Why Afro Boudoir Should Be At The Look Show

Look magazine is offering all lovers of fashion a chance to write for them during London Fashion Week next month. Five lucky winners will have the chance to be on the coveted front row at The Look Show and write, direct from the trenches, on what's new for Spring/Summer 2012.

The Look Show is the first and only magazine event to be part of the London Fashion Week calendar and will be held in Stratford City on Saturday 17th September.

So why should we be there?

We picked up the September issue of our favourite glossy as it is, in our minds, the most important issue of the year, as it details all the key fashion and beauty looks for the upcoming Autumn/Winter season. We oohed and aahed over all the new collections (love jewel tones at Gucci and snakeskin at Chloe) and daydreamed about the new ways we could wear our hair and makeup.

Chloe AW 2011

Gucci AW 2011

Then we thought: where are the brown skinned girls? We know Jourdan Dunn, Nyasha Matonhodze and Joan Smalls were booked during Autumn/Winter 2011 fashion weeks, so where were the tips for girls who look like them? How did the stylists get the looks on their hair? What did Pat McGrath do to get the colours to pop on their skin? Why were there ways to work these looks on blondes, brunettes and redheads but not even a token picture of how to do it on a black, mixed or Asian girl?

Joan Smalls at Missoni A/W 2011

Jourdan Dunn at Marc Jacobs A/W 2011

That's why we want to be at The Look Show at Westfield Stratford City: so we can write about fashion and beauty for a large and growing demographic aka you and me! Yes we can look at Essence or Ebony but we aren't in America - we want to write about British designers and where to go to get the looks in British shops. Westfield Stratford City would be a great start!

Be honest - do you think our argument is good enough to earn us a ticket?

Westfield Stratford City

If you want a chance to attend, be quick - the competition closes on Monday 15 August. Simply write a post on why you should be front row at The Look Show at Westfield Stratford City, send a link to that post and to your blog homepage to blog@look.co.uk. Then wait by your phone/email like a lovesick teenager! We know we will be!

Calling All Wannabe Stylists!

If you are the one your friends come to when they don’t know what to wear or how to pull a certain look together, you may have that natural fashion flair needed to become a stylist. If that sounds like you, online shop Very.co.uk is searching for a fashion advisor to join its new Very V-Team, a panel of five experts who will give customers style advice and conduct monthly makeovers. The search is led by Fearne Cotton.

Fatima B. Stylist to 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj and Christina Milian

The winner will join the team as ‘V-Styler’ and in addition to a very nice £50,000 package, he or she will attend fashion events and help design a range which will be sold online. The competition runs via Facebook and the winner will be announced next month in London.

The most famous stylist of the moment is Rachel Zoe who has styled just about everyone in Hollywood and has recently released her own clothing line so who knows where this Very job could lead! Go for it – sounds like fun!

http://www.facebook.com/VeryUK

Britain’s Best Wink

Beauty brand No 7 is celebrating the power of beautiful eyes with the search for an ordinary man or woman with the best wink in the UK and Ireland.

To celebrate the launch of their new No 7 Exquisite Curl Mascara, they are scouring the UK and Ireland to find the best example of this cheeky expression.

The search will run on Facebook and judges are looking for someone who can dazzle and enchant with a single wink.

For your chance to win an Exquisite Weekend break, including a makeover with No7 creative consultant Lisa Eldridge, catch your best wink on camera and upload it to their Facebook page.

Hurry though - the competition closes on 16th February.