Giving women the smarts to use cosmetics with confidence through interactive lessons & pro makeup services!

Ever wished you had a ‘Makeup GPS’ so you could navigate your way around the beauty department?!

Visiting the beauty department in a department store or chemist is like stepping into a land of opportunity.  There’s the promise of an exotic, new look...the hope of an uplifting, enriching experience...a better, more elegant you. 

Yet, when shopping for new makeup, do you find yourself filled with frustration? 

You are not the only one - it’s so easy to get confused!

Most beauty departments are a kaleidoscope of colours, textures, formulas, foreign words, competing brands, designer labels, celebrity endorsements - and then there’s the sales people!  There are so many brands and options, it’s easy to get ‘paralysed by choice’ and leave empty-handed, or worse, with yet another mistake-purchase in your handbag.

So how can you choose?  What should you buy?

The answers to these questions start with you.  Makeup is a personal thing.  With skin and beauty, ‘one size fits all’ just isn’t true - one size fits only one!  So how do you know what skin care, makeup colours or application techniques suit you? 

Well...if you’re like most women, you don’t. 

You might follow the tips from the beauty section of your favourite women’s mag.  Or throw money at the latest beauty products in a bid to stay up with the trends.  Or, like so many women, how you wear your makeup today is the same as when you first learnt to apply it!  And decades later, you have changed but your makeup hasn’t.

Have you ever heard it said: “You don’t know what you don’t know...”?

A beauty editor from Fashion Quarterly had a makeup consultation in January 2008 at Auckland cosmetics store, ‘Mecca.’  After her makeup lesson, she wrote:

A makeup consultation gives you the smarts to navigate the beauty counters with ease and zone in on the best products for you.

If that was the response from a seasoned beauty editor, imagine what yours might be! 

If you don’t know what makeup colours to use to enhance your natural eye colour, add interest to your look and flatter your best features, then ‘a beautiful education‘ is for you.  The same is true if you are hesitant about application techniques and ‘what’ goes ‘where’ (did you know there’s a different, ideal technique for applying eye shadow to each of the six different eye shapes?).

No beauty product or brand is ‘foolproof’

The next time you’re in a beauty department there’s a good chance you’ll be wasting time trying on products that, for a variety of reasons, will never work for you.  Believe it or not, there are products that are unsuitable for you and doomed to fail your unique needs.  Even an expensive or popular product can be a disaster!

And using makeup does not automatically make you more attractive.  In fact, it can do the opposite.  Have you ever been put off someone or distracted by their badly applied makeup?

Plus, on top of wasting your time trying on and dabbling with unsuitable products, you could be spending your hard-earned cash on them, only to feel disappointed when you get them home and find they don’t perform how you hoped.  No product or brand is foolproof, so get smart.

S.Y.S.T.E.M. = Save Your Self Time Energy & Money

Every disappointing beauty purchase costs you time, energy and money.  You can save these precious resources - plus avoid the regret of another failed beauty purchase - by learning the timeless principles of good skin care and professional makeup application.   

If it’s balanced and radiant skin that’s eluding you, then discover the essentials and the ingredients your skin really needs.  If it’s a polished makeup look that you can’t quite pull together, then learn the principles for buying and applying makeup like a pro.  And enjoy the satisfaction of spending that would-be-wasted time, money and energy on the things and people you love!

A personal consultation is THE way to learn what suits you in the world of makeup and beauty.  The principles, tips and tricks you’ll learn are exactly what you need to pull together a skin care routine that uses the latest science to recondition your skin.  Or to enhance your best features with colours that look stunning on you.  Or to discover the blending and bronzing techniques that will take your look to the next level. 

Isn’t it nice to have choices?

You can get a beautiful education in a small group workshop with girlfriends or in a private consultation by yourself.  All consultations take place in the privacy and convenience of your home or choice of venue.  You can also choose what you want to focus on, either skin care or makeup.

“A makeup consultation is definitely the way to go if you want to know what really suits you – no matter how much you think you know about makeup.  I picked up numerous handy hints that I’ll incorporate everyday from now on.

If you’ve never had a makeup consultation before, I recommend you get one done, quick-smart.  If you’d asked me before my consultation I would’ve said I knew all the tricks and tips – but nope, I was sadly mistaken!”

Personalised Beauty Report

Real results from makeup consultations

Lillybeth was great. She was down to earth and made me feel at ease instantly as I was having a private consultation.  We covered everything I needed to know...and I came away armed with new tips and tricks to make me feel like a new person.

Sharon, age 53, Whiritoa Beach

I was in Life Pharmacy on Saturday and the beauty counter lady was very impressed with my eye makeup.  Great compliment considering how gorgeous she looked.  I told her I had lessons...

Zoe W., Tauranga

Get beautifully educated by choosing from these options...

In a fun and relaxed environment you can:

1. •Give yourself a basic facial treatment using premium skin care products designed for your skin type
   

2. •Explore basic colour theory and discover your best makeup colours to suit your eyes and natural colourings
   

3. •Discover your best customised makeup techniques for eyes, lips and face
   

4. •Apply a natural/daytime or special occasion/evening makeup look in your complementary colours - stunning!
   

5. •Find answers to your most pressing beauty concerns in your individual consultation
   

6. •Take home a professional-looking, customised info-swatch containing your beauty profile and best-suited make-up techniques as covered in the workshop.
   

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Cost:          $60 per person

Duration:    2 ½ hours

Deposit:     $20 per person to confirm booking

In a fun and relaxed environment you can:

1. •Discover the five benefits your skin care routine must deliver
   

2. •Find answers to your most pressing skin concerns in your individual consultation
   

3. •Give yourself a deluxe facial treatment using premium skin care products designed for your skin type, including at-home microdermabrasion or a targeted facial mask
   

4. •Learn classic makeup techniques for eyes, lips, face
   

5. •Apply a dash-out-the-door makeup look in neutral colours
   

6. •Take home a professional-looking, customised info-swatch containing your skin profile and best-suited skin care ingredients.
   

Cost:          $60 per person

Duration:    2 ½ hours

Deposit:     $20 per person to confirm booking

A personalised beauty report is available for purchase with your private consultation or workshop.  This is a comprehensive report packed with everything you learnt during your consultation so you don’t miss a thing, plus extra, personal makeup recommendations from Lillybeth. 

Lillybeth reveals what she would do if applying your makeup professionally - and the WHY behind each step.  Plus, you’ll discover the principles behind makeup artistry so you can truly make her expertise your own.  Only $65, exclusively with a consultation.

Cost:        $65 with a workshop or private consultation