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Category Archives: Beauty

Your Skin is a Public Experience - it's part of your appearance and people react to it

Your Skin is a Public Experience

Beauty, Body Image, makeup, videosBy Imogen LamportNovember 13, 20186 Comments

Your skin covers your body, it’s always visible even in small parts when you cover up with clothing. The human eye cannot help but look at skin, our eyes are naturally drawn to where the skin is (skin can be exciting – that’s why there is such a thing as strippers, and why most work…

How to Use a Snap Closing Bun Maker

6 Simple Steps to Using a Snap Closing Bun Maker

Beauty, hairBy Imogen LamportNovember 8, 20184 Comments

Have you seen those snap closing donut bun makers and wonder if they really work? I decided to give the snap styling donut ones a go (sometimes called “magic bun makers”) as so often some of these hair tools don’t quite work as well as they do in the ads! Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised…

Road Testing Carbon Coco Charcoal Toothpaste

Road Testing: Carbon Coco Activated Charcoal Toothpaste

Beauty, grooming, Reviews, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportApril 7, 2018Leave a comment

Charcoal toothpaste is all the rage on the beauty blogs and as a woman who cares about her teeth and knows just how a good set of choppers makes a difference to your overall appearance, I was happy to road test Carbon Coco Activated Charcoal toothpaste when they offered to send me an Ultimate Carbon…

How to Choose Flattering Lipstick Colours

Beauty, Colour, makeup, videos, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportMarch 1, 20184 Comments

Why is it so hard to find a flattering lipstick colour? There are a couple of reasons why which I discuss in this video.   How to Choose a Flattering Lipstick Colour Test it on your lips – testing it on your hand will never tell you if it’s right – your lip chemistry may…

Product Test Review: Baby Foot Exfoliant

Beauty, grooming, ReviewsBy Imogen LamportFebruary 8, 20182 Comments

These Old Feet Try Out Baby Foot As much as I have a largish shoe collection, I actually prefer not to wear shoes at all when I’m home and my feet can get a bit calloused and dry, particularly my heels.  Normally I just moisturise with a regular moisturiser, my feet at night and every…

6 Step easy eyeshadow application

6 Step Easy Eyeshadow Application Tutorial

Beauty, makeup, videosBy Imogen LamportOctober 12, 20176 Comments

I was recently asked to share my eyeshadow application technique so I’ve made a short video plus taken photos of each stage so you can get a close-up view of what I actually do. 6 Step Easy Eyeshadow Application See images below for step by step reference. Before you start, consider whether you want to…

Hair styles and Hair colours

5 Essential Questions To Ask Yourself When Choosing a Hairstyle

Beauty, hair, videosBy Imogen LamportOctober 10, 20179 Comments

How do I find a hairstyle that suits my face shape?  This is the question that we were asked to discuss and share our thoughts on. In this video, Jill Chivers of Shop Your Wardrobe and I discuss the 5 essential questions you should answer before you cut your hair or choose a hairstyle!  Face…

7 Beauty Tips I Wish I’d Known A Long Time Ago

Beauty, grooming, hair, makeupBy Imogen LamportSeptember 15, 201710 Comments

1. Be Kinder to Your Hair Washing hair twice – saves on washing as frequently and so having to blow dry as often, saving your hair from drying out so much (plus that time factor too in the morning). I always wondered why there was that “rinse and repeat” instruction on the back of shampoo,…

8 Causes and Solutions for Bad Breath and How to Tell Someone They've Got It

8 Causes and Solutions for Bad Breath and How to Tell Someone They’ve Got It

Wellbeing, grooming, MoreBy Imogen LamportJuly 14, 20173 Comments

A memory I’ll never forget… … it was back in the 1990s and I was working at Penguin Books Australia.  Walking to my office through reception, I was stopped by the receptionist to answer a query by someone who was waiting there. When this man spoke to me, my eyes began to water as his…

How to choose a nude lipstick colour to suit your complexion and colouring

How to Choose a Nude Lipstick Colour

Beauty, makeupBy Imogen LamportJune 8, 2017Leave a comment

A nude lipstick is a great weekend or casual lipstick colour to own and wear as it doesn’t make a big statement, and you won’t notice so much when you eat it off. A nude lipstick is also great to wear when you’re doing a more defined or smoky eyeshadow in a darker palette if you…

Let's talk about beauty

Let’s Talk About Beauty and What it Means

Beauty, videosBy Imogen LamportMarch 23, 20175 Comments

What is beauty? Is beauty only for the model types? What makes you beautiful? Unless you’re one of the supermodels of the world, which I’m guessing your not, as I doubt they’d ever read this blog, then you’re probably like the majority of people.  You probably talk down to your reflection in the mirror, it’s…

Miracle Gel nail polish by Sally Hansen - road test and review

Road Testing Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Nail Polish

Beauty, grooming, ReviewsBy Imogen LamportMarch 9, 201718 Comments

Weak nails is an understatement in my case. I can’t leave the house without an emery board as I’m sure to break a nail just by breathing. I have emery boards stashed all over the house, in my car and handbag. I never leave home without one. Having asked a few manicurists over the years…

how to choose a hair colour as you age

How to Choose a Hair Colour as You Age

hair, BeautyBy Imogen LamportFebruary 16, 201715 Comments

Question:  In one of your posts, you talked about our coloring changing as we age. This is true for me, when considering covering my newly multiplying grey hairs I put some streaks in my hair but now even the streaks aren’t giving the blended coverage I was hoping for. so it is time to tint…

Stylish gift ideas for women who are interested in fashion and style

Stylish Christmas Gift Ideas

Beauty, Accessories, makeupBy Imogen LamportDecember 13, 2016Leave a comment

  I can’t believe how close Christmas is to us right now. It’s seriously snuck up on me and I’m suddenly starting to panic about what to buy (and my kids keep asking me what I might like too). So I thought I’d put a little guide together with some bits and pieces that may…

Teeth whitening with PureSmile

Trying Out Teeth Whitening

Beauty, groomingBy Imogen LamportNovember 28, 20162 Comments

One of the things I’ve noticed all my life, is just how your teeth affect how you smile. I’ve got friends who have chipped and uneven teeth and they always smile with their lips closed, which tends to make the smile feel less authentic. I had terrible teeth as a kid, a bunch of gravestones,…

Should your hair have highlights or block colour?

How to Decide if Your Hair Should Have Highlights or Block Colour

Beauty, Colour, hair, Wearing ColourBy Imogen LamportNovember 25, 20162 Comments

Hair Texture and Highlights or Block Colour Once you have figured out how to find the most flattering kinds of hair colours to suit your complexion so you look glowing, healthy and gorgeous, the second consideration is that of block colour versus higlight and lowlights.  The answer to this conundrum comes down more to hair…

Hair styles and Hair colours

How to Know if Your Hair Colour Is Wrong

Beauty, Colour, Discover Your Colours, hairBy Imogen LamportNovember 18, 20165 Comments

  One question that comes up with my clients and also on my 7 Steps to Style program forums is that of hair colouring and what works best. Skin Undertone and Hair Colour First consideration is always your skin.  You want to find a hair colour that flatters your complexion.    In fact hair, as…

Her Fashion Box and Bellabox reviews

What’s in the Box?

shopping, Accessories, Beauty, groomingBy Imogen LamportJuly 27, 2016Leave a comment

All Boxed Up – Bella Beauty Box and Her Fashion Box There are a number of fashion and beauty boxes on the market that are a subscription based service that post you a treat in the mail each month.  Two available here in Australia are bellabox  and Her Fashion Box and I thought I’d share the…

Embrace Your Body For a Better Life

Beauty, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJuly 25, 20164 Comments

I’m really excited to be sharing details about a new documentary all about body image. Apparently 90% of women dislike their bodies. They find them lacking. Not good enough. Not right. I have experience this many times when talking to my clients in my image consulting/personal styling business.  Many find it difficult to even look…

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How to Wash Your Hair Like a Pro

Beauty, hairBy Imogen LamportJuly 20, 2016Leave a comment

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Recently I was treated to a La Biosthetique scalp consultation (where I discovered that my hair is regularly oily in the right kind of way, and that dandruff is not an issue for me but I do have a sensitive scalp that is irritated by some products so I need…

Look Good Feel Better Makeup brushes

Need Some New Oh So Soft Makeup Brushes?

Beauty, makeupBy Imogen LamportJune 29, 2016Leave a comment

I’ve seen firsthand for around a decade of volunteering for the charity Look Good Feel Better which supports cancer patients deal with the side effects of their treatments, just what a positive impact a little makeup can do for their confidence and self esteem. In Australia more than 125,000 women, men and teens have participated…

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