Wednesday 14 November 2012

My Magazine Makeover



What an odd feeling to open up a magazine in the supermarket and see yourself leering out from it.  I shut it up quickly and surreptitiously took it to the till.  Although, I look quite glam don't I?  About as far removed as I actually look today, a little under the weather and feeling sorry for myself lolling about on the sofa in my chav suit.  Yes, it's all sweat pants and scrunchies here today.

Way back in the summer, I responded to a Facebook request from Woman's Own asking for makeover victims volunteers.  To be honest, I forgot all about it, until out of the blue, I got a call inviting me up to London.

It turned out, the date was my daughter's first day at school so it seemed like a good way of taking my mind off thinking about whether she was coping.

A short stroll from Blackfriars station and I arrived at their plush offices. However, the 'magic' is done in the basement so I was whisked off to the bowels of the building.

They took the most minging photo of me ever for their 'before' shot and after a brief chat with the stylists and magazine editor, the team got to work on me.

And boy did they work on me!  My hair was cut, coloured, curled and blow dried. My make-up was applied, false eyelashes glued, nails painted, eyebrows plucked, cheek bones highlighted...



I can't say I honestly enjoyed the make-up experience.  Given that I have a morbid fear of anyone going near my eyes, it was pretty much torture for me.  Did I mention I also hate having my photo taken?  I bet the poor loves where wondering what on earth to do with me.

BUT.  The end SO justified the means.



Sadly as it was a hair makeover, they only needed a head and shoulder shot, which meant I couldn't play dress-up with the rails and rails of garments and Marcos-esque collection of shoes.




But I did come away with a lovely set of photos, and amazing new hair colour and had a great day.

I totally underestimated how many people were involved, and how many hours went in to filling just one page of a weekly magazine.  All credit to these guys.


If you want to apply for your own makeover, they are looking for people right now.

And if you fancy buying the magazine, it's the 23rd November bumper edition, out now.



Thank you so much to the Woman's Own team.

26 comments:

  1. Wow Check you out glamourpuss!

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    1. You wouldn't say that if you could see me today! x

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  2. Oh Liz, you look amazing!!! Just gorgeous....I'm off to apply :)

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    1. It's amazing what 3 people working flat out for 4 hours can achieve *sob*

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  3. You look gorgeous! Looks like fun x

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  4. Wow, you look fab. Looks like a fun day!

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  5. You look amazing, but then they had a good base to work with

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  6. You look just gorgeous. And what about that collection of shoes! :)

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  7. Wow Liz, you look amazing...but then, you always do!

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  8. You do look stunning! I thought the same thing when I had my make-up done once - no way I could ever be a model and have someone in my face every day. But well done - I hope you have your pics on the wall!

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  9. Fantastic photo - you look great!

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  10. OOOh Gorge!!Well done you for being so brave.

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  11. This is an outrage! WO are cheating - they are supposed to take an ugly, frumpy bird and glam her up; not start with a gorgeous lady!

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  12. Lovely photo, your hair and smile are gorgeous. I want this kind of team with my every day!

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  13. You always look stunning anyway, they've made you look completely unlike you in the before shot. Gorgeous woman!

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  14. Whit-whooo! You look Loveryly! actually, you looked lovely before to! x

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  15. You look absolutely fabulous! How lovely to keep those photos for ever.

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  16. Oh my gosh! You are GORGEOUS!

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  17. Whit woo! Hope you didn't walk past a building site after you would have been deafened! xx

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  18. Yowza! Check you out, mama. Stumbling on this from the BritMums beauty round up and glad I did. What an experience and definitely worth it. You look a knockout, hope you've kept that hair :-) x

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