and finally....SPRING!

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Freja Beha Erichsen by Rafael Stahelin for Vogue Korea September 2010

Spring arrived in London: WINTER IS OVER I can smell it, I can hear it and I can see it, most important I can feel it. I am no longer freezing. I want sunglasses and fruit smoothies and bbq's. I want white. I want a garden, or at least a balcony of roof terrace. It is a super busy spring for me with a few exciting shoots coming up, full time job and moving house as well. I haven't had a day off in quite a while and it will stay like this a bit longer. But I am happy. The sun is out and I am learning inspiring things every day.

What makes you happy right now?

makeing up brides

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photo calvin klein via handbag.com

The answer is: YES! I am doing bridal make up as well. Since many of you asked about my other creative career part: make up artistry, lately I decided to tell you a little bit more about that. Since I have not only done a lot of my friends and families weddings as a make up artist, now that I am officially and fully trained I do offer an extraordinary and bespoke service to all brides. I love to work with "real" beautiful women as much as I love working with models in fashion shoots. It is a different way of working in many ways from look to product and lasting ability but I am just as passionate about enhancing the individual brides unique features and giving her an all day lasting, glowing look based on her skin type, style and personal preferences. photo via daily makeover by © Kevin Mazur/WireImage How it works: During a first trial and consultation meeting we'll decide on the look and I will suggest products. We will be creating the full look, as you wish to wear on your wedding day. l am able to give professional skin care tips, so you can prepare and treat your skin the right way before your big day. On the actual wedding day, I will be pampering you and will create your all day worry free make up. If you wish I will design a customized colour palette for you, so you that you can carry the professional make up with you as well. No matter if you want to go for a glam vintage bride style or a very natural make up I will be up for it. So if you are interested feel free to contact me at liv(at)blushless.com or give me a call: +44(0)7716354466

new love

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I mentioned already that I am starting a new career as make up artist, at This Is Jane Wayne, I am blogging for a cool young German online magazine about my way to start something new and about beauty, have a look if you are interested. As soon as I have decided to commit and to go through the door that just opened things keep falling in place. A friend told me about a make up artistry competition that just came up at the right time, I practiced and worked hard on my entry and: I won. The prize is, and that’s why it’s so exciting: A full time professional make up artist course at the well known Jemma Kidd Academy plus a full kit of make up with everything I will need incl. professional brushes. IT IS INCREDIBLE! This new career just started with a BANG! And I am more than excited to start. I feel very very thankful and all warm and fuzzy inside. You can see more pictures of my work here. Thanks to the people who supported me in my decision!

thoughts about valentines day

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photo by uloni

“I love you but you didn’t bring me flowers.” Your love is hanging on flowers! You are seasonal, conditional, demanding and bargaining. Love is not a bargain. Love is not a business. It cannot be bought and sold. It has no condition. When you put a condition on love, it evaporates. © The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, July 16, 1982

Yes I am a day late. But that doesn't really matter, because my thoughts about Valentines Day totally agree with this wonderful quote of Yogi Bhajan. I heard some ladies complaining during the day of the 15th of February, that their beloved man hasn't send a message yet and saw some other girls stressing about gifts and buying tasteless cards. Not enough of this silliness: They had to ask me what we will be doing on Valentines Day. Uhm!? We just came back from a 3 week uber-romantic holiday to Australia, we went for a delicious SPONTANEOUS dinner out on friday night and yes: We don't do Valentines Day. Not in general. But only when we want to do it. And that is far more often than once a year.

back to reality

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Liv in Melbourne photo by Dave After a wonderful holiday the usual London stress has fully kicked in, and hardly left me any time for Blushless projects. It's still pretty rough winter weather over here and I am hardly spending anytime outdoors. I hope that Dave and me soon get to update our private blog with all the wonderful holiday pictures. But for now we don't even meet each other at home. We are both fully engaged in work and work projects. Lots of exciting engagement and pregnancy news among my friends kicked in and I feel slightly out of touch. My new day job is taking up all my time, which is ok, because I really have to work loads and for my new make-up artist career there is lots of training and projects coming up as well. It seems like I have to structure my time a bit differently and becoming clear of my focus. It's a new year and I really have to work on a career that allows me to survive on it. That's my big goal for 2011.