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thanks girls honey doll your eyes sound very like mine........ Wonder if the shades you're all suggesting are also available in the UK?

thanks! I'll remember those tips. I mostly feel very self conscious about my mouth though - smile - with teeth, or without? [huh] and then I end up flitting between the two while the person taking the pic gets themselves sorted and look stupid in the end result!

thanks girls mysterygal I do think browns and natural colours just suit me better than charcoals. I have an idea though - there are a lot of browny-taupey colours (which are sort of half brown half grey) I might see how I look in something like that.... ShrinkingViolet I didn't see whether...

good idea cherry red and miss neecerie - I WILL go for brown next time, I think my eyes stood out in a really lurid way (which you can't see in those pics due to the red eye lol!). I love different shades of browns, coffees etc. and know how to make those work with my eyes, so that's what I'll...

Fleurre I think that is the problem, thanks for pointing it out and now you have, I'm almost sure that the red is too "warm" and orangey. I have VERY blue veins on the back of my wrist. Do you have a reccomendation for a lippy shade which is cool? Also I think you're right, the eyes with the...

thanks girls! I appreciate your thoughts, and don't feel SO bad now (although the diet re-starts today, and my Mum has just promised me an extra birthday pressie if I get to my target - 7lb in a month should be doable). Sari your website is amazing! Maybe you can offer me some advice on how...

I wore smokey grey eyes and red lips at the weekend - looking back at the pictures it did me NO favours at all. Not so lucky to be able to wear any colours, like some can. My eyes are really yellowy green (hazel but very piercing with it - am not making them sound nice at all am I, lol) and the...

aw thanks so much Landgirl for asking, I had a fab time, my friend helped me with my hair (backcombing it a bit on top too) and it looked great (unfortunately in the photos you can see how my annoying floppy bit kept coming down at the side - will have to pin that next time). Apparently my hair...

is this sort of right? very rough....... but I pinned the hair under (ignore ugly but well loved sloucing clothes) eta what an awful pic. Will have to be brave and post one of the finished result which hopefully will be much better!!

Thank you! My hair is brown - a sort of mid brown at the mo. I went to our local chemist and got myself a hairnet! It's a brown one (I also got an "invisible" one but it's so fine and flyaway I doubt I'd be able to do anything with it, plus, I want it to be a feature). Any tips on getting...

ah now there's an idea :rolleyes:

ah, but in half an hour? [huh]........ will post the results, if I manage it! xxx

If they still have summer sale stuff rack, you may be in luck, I'll keep my fingers crossed. How amazing is Ava Gardner? I love her hair here: http://www.leninimports.com/ava_gardner_gallery_4.jpg is she wearing a net at the back? xxx

hi landgirl, thanks, it's from Monsoon. But in the sale about 6 weeks ago so you may be out of luck (I should have thought to post it at the time). It was £60 down to £15.

Hello ladies! Long time no see, hope everyone is doing well! I’ve been absent because am desperately trying to finish my PhD..... having said that, it’s my friend’s 30th at the weekend, we’re hitting the town and I want to wear this outfit... I’m not sure why I’m doing a funny squat...