Heaven's on Fire

The beautiful Annabella Barber by Rupert Tapper.
Seriously loving the vibe of this editorial!
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Ginge of The Week!

In keeping with this week's frightful fashion theme I've been very much inspired by the work of Tim Walker. He always manages to capture beauty with a surreal dream-like twist. Imagine thinking up such unreal concepts and actual making it come to life?! This weeks Ginger honour goes to the star of his Tim Burton inspired editorial which graced the pages of Harper's Bazaar back in 2009. With her electrifying acid orange locks and extreme texture, she who shall remain nameless is my Ginge of the Week!



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Pumpkins n Perfume

Halloween parties are all about being as vampy and sexy as possible so it's only fitting that your fragrance also follows suit.

Here's Makeup Marple's top 3 Halloween Fragrances:

1. Black Orchid by Tom Ford

2. Hypnose by Lancome

3. Ghost Deep Night

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Vampire Chic by Terry Richardson

- Marple loves it!
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Halloween = Dress Up Fun!

Me & my Welsh Lamb (that year I was Fetish-Cat of some kind!)

With plenty of Halloween parties just around the corner, as per usual I have no idea what I am going to dress up as... The last couple of years I have ended up as a cat of some description -yep, original I know!

As a child, I don't think we ever dressed up for Halloween (my mum thought it was all about evil witches and so on) however, I was quite envious of the kids I would see on American Tv shows dressing up and coming home with a bag full of sugary treats from trick or treating! (Any festival that involves lollies & sweets sounds good to me!!)

I never even dressed up for it until a couple of years ago, now it seems like all of London goes crazy for the excuse get dressed up and party!
Some people are so clever when it comes to such ideas. My friends Sophia & Phil are both fab when it comes to costumes and makeup looks for halloween. They always come up with something amazing and I can't wait to see what they do this time round....

This year, my flat mate, Amy is planning to dress up as a good old school style pumpkin- can't wait to see that one!!

Really it's just a fun excuse to dress up and be crazy cats......
Any costume ideas for me will gratefully accepted!

With Christel last year, this time it was a Daisy Lowe inspired kind of kitty

Sophia in one of her amazing creations- this time a murdered Beauty Queen!

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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

Tonight, I have realised 2 things:

1. How much I rely on technology these days
(I have been without iPhone or iPad since Friday and organising my life is becoming an impossibility!) no google maps, email, Facebook, whatever. Gggggrrrr! Which also explains my lack of blogging this weekend.... Sorry.

2. Colouring your own hair is NOT easy
My message when it comes to colouring your hair-
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!
Trust me, I've repaired many a DIY job in my salon days, even if it's to save money, it will end up costing you more in the long run! There is a reason why we train long and hard to specialise in colour (yes, I admit- I coloured my own roots tonight, it was sheer desperation due to my crazy, busy schedule but it does feel good to be a Ginge again!) Even for me, it was pretty tricky- you can't see the back of your head (duh!) Now I'm a shade of rich, vintage copper- just in time for winter!

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Ginge of the Week: Karen Elson!

Ginger Queen, 

Karen Elson 

Vogue Italia's October cover star holds this week's ginger honour!

Sporting a lush shade of soft amber hair colour which looks amazing next to the cool, grey wintery tones on the cover. Her hair colour is complimented by her porcelain skin and vintage red lipstick. 

(I love this simple and oh so beautiful makeup!) 

 Cover captured by the talented Stephen Meisel and his dream team.

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