My birthday falls on 8th March – International Women’s Day.  I felt in need of a beauty boost this year, so I booked a makeup lesson with local beautician Nikki Doherty . You can see my “before” photograph below:

I wore a jacket embellished with flowers which I hope to wear to future book signings…

Nikki is a genius with makeup and taught me how to disguise my sagging chin, the red areas on my cheeks, and the under eye shadows…

I learned how to enhance my eyebrows, choose and apply the right colours of eye shadow, and find the right shade of lipstick to suit my colouring.  I had never found a red lipstick that felt right for me, so I was thrilled when Nikki advised me to go for a red with blue tones.  You can see my transformation below:

I usually wear coral or pink shades of lipstick:

When I…