Olympic Beauty and Health!

I absolutely loved seeing all the super fit and healthy athletes on TV over the last few weeks. These women are real role models and inspire me to be fitter, stronger, healthier and hopefully better inside and out. I therefore love the fact that Pantene have featured these gorgeous women in their latest campaign!

The London Olympic games are now over, marking 2012 as the last year we will be seeing some of the most inspiring athletes, including British cycling beauty Victoria Pendleton, Mexican diving star Paola Espinosa and Chinese diving great Wu Minxia, in action as they head into retirement. However, these lovely female athletes have been appointed as Beauty Ambassadors to lead the "Healthy is the New Beautiful" campaign along with 8 other top female Olympians. Together, the Olympians will set a new standard for females of all ages when it comes to athleticism, heroism, and female beauty. 

The Olympian ambassadors include 12-time USA medalist and swimmer Natalie Coughlin, Argentine tennis star Gisela Dulko, Russian rhythmic gymnast and gold medal Olympian Evgeniya Kanaeva.  These female athletes not only won a total 12 medals, including 4 gold, but also whipped the outdated idea of beauty into shape – and proved that being healthy is what really makes a girl beautiful!

Check out the video below, which featured behind the scenes interviews with the athletes!

Do you feel inspired by our recent Olympic adventures? xxx

Olympic Makeup Look

Did you see the Olympic Opening Ceremony? What did you think? I think everyone involved did a brilliant job and I actually felt very emotional and proud to see the fusion of history, culture, technology, creativity and imagination along with a good helping of British humour displayed to the world!

Unfortunately as I was stuck on a train for the majority of Friday night with no internet (thanks Virgin/ T-Mobile) I wasn’t able to post this amazing Olympic Ceremony look created by the talented and genuinely lovely Max Factor MUA Caroline Barnes before the event. This look was created specifically for volunteers, medal bearers and escorts, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all have a go!! Though they do have a slight head start on us as they have been gifted with Max Factor makeup and P&G goody bags to recreate the look ;).

However, I think this look is so wearable and versatile that it doesn’t need a special occasion to try! The video below gives a step by step guide on how to achieve the look.

Good luck ladies and Go Team GB (though I am also supporting Russia and Ukraine for obvious reasons). xxx

Pandora

After receiving a Pandora bracelet from the bf last Valentine's day I have been constantly on the search for unique Pandora beads to mark holidays and special occasions!

With the Olympics now merely weeks away I am planning on getting another bead to add to my bracelet of memories. My favourites so far are this cute little union jack double decker (£40):

 British Rose (£40):

Shuttlecock (£40) (because I'm going to see the badminton semi finals):

Which one is your favourite? 

Do you collect Pandora beads? xxx

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