From powders to bricks to liquids I advise you to never be scared of a bronzer. It can do wonders for your complexion and confidence. If you are not a fan of self –tanning then take a step back and consider a bronzer!!

Giorgio Armani: Sheer Bronzer

This bronzer comes in two colours and the pigments are fantastic!  Creating the glow of sun-kissed sculpted skin with the help of soft micro-fine powder and buildable colour.

Nars: Bronzing Powder

“Laguna” is one of the best bronzing powders for light skin. Diffused powders with golden shimmer create all-over warmth while adding a subtle glow.

Colour Couture: Bronzer Brick

A brick does it all from the highlighting to shading. Each individual shade can be used to brighten and contour your eyes and cheeks.

Bobbi Brown: Shimmer Brick Compact – Bronze

This shimmer brick is a little bit more…shimmery. For those of you who really like to glow this will be perfect.

Becca: Shimmering Skin Perfector – Topaz

This product is great for those of you with dry skin and find powders end up going patchy after a few hours. You will achieve instant radiance and vitality and will reduce imperfections.

Best application methods:

I will always advise you to use a brush. I prefer to use a blush brush, something that is dome shaped with medium-soft bristles. Since a bronzing powder is one shade its simple to use, a brick has varying shades so consider if you want to mix them all together or use the darker ones to contour and lighter ones to highlight. Either way, it is up to you. A liquid is really not complicated so don’t avoid it. I suggest squirting a pearl sized amount onto your hand or wrist and then using your brush to apply.

My simple technique is the “3 shape”.  With a small amount of product on your brush (its easier to start small and build up -always harder going backwards) start at the middle of your forehead, brush along the hairline and temple reaching mid ear, come along your cheekbone back to your ear, down to your jaw and just under your jaw-line. Exactly like you are drawing the number 3.

This technique gives you the perfect glowing complexion. I usually take one more sweep of product along the cheeks bone then softly blend all over using a bigger face brush.

Let me know which products work best for you!!

Bodyography Australia is proud to announce Queensland’s Vivianne Tran as the winner of the 2011, ‘So You Think You Can Make-up?’ Front Cover Fashion Award. Bodyography welcomes make-up artists from all backgrounds of the industry, so there were countless colourful and creative submissions that flooded the judging panels. The process of elimination was long and painful, eventually seeing the top ten Front Cover Fashion shoots and top three Superhero/Villain shoots make it through to the final rounds.

The panel of five judges consisting of directors and educators from Bodyography Australia and USA, the Editor at Spa Australasia Magazine and a Pro Lash Director, eventually narrowed the contestants down to two using their strict criterion.

Phaedra Hairdressing Collection Launch Andy Restuccia’s Beautiful Strange Collection represents simplicity and classic style. “I was inspired by timeless elegance and the minimalistic style of the 1920s, and in particular the style icon Louise Brooks.” He explains the collection reflects this era, but incorporates a modern twist and is a bit edgy. Restuccia first launched his collection at the Mondial Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa in October last year and then re-launched it among his colleagues at the salon’s home in Melbourne. A short film was also created to elaborate on the Beautiful Strange Collection, which shows Restuccia’s thoughts on hairdressing. “The film reflects my philosophy that hairdressing is a beautiful art form. I believe that hairdressing involves elements or architecture, design and sculpture and this is the direction we take in the sale every day.” Restuccia has recently been nominated for Fashion Director at the Victorian Intercoiffure Mondial Hairdressing Association, to which he says, “I look forward to pushing the boundaries of hairdressing within this role.”

An interesting approach to the launch of George Calombaris’s new restaurant in Melbourne, Mama Baba, involved a touch of Joey Scandizzo’s creative flair. In the week leading up to the event, Joey was busy carefully hand crafting wings and headpieces from spaghetti, curl noodles and shell pasta, which were all to be showed off by models. On the evening of the launch, Joey was enclosed in a glass pasta dryingroom attaching his hand-sewn creations to the models’ hair.  He says, “Being a long-time friend of George’s, I was honoured to be a part of his launch event and help create a unique and fun atmosphere for what was a truely awesome launch.”