Lights, camera, SMILE! The Colgate Optic White #WearASmile campaign has officially launched. You can now log onto the Wear A Smile blog and upload your best smile pics to win that chance to get your own Cosmo Cover! More on that here. Some stylish bloggers and I were invited to experience a little taste of what the winner will receive, and we each got our own Cosmo Cover experience. We had an absolute blast! A full day of getting our hair and makeup done and being styled and photographed for our very own Cosmo Cover! Here’s a little sneak peek, behind the scenes pics from the day… Enjoy xx The amazing Cheryl Parker (MUA) did my makeup, which I loved! Thank you Cheryl Makeup Artist and Beauty Blogger Bud Eloise Dreyer getting her makeup done for a change! Zoe from Beauty South Africa Bailey from Vanilla Blonde Abby from One Stiletto At A Time Liezel from The Feeling of Summer The lovely Leigh, AKA Lip Gloss Girl from Lipgloss is My Life Bailey from Vanilla Blonde and Kerri from Beauty Bulletin having some fun. Caught Bailey snapping a shot of me, snapping a shot of her 🙂 Sheri from SAFashionGirl and Samantha There’s a reason she’s called the SA Fashion…

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Today’s beauty confession comes from celebrity makeup artist and blogger, @eloisemakeup – Eloise Dreyer. How did you get started in the beauty industry? It never started at a certain point for me. It’s always been there. It’s as natural as breathing to me. It manifested though when my mother taught me to always look after my skin no matter what and that I should feel pretty for myself, no one else. What’s the best thing about your job? I get to learn about the most amazing advances in skin care technology, sample fragrances, play with colour when it comes to cosmetics, see the radiant faces of my models and clients after I’ve worked on them and make friends with like-minded people. My creativity is never curbed, frowned upon or laughed at. I love being creative and sharing it. What’s the most common questions girls ask you when they find out what you do? “How I got into the industry?” “How I get to be so sought after by clients and brands?” “How to do certain applications in makeup?” “What my beauty closet looks like?” – Eloise, we’d love to see that closet! What was the last beauty item you purchased?…

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Thanks to the lovely Eloise Dreyer, celebrity beauty artist and blogger for sharing her autumn makeup trends with us today… This autumn we have a strong palette to look forward to. I’m a lover or strong lips and eyes, and here’s what you can do to be spot on when it comes to Autumn trends. Strong brows are making a huge comeback. Dont over colour brows and draw stark lines, rather use a soft brow pencil like Bobbi Brown Brow Pencils, to create a strong and groomed look. Colours for eyes include washes of greys, browns and purples. My favourite grey palette is found at Dior in their “Gris” collection. Purples pop in pallets from MAC Wonderwoman, Estee Lauder Surreal Violet and YSL in Parisian Sky. Use an aubergine/grey/navy color eye pencil to finish off strong eyes. Keep lips either very nude or very strong For nude, try MAC lipstick in Myth. For strong, go for Java Jolt; a dark chocolate, or even a dark grape will be perfect. Skin is flawless, slightly on the dewy, translucent side. I use Chanel Vita Lumiere Aqua and YSL Transfer Resistant foundation to create the best skin. Colour mascaras are making a huge…

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