Fresh as a daisy after 5!

Get together with the girls after work & have a laugh!

If you are anything like me then having a glass of wine at your favourite bar after work on a Friday is a given! More than often your office is in a popular hub of where ever you live and at least two of your friends (maybe even your boss) will be joining you for a wind down of the week that was!

The fun completely dies when you try and go home, get changed and put on fresh make-up that isn’t after work drinks that is going out on a Friday night! Everyone else is in their corporate attire so we say you should be too, but of course a little touch up from an eight hour day is always on the cards!

Last week we told you what to keep in your hand bag, this week we are going to give you the tips and tricks so that your face is fresh and fruitful for your after work soiree! Who knows there might even be some business cards exchanged?

Wear a lipstick with a pair in it so that it looks glossy but you don't have to carry a gloss through the day as well. 

Take an illumining palette so you can add highlights. 

Take a black eyeliner and your mascara so you can create a heavier eye look for evening. 

If there is space in your makeup bag also take your NP Bronzer so you can sun kiss your cheeks and define your cheekbones and of course the all important cleavage!

Now close down your emails, turn off the office lights and lock the door behind you... You are ready for your fun Friday to start!

To book a Runway Express party at your house email abbey@runwayexpress.com or to purchase any NP products shop on-line here!

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Happy Friday Everyone!

Well it is another long weekend and we are sure all our fabulous followers have lots of plans to keep them busy! We are loving winter fashion and of course we are needing it at the moment with the weather being a little chilly! One plus to cold weather ladies is your make-up will stay on longer when you aren’t sweating it off... Of course there is always the negative of not being able to feel your nose... Like they say beauty if pain!

So what was more fitting for our Friday beauty blog but the essential handbag must have’s for a night out on the town! We are sure that the number one fashionista Carrie Bradshaw has her lip gloss close by in her tiny clutch and so should you!

Paint the town RED with a clutch full of essentials:

-          Lip gloss!! Pinky/brown tones?

Before you leave the house and you are doing your make-up it’s better to emphasize your eyes on a night out, as with all the eating and talking going on you will hardly have time to keep re-applying a bright lipstick, so a pinkey brown gloss is more practical to keep yourself looking polished.  You can also subtly use the gloss on your cheeks if your skin is looking tired, to create a more dewy and youthful look.  Perfect for showing off your cheek bones at night!

Paris always has her pink lip gloss handy!

Who wants to come to the toilet with me?

-          Camera Finish

-          Lipstick

We all know on a night out we love to go to the toilet in two’s! We can gossip, laugh or in the worst case scenario have someone hold your hair for you if you are feeling a little under the vodka spell! If you have been dancing the night away blot your t-zone with tissue paper or face blotting paper then press and roll our camera finish over your skin, which is also perfect to combat panda eyes while out and about.

Now you are all set for your night out on the town, click those ruby red stiletto’s together like Dorothy Gale and have an amazing time!

To book a Runway Express Experience email abbey@runwayexpress.com.au or to purchase any NP products shop at our on-line store!

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Meet Lauren Spence!

With a passion for painting and beauty, Lauren decided to pursue a career in makeup artistry and enrolled in the certificate course through the Napoleon Perdis Makeup Academy in 2006. Since then she has spent the last 5 years as a freelance makeup artist working for herself and Runway Express Experience in Brisbane.

She expanded her makeup abilities with a SPFX course taught by Brisbane based Film and TV Makeup Artist Darin Rose in 2010 to increase her skills and passion for the industry. Lauren covers many aspects of makeup including Weddings, Formals/Special Occasion, Film, Photography and SPFX and has credits to her name including the fashion lift out in the Brisbane’s Courier Mail, Brisbane short films “Love & Lust” & “Grey”, Brisbane based band ‘The Bloodpoets’ film clip for their song “Wings” and most recently Brisbane singer/songwriter Bec Plath’s EP cover.

Lauren has a very friendly and easygoing attitude and likes her customers to be comfortable and left feeling and looking amazing with a great attention to detail. To book Lauren or any of the other Runway Express team please contact abbey@runwayexpress.com.au or if you like to shop at home visit our on-line store for all your Napoleon Perdis make-up!

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Give me 5

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE

Well after starting our blogger competition this morning I am sure you are all busy little bee's either writing your entry review, making your video presentation or possibly just counting down the last hours of the working week and thinking about what you are going to wear tonight?

We know how crazy life can get some times, two parties in the one night, drinks after work, dinners, dates and the list goes on so we thought this Friday we would give you the knowledge to get you out the door and to that glass of champagne as quick as possible! Fabulous make-up in five minutes flat. 

Step 1: Cleanse, tone, moisturize/protect, prime.
Step 2: Using your ring finger apply concealer under eyes, on eyes to eyebrow, any redness on face, and lightly down centre of face if needed.
Step 3: Apply a pink cream blush to apples of cheeks with fingers.  Apply same product to your lips and eye socket line.

Step 4: Set with Camera Finish using your Boudior brush all over face and slightly down neck.

Step 5:Apply an iridescent creamy colour eye shadow to the center of your eyelids and under your eyebrow arch.

Step 6: Comb pale matt brown eye shadow into eyebrows, use 16b brush to sweep same eye shadow into socket line.  Line top lashes with black eyeliner.  Apply Mascara.

Now pop your heels on you are good to go! To buy any of the Napoleon Perdis products visit our on-line store or for any information on our Runway Express Experience parties email abbey@runwayexpress.com

Enjoy the weekend  EX O EX O

Runway Express Review Blogger WANTED!!!!

Gossip Girl Here...  

That is right ladies and gentleman, Runway Express Experience is offering one lucky blogger, beauty Belle, Make-up artist, fan or follower the chance to be our very own gossip girl, reporting the what’s what and the who’s wearing what from Napoleon Perdis!

We are going to send you the latest and greatest Napoleon Perdis products right to your door step and all we want is a 300-500 word review every week from your point of view and you get to keep all the products!!! The Runway Express review blogger will keep their title for three months and you will receive over $500 worth of Napoleon Perdis over this time to add to your beauty bag.

All you have to do to enter is become a fan of our facebook page and post in 30-50 words a creative product review! It can be your favourite lipstick, blush, brush or primer it is up to you. Team your post with a creative feature such as a video or collage image and get as many as your friends to like your post as well because it will be a joint decision from our Runway Express team and our fans on who will win.

Good luck and have fun reviewing your favourite product, we know we do love testing out Napoleon Perdis everyday! EX O EX O


** Competition starts Friday 3 June 2011, the winner will be announced 5:00PM Thursday 30 June 2011. An introduction blog will then be posted 1 July 2011 with the first product review due on Wednesday 6th July (and every Wednesday following, closing on the 28 September 2011). All blogs will be posted on the Friday following and must have images supplied (or sourced). Should the winner not be able to complete their agreement products must be returned to Runway Express Experience and the Runway Express team will reserve the right to select a new blogger.
** Runway Express Experience will ultimately have final say on the chosen winner, all entrants must have full rights to their review and images (images are able to be sourced).

For all Runway Express Experience enquiries please contact abbey@runwayexpress.com.au or shop for your latest Napoleon Perdis products visit our on-line store.