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20 / 02 / 12
I love Monday’s in work, sounds mad to say that, but after the initial drag myself out of bed scenario after a busy weekend at work, the day soon improves when I walk through Peaches doors. Mondays usually consist of me and Hayesy cleaning the shop from top to bottom, whilst listening to cringeful music/singing and occasionally dancin’ whilst doing so!! This week Little Katie was off so Roey took over and with a little help from Will Smith’s Greatest Hits we had the shop sparklin’!
Another good thing about Mondays is the fact I get to become a teacher for the day in the make up lessons that are booked in. This week we had a girl, Mhairi, come all the way from Aberdeen to have the ultimate Peaches Experience. Firstly she had her hair put up by Kate, she chose one of our newest trends the ‘curly pony’ – which was perfected with one of Nic’s new fish plait head bands. Then she was ready to complete her look with a makeup lesson. Mhairi chose to have a go at mastering the ‘glitter smokes’ lesson and soon picked out two of Peaches new eye shadow pigments which she fell in love with and wanted to buy pretty much straight away!
I have included a few pics from the lesson. I started by talking Mhairi through the stages of the makeover step by step, starting with her eyes. I did the whole make over on one half of her face and left the other half for her to have a go herself. She was really confident and soon had the other side of her face looking just as good as mine!! 
Make up lessons are available throughout the week Monday to Thurdays in shop hours for individuals , or alternate Tuesday and Wednesday night – call the shop for more info 01512271669.
Polly Peach xxxx
Heres a few words from my student of the day!
‘After watching ‘don’t tell the bride’ on BBC3 when it first came on screen. I became inspired by the work peaches and cream do. I found myself constantly scouring there website for make up tips and ideas but could never get it ‘just right’.Having just turned 21 my mum suggested we go to liverpool for the weekend so I could finally try the peaches way for myself. I could not have asked for better service and the outcome was amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed my day and can definitely see my self making the 6 hour journey from aberdeen again just to feel as fab as I do today ( even tho all I’m doing is shopping for the day!!! ) Thank you very much, love Mhairi x’
20 / 02 / 12
17 / 02 / 12
A week in the life of Scratch….OMG this week has been mental, I’ve only just stopped to breathe and tell you all about it.
If you don’t already know, when I’m not doing nails, I Live in London and I’m a full time secondary school teacher (Fashion & Textiles) so I rarely get a spare minute between getting down with the kids and painting nails.
This week I’ve been in peaches doing my usual unusual nail art, which included Royal Nails for Princess Kate’s Liverpool visit, Some epic Barbie claws, Valentines nails, Tribal nails inspired by the latest Marebows and I scratched out Rosie for the first time-between the two of us we custom designed a set of personalised nails, which included a tattoo of her boyfriends name a random pink cat, and a picture of Bob Marley (but that’s a future blog)!
As I’m not from Liverpool I’ve only just discovered Ryan Vintage and I can’t express my excitement for this shop enough! On my first visit I bought 5 pairs of retro leggings, each one in shiny spandex with crazy brightly coloured graphic prints. You either love them or hate them but the Peaches have a huge penchant for leggings. Needless to say, these have really inspired me for new nail designs. I have also been very inspired by the Pineapple dress on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, so much so that I am planning a whole new pineapple inspired theme!
As well as my regular nails I have also been working on some bespoke sets for Jeffery Michael, a fashion designer who has designed costumes for Jessie J and Groove Armada . His debut collection is hitting the catwalk on Sunday 19th Feb to mark the end of London Fashion Week. I can’t give away any details just yet but each set of nails is inspired by one of the amazing garments. The polish was supplied by O.P.I, which I am a huge fan of. Keep an eye out for this…I will have more news and pictures from the event soon, I have decided to wear a denim shirt with my Marebow as a dickie bow, I am very excited.
On Thursday I was 29! So I decided to treat myself, I’ve been so busy lately my whole body came out in a ‘stress rash’, according to the doctor I need to sleep more! However, I decided a spray tan from Nicola would help to cover it up, and it has, I have a wonderful glow, except my right arm is sporting a leopard type effect due to the rash. I also got a facial from another salon, which has resulted in my left eye being almost swollen shut (I’m allergic to everything) so I’m writing this with squinting through one eye, looking rather attractive!
Last week my landlord announced that he was giving the house to his newly married son, therefore I have to move house (for the 5th time in 4 years)-major inconvenience!!! All of my belongings are packed and ready to move, so when I go back to London tomorrow (sob) I will be moving into my new house. I hope the next time I move it will be to Liverpool !!!
On the agenda for next week is Dance Rock Challenge, which is a huge international dance competition that my students are entering in London, the theme is top secret but I will be doing some very interesting body and face painting on 60 teenagers before they battle to win the title with their 7 minute piece. I am really looking forward to this as I get a lot of inspiration from my students and these type of school days are always the best-plus I get to inject a bit of the Scratchy spirit in to my life as a teacher.
Until next time me and my swollen eyelid are signing off, Big Love, Scratch x
17 / 02 / 12
After the success of the dress me and Roey ‘pimped’ last week we went to Manchester to raid the Northern quarter for more monstrosities in need of a Peaches makeover! We now have around 20 items in need of a major ‘face lift’!
This week saw Polly’s turn to be ‘pimped’ along with the dress! The dress is made from a gorgeous sheer linen cotton ( if there is such a thing?) with a hand painted floral design in this seasons hottest shades of mint, lemon,pink and powder blue. We decided to take it up and trim with a matching mint lace. We then also took the sleeves up using the rolling technique we used last week. We transformed the tacky satin sash by removing the bow and replacing it with one made from the leftovers of the skirt. Finally no ‘ Pimp My Dress’ transformation is complete without a matching Marebow which we also made from the leftovers of the dress, using the centre from the pink satin bow that we took off the belt!
For the hair and makeup we kept it simple and girlie. Polly used one of the Peaches soon to be released Pigments in a Green Apple shade on her eyes with a flicked liner and of course 2 sets of Peaches Best Selling number 09 strip eyelashes. Nic provided the finishing touches with an extra large high ponytail, a very popular look with alot of clients at the salon this season.
So there you have it…. cashing in at a grand total of £11! £10 for the dress and £1 for the bundle of lace from Abakhan Fabrics behind TJ’s on London Road!
Have promised Nic its her turn next week so watch this space for Baby Peach rockin’ Grandma Chic! xxx
17 / 02 / 12
Congrats to our adopted Peach Tanya and Liam on their engagement! We are all so happy for them!!
14 / 02 / 12
Little Katie and PollyWin here! This week’s celebrity blog is about America’s most fabulous and famous family The Kardashians! Kimmy K is the main attraction of their family and she has made the most headlines over the past few months from ‘Finally engaged’ to ‘Already divorced’! I find quite a lot of our clients come in and ask for their makeups to be similar to the Kardashains so I am forever looking at Google images of Kims makeup. I found this amazing photo of Kim with flawless makeup: quite pale, pinky cheeks and bronzey on the eyes, so I gave it a go myself! Well how could I possibly do a Kimmy K makeup when I am of course BLONDE! I turned to the Queen of hair, Nicola who sorted me out with a brown weave, I was transformed to a brunette in seconds! Pollywin already had the gorgeous brown locks, she did a dark purple and black smokey eye with a sexy dark plum lip! Hope you guys are enjoying our celeb blog as much as we are enjoying playing dress up! X x
07 / 02 / 12
Most people get a necklace or even a car (these days) for their 18th Birthday. Not me. I got a sewing machine! Unimpressed at first (no I had not asked for it, or even mentioned it) you could say it eventually grew on me! Once I started makeup college it got packed away in dad’s tool cupboard up untill afew weeks ago when I dug it out to make the ever popular Marebow range.
Alot of the Marebows are made from vintage fabrics to give them that unique look everyone it going mad for. Perfect timing then for Ryan’s Vintage to have opened, a new shop at the top of Bold street. They have an amazing shop in Manchester that Rosie introduced me to before christmas. The best thing about Ryan’s is that their prices are reflected in their ‘Its not vintage, its second hand’ attitude. So last week I picked up 5 dresses for around £60. All of which I picked for the fabric alone. On taking them home Bigmare refused to let me cut up the number Rosie is wearing. I too had secretly been thinking the same, so spared on by the success of the barbie shoes I got my ‘Gok on’ and with Rosie’s help ‘Pimped My Dress’!
We took the dress up shorter and made a Hair Bow from the leftovers (these are now for sale online). We also rolled up the sleeves and sewed them into place. To finish it off we lent an Angel Face tutu from Minnie Bee in ‘Flying Saucer’ . At £58 you should look at one as an investment that can be worn under whatever dress or skirt you like especially if you buy a neutral colour. For £58 I’m sure you’ll agree that it (along with a few of my nifty stitches) transforms a £15 dress into a £150 dress!
For todays photoshoot I wanted to give Rosie one of the ‘ Amy Winehouse’ beehives seen at Jean Paul Gaultiers latest catwalk shows. If you wanna rock this look yourself you need to loosely curl your hair with the straightners, backcomb it all over, throw the back up into a french roll leaving the top section flossy, messy and flicked to one side. Set it with a full can of extra strong hairspray.
With the makeup I kept it simple and all about the colour similar to last weeks shoot. For anyone interested these were the products of choice…
1. Eyes: Peaches ‘Lemon Cake’ Dust (COMING SOON!). A thick black flicked Illamasqua cake liquid liner. 2 Sets of Peaches NEW style 55 Strip eyelashes.
2. Base: Lancome Color Ideal liquid foundation in 04. Mac Blot Powder in Medium. Mac Mineralize Skinfinish in Medium Deep. Mac Powder Blushers Full Fushia and Peaches mixed. Mac Vanilla Pigment to highlight.
3. Lips: A mixture of Barry M lip paints 147 and 52.
For anyone who fancies experimenting with colour this spring I think this is a fairly easy look to replicate.
I hope this inspires everyone to start recycling their clothes and pimping dresses. Its so much fun, so rewarding and I’m off to Manchester Northern Quarter tomorrow to scour for more pimp worthy frocks so watch this space!
Big Peach xxx
07 / 02 / 12
We our launching our new range of pastel coloured glitters for Spring. There are 13 cute candy colours including Lemon, Mint green, Baby Blue, Lilac and of course Peach! We have decided to name the glitters after Peaches favourite babies.
The range includes: Baby Ruby, Baby Rosie, Baby Daisy, Baby Millie, Baby Tallulah, Baby Kitty, Baby Minnie, Baby Tilly, Baby Millie, Baby Lola, Baby Harper, Baby Blue Ivy and last but not least Baby Peach!
In between pimping dresses and making bands I am hoping to get some makeovers and a video tutorial using these shades online this week!
Big peach xxx
02 / 02 / 12
At long last my head from the hall of fame is now finished!! I was unable to finish mine last week as I was busy with appointments.. its hard being the octopus of the group who can do all of the treatments in the shop! Originally I planned to do Nicki Minaj (my fave) but someone mentioned that we needed an Avatar rebirth after the attention it drew on Halloween’s Peaches and Scream. There is now an Avatar that has been Peached sitting with the other heads on top of our displays.. what do you all think … ?!
Lots of Love
Nicky J/ Baby Peach/ Lil Peachy Nic or whatever you wanna call me xxx
30 / 01 / 12
What a long month January was! Finally everyone’s been paid, so it was nice to see all my regulars back this Sat, who, other than Miss Toni Grant, have all been hibernating all month eager to get paid, get shopping and get out! Lesley Ann, Sarah, Sherine and Lauren Mc oh how I’ve missed blending your smokes to the perfection you demand, it’s actually you who I now owe my level of expertise to!