Edith Bowman wearing Lily Lolo minerals in Marie Claire

Did anyone spot the interview with Edith Bowman in the January ‘10 edition of Marie Claire? You might have noticed the credit as well – one of our professional makeup artist friends, Nadira V Persaud used the Lily Lolo range on Edith for the Marie Claire shoot.

Always the bubbly character, Nadira informs us that working with Edith was a pleasure with plenty of giggling as the magazine’s photographer went about arranging the shoot for the monthly food section.

Edith looks fabulous in the Lily Lolo minerals; Nadira used In the Buff mineral foundation (£12), with a hint of Blondie foundation mixed in, a bit of Blondie mineral concealer (£7), Ooh La La mineral blush (£7) on the cheeks to warm up the skin and Witchypoo (£5) eyeshadow lining the eyes. Lips remained nude with our Clear gloss (£8), and the look was set using the gorgeous finishing powder Flawless Silk (£12).

Just beautiful eh, thanks to Nadira, Marie Claire and of course Edith herself.  LL x

No need to be confused over finishing powder – it has great advantages and is really easy to apply.

Firstly choose a powder for its properties – matte finishing powder is great for controlling shine – apply to your face using a large soft powder brush – the Lily Lolo Super Powder Brush is perfect, with matte finishing powder (aka setting powder) you can apply either before or after you apply concealer and foundation. The ingredient Kaolin is a clay mineral that has oil absorbing properties – giving a flawless and shine free finish or base to your makeup.

Silk effect finishing or setting powders are best applied after your foundation, concealer and blusher – they give a dewy finish, with a very slight shimmer. It’s great to give that supermodel look! Again this finishing powder is best applied all over the face (in a light dusting) with a Super Powder Brush.

How do you choose the best blush shade when faced with so many pretty pinks and peaches?! There are several makeup artist tricks that you can try to ensure that you buy the best colour to suit your skin tone.

The best trick of the trade is to determine which category your colouring falls in to. If you look at the veins in your wrists, they are likely to look green or blue. If your veins look blue then your colouring is more likely to be cool – you’re also more likely to have pinky undertones. If your veins look green, you’re more likely to have warm colouring with yellowy undertones. If you’re not really sure, try shades from the neutral category.

The Lily Lolo mineral blushers are shown within warm neutral and cool categories on the website. Trying samples of the blush shades within these categories is the best way to choose your colour.

Merry Christmas to all of our customers, happy holidays and all the best for 2010.

Lily Lolo offices are closed from 23^rd December – 4^th January, orders past 2pm on 23^rd will be dispatched on the 30^th December, and all orders from 30^th Dec to 3^rd Jan will be dispatched on 4^th January,

See you in the New Year!
Everyone at Lily Lolo x x x

Sparkly blue eyeshadow is great for the party season. Here we’ve used a base of Mystery, a deep greeny-grey colour, and added Sandy Shore, shading the two carefully together. Pixie Sparkle is a gorgeous aqua blue eyeshadow colour and is great for high impact. Dab into the corners of the inner and outer eyes to add a lovely flash of bright colour.

Lily Lolo mineral eyeshadows

Psst, in early 2010 we’re launching a brand sparkling new website. It’s all very exciting. The new site will include all the current lovely Lily Lolo products but in an updated layout.

There’ll be lots more hints and tips, how to get the look, on site videos, and lots more interesting features.

The Lily Lolo online makeup boutique will continue to be your one stop shop for your natural, mineral (and animal friendly of course) makeup, as well as for handy application techniques.

Keep checking back to see our new site in the New Year

LL x

It’s important to keep makeup brushes clean – brushes are a harbour for bacteria so should ideally be washed once a week. Oil from your face can build up on makeup brushes leaving them greasy – not great for avoiding blemishes!

It’s best to use a mild shampoo, (baby shampoo is great) or an antibacterial washing up liquid will work fine. Remember to try not to immerse the full makeup brush into the water – this can affect the glue bond that holds the bristles together.

Hold the brush upside down, and with bristles pointing downwards run warm water over the brush from above. Use the shampoo on the bristles, gently working it into a lather. Work the shampoo from the base of the bristles outwards. Then rinse the water away holding the brush in the same position. The water will run cloudy from the old makeup, so continue the process until the water runs clear.

Always leave your makeup brushes to dry naturally, preferably laying them on their side to prevent any water running into the handle, as this will loosen the bond.

Lily Lolo has a full makeup brush range. Click here to view the collection

At Lily Lolo Towers we’re feeling especially festive this year, so we’ve decided to pick three random customers to receive a little present from their favourite mineral makeup company.

Well done to UK customers Nicola Hall and Claire Chadwick and Anna Marie Siani from Italy (picked at random from the Lily Lolo Santa hat!). They’ll all be receiving a lovely Eye Spy with my Gorgeous Eye kit, complete with three natural mineral eye colours.

Congratulations to them and thank you to each and every one of our customers for your support this year. Whilst we can’t send everyone a gift (oh how we’d love to!), we do send the best offers and occasional product giveaways out to our newsletter receivers so make sure you’re signed this.

The £12 New Year detox; cure your hangover skin

Just like the rest of our body, in the New Year skin is in need of a good detox. The combination of the party season and cold weather has taken its toll, and spring still seems an eternity away. We need colour, we need radiance and we don’t want to pay a fortune for it. The Lily Lolo mineral foundation is a snip at £12, especially when compared to other highstreet alternatives, what’s more – the promise of no chemical nasties; no chemical preservatives, no parabens, no Bismuth Oxychloride or chemical dyes means the products contain the minimum of ingredients (all natural ones) that really perform.

We can all detox our bodies’ safe in the knowledge that we’re not adding unnecessary toxins though the makeup we use.

It’s well known that mineral foundation is actually good for your skin, Lily Lolo mineral foundation includes just enough Mica to give skin a fabulous healthy glow, this mineral has light reflecting properties (instantly minimising fine lines), creating instant radiance, and Titanium Dioxide which has healing properties. The soft silky powder has a very faint shimmer to it instantly hiding a tired and stressed winter complexion, the results are flawless, glowing healthy skin.

Minerals make a New Year resolution that’s easy to keep – I promise to look after my skin, and buy more natural products.