NARS & SELFRIDGES' BRIGHT YOUNG THING

I’ve got some amazing news! If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen my entries for #narsbyt, a social media competition for aspiring make-up artists. The prize? An artistry day with NARS’ international lead stylist, make-up artist Jane Richardson. Each week a colour was given as a theme, and the task was to create a make-up look featuring said colour.

I only found out about this on the penultimate week, and the two themed weeks I entered were Blue & Violet. Nars are known for their amazingly pigmented, dense products, with beautiful depth and a hint of sparkle. I decided to take the brief of ‘blue’ to the extreme, and this is what I came up with:



Next, violet. I have to say that I absolutely love using purples around the eyes. I have blue/green eyes and it never fails to bring out the green. So, using eyeshadow in Daphne & Lulu, I created a heavy smoky eye. I decided to go for a purple lip as well.


And that’s the image that crowned me Nars’ Bright Young Thing! Not only did I win the Violet week, I won the overall competition, and got to spend a day with Jane Richardson in London.

I’m a small town girl, so London was, well, overwhelming. We met in the Ampersand hotel on the seventeenth of December, in a beautiful room filled with art & books. A beautiful model joined us, and I was basically let loose! I’ll show you some of the things we practised: masculine brows, natural foundation, contouring, lipstick and, finally, a black & gold eye look.









Oh, and this is a photo of me on the day, a result of many hours of stressing and finally settling on a beehive and flicky eye!


I had an amazing time. It was so inspiring, and Jane taught me more than I could’ve imagined. It’s only strengthened my desire to make make-up my job. I went home beaming, with a massive bag of products and a head full of ideas.



A few days later, I couldn’t help but recreate the look on myself.



So, that’s what I’ve been up to! A bit of a whirlwind: I never expected all of this. I’m so grateful.