She Said Beauty

Contributors

Emma Strenner

Can't live without: Facial Spritzes, I love everything, Jurlique, Caudalie, Clarins, you name it, I've got one placed strategically in every place I may need one from my desk, to bedside table to favorite spot on the sofa.
Favourite food: Japanese
Best known for: Getting obsessed with things, whether it's exercise, skincare, puppies, writers, Ryan Gosling, I get a bit hooked.

Emma is the Beauty Director of ELLE Magazine UK and an accomplished professional in publishing. Prior to ELLE Magazine she was Beauty Director of Stylist Magazine, Deputy Beauty Editor of Tatler Magazine and Beauty Writer for Conde Nast International. Her international experience and reputation for perfection has given her the reputation as the consummate professional. Within She Said Beauty, Emma is responsible for contributing her vast knowledge and experience within the beauty & publishing industry, as well as writing feature articles.

http://www.elleuk.com/

Lela London

Can't live without: Mascara (doubled as eyeliner!)
Favourite food: Sushi and cupcakes. Preferably separate.
Best known for: Being vertically challenged and social media-obsessed.

Lela is a British-American hybrid who started in the beauty industry as a make-up artist for MAC and Clinique. Deciding on a transatlantic sea change, she embarked on her impassioned transition into freelance writing, styling, and blogging. In 2011, she released her debut guide to beauty, fashion and self-love - "She Said Style". With She Said Beauty, she hopes to share the best tips, tricks, and trends with fellow beauty diehards!

http://www.lelalondon.com

Elle Delfine

Can't live without: Cuddles and my Nikon Coolpix L120
Favourite food: Pickles (I promise I'm not Snooki).
Best known for: Smiling too much and being worthy of the phrase "You're killing me, Smalls."

Elle is a Butler University graduate with a degree in Psychology. A student by nature, she loves to learn and grow. Delving into the fashion world has been the utmost rewarding journey. Words to live by: "It's not where you take things from - it's where you take things to." -Jean-Luc Godard

Yu Anami

Can't live without: My Macbook
Favourite food: Prawns! Prawn spaghetti, prawn salad, prawn fried rice, prawn cocktail, grilled prawn...
Best known for: Not being American (even if I sound like it!)

Yu is 21, Japanese and a full-time postgraduate student in human rights. She started doing make-up for musicals in high school, but is now completely obsessed and writes her own beauty blog - favourite products include foundations, blushes and eyeshadows! Aside from make-up, she likes to sing and song-write, draw and take photos, play and watch football, and watch films, particularly those with explosions and car chases :)

http://makeyuup.blogspot.com/

Summer

Can't live without: A good book and my favourite mascara.
Favourite food: Sushi!
Best known for: Always wearing a skirt and too much blusher.

I'm originally from Ljubljana, Slovenia and will start university next year, where I will study bibliography. My dream is to work in a library or bookstore and write a fashion/beauty blog on the side.

http://nothinfancyreally.blogspot.com

Jessica Revitte

Can't live without: The perfect lip balm (Jack Black's Intense Therapy Lip Balm is my current #1.)
Favourite food: A nice warm bowl of Pho
Best known for: A fierce love of reading classic literature and fluency in French.

Born and raised near Chicago, Illinois, Jessica has had a love of writing that predates even her love of cosmetics. While studying in Paris, France a deep passion for all things beauty was born. Upon graduating from University, she knew that writing regularly was imperative. It was only natural, then, that Jessica's love of makeup and writing would fuse and Getting Cheeky--a cosmetics and skincare blog--was born.

http://gettingcheeky.blogspot.com/

Naomi Mahmud

Can't live without: A little bit of Concealer
Favourite food: Beef Carpaccio
Best known for: Always booking a Holiday

Naomi has grown up in vibrant London, spending all of her working life involved with everything Cosmetic & Beauty. From Lipsticks and powders to lotions and potions, she truly lives and breaths her love for beauty. Naomi's history within Estee Lauder Companies such as Clinique (her weak spot), Aveda, Darphin and Bobbi Brown give her a wealth of industry knowledge. She's also a keen traveler and horse rider in her spare-time.

CB Cowling

Can’t live without: Bluebell perfume, her poodle
Favourite food: Cucumber sandwiches
Best known for: Messy hair, run-on sentences

CB is from the US, and has recently broken down and listened to the countless people who tell her she should be writing instead of running a boutique hotel. She hopes that by only using her initials, she will become the JK Rowling of style writers. CB covers scent, style and skin on her blog The Blossom Shed, and is thrilled to be joining such a talented team at She Said Beauty.

http://theblossomshed.blogspot.com

Christina Caicedo

Can’t live without: John Hughes films, cupcakes, candy, smoothies, my friends and family (not in that order)
Favourite food: Spicy salmon rolls
Best known for: Being a multi-tasking marvel and spotting an amazing buy from afar in TK Maxx, without the aid of corrective lenses.

For over six years, whether it was writing about a soon-to-be beauty trend or spotting copy errors, Christina has worked for several publications, including chiconomise.com, SavvyMom.ca, Elevate Magazine.com, Salon52.ca and more. Currently, she is the editor of EvolvingBeauty.co.uk and a freelance writer.

http://www.evolvingbeauty.co.uk

Dani Fuentes

Can't live without: Tinted lip balms, my iPhone and good music.
Favourite food: Carbs and Mango Shakes.
Best known for: My (big/lion/princess/fierce) hair and a soft spot for all things cute & cuddly.

Dani is a singer and beauty blogger from Vancouver, BC Canada. When she isn't singing or writing (or doing both at the same time), she is daydreaming about traveling all over the world. She is currently studying to be a makeup artist and can be found over at call it beauty.

http://callitbeauty.blogspot.com/

Renelle Melissa-Rae

Can’t live without: Sweets
Favourite food: Seafood
Best known for: Loving fashion and beauty, having a serious sweet tooth, being easily amused, and having her own dictionary

Renelle was born in London, England and has a lifelong passion for beauty, fashion and the arts. Her strengths lie in her creativity, and she typically finds herself inspired by photography, art and choreography. Lives by: “Do what you do. Be true, be you.”

http://makeitlookbeautiful.tumblr.com/

Kelly Gould

Can’t live without: Multiple DVR's and my DSLR
Favourite food: Vegetarian Corn Dogs. I know, it's a strange choice, but I could live on them if I had to.
Best known for: Multi-tasking like it's a superpower.

Kelly is a beauty guru and professional media producer from Baltimore, Maryland. Kelly has been obsessed with all things beauty since the tender age of four. When she isn't seeking out the latest and greatest in makeup, hair and skincare trends, she can be found watching television, organizing volunteers for her charity Karma Dogs, texting and blogging--frequently simultaneously. The mission of her own blog is to help real women discover how to both look and feel fantastic, with a little help from some strategically placed blush.

http://gouldyloxreviews.blogspot.com/

Abby

Can't live without: My iPhone
Favourite food: Thai
Best know for: My online shopping addiction

Abby is 22, based in London and a graduate from Brunel University. She is a keen sports woman and has a dream of travelling to exotic destinations. She happened to come across the beauty blogging world by chance and has never looked back.

http://lovewishesx.blogspot.com/

Finch

Can't live without: The Kindle and my iMac.
Favourite food: Buckets upon buckets of chicken, halloumi and a good Victoria Sponge.
Best known for: Working all hours of the day, running multiple blogs.

Finch lives in London. He runs his own marketing business while trying to entertain two puppies in a very disorganized home office. He runs several blogs, most of which have absolutely nothing to do with beauty. In fact, 98.7% of Finch's beauty expertise stems from testosterone-driven snap judgments and gawking in the street.

http://www.finchblogs.com

Rae Chen

Can’t live without: A camera, a good moisturizer, and my MacBook Pro
Favourite food: Toast, bagels, and biscuits
Best known for: Flailing, cheekbones, and nonsensical 3AM tweets

Rae is a Canadian blogger based in Edmonton, Alberta. The writer and editor behind theNotice: a beauty blog and founder of the BBLL network, she’s been in the beauty game since 2007, stumbling through Uni with perhaps the oddest side-job of them all. (Because, honestly: what kind of self-respecting student gets by on a bit of photography, a bit of Photoshop, and a questionable grasp on the syntax of the English language?)

http://www.thenotice.net/

Tinka Kemptner

Can't live without: Air (and Benefit's Erase Paste, bien sûr!)
Favourite food: Ajvar (Serbian vegetable caviar)
Best known for: Imitating papillons, aka butterflies ("papillonner" is French for "flitting from one subject to the other"...)

Tinka is half Austrian, half Slovenian and has been living in Paris since 1999. She works as a freelance journalist for women's, men's and lifestyle magazines such as Biba, Marie France, Marie Claire Italy, Femme Actuelle Jeux, Femmes, Atmosphères, Vivre au féminin, Monsieur, Wasabi, Saveur...

Louise "Get Lippie" Woollam

Can’t Live Without: Lipstick, powder and paint.
Favourite Food: Embarrassing confession: KFC Hot Wings
Best Known For: Having a lipstick collection that puts Selfridges beauty hall to shame.

Louise is an accountant with a strong media background, having worked in a financial capacity for the various media groups behind national daily newspapers such as the Independent, the Daily Mail, and the Daily Mirror. She has also worked for two of the top five advertising and communications groups in the world. When she’s not staring at spreadsheets and analysing data on multiple projects, she can be found being running

http://getlippie.com

Fiona Houghton

Can’t live without: Maraschino cherries, the internet and mascara.
Favourite food: Noodles, bagels and of course cherries!
Best known for: Tweeting a lot and owning too many nail polishes.

Fiona is the beauty obsessed writer behind Makeup Savvy.co.uk which has been featured in the likes of Company and Pure Beauty magazine. She is also the creator of the successful #bbloggers Twitter chat and loves all things social media. When she isn’t blogging or tweeting she can be found learning more about photography or shopping online for bargains!

http://www.makeupsavvy.co.uk/

Catherine Maughan

Can't live without: iPhone (sad but true!)
Favourite food: My mums roast dinner.
Best known for: Never saying no to a cuppa.

Catherine is originally from North East England and is currently looking to re-locate to London once she finds the right opportunity. She set up her Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle blog "Perfectly Polished Nails" 3 years ago, which in 2012 saw her being Shortlisted for two Marie Claire Magazine awards: Tweeter of the Year & Beauty Blogger of the Year. She is currently listed as No 1 most influential Beauty Blogger in the UK (ebuzzing).

http://www.perfectly-polished-nails.com

Amanda Bown

Can't live without: A whole cupboard of beauty products, Green & Blacks chocolate (except the raisin one -yuk!). And a glass of Prosecco.
Favourite food: I like a nice 'posh' pizza on a monthly basis, also Thai food is rather yummy too!
Best known for: Being super organise and always having the best beauty products in her handbag!

Amanda lives in the lovely city of Bath, and has worked in media for a number of years. Amanda is a skin care beauty addict -she loves a good quality, thick cream! And if it smells of roses, then all the more reason to slap it on! Amanda loves a nice relaxing bath with candles, it's the ultimate way to unwind when feeling stressed out, or, to soak her weary muscles after her gym classes!

Emma Henderson

Can't live without: Pop punk, lip balm and a good book.
Favourite food: Indian, and the hotter the better.
Best known for: Being a bit of a book worm, eating a ridiculous amount of chilli peppers, and owning far too much makeup.

Emma is originally from Scotland but has lived in Dublin, Ireland for the past 16 years. She works in communications and digital marketing and is obsessed with social media, blogging and the opportunities the internet gives us to connect and tell our stories. She writes daily on beauty, fashion and lifestyle at www.fluffandfripperies.com and contributes weekly to www.beaut.ie. Emma loves reading, writing, cocktails, bath time and her husband (though not necessarily in that order!), and a good lipstick can still make her go weak at the knees.

http://www.fluffandfripperies.com

Milly Tomalin

Can't live without: Cups of tea and my mini convertible.
Favourite food: Pizza (with extra goats cheese!)
Best known for: An abundance of curly hair and an irrepressible love for lipstick.

Milly is from Essex, forever trying to shun the stereotype whilst blogging with a poetic license and living a happy-go-lucky life. Not quite the delicate flower first impressions may suggest, Milly enjoys battling it out on the hockey pitch at the weekends for her local team before returning home to ice her latest batch of cupcakes. Having blogged for over two years now, Milly loves to revel in a world of cosmetics and indulge her readers with the latest products from the beauty industry, interspersed with the occasional baking or outfit post.

http://www.pearlsandpoodles.com