Teacher's pet

We all need a bit of advice and direction in our lives, your makeup is one area where trial and error is not always suitable...

Tanya Burr is a 21st century fairy godmother is disguise! Her Youtube tutorials cover everything from celebrity makeup looks to the ideal smoky eye and perfecting your makeup base. Constructed in an easy to follow manner, it is no surprise that her videos and blog receive thousands of views per day. 

In addition to taking you through looks that you can recreate at home Tanya Burr reviews new makeup and skincare products, providing concise and truthful opinions. After understanding that magazines are often biased with makeup reviews and features (apparently it is down to advertising most of the time) it is so important that we have access to this information!

Visit Tanya Burr's Youtube channel here and her blog here.

Out of this world

The last time most of us wore a transfer was probably a few years ago... The new generation of transfers, however, are less concerned with emulating tattoos of Spice Girls but with creating unique effects that could not be achieved with conventional make up. 

Kim Kardashian experimented with lip transfers from Violent Lips, also popular with Lady Gaga, to achieve this unique monochrome look. 

Nail Rock have also discovered the possibilities of transfers and has made them widely available on the high street. The innovative designs will transform how we adorn our nails, lips and now eyes.

For more information please visit www.nailrock.com

Pop stars

Colour blocking is as big as ever...rework it for Spring/Summer by adding slicks of primary colours to your eyes and lips.

Make sure you keep it matt and highly pigmented, go for make up artist's favourites such as MAC and Nars. Keep all other make up natural and understated, invest in a good primer and foundation for a flawless base.

The hottest colours at the moment are hot pink and electric blue, frame eyes with mascara and a little black eyeliner to make them stand out against the colour slick. 

Here are the best colours out the at the moment...

Single Eyeshadow in Outremer £17 Nars

Lipstick in Quick Sizzle £13.50 MAC

Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Celebrate £17 Nars

Luminizing Satin Eye Colour Trio £34.50 Shiseido

Face painting

For the more adventurous make up junkies, give this look a go...it is sure to make heads turn!

Inspired by a feature in Company magazine featuring a 'panda pout', this interpretation looks to be the first of many! 

The April issue of Company is out soon.

Prime time

Make room for this pot of beauty in your makeup bags right away! Cream Colour Base by MAC is a multi purpose radiance machine that shoots all other similar products out of the water. I have always had High Beam by Benefit as one of my daily staples, however, Cream Colour Base takes everything we love from High Beam but adds a few perfecting tweaks...

The shimmering particles in this product are much finer than some of its competitors, this gives a dewy glow rather than an obvious highlighted effect. Cream Colour Base is available in several shades, from Luna and Pearl which are perfect for paler skin tones that just require a healthy boost, to the more dramatic blends such as Improper Copper and Fabulush. 

Alberta Ferretti showed models with a dewy fresh look in the Spring 2012 catwalk.

Due to the creamy texture of this product, it is extremely easy to blend, allowing you to layer over foundation and even powder to give a smooth look. Alternatively, for a flawless finish, wear over moisturiser and add a touch of foundation to key areas.

MAC Cream Colour Base £14.50

Painting the town

After the colour explosion of the Meadham Kichhoff catwalk show at LFW, we have all been shown that we need more colour in our lives. With experimental hair colours and crazy make up, feature against smooth lines and a subdued palette.

Punchy fuchsia lips at Clements Ribeiro

Ocean dip dyed hair at Pringle

Futuristic blue nails at Erdem

To recreate this look, go for matte block colours on nails, lips and eyes...although not all three at once! Tropical blues will beautifully offset the accents of the colour of the season, orange.

MAC Lipstick in Morange £13.50

Rouge Dior Lipstick in Mysterious Mauve £22.50

NARS Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Celebrate £17

Yves Saint Laurent Vinyl Candy Palette £39

Estée Lauder Pure Colour Nail Lacquer in Teal Topaz £14

Under the influence

Muses to designers normally come in the form of beautiful, elegant models, actresses and socialites but perhaps this is set to change. I understand that people get inspired by the environment around them and often from the most unexpected places...but this truly was unexpected! Victoria Beckham's new more affordable collection, Victoria, is inspired by cartoon Emily the Strange. 

Just this morning I also received an email detailing the new 'Miss Piggy for MAC' collection featuring eyelashes, eyeshadow and eyeliner to recreate the iconic look of the cuddly star. The collection has been launched to celebrate the return of The Muppets, the new film premieres on February 10th.

For more information on the new Missy Piggy for MAC collection please visit www.maccosmetics.co.uk

For more information on Victoria by Victoria Beckham please visit www.victoriabeckham.com/victoria

Work it (out)

It has been announced that the legendary Iris Apfel has collaborated with MAC to produce a new colour collection.

Now, which colour to go for first...?

Posh punk

"if you took all the privately educated people out of punk bands there would have been me and Paul Weller left..." - Billy Bragg

£360 Eddie Borgo

£1,575 Valentino

£85 Bitching and Junkfood

£20.50 Gareth Pugh for M.A.C

£125 Underground