tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post2291034418909427749..comments2024-03-18T07:51:50.975+00:00Comments on MRS TREFUSIS TAKES A TAXI: TURN BACK THE CLOCK BEAUTY: MAKE-UP TRICKS FOR GROWN-UPSHelen Brocklebankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04572008161376510229noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-4704473081072050392010-07-20T09:59:34.117+01:002010-07-20T09:59:34.117+01:00Great blog, great advice but sadly only a Black an...Great blog, great advice but sadly only a Black and Decker would fix my face.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467630407914812378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-84599385678806891182010-06-15T21:08:17.276+01:002010-06-15T21:08:17.276+01:00Hilarious! Just clicked on the 'before' pi...Hilarious! Just clicked on the 'before' picture. <br /><br />Am sure you look just as lovely without make up, especially with that bone structure.Babycakeshttp://littlegirllostinlondon2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-433685000075349772010-06-03T01:38:36.803+01:002010-06-03T01:38:36.803+01:00The most consoling section of this fabulous post i...The most consoling section of this fabulous post is "definition."<br /><br />I was wondering why--other than exhaustion and old age--I look so frightening in recent photos.<br /><br />The culprit: Elizabeth I no-brows. I've always had pale brows, but post-40 (WAAAY post 40) my brows have disappeared.<br /><br />I will look into Laura Mercier brow powder, along with prayers to St. Jude.Lorrainehttp://twitter.com/writerskitchennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-12547839045522326292010-05-02T11:40:51.414+01:002010-05-02T11:40:51.414+01:00A post after my own skin - I AM that forgotten dus...A post after my own skin - I AM that forgotten dusty thing on an Oxfam shelf. <br />However, I recently found comfort in YSL's 'Top Secrets Flash Radiance Skincare Brush'. It makes the skin very even and prevents foundation from gathering in all those fine lines. Re the touch eclat - I completely agree. I found it very drying and it actually makes me look older, eek!<br />I recently started using a rich eye cream as a foundation underneath concealer (talking about slap...) around the eye area, and it works wonders!Metropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-44818117518157067092010-04-14T23:56:55.821+01:002010-04-14T23:56:55.821+01:00Hi - maybe you'd like a post I also did on Mis...Hi - maybe you'd like a post I also did on Miss Selfridge make-up? It's at <br /><br />http://assarahseesit.blogspot.com/2010/03/back-to-future.html<br /><br />I was also addicted to the Miss S make-up counter back then!<br /><br />Enjoying your blog, best SarahSarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866008316187456099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-8079862547868352252010-04-10T17:59:59.909+01:002010-04-10T17:59:59.909+01:00Love this blog, especially this and so many commen...Love this blog, especially this and so many comments hating Touche Eclat - I thought it was only me that hated it.<br /><br />Will be buying Laura Mercier concealer pronto.<br /><br />Armani @ Selfridges are apparently doing a make-up lesson freebie on foundation.<br /><br />Sad to say that the older I get, the more I realise that you have to spend money on everything, there really are no cheap cuts - makeup, hair colour and cut and (say it quietly) a bit of botox.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225635402417336797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-71482507976855324832010-04-09T13:49:16.665+01:002010-04-09T13:49:16.665+01:00Dear Mrs. Trefusis - thank you for this terrific p...Dear Mrs. Trefusis - thank you for this terrific post. I wonder if you could advise me? Am at a complete loss. I have been colouring my hair since I was quite young (early greys)and have spent the last year moving to semi-permanent in order to figure out what I should do with it because it seemed clear that the very dark brown (the hair colour of my youth) was beginning to throwing some very dark shadows on my ageing skin. Now that the semi-p is all washed out and I can see what my hair looks like I could really, really (oh please oh please) use some advice as to a colourist. Have been brave this long-- not so easy flashing all of this white-- and don't want someone to simply come along and smack it with more permanent colour plus some standard-issue highlights. Can you please advise? I'd be more grateful than I can say.awhirlinlondonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-85332575157263517922010-04-07T11:00:00.026+01:002010-04-07T11:00:00.026+01:00Great post .. I am also with you on the Touche ecl...Great post .. I am also with you on the Touche eclat .. you look great<br /><a href="http://www.bpojobsathome.com" rel="nofollow"> data entry work from home </a>sanjeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043304632873778108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-10355576634278298942010-04-06T22:22:06.209+01:002010-04-06T22:22:06.209+01:00Dear Mrs. Trefusis,
You are a vision! Wonderful t...Dear Mrs. Trefusis,<br /><br />You are a vision! Wonderful to have a face paired with all this inspiration.Errant Aesthetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618929624889945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-25876181904493537712010-03-30T20:25:14.794+01:002010-03-30T20:25:14.794+01:00I'm 38 this month and I will now be asking for...I'm 38 this month and I will now be asking for all items mentioned for my birthday presents. Thanks you. I was struggling to come up with ideas.LittleGreenFingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16993886086382843621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-68349020404890567822010-03-30T15:27:05.069+01:002010-03-30T15:27:05.069+01:00Brilliant post, and sorely needed.Brilliant post, and sorely needed.Nellighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10187748067136830656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-39304572152545246252010-03-30T14:01:13.747+01:002010-03-30T14:01:13.747+01:00I've tried mineral powder but it is so messy. ...I've tried mineral powder but it is so messy. I did, however, recently rediscover an old Body Shop All-in-One Face Base compact. Same kind of thing but pressed powder foundation is so much quicker and easier to apply and you can pop it in your bag for touch-ups.<br />If I'm really applying the slap, then I'll use just a little Max Factor Colour Adapt as a base.<br />The real trick to make up that I have discovered recently is to use an eyelash brush/comb to declump mascara before it dries and thus avoid the chip-shop girl look :)Aniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09978191634506926045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-4007256621401135532010-03-30T11:30:58.430+01:002010-03-30T11:30:58.430+01:00Oh god. It all sounds like such hard work! I stru...Oh god. It all sounds like such hard work! I struggle to remember moisturisers (got a terrible telling off from a beauty counter girl about it last year!). I will admit though that I followed India Knight's mineral powder advice and LOVE IT. For me, it works brilliantly and lasts really well. I'm too frightened to try blusher though in case I get it horribly wrong. I promise I'll try harder Mrs T, honest I will!Welsh Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892102110682697495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-26292926686473925692010-03-29T13:04:59.144+01:002010-03-29T13:04:59.144+01:00Another thing one can do is run a little concealer...Another thing one can do is run a little concealer around the mouth. <br /><br />Then put your lip liner and lippy on. It makes you look a bit poutier. But don't over do it or you look like one of the Black and White Minstrels.<br /><br />And if you don't remember the B&W minstrels, you don't need to be reading this blog post :-)<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttp://hestiaslarder.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-71092606637992782382010-03-29T12:31:09.007+01:002010-03-29T12:31:09.007+01:00You have no idea how much I've been looking fo...You have no idea how much I've been looking forward to this promised post. You first mentioned it on the very day I came across a recent photo of me (well, of the baby actually, but me in the background) and the shadows under my eyes made me race the very next day to John Lewis where I bought the Bobby Brown concealer. It's too heavy so shall be trying yours. I was never a great make up girl but now, nudging 38, needs must. Thanks for great tips xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790725880329761329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-18780658117538008432010-03-26T16:32:38.438+00:002010-03-26T16:32:38.438+00:00Don't know how I missed this post... I have a ...Don't know how I missed this post... I have a birthday coming up and will follow these rules to make at least feel better. Thank you for sharing your beauty tips.<br /><br />Great picture of you!<br /><br />Helena xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-59943083175753393822010-03-26T09:35:48.927+00:002010-03-26T09:35:48.927+00:00Fabulous post Mrs T, thanks for all those tips, I ...Fabulous post Mrs T, thanks for all those tips, I will be trying some out, love the trip down memory lane, I was at the Miss Selfridge kiss and make up counter every saturday afternoon, Iron lady, Miss Piggy highlighter and a potful of stars, do you remember those? <br />That photograph of you is exquisite.<br />XXDashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329090600374787029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-23975656524079006572010-03-26T03:55:42.464+00:002010-03-26T03:55:42.464+00:00Touche eclat - the HORROR! I abandoned that years ...Touche eclat - the HORROR! I abandoned that years ago, also because it smells peculiar after a month or so - ugh.<br />I haven't succumbed to foundation yet - can't bear having stuff all over my face - but I do make judicious use of concealer in the places that need it most (nb these are creeping wider and wider, so it's entirely possible that my whole face will be covered in it in a year or two).<br />On the brow front, I don't know if you have discovered (and discarded?) a wonderful sort of felt-tip pen by Sephora which helps fill in the brows and is much quicker and more accurate than powder and less crayon-y than a pencil. Helps to draw in a very convincing arch and the actual eyebrow hairs can be sort of stuck in the right place with clear mascara... Of course I may be looking a bit like Barbara Cartland myself..mothershiphttp://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-45859328379705725172010-03-25T18:34:12.833+00:002010-03-25T18:34:12.833+00:00I'm 27, and you look younger in that picture t...I'm 27, and you look younger in that picture than I do on the average day. Not fair!Lisa-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135752484387782593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-47675916693415972632010-03-25T14:44:51.987+00:002010-03-25T14:44:51.987+00:00Great before and after! xvGreat before and after! xvvicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-81866815808121601552010-03-25T11:23:34.672+00:002010-03-25T11:23:34.672+00:00Great post, I am always looking for suggestions fo...Great post, I am always looking for suggestions for makeup, it amazes me that no one has thought of doing a website that specifically targets the 40+, most cosmetic advertising assumes we have 20 something skin, which is quite frustrating. will be purchasing the secret camouflage asap it sounds great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690843095327917225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-3706906151755825842010-03-25T09:55:41.444+00:002010-03-25T09:55:41.444+00:00Fabulous post and you look amazing - am duly takin...Fabulous post and you look amazing - am duly taking note of make up tips and will be trying them out in due course. I swapped my Touche eclat for a By Terry concealer - much better as it has a more extensive shade range. Oh the Iron lady lipstick... it was that one and a Boots 17 shade called Sweet Sizzle... memories!TheOnlineStylisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993875451086499475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-34929116470580509842010-03-25T09:54:34.667+00:002010-03-25T09:54:34.667+00:00I chuckled heartily over this post - I am still in...I chuckled heartily over this post - I am still in my 20s but did not find it in the least dull, and I think we all have mornings where we look in the mirror and decide some (very) careful application of make-up is needed!<br /><br />I discovered your blog quite recently through Weebirdy and eagerly await each new post.skirmishofwithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01031418191113154505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-27577186297226680262010-03-25T05:11:40.045+00:002010-03-25T05:11:40.045+00:00Great post and gorgeous picture. I agree with you...Great post and gorgeous picture. I agree with you on all of this especially Touche Eclat and mineral powder. which emphasises everything on me. I use Laura Mercier brow pencil in blonde as I have fair eyebrows but will be giving the powder a try now as well as the Estee Lauder foundation. I find the Lancome white undercoat is fabulous under mascara too. Thanks so much for your recommendations xxChristina @ Fashion's Most Wantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583201549332262341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1360091480233165032.post-92044648202094321662010-03-24T22:02:02.661+00:002010-03-24T22:02:02.661+00:00Thanks sounds promising, I am looking for a new fo...Thanks sounds promising, I am looking for a new foundation at the moment so I think I will try estee Lauder as I love most of their skin products but have never tried the foundation, and because I agree with most everything you have written I am trusting you to be correct with this recommendation too. xHelen Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269872191732812812noreply@blogger.com