Monthly Archives: February 2012

Sam: Happy (belated) New Year Beauty Callers!!!

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My first blog coming fresh from the North West and what a month it has been!

For those who don’t know, I left my London Franchise in October (now looked after by the wonderful and scrumptious Annabel) to venture overseas for a lovely long break in Vietnam, (where, by the way, I did rock the traveler look by wearing zero makeup and brushing my hair maybe once a day!!).

Leaving London was really difficult for me, I was so privileged to be part of many wonderful days and I will not forget any of the gorgeous brides I was so fortunate to meet Xx

So now I am home, up North. The lingo is slowly creeping back and it is freezing, but I have never been happier, and what a better way to begin the year then spreading the Beauty Call word, by exhibiting at the Tatton Park Wedding Show.

Myself, the lovely Demi and gorgeous Sarah spent two days talking to over 200 brides to be and giving lots of advice and mini makeovers. It was great to meet all the other suppliers and we really felt like we had put a big Beauty Call stamp on the North West.

Hearing back the comments and compliments on our professionalism and creativeness made me smile all weekend long and I know that we really are going to do really well as a team. GO TEAM BC!!!!!!

Roll on Feb!

Kisses Sam xxx

Annabel’s start to 2012

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On January 14th I once more went to the beautiful Lansdowne Club in Mayfair to make up Christina for her big day.

We kept her makeup simple and perfect. Creating a flawless, fresh complexion, simple liquid eyeliner and a light dusting of golden brown eye shadow to contour the eye and bring out the beautiful strawberry blonde in her hair. Her long vintage silk dress with a plunging neckline was my inspiration for her hairstyle. Favorite product for the day – MAC – Studio Fix foundation.

January 28th I was at Lancaster Gate to makeover Teree and her vintage dolls for their promotional work out shoot. Lips, liner and a lot of lashes! More photos yet to come but for now a little sneak preview from behind the scenes

…watch this space!

Marie: New Year, New Skills, New Jobs!

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The beginning of the year kicked off for me by gaining my diploma in threading!

Sunday 15th January saw me at the beautiful Clearwell in Gloucestershire where I did a hair & make-up trial for Jemma Page. It was a very relaxed trial, where I met her lovely fiancee, her Mum and Mum-in-law. She went for a half up half down with tumbling waves where she can have her tiara nestled in. For make-up we went very natural but with a real dewy glow and a glossy pink lip, very Spring!!

Saturday 28th January was the day of Rachel Underwood’s wedding in the GORGEOUS Estate of Coombe Lodge in Blagdon.

This is a venue I have worked at before, and it was a joy to make over the bride in this beautiful venue. Rachel was very calm and poised throughout the morning whilst I made her up which was great.

Her flower girl looked lovely too and was all ready to strut down the isle with the Bride!!!

Stephanie: Returning from Maternity Leave……

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I was so excited to come back to work after 4 months Maternity Leave.  Maximo and I :)

I have eased back into my role slowly with one wedding. Getting Anna and her beautiful Bridesmaids ready on the 7th January at the Epsom Racecourse Holiday Inn, Anna looked absolutely stunning and I can’t wait to see the pictures.

I then had trials with five beautiful brides for this year. It was lovely to try new ideas to help Liz, Lauren, Becky, Louise and Beverley find a perfect look to compliment their dress and theme for their wedding days.

And finally I also had a chance to catch up with some of my preferred suppliers at the Ghyll Manor Wedding Fair on 29th January.

Simon Hooley very kindly sent me a picture of a bridesmaid whose hair and makeup I did last year.

 

Rachel and Nicky’s day of fun!!!

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Rachel our new trainee had her shopping day with me in Central London.
We hit the shops in the rain and had lots of fun at Estée Lauder, YSL, Bobbi Brown, NARS, MAC, Pixi Beauty makeup stores!

After we’d finished we had lovely collection of goodies which we packed in to clear bags ready for her first day with our trainer Laura Jane www.laurajanesessions.co.uk

Good luck Rachel!!! Can’t wait to see you final images and hope you have a good few weeks learning the tip and tricks of the trade.

http://www.beautycall.co.uk/advancedtrainingcourses1.php

Louise revealing every girls must have…

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January has been a busy month with enquiry’s and trials.

A product I have been using on not only myself but all my brides when I’m prepping the Skin is Elizabeth Arden’s 8 Hour Cream. 

In this cold weather we often find our lips get sore and chaps so I have found that every girls make up must is: 

It restores, calms and rejuvenates any area on your body that is dry, sore or cracked and can also be used on minor skin irritations.

Nicky: Out with the old, in with the new!

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New Year: Time for new portfolio photos!

Five Beauty Call artists took over the Beauty Call Studio with our resident photographer David Price to produce new looks for their books.

Photography Studio Shoreditch

Beauty Call's Studio

As you can imagine it was pretty frenzied and David kept his cool amongst a room of girls so that was a miracle in itself. The makeup artists all bought their own model and could do whatever they wanted so we had a real variety of looks!

Here’s a little taster from: Jenny - http://www.beautycall.co.uk/artistinfo.php?id=84, Louise - http://www.beautycall.co.uk/artistinfo.php?id=123 and Becky - http://www.beautycall.co.uk/artistinfo.php?id=136

Even Evie, my daughter got involved!

Contact us if you want to do the same for your portfolio

http://www.beautycall.co.uk/78lukestreet.php

Sarah: As we move into 2012…………What does it have in store for me??

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How can I begin to talk about what I have up my sleeve for 2012 without a mention of my fabulous last two months of 2011.

A brilliant shoot with James Burton who is not only charming but a great up and coming creative photographer. The results of great team work were published images in Elite!

 Next came, my joining the Beauty Call team and a really warm welcome from Nicky, Phil and the other girls I’ve spoken to so far…hopefully I’ll get to meet you all soon :)

2012 has set off at a fast pace with bridal inquiries and bookings already and it’s only 10 days until I start my special effects, airbrush and body painting course on the 30th Jan. I really can’t wait…..I’ll keep you posted :)

Winter Garden Wedding Fair by Becky

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This weekend 7th and 8th January, I have attended and exhibited at the Winter Garden Wedding Fair in Eastbourne run by Ann and Phil at the “One stop wedding shop”. It was a very successful first wedding fair of 2012 as I managed to make some good links with several venues including Broyle Place, The York House Hotel, a chain of Lion Hotels and The Hilton in Eastbourne.

I also managed to have a conversation with Fross from Fross Wedding Collections, a bridal dress shop. We discussed holding a day at her shop where myself and the TN franchisee, Sarah could carry out a number of wedding trials. We decided to do this because it enables the brides to see their hair and makeup whilst wearing the dress so gives them a better idea of what they want.