Kate O’Reilly was born in Dublin, Ireland. With over 9 years experience, she specialises in fashion photographic makeup. She is inspired by her love of art, literature, music, travel, international film and vintage hollywood. Kate now lives and works in London.
This blog is a collection of Kate’s makeup advice, inspirations and her own work.
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It’s the holy grail of makeup, the perfect mascara. Every few months a new revolutionary formula is revealed, promoted by Penelope Cruz or that alien that Christian Dior use. Millionize, maximise, impactify, with advertising techniques that hark back to the 1950s, why are we still falling for it? Unfortunately, it’s because we all love a [...]
I am obsessed with eyebrows. I love good ones and I hate bad ones. I also hate to love un-obtainable ones (like my numero uno eyebrow envy Kim Kardashian) and love to hate (but actually just love) ridiculously dramatic ones. If eyes are the windows to the soul then eyebrows must be the curtains, but [...]
In an industry based on illusion and the manipulation of our womanly insecurities, how do we separate fact from fiction? How many times have you been seduced by one of those ridiculous mascara ads? With constant developments in technology and the maturity of the marketing industry, “revolutionary” products are being pushed on us at every [...]
