For my birthday, Tom gave ma a gift voucher for MAC Cosmetics, where I got to go along and have a makeover and then get the products they used.

It took an hour and a half to do but the makeup artist was really nice. She let me pick out all the colours I wanted. I felt very dolled up for 12pm but I had my sunglasses to hide behind.

I went to MAC Cosmetics this morning for a makeover in time for our party. Last time I let the artist take full control and she went a bit crazy but this time I knew what I wanted, so I loved the end result so much more. Ellie, the makeup artist asked if I was a beauty journalist, because I came in prepared with a notebook of looks I wanted to try out. She also gave me a huge list of websites to check for Cut Out + Keep and places to go in Bristol next weekend.

She even let me take photos as we went along, so I could put it on CO+K (http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/cat-eye-makeover) and thought that was a really good idea everyone should do. I left with a big bag of makeup and then went shopping for a new outfit too.