About Me
- emma@rockfaceminerals.co.uk
- a Mum of 2, working full-time & trying to set up my own business, & occasionally get some sleep.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Happy New Year! (& belated Merry Xmas!)
Anyhow, having got the Cherubs to bed, I have finally managed to sit down & make my final blog posting for 2009 - needless to say that "blog more" will be on the list of resolutions that I'll put together tomorrow. Most of the resolutions on the list will of course relate to Rock Face Minerals; the others will be -
1. lose half a stone - this is on my list every year, but maybe my new Wii Fit Plus will help this time
2. find some more me time - this has been on my list every year since having Cherub #1
3. let the Cherubs live on peanut butter sandwiches for days on end, if needs be.
Needless to say, I have big plans for Rock Face Minerals in 2010, & fingers crossed I get some time to start working on them. First thing will be a new, more interactive website, with some lovely new shots of the products. Also to come in the new year will be new products and shades, & yes I know I said that at Halloween......
Finally, I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the customers of Rock Face Minerals in its first year of business. I hope you've liked the products, & I hope to hear from many of you again in 2010.
Happy New Year & Best Wishes for a great 2010!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Competition Time - New logo at last!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Happy Halloween!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
New Stock has just arrived!
Friday, October 2, 2009
Good Web Guide
So, if you do have nothing better to do for the next minute & would like to spend it telling these people a jackanory story about how great my site is, then click on the link below.
Thanks a mill!
http://www.thegoodwebguide.co.uk/awardfeedback
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Competition Time on Facebook
I've just set up a wee competition to drum up some more fans - apparently once it has 100 fans then you get a dedicated page (or something equally technical). Anyway, every little counts in the Dark Art that is Seach Engine Optimisation, so to get us on our way, once we have reached 50 fans, I'll get cherub #1 to randomly pick a fan to receive a Rock Face Mineral eyeshadow of their choice.
So, don't forget to tell all your Facebook friends - & good luck!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rock-Face-Minerals-Mineral-Makeup/95495916631
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Spice Shades Samples now available!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Old Dog & New Tricks
I think I would have a greater sense of achievement if I didn't still need to load the dishwasher & make the lunchboxes.
Rock Face Minerals first video
Well I'm still working on cropping pics & uploading the new products, but in the meantime I thought I'd share this video with you. Both my boys have gone through the stage of raiding my makeup bag every morning, though cherub #1 is now more interested in complaining about having to wash his face & do his teeth. Cherub #2 is firmly in the "what's yours is mine" toddler stage, & at the moment he is the proud owner of a couple of empty jars & an old kabuki brush, which saves him running off with my blusher brush every morning.
This evening, after bathtime, he was busy "putting on his face" but of course, by the time I got the camera out, he had to have that too. By his standards, his technique in this video is a bit sloppy, but hopefully you'll see that applying mineral foundation is so easy, even a child can do it!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
September already!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
is it August already?
So... this blog is meant to be musing on mineral makeup & motherhood, & I haven't written much about mineral makeup. I do have great plans in my head of photos of swatches (I have learnt the lingo) & looks, but I'm not great at putting them into action.
But let's make a start, with my tried & trusted daily workwear, eyshadow combo. I can even do it without a mirror, which is just as well, as I am usually trying to wrestle my brushes, powders & mirror from #2 son. There's nothing like a well chewed blusher brush for even application.
Anyway, my combo is
- ballyholme bay as base shade across the eyelid
- chocolate toffee as mid shade on outer 2/3 of eyelid
- ruby murray as dark shade on outer eyelid
- bog meadows as eyeliner
Watch this space, I'll post a pic of swatches & made up face (if I'm having a good face day. But please don't hold your breath).
& hooray! I have a follower! thank you Alyson!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Summer Holidays
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Mineral Makeup Application Video
The Bloom range is named after the founder - Natalie Bloom. How lucky is she? "McCrory" just wasn't going to cut it as a makeup brand name, was it? One day, there'll be a Rock Face Minerals clip on YouTube, but until then http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuCGkjVHjH4 will take you through, step by step.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Failing miserably at the first hurdle
But the good news is that I've had an article this week in the local paper in the town where I grew up - the Bangor Spectator (or Speccie to its readers).
Which leads nicely on to explaining some of the colour names - Glenlola Girl is named after my old school, Glenlola Collegiate, as it is the same shade of royal blue as the school jumper. Boxpleat Cherub is a little tongue in cheek - being navy, it is named in honour of our regulation navy boxpleat skirts, to be worn with our regulation navy Cherub-brand knickers underneath.
We used to have competitions to see if we could stretch our Cherubs up to our armpits - a feat I could achieve well after 4th form.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Well... here goes!!!!
Anyway, this is me, & I shall hopefully be blogging about pure mineral makeup, particularly Rock Face Minerals, since that's what my fledging little business is called http://www.rockfaceminerals.co.uk. Rock Face Minerals doesn't contain any of the nasty stuff that some people's skin can react to - so no petroleum based products, talc, bismuth oxychloride, perfume or parabens. Just mica & minerals.
That seems like enough to be going on with; except to say that I'm very excited to be featured in the June edition of ni4kids magazine http://www.ni4kids.com, with a picture of me & the kids. It only took a whole weekend to try and get a decent picture, and of the 50 or so taken, this was the only one where Ross was smiling & everyone was looking at the camera.