Powder Room’s  Brisbane Bridal Showcase in the social pages of
Village News Magazine.

Our Powder Room brides were treated to insiders tips on planning their Wedding day hair and make up.

Helloo Ladies, I wanted to tell you all about our very 1st Wedding hair and make up showcase, what a lovely intimate night, 15 brides and their friends came along on Tuesday 2nd Feb at our studio in Boutique Bridal studio in New Farm.  A glass of champagne or punch and a piece of desert cake is just what you need after a bit day at work!  Our event was featured in the latest “Village News” paper, check it out to see if your picture is in the social pages…


Natalie from Perfect Potion started the evening, chatting about how to look after yourself in the lead up to the big day, how to avoid those pesky pimples and how to stay calm and relaxed.

It’s such a new experience planning your Wedding day and our evening was filled with lots of little tips to help you along the way.  Sarah demonstrated  airbrushed make up on our lovely model and we started with a softer more natural looking make up and then built it up to a smokier look for the evening.  Karen created a very red carpet boudoir down hairstyle with soft finger waves on the face, then transformed the hair to one side into a low chignon.

The hair was accessorised with a beautiful hair piece from “House of Windsor” and our model was dressed in a beautiful dress for “Bridal on James” new collection for 2010.

Guest Wedding suppliers included “House of Windsor“, “Bridal on James“, “Perfect Potion” and “The Welsh Lady Cakes” .  Each bride received a bag of little pressies including a pair of flexi flats, perfect size to pop in your hand bag.


Sue from The House of Windsor brought along the punch and it was such a hit that we wanted to share the recipe with you…..


Fruit Punch – Iris Collins
1 Bottle Golden Circle orange Crush Cordial (750mls)

1/2 Bottle Golden Circle Lemon Crush Cordial

1 450g Can Orange Juice

850 ml Pineapple & Orange Juice

Mix all the ingredients together and then freeze – it’s better to use small plastic containers as it then easier to make up in smaller quantities (in a jug instead of a large punch bowl).  Generally it’s better to microwave the base to free it up.

Add bottles Lemonade/Gingerale (Schweppes is better as others are too sweet)  Mix half/half for a start. adjust accordingly to taste.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Bridal Showcase, in March, date to be advised!
If you would like to catch up with some of the girls at The Powder Room we will be at the following Wedding reception showcases in the following months, come and say Hi


Indooroopilly Golf Club – Open day – Sunday 21st February 10am – 2pm

Brisbane Marriott Hotel Wedding Showcase – Fri 26 February 2010 – Sat 27,  Friday 5.30pm – 8pm; Saturday 10am – 3pm

Hillstone St Lucia Open day – Sunday 11th April – 4pm – 6pm

Novotel Brisbane - Wedding open day – Sunday 18th April 10am – 2pm

Are you looking for a new cut or colour, to revamp your look in 2010!  Did you know that Powder Room is also a boutique hairdressing salon as well?

Karen, our premier stylist and owner of The Powder Room, loves to spoil her clients, in our relaxed hair and make up studio in New Farm.

If you’ve never visited our beautiful salon before, here’s an exclusive “New Client Offer”

Free Galvanic spa facial treatment for your first visit!

A 20 minute skin treatment utilising galvanic currents to relieve stressed and dull skin, increase circulation, enhance skin hydration, plump and refine pores and smooth wrinkles with amazing results!

The Powder Room’s salon hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8.30am-5.00pm.

Come and enjoy the experience with our organic coffee and a great selection of the finest tea’s.

We’d love to chat with you all, join our Wedding hair and make up Facebook page and be kept up to date with the latest, hair and make up celebrity gossip, Real Bride Wedding hair & make up looks and Powder Room events.

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Priya, one of our beautiful Brisbane brides for this week end came in today for her Wedding trial hair and make up, with Tracie and Aimee and we thought she looked so gorgeous that we wanted to share her trial picture with you.


Priya’s make up was airbrushed and looks just perfect, lips looked lovely in Powder Room’s Lips with Love lipstick –  ”Two Hearts” and lipgloss “Spring Fling”.

We wish Priya the best for her special day and look forward to seeing her this weekend:)  We can’t wait to see Priya in her Wedding dress…

The Award season is upon us, which means lots of celebrity spotting and gorgeous red carpet hair and make up to revel in!!  The hair seemed to be more casual and less done this year at the Golden Globes. We are finding that hair for Weddings is more relaxed then ever before. To achieve this softer look we always ask our brides if they would prefer the styles to be sprayed a lot initially or sprayed so that it looks nice and soft and then to have a can of spray on hand and to touch up during the day.

This year at the Golden Globes we saw hair that was soft and chic with sculpted waves and soft voluminous updos. Rose Byrnes waves were picture perfect, adding a modern edge with her vintage hair clip. Check out Powder Room’s store for gorgeous jewellery to accessorise.  Julia Roberts blonde boho waves were soft and relaxed.  We also loved Cameron Diaz’s sleek upstyle, softly pulled back off the face to emphasis her striking red lips.

Sandra Bullock Wavy updo looked relaxed and soft. The side part is undone and blends into the side waves. Sandra’s make up had flushed cheeks and soft sultry purples and defined liner on the eyes really worked well with her gorgeous dress.


Nicole Kidman’s natural auburn hair colour was amazing against her porcelain complexion.  Her hair was swept into a side chignon exuding hollywood glamour and the look showed that even the movie stars have a few bits that fall out of their hairstyles, making the look more natural.


As for Jennifer Anniston, come on, can’t you think of another hairstyle choice, it’s the same every year!!  Courtney Cox, on the other hand looked amazing!!  The loose undo, with a centre part and long undone tendrils really showed up Courtney’s eyes.

Gone were the smokey, sultry eyes this year, replaced with soft, subtle, pale shimmering tones, paired with a perfect pink pout. Looks we loved were Kare Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Drew Barrymore and Emily Blunt.