TRIED & TESTED | Beauté liqui-gel stains

JESSICA LOVES THIS… Because there’s nothing better than a burst of bright, refreshing colour on those pavement-melting summer days. Get a beautiful, natural flush with berry Harlot and sanguine Fever or go bright and cheery with coral Neon and pink Flouron that are bang on trend for spring/ summer 2010. The multi-tasking lip and cheek liquid-gel stain is the perfect consistency (not a liquid, not a gel), size (perfect for that holiday carry-on or your handbag), easily blendable and long lasting. Between these four, there’s a stain that looks good on every skin tone and one that works for every mood or occasion.

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Simply the Bess: The open secret among makeup lovers in New York hits the UK

THE FIRST thing I notice about South Carolinian Edward Bess when I meet him in person is his hair – the luscious chestnut locks he's always brushing away from his cherubic face. It's the sort of hair that girls dream of. Not that his thick lashes, pillow pout and other-worldly glow aren't also envy-inspiring. Or his whippet-thin waistline and long limbs. In fact, Bess is a vision fit for the Belle Époque – he makes TV vampire heart throbs look positively mundane; yep, Lestat, Louis and Edward would writhe with jealousy at the site of this willowy beauty entrepreneur. 

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FROM THE FRONT | Daisy de Villeneuve paints Angie, Audrey, Marilyn and Cheryl

I LOVE ILLUSTRATORS. My dream job (yes, like Dawn from The Office) is to be an illustrator... and a baker, the Belgrade bureau chief for Bloomberg and, well, a few other sundry things. Back during my more regular tenure in London, I spent a fair amount of time at The Hospital Club and particularly in the Bellini Bar. I like a fizzy cocktail as much as the next freelance writer, but it was the Julie Verhoeven walls that kept me coming back. Garance Doré inspires both jealousy and admiration (she's brilliant AND gets to snog The Sartorialist!?) in equal measure. Natasha Law has a strange, hypnotic hold on me and Quentin Blake brought Roald Dahl to life (not that he needed any help) before my very eyes... still does, in fact, as I don't think you should ever stop reading Dahl (and if you haven't, read his sinister short stories. Macabre and hilarious.... Tales of the Unexpected is a treat). My friend Carol Chu (the lovely lady who turned my vision for a logo into reality once upon a time. Thank you!) blows me away with her work. Teach me, I implore! 

But, whoa, whoa, back to the point (focus, Jess, focus). There's another illustrator who has a certain way with a felt-tipped pen.

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