beauty advice but I wanted to share a really great photoshoot with you.

Back in March I was lucky enough to work with Craig and Kate from Craig Williams Photography  on a shoot at Cliff Barns in Norfolk. Lauren from Adamo Bridal provided some stunning bridal wear and Cassandra Rizzuto sculpted one of the girls hair into a 6inch quiff and did some really creative work with tiaras. I think she has started a trend on wearing a tiara on the side

A beautiful cake was made by Fancy Nancy Cakes  for the shoot and I was particularly taken with this company not only because the cakes are AMAZING, but because my little girl is called Nancy.

Below are a few more pics for you to look at that I love from the shoot - let me know what you think of the make-up......

This last pic is in May edition of VOGUE, aren't we lucky!!! And this has just been featured on ROCK MY WEDDING have a look here http://www.rockmywedding.co.uk/lets-do-dallas-baby/