Today marks our 100th blog post and we therefore wanted to share our brand new look with you!
2015 is a fresh start, a " full power 24/7" approach and we are very very excited about our new brand, our new "look" and new exciting philosophies.
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Tuesday, 27 January 2015
The "Give MORE Campaign" secret... is out!!
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
I am no makeup maven, not by a long shot but I have learned
some tricks along the way. Especially ways to show the best possible version of
me { or you…} without using Photoshop.
In the “Give MORE Campaign” I showed a before and after portrait
of me and I wanted to share some secrets on the after shot… NO Photoshop was
used {I do not even own it} only some clever makeup tricks { I have a lazy eye,
broken nose and and… you all know what us women can be like}, some good lighting,
the right camera angle, some detailed thought given to the wardrobe and pose and
viola!… the after shot is just another version of me without having
to nip and tuck in Photoshop! But I do think a more polished and a prettier
version of me.
When it came to the makeup I had some special tricks up my
sleeve; a “how to” tear page from a local SARIE magazine showing how Christine
Mcignano, a makeup artist from Chanel used her magic wand on the cover girl.
I used this as inspiration and tweaked a bit from there.
Unfortunately the comments on the tear age below is in Afrikaans but it is a
South African magazine after all !
I love the tip she gave for making eyes look less tired and
pop a bit more – just a dab of dove grey shadow in the middle of the lid to
reflect some light, and it really worked.
I am also a big fan of an eyelash curler, yes it looks like
some medieval contraption to me but it works like a charm to open up your eyes
and even more so if you give it a quick blast with a hairdryer to heat it up {
just don’t singe your lashes off…}Then there is an old friend of mine who showed me many miraculous uses for good old Baby Powder and I still use it every day even when photographing clients.
All of these little tricks helped me create the “Give MORE Campaign” look…that and a tiny bit of lipgloss to catch that light!
So what is in my makeup bag?? A little bit of everything…
from Mac’s creamy blush, Elisabeth Arden { love her!} primer, Maybelline
mascara, Revlon’s yummy colour burst lip balms, to Yardley and essence {a very
inexpensive brand but one of the only eye pencils that does not irritate my
eyes and I could not live without the 02 Hot Chocolate!} and a super SPF30
sunblock for every day.
So yes, with some clever makeup tricks we can all be the
prettiest version of ourselves without any radical steps!
PS: The tearsheet below shows them only using Chanel
products which are quite expensive but there are many fabulous products out
there for a fraction of the price and many amazing upcoming brands. Which brands
do you love??
{another tear page from Bobbi Brown Cosmetics that I just
love}
The Closet: Bursting at the seams...
Friday, 3 October 2014
The last ten days have been a wonderful “chaos” of sequins, ribbon
and bundles and bundles of tulle! We stitched, we sewed, we laughed { felt like
crying sometimes too…}.
And if it wasn’t for our “wardrobe WONDERWOMAN”, Rickie I
would never have been able to create these beauties. She is a brilliant seamstress
{where I am a bit of a hack} and it was only with her collaboration that a lot
of my crazy ideas had any chance of coming to life.
Not only did we have more fun than I could possibly explain
but we conjured up five skirts for “The
Closet”, some dainty headpieces and belts {as you can see I could not
resist wearing one} and a gorgeous midnight blue dress with lots and lots of
flowing fabric and ribbon {which was first designed as a top and later turned
into this beauty}…
I don’t think we can say thank you enough to Rickie who
tempered my somewhat mad ideas and helped me turn them into some beautiful
frocks. We are very very excited to use each of them in some of our future
shoots.
Dust and Dreams Bespoke USB drives…
Thursday, 4 September 2014
September is just jammed packed with exciting news…
So tell us, how many of you have some of the newest Apple
PC’s, laptops or gadgets that no longer have a CD/DVD drive?
We really thought long and hard about all of you out there
and…These little custom USB drives are the ultimate in chic
yumminess ( and that’s not only because they have our name on them!) but now
you will be able to literally keep those memories close to your heart and view
your first dance, your true inner goddess or the great love of your life
whenever you like!
Dust and Dreams are thrilled with these bespoke little
beauties of ours and each {wedding} and {ethereal emotion} package will include
this little gem with all your edited photos on. They will also be available as a
little splurge “add-on” on all the other packages…
Love them as much as we do!!
It is Spring!!! and our new { Personal Branding} package
Monday, 1 September 2014
It is Spring {at long last!!} and we are pretty excited to
reveal a brand new package which is for when “a selfie” is just not good
enough!
Our {personal branding} session is an all-out glamour
session and no, it is not going to be studio headshots for your CV or corporate
posters but it will be for all you “creatives” out there who need those perfect
picks to add a little bit of “you” to your own website or social media
platform.
If you are a small {or large} business owner or
entrepreneur dying to get your brand out
of the shadows but who might need a little push… maybe a day as a goddess and
some photos which makes you look like a million dollars is just what you need
to set you apart from the ever present competition!
These shots will be styled and conceptualised to showcase
what makes you unique and to add your individual stamp to your brand.
Maybe that just what your budding business needs….a face…
YOUR face…
Maybe you are a blogger just starting out or a stay at home
mom who is an entrepreneur at heart…Maybe you are an aspiring model or an author
or maybe you just need to really SEE yourself to take that ultimate career
leap… maybe you are forever paging through magazines wondering what you would
look like in an editorial spread…let us show you!
Where will we do this? You tell us… it can be at your
favourite coffee shop, on your couch, at a custom location, the back of a moped
or even in your bathtub if you like!
...all the nitty gritty details can be found on our website...
