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Bridal Beauty Reader Make Over Plus all our usual Features

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Vision are delighted to feature our first celebrity interview with the star of the newly released Cinderella movie, Lily James.

In this issue we also feature our reader make over Lynn McPherson. I think you will agree that the transfomation is magical.

Continuing with our Cinderella theme we have a great Bridal Beauty article from Sarah.

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Vision Makeover Winner Lynn McPherson

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Cinderella - Lily James Interview

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Beauty & Fashion Editor Sarah Mcgough is a beauty and fashion writer from Wishaw. She is a highly experienced Makeup Artist, and creator of makeup brand SGC. www.sarahgcosmetics.com About Sarah Mcgough

INTRODUCTION Welcome to VISION Clyde Valley & Avon

With over 10 years experience in the merging worlds of fashion and beauty, she has a strong knowledge of current trends and style, she has covered and worked on fashion weeks across Europe, as well as styling and directing fashion shoots and shows.

Sarah will be bringing you all the latest must have beauty and fashion trends along with helpful hints and tips to have you looking fabulous all year long with Vision magazine.

Lynn McPherson

Lara from Wishaw entered our Vision Makeover Competition on behalf of her mother Lynn, speaking of her reasons for putting her mum forward for the competition, Lara said, “my mum is a single mum with four kids, she always puts us first and she never really goes out or gets the time to do anything.

Lynn was treated to a full makeover including HD Brows, a Shellac manicure, and cut colour and style all courtesy of Wishaw’s hottest new salon, Platinum Hair and Beauty.

She also had makeup and lashes applied by our very own beauty expert and MUA Sarah.

I am a hairdresser so when she does get her hair done I will do it for her, she never gets to be pampered in a salon. Her focus is her children and Speaking to Lynn following her makeover she said,“ This day has been she sometimes forgets about herself. absolutely fantastic, it was so relaxing and I loved being pampered.

I have a date night planned with my boyfriend, my daughter is On the day I got the phone call to say she had won she was actually babysitting my youngest and my boyfriend is cooking me a meal, I on her way to my work place bringing my lunch as I forgot it, I was so cannot wait to change my outfit and have a lovely evening. I love my glad to be able to tell her she had won a day of pampering, I had kept makeup it’s glamorous without being too much and my hair looks so it a secret so she was pretty shocked, and a little nervous of getting her healthy and shiny, this has been amazing experience.” photo taken, but happy and excited all the same.”

Sarah McGough SGC

Lynn Before

Photography By : Colin Smith

VISION MAKE-OVER WINNER

Sarah is a highly experienced bridal makeup artist with over 10 years experience. To book email admin@sarahgcosmetics.com

So, you have the gown, the venue is booked and the invitations have been sent, now it’s time to start thinking about your wedding makeup. Your makeup on the wedding day is one of the most important aspects of your overall bridal look. All brides are beautiful, with a twinkle of excitement in their eyes and the glow of happiness radiating from them, but good makeup also helps!

By: Sarah McGough

BRidal BEautv Booking a Makeup Artist

If you decide to book a professional makeup artist be sure to do your research, check out their website/ facebook and enquire about prices. Speak to your makeup artist about the specific look you wish to achieve and any concerns you may have. A good makeup artist should be able to answer all your questions and guide you in the right way.

Doing It Yourself

If you are determined to do your own makeup (providing wedding day jitters won’t get in the way) here are my top tips for flawless, long lasting bridal makeup.

Whether you’re wearing a ball gown or a sexy mermaid number, your makeup should compliment the overall look. Take your hair into account also, for example if you are going for an elaborate up do, your makeup should enhance this by keeping focus on the eyes.

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The key to long lasting wedding day makeup is layering products. If your makeup is applied correctly the only thing you should have in your bag (or your bridesmaids) is powder if you need it, and lipstick. Be sure to choose a foundation that suits your skin type and colour, shop around and ask for a tester at your beauty counter, photograph yourself wearing the foundation, both with and without flash to see how it looks in photos. Now, over to layering. Start by applying a primer, then apply foundation, then concealer, this way after you apply your foundation you will see where you need the extra coverage, set your products with a translucent powder. These steps will ensure flawless skin all day long.

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Layering

Exfoliating scrub £4.29

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Choose your look

Prep Skin

Your skin being healthy is crucial to your wedding day look. In the lead up to your big day find a regime that works for you, if your skin is dry, exfoliate and apply a moisturising mask 2/3 times a week the month prior to your wedding. Drink lots of water also for a clear complexion

Eyes

Your eyes are usually the focal point of your makeup. If you choose to go for a smoky eye, neutral tones work best. Golds and browns blended together create a soft romantic look. If you are not confident in applying eyeliner use a pencil to outline and have a cotton bud at hand to soften the lines and create a soft smoky effect. I would avoid lining the lower water line as this can make eyes look smaller, line along the lower lash line and stop in the middle where the pupil is for a wide eyed look. Don’t forget to invest in a good water proof mascara in case there are tears!

Maybelline Colossal Waterproof Mascara. £5.25

Lips

Usually a soft neutral pink is the go to bridal shade. Shop around to find the perfect shade that suits your skin tone and also ties in with the rest of your makeup. Avoid clashing colours, e.g. if your blush is peach stick to peachy toned lipsticks. Again, layer the products, firstly apply concealer/primer, then lip liner, then lipstick and if you wish, finish with a gloss. Avoid super sticky gloss if you’re wearing your hair down, not a good look for the photos!

Rimmel Long Lasting Lipstick £4.75

Cinderella Lily James interview Lily James takes on the famous role of Cinderella in a new live-action There were definitely casualties, and Sandy Powell was holding her breath in the retelling of the classic fairytale directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett plays the wicked stepmother in the new film, which also stars Richard Madden as Prince Charming, Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother and Stellan Skarsgard as the Grand Duke.

On playing a princess, Lily says: “I really, really loved the princesses, growing up. I was definitely one of those girls.” But she admits that she didn’t audition for the part of Cinderella at first. “I originally auditioned for one of the step sisters,” she explains. “Once I started reading Ella and being her, I was totally desperate to play her.”

Lily James also stars as the defiant Lady Rose in hit TV series ‘Downton Abbey’. About the new series of the show – which is rumoured to be the last – she says: “I’m really excited. I don’t know in what capacity it’s going to be yet. I don’t know what he’s [Julian Fellowes] written. But I hope that’s not the end.”

Here, Lily also talks about working with esteemed actresses like Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter, what Ken Branagh was like in the directing chair, squeezing into a corset for her latest part and more…

WAS IT A CHILDHOOD DREAM FOR YOU TO PLAY A PRINCESS? LILY JAMES: I loved princesses! I had a Princess Jasmine outfit that my grandma made me, which was see-through and a bit weird for a seven-year-old, and I had like little plastic princess slippers. I really, really loved the princesses, growing up. I was definitely one of those girls. But then, I had two brothers that kept knocking me off my pedestal a bit, thank god. But I hadn’t carried that with me through life. I didn’t still want to be a princess. I originally auditioned for one of the step sisters. Once I started reading Ella and being her, I was totally desperate to play her.

YOU HAVE THAT LUMINOUS BALL GOWN FOR THE DANCE SEQUENCE, AND IT’S SWIRLING ALL OVER THE PLACE. DID YOU HAVE TO FACTOR THAT IN, WHEN YOU WERE DOING CHOREOGRAPHY?

YOUR PHYSICALITY IN THIS FILM IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT. DID YOU STUDY THE ANIMATED FILM TO GET THAT DOWN? LILY JAMES: Yeah. I’m so glad you said that because was one of the main things I wanted to take from the animation was that grace and that ease and that movement, but I still wanted it to feel real. I didn’t want it to seem like she was this ballet dancer, bouncing about. I loved the physicality in the film. There’s a moment where she cries by the well, and her back like undulates.

Without seeing her face, you can feel her grief. In the film, I tried to exactly mimic that moment, which was the only time I mimicked.

ASIDE FROM THE PRACTICAL CONCERNS OF YOUR PERFORMANCE IN THAT AMAZING DRESS, WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION, THE FIRST TIME YOU PUT IT ON AND SAW YOURSELF IN IT?

HOW DO YOU LIKE THE WHOLE PHILOSOPHY OF KINDNESS AND COURAGE? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THOSE QUALITIES IN LIFE? LILY JAMES: I hope so. I think we all do. I think we have to, to get through life, which can throw us off. I think what’s amazing about Ella is that she’s the best version of herself, at all times. That’s what remarkable about her.

corner. She actually had to make different length skirts. Sometimes I wouldn’t have the skirt on. If it was a high shot, I would just have leggings on. It was good to do, but it was really hard. You’d turn, and then five minutes later, the skirt would catch up and hit me in the face, and I was trying to look like I was really enjoying it. We did it a few times, from start to finish, from me arriving on the top step of the ball to running off, and we did it seamlessly, without stopping.

I don’t even remember any pain. It felt like I was falling in love. It was really magical.

was like, “This is never gonna happen!” And that was just the cage. That wasn’t even the twelve layers of gossamer-thin silk that basically ripped when you looked at it. And then, there was the corset, which meant that I could only breathe [very shallow], and the dance was quite long and quite athletic.

Somehow, with Disney magic, it worked and came together. We had to change bits.

Richard basically had to ice skate because if he picked up his feet, he would step on the skirt. And he had to get in the gym because to lift me in that dress was really hard. When he pushed me on the swing, you could see him [struggling]. And there were accidents.

LILY JAMES: The feeling of, “How am I going to do anything?,” came later because I was so bowled over by the dress. I put it on and I felt like that moment in Runaway Bride where Julia Roberts puts on the dress and she looks in the mirror, and I just felt like Julia Roberts. I was like, “This is the best moment of my life!” And I was so nervous about that bit of the film. Being Ella, I felt like I could do. I felt like she’s just a normal girl, who’s exceptionally good, but just a girl. But being the princess was like, “Holy cra-p! How am I going to do it?” And then, the dress was this suit of armor. I felt transformed, and I felt so confident in the dress that it made me forget all my own insecurities.

HOW DID YOU ENDURE THAT CORSET? LILY JAMES: With blood, sweat and tears.

Thankfully, it was only really tight in the blue dress. I wore the corset throughout the film, but it was really fine. The blue dress was designed so that it was really pulled in at the waist, but the fact that the skirt’s so big, it’s almost an illusion. It looks way smaller than it is. But, I would untie it in all the breaks. That’s just the nature of corsets.

I’ve done those in period filming, and it’s the same throughout. This wasn’t really any different. Sometimes they’re tight on

LILY JAMES: You’d have thought we would have done that, and I really wish we did.

I was in tracksuit bottoms and a little strappy top. We practiced for months, every weekend. We had these amazing teachers, and we were getting really smug and really good at it. And then, I put the dress on and I had a complete nervous breakdown. It 6 To advertise in The VISION call 07957 358 355 or Email sales@thevisionmarketing.com

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your boo-bs, and that hurts even more. In ‘Downton Abbey’, it’s the ‘20s, and that’s a flattener, which is worse. It was tight. Whilst filming, at lunchtime, I would untie it, so I could eat. But during the day, to snack, I had soup, so it would go down. I would burp in Richard’s face, all day. Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired. Helen was exactly the same.

When we shot our stuff together, it was this symphony of burps.

AS LADY ROSE MACCLARE ON DOWNTON ABBEY, YOU’RE ALSO VERY KIND AND, UNFORTUNATELY, GO THROUGH A LOT OF PARENTAL TURMOIL, AS WELL. DID YOU TAKE ANY INSPIRATION, FROM PLAYING HER FOR SO LONG, INTO YOUR ROLE AS CINDERELLA? LILY JAMES: I think Rose is kind. I don’t think everyone else does, but I think she’s kind, especially as she’s developed. So, I guess

there is a similarity, but I did actually want her to be really different, in her energy. She’s so much calmer and more grounded. But when you play a character for a long time, it’s impossible for them not to infiltrate you, as a person. You’re like, “Get out! Rose leave me alone!” And I guess you’re cast for a reason.

YOU MUST HAVE GROWN UP ADMIRING CATE BLANCHETT AND HELENA BONHAM CARTER. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WORK WITH THEM? LILY JAMES: It was an unbelievable, very surreal experience, and I’m so grateful. I think Cate is one of the greatest actresses of all time. To do scenes with her was, in a way, easy because she gives you so much.

For her stepmother, there was this whole life and history and world that went on

Lily James interview - continues inside her and in her eyes, so it was just so exciting, and felt so layered and multidimensional. I loved doing the scenes with her, so much. And Helena is one of the coolest, kindest women I have ever met. We had so much fun. She has the best sense of humour. If I’ve learned anything from Cate and Helena, their sense of humours are wicked, and I think that’s how you succeed.

Great actors and actresses are like that.

And Helena would mix it up. She does it different, every time. She improvises. I loved her Fairy Godmother. It came at a point, in night shoots, when I was exhausted and it was trippy. You shoot through the night and it’s freezing cold, and you’re outside. It was the point in the story where Ella even says,

“I don’t believe anymore,” like she’s almost given up hope. And then, Helena came, and it was like this bright light over the horizon.

It was wonderful.

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST DAY WORKING WITH CATE BLANCHETT LIKE? WHAT HEADSPACE WERE YOU IN?

which is a huge deal for me. Just to watch her act and see her process for the character was great. She was so cruel, but sometimes it was hidden, so it was more confusing and disconcerting. I could just respond to what she was doing.

AS AN ACTRESS, WHAT’S IT LIKE TO COLLABORATE WITH KENNETH BRANAGH, AS YOUR DIRECTOR? LILY JAMES: It’s really unique. I’ve never had it quite like that before because I trusted him, completely, which is the most scary feeling. You go, “Okay, I’m giving over to this director and I believe in him,” but it’s also the most freeing experience because I felt like I could do anything and he was guiding me through. He directs with such heart and such warmth. He’s very clear and specific. He was that way, right from my first audition, in how he spoke about Ella and how he wanted her to be. He always talked about where her goodness comes from because it can’t just be this abstract, where she’s a princess, therefore she’s good and sweet and doeeyed and floats around on clouds. Why is she this girl, and does it cost her? How does she maintain this goodness? On the day, I felt like I could just be and exist and dream.

He’s such a remarkable director, and I think it’s ‘cause he’s a remarkable actor. He brings both to the day and to the set.

NEEDS TO SAVE. LILY JAMES: That’s what I hope, and that’s what Ken was so clear about. They rescue each other. They meet as equals. They don’t know who each other are. The idea of, “Oh, I want to marry that prince!” is bulls--t. At the end, even when she knows he’s a prince and he finds her, she says, “This is who I am. I have no parents. I am this girl. Take me or leave me. I love you, if you can love me like that.”

I think that’s so important. So, I hope that’s what’s received from it.

ARE YOU PREPARED TO BECOME AN ICON TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY SEE YOU AND LOOK AT YOU IN AWE? LILY JAMES: All I know is that when I went to Disneyland, as a kid, I had my Mickey Mouse autograph book, and I went around to the teenage girls that were dressed up as princesses. That transaction is beautiful. It’s magical. If I can be a part of that, I feel really thrilled. I saw a really cool interview with Amy Adams, years ago, on Jonathan Ross, when she did ‘Enchanted’, and she said she’d be out in her jeans with no make-up and kids would be like, “Mommy, look!” And she’d have to say, “I’m on my off day, in disguise.”

I think I might have to do that ‘cause I go around in ripped jeans.

BECAUSE IT IS SUCH AN ICONIC SONG, WHAT DID HE GIVE YOU A LOT OF TAKES TO TRY WAS IT LIKE TO SING “A DREAM IS A WISH THINGS, OR DID YOU HAVE TO GET IT DONE YOUR HEART MAKES”?

AND MOVE ON? LILY JAMES: I love singing, so much. As a kid, LILY JAMES: It varied. Sometimes he’d just that was what I wanted to do. Also, why I be like, “Close your mouth.” Other times, it’d loved princesses was the singing. But then I be psychological. He’s very funny. He does got out of practice. My voice is all husky and everything with humour, so I’d often just be I was like, “Oh, no!” So, I was so excited to get to sing in this. I loved it. I had the best day. laughing at what he said.

Ken was filming ‘Wallander’. He was in the CINDERELLA’S STRENGTH IS HER Baltic somewhere, and he had Skype on, so SUPERPOWER. HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT that he was there for me while I recorded HAVING THAT INFORM YOUR CHOICES, TO the song, giving me notes over Skype. And KEEP HER RELATABLE? I loved Helena’s song, too. It’s so cool. I was so nervous when I heard the song. I thought LILY JAMES: I watched all the Disney it was going to be a disaster. Thank God for princesses, and it’s amazing how they reverb. changed and they have become more modern, right up until ‘Frozen’. I wanted a HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THE lot of Belle and of Ariel. I’m such a geek now NEXT SEASON OF ‘DOWNTON ABBEY’, AND with princesses. It’s pathetic. I wanted that WHETHER IT WILL BE THE LAST SEASON? desire for more in life, to want to explore, and to want to daydream. I feel like that LILY JAMES: I don’t know. I actually don’t spirit of princesses makes them great role know. I hope not. I hope Julian [Fellowes] models. They’re great inspirations for kids keeps going, forever. I love it! I also think, to because they are outside of society, in a a certain point, we can’t age that much. way. They don’t settle. The criticism of this girl just waiting for a prince to save her, BUT, ARE YOU’RE EXCITED TO GO BACK? we wanted to chuck that out and not have that dominate in our film. So, I tried to take LILY JAMES: Yeah, I’m really excited. I don’t flavours from all of the princesses, but keep know in what capacity it’s going to be yet. the overriding sensation of Ella, which is that I don’t know what he’s written. But I hope she is this kind, good person that is able to that’s not the end. be happy in a cruel environment, and that is her superpower.

LILY JAMES: It was a bad idea, but I had watched ‘Blue Jasmine’, two nights before, so I was just in awe. I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know how she was going to work. Actually, I’ve seen her in interviews and she says that her method changes, from job to job. But, she is just so cool. I wasn’t terrified. I was just totally in awe. I just wanted to like watch her, every second, and soak up everything I could from her. But, she was so encouraging and supportive of me.

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Chilli with Black Beans A healthy, hearty recipe

Preparation time 20 mins Cooking time: 30-40 mins Serves 6 Ingredients Chilli 2 tsp cumin powder 2 tsp ground coriander 1-2 tsp hot chilli powder 2 tsp sweet paprika 1lb 2 oz / 500g pack extra lean steak mince 1 tbsp flour 4 garlic cloves, chopped 400g can chopped tomatoes 1 beef stock cube 2 tbsp tomato purĂŠe 2 onions, finely chopped 3 red peppers, deseeded and diced large pack coriander (stalks for the chilli, leaves for the salsa) 2 x 400g cans black beans Salt and pepper to taste Lime and plain yoghurt to serve Salsa Three large ripe tomatoes Small red onion Avocado Handful of coriander leaves (reserved from the bunch) 10

Method

Strip the coriander of its leaves and reserve in a bowl.

Finely chop the coriander stalks.

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onion, coriander stalks and garlic together. Remove from the pan and set aside.

Dry fry the mince in batches until browned. Add the spices and cook for a further minute. Return the onions and coriander stalks to the pan, stir to mix. Add the flour and cook for another minute.

Add the tomatoes and a can of water, crumble in the stock cube, then stir in the tomato purĂŠe and chopped peppers.

Cover the pan and cook for 15 mins. Stir in the drained black beans. Cook for a further 20 mins more until everything is reduced and tender.

Serve with rice, lime wedges and yoghurt, and a fresh salsa of chopped tomatoes, avocados, red onion and coriander leaves.

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Paris Kiss by Maggie Ritchie The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly (Saraband £8.99) A HONEYMOON in Paris was the starting Finding your way in the world after point for a romantic historical novel by leaving school can be daunting, and Scottish writer Maggie Ritchie. for Karen this is no different.

Maggie’s debut novel Paris Kiss transports the reader to the studio of the legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1880s bohemian Paris.

A language student at a college in London she has a chance encounter with Biba, an exotic and bohemian student, and Karen’s life will never be the same again.

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At the centre of the story is young English sculptor Jessie Lipscomb, who Biba lives with her brother Rex in a joins her friend Camille Claudel to crumbling gothic style townhouse become a protégée of the great Rodin. in London, with a lifestyle that could not be further from the suburban Jessie and Camille enjoy a passionate humdrum that Karen grew up in. friendship but when Rodin and Camille She is drawn to these two siblings embark on a scandalous affair, Jessie is and so begins a summer of freedom, cast as their unwilling go-between and cheap wine, experimental drugs their close bond breaks down. and sexual adventures. The lure of Biba’s personality is tremendous Years later Jessie tracks Camille down to and Karen clearly aspires to be like an asylum for the insane where Camille her. reveals an explosive secret: can their friendship survive the betrayal?

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2012 and was runner up for the Sceptre Like a car crash in slow motion you Prize 2012, and is working on two other can see it coming as Karen absorbs books. more and more of Biba’s exotic nature. Yet, when the author brings things to a climax you are thrown, dazed and shocked, along with Karen, in a debut novel that will stay with you long after you close it for the final time.

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