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FEATURED Women Making Waves InCONTENT The Community Launch To Success, Making moves and helping others to Our Amazing Night be the best version of themselves Inside the launch party, who was there & how much did we raise!1 2312 From his side, a story of love on the 46 Kiss proof lip wear 60 Healthy You Happy You with Zelle other side of Domestic Violence Maree 30 A beginners guide to health and32 Tweets, posts, letter & love fitness with Nicki Levinge 66 Dior Shines her light, Model Dior Wilkinson stands up for DV42 Old Hollywood glamour Miss Toni 41 Cycle of Violence are you in it? Woods 72 Real Life Story of Survival & Love 48 Healthy love, does it exist will you with Patty Kapua22 Our launch party evening, all that recognise it, AmyLee’s Story Part 1 glitters rocks! 76 Luciana’s Corner, our resident 56 The Beautiful Kelly Plug, Women Psychologist talks about your inner34 Featured photographer, Dean Agar showing their support for DV critic & Moka Creations In this issue we are all about building strong people, women and men. Showing how true love is healthy love and not what the movies would like us to believe. We feature amazing imagery from our resident photographer AmyLee Photography and also the incredible Dean Agar plus some stunning family love imagery from Miss Katherine Jarvie. It’s time to get empowered I’m sure this issue will get you thinking and help you to understand why women and men stay in these types of relationships. So read on and enjoy our second issue of the quarterly published MBA Magazine 2014!4 JULY 2014

Healthy Mind Planning Your Real LifeHealthy Body Future Inspirational storiesBuilding beauty and How to plan a safe and Stories from men and women health from the quick exit from across the country inside out 4 5 2>78 Rebecca Talks to us about her jour- Issue ney from low self esteem to self acceptance92 Cover Story with Gina Ramsey102 The Abusers Hand Book, Know their plays!107 & 117 QUIZ Is Your Daughter in an Abu- sive relationship? & Quiz Are You In an abusive relationship?Publisher Mission Beautiful Australia CEO, Founder and Editor In Chief AmyLee Hands Associate Editor KerriEckart and Kahla Pike Advertising Editor Focused marketing Solutions Journalist, Art Director, Graphic DesignerAmyLee Hands Marketing Head AmyLee Hands, Kerri Eckart, Kahla PikePrinting Specialists FastProof PressUnit 21, Jupiter Plaza, 12 Lawrence Drive, Nerang Qld 4211Postal Address: PO Box 2022, Nerang East Qld 4211Phone: (07) 5578 4722Fax: (07) 5578 3884 JULY 2014 5

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editorial_letter// DO WHAT YOU LOVE,AmyLee Hands LOVE WHATCEO Mission Beautiful YOU DOAustralia. Issue 2, what a ride! amazing mother or the next worldTo love someone wholly leader. Women are intelligent andis to love yourself Welcome to another exciting loving people allowing themselvesfirst, without that love amazing and full on to believe these damaged peoplecannot exist. quarter for Mission needing complete control. Beautiful Magazine! I can feel the rolling wave of excitement each With our publication I want to day.... can you feel that to? I usually demonstrate that no matter the spend quite a lot of time with circumstances you can make a amazing women and men that have choice to move on and get your life survived domestic violence and I and yourself back! guess some would think that would be depressing, but for me, it gives This quarter we are fortunate me courage. Courage to keep going enough to have some amazing knowing that this epidemic is still stories and contributors. You can happening daily and our magazine start to get healthy and strong can possibly help someone to from the inside out by reading our overcome their situation and articles on mindset and following become the leader they were born our health and fitness gurus as to be. This month I have had the they transform your body and self pleasure of interviewing men about esteem. We have some amazing their roll in an abusive relationship photographers whom have and I’ll be featuring their story submitted some beautiful pieces of in our next issue. We do have an fine art and family photography. awesome story from a gentleman that fell in love with a survivor I love this path I will not stop until and how that has affected their my last breath, I hope I can inspire relationship - an intersting take you to live your best life and do and not something people generally what you love and love what you think about, what happens when do. you do find a healthy love? AmyLee x I often sit in awe of the stories I hear from the survivors I photograph thinking it still blows me away that strong women like us can be sucked into the vortex of an unhealthy relationship. Women and men that were born for a purpose, whether that is to be the most10 JULY 2014

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Real Life Stories rom His Side, Lachlans story of loving a survivor of DV.ICRAZY, YOUNG & IN LOVE people have a strong opinion on the family leadership demonstrated to married Diwani, the woman matter and although not everyone them understand keenly the role of of my dreams in August 2013. experiences the effects first hand, the ‘protector’ they should play to the Diwani is everything that is occurrence in the community is larger women in their lives. For those men good in my life. Her ability than one might first assume. who have entered into a relationship to adapt to any situation is with a woman who has previouslyremarkable and she’s the yardstick There are times when I’m filled with been the victim of abuse, it’s difficultwith which I measure goodness. such anger that I cannot express in to come to terms with the past ofThis is my story of how domestic words the way I actually feel. Other the person you love. I feel a sense ofviolence, sexual and physical abuse times I am completely saddened and guilt and loss. It’s a feeling at times Ihas affected our relationship. It’s a completely overcome with hurt. The cannot reconcile because it occurredstory of hope and healing and one that experience of witnessing personally outside of my control yet I still feelhighlights the galvanising effect such the residual effects of domestic responsible for the welfare of my wife.an experience can have on a couple violence leaves me completely REVELATIONwho decide to confront it and not let overwhelmed and also feeling quitea history of abuse dictate the future. empty. I will do my best to unpack Diwani and I met roughly five these experiences with the hope of years ago. At that time she was in aIt’s difficult to describe what offering some solace to those who relationship with another man I haddomestic violence means to me. Most are suffering the same battle. Men not met previously. who have had the right model of12 JULY 2014 Photographes provided by Diwani & Lachlan Crane

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REAL LIFE Love After Domestic ViolenceWe were introduced through a and independence. Diwani first came to Australia with mutual friend four years after I her mother at five years of age. With limited contacts and graduated and despite Diwani and no real prospects for work, Diwani’s mother Jane, carved me attending the same school, we out a life for herself and her little girl. Jane possesses an had never formally met. I was a year incredible work ethic and relied on no one for assistance.older and our friends didn’t associate at school. When we She has shown an incredible diversity in her work andmet we struck an instant connection, one I put down to has owned several small businesses. I believe her exampleour similar experiences at school and similar philosophical and her parenting style led Diwani to be an incrediblyoutlook. At the time our friendship was being established independent woman. This independence is the best andhowever, our philosophies were not the regular source of worst of her character because although she was open withconversational material. We were both a little lost at that me from early on about the challenges she has faced, shetime and trying desperately to avoid reality. While popular instinctively wanted to resolve her issues internally. Whenculture exhorts the partying lifestyle of the early twenty juxtaposed against my upbringing, our two backgroundssomething, we were both aware that our lives didn’t reflect couldn’t be more polarised. Familial concepts encouragedour long term goals. I believe we sensed that in each other by my parents instilled in my siblings and me suggest thatand our connection was a deep one despite it being new. openness is next to Godliness and it’s vitally importantDiwani’s relationship with her boyfriend ended in the that as a family we stand together through thick andspring of 2009 and by the winter of 2010 we were dating. thin. Although my family members have their privateWe had only been together for roughly three weeks before lives, we were always encouraged to tackle problems asshe told me that she was the victim of child abuse from a a family. This obviously presented some challenges whenclose family friend. This person I had met previously at one we began to tackle the issues that were coming up in ourof Diwani’s family dinners sexually abused Diwani when relationship. Diwani’s reflex was one geared towards selfshe was very young and continued periodically throughout reliance and mine was to share with people. We quicklyher adolescence. This information was enough to knock learned to adapt through and although we still buttedthe wind out of me but it didn’t stop there. Diwani also heads on how to face this, we were serious about ourrevealed that she had also been abused both physically and relationship and found a way to compromise. This journeysexually by her previous boyfriend, someone who I had continues. There were visceral, tangible consequences tobeen friends with and spent a lot of time with. I cannot Diwani’s abuse. Early on in our relationship she couldn’texplain the feelings that were washing over me at that sleep for more than thirty minutes straight. She wouldmoment of revelation. I was completely stunned. While wake up after having horrible nightmares and would takesome might think their initial reaction when receiving an hour or so to settle and then the process would startnews of this nature would be anger and the desire for again. We decided early on in our relationship that werevenge. While over the course of our relationship I have wouldn’t cohabitate but I saw enough of Diwani to see theexperienced this and more, however it was not my original damage that she had sustained.reaction. Instead my first response was one of guilt. I hadbeen in Diwani’s life when she was experiencing abuse “ When juxtaposedyet I failed to notice any signs. I felt responsible for not against myintervening and horrified that I had been friends with upbringing, oursomeone capable of the charges being levelled at him. Most two backgroundsof all I felt and still do feel today from time to time that couldn’t be moreI failed to protect my wife. Of course protection cannot polarised.”be retrospective and at the time of her abuse I was notresponsible for her care as I am now, but rational thinkingoften plays a minor role when confronting such emotivecircumstances as the past abuse of a loved one. The realityis however, Diwani probably showed no signs at all whenshe was experiencing abuse. If any signals or cries for helpwere made, they would have only been obvious to a trainedprofessional. Such is the nature of some domestic violencecases. More so in cases where the victim is from a cultural orphilosophical background that takes pride in self-reliance14 JULY 2014

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Much of the trauma she had experienced People search for healing in a lot of places. In fact it over the course of her years of abuse seems now more than ever people are willing to embrace could be blocked out with will power spirituality to try and find answers and solutions to life’s while she lived her day to day life. circumstances. Diwani and I had been grounded in our When it was time to be alone in bed faith in God from a young age and although we had walked however there was no escape from reliving that trauma in away for a short time, it was natural to return to God for great detail again and again. She had been choked, used our restoration. We both recommitted ourselves to God as a cigarette ash tray, slapped, punched, and thrown and made the very difficult decision to step back from the down stair cases. She recalls one occasion where she friends (some of who were very long term friends) that had her head repeatedly plunged into a bucket of water encouraged a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol. It seemed at to the point where she believed she was about to drown. that point that our support base had been removed but in Almost worse than the physical abuse, over time she fact it was precisely this step that revealed what our true was manipulated into thinking that she was the cause support was. of the problem and deserved her treatment. This abuse manifested itself in a way I was unprepared for. While As we took our first steps towards reconnecting with God she was always exhausted from the total lack of sleep, it it became clear that true healing came from Him. It’s easy seemed Diwani wanted me to leave her. We would argue to view God through the prism of our experiences. Those regularly and quite fiercely over seemingly over innocuous negative experiences meant that it was difficult for Diwani matters. I couldn’t understand why such little things were to approach God with love and trust. What we realised so important to her. It was only after some research that together is that God’s love for us is deeper than anything I discovered that she was testing the boundaries of our else. While I try everyday to ensure that she feels my love relationship. She believed herself unworthy of my affection and support, the hole in her heart can only be filled by the and was trying on a subconscious level to drive me away. love of God. His support and grace is relied on every day. It took me a long time to understand in my heart not my head DIVINE INTERVENTION that God’s heart breaks more over Diwani’s past than mine There were some very challenging periods during the ever could. It’s this understanding that makes it possible first couple of years but it was at this time that we both to put my trust in God for healing and provision. decided that we should go back to church. We had both been raised in Christian homes and attended a Christian THE FUTURE private school but after we had graduated we had walked I had never encountered domestic violence before I away from God. Ironically, the pastor that helped us the had met Diwani. At times the challenges we face seem most was one that neither of us liked while we were insurmountable. The damage is real and the effects are away from Church. He was the young adult’s pastor at a tangible. What I find though as we continue on the road high profile church in Brisbane. One thing I know is that to healing and restoration is that Diwani’s worth is not it’s easier to criticise what you know to be right when defined by her past experiences. She is not a victim, she you’re doing what you know to be wrong. This pastor is not damaged goods. She is worthy of all of my love, was graceful and forgiving and without his guidance, we exclusively and faithfully. wouldn’t have been able to move through our difficulties as quickly as we did.16 JULY 2014

“ People search for healing in a lot of places. In fact it seems now more than ever people are willing to embrace spirituality to try and find answers and solutions to life’s circumstances.”One thing I know is that it’s easier to criticise what you know to be right when you’re doing what you know to be wrong. This pastor was graceful and forgiving and without his guidance, we wouldn’t havebeen able to move through our difficulties as quickly as wedid. People search for healing in a lot of places. In fact itseems now more than ever people are willing to embracespirituality to try and find answers and solutions to life’scircumstances. Diwani and I had been grounded in ourfaith in God from a young age and although we had walkedaway for a short time, it was natural to return to God forour restoration. We both recommitted ourselves to Godand made the very difficult decision to step back from thefriends (some of who were very long term friends) thatencouraged a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol. It seemed atthat point that our support base had been removed butin fact it was precisely this step that revealed what ourtrue support was. As we took our first steps towardsreconnecting with God it became clear that true healingcame from Him. It’s easy to view God through the prismof our experiences. Those negative experiences meant thatit was difficult for Diwani to approach God with love andtrust. What we realised together is that God’s love for us isdeeper than anything else. While I try everyday to ensurethat she feels my love and support, the hole in her heartcan only be filled by the love of God. His support and graceis relied on every day. It took me a long time to understandin my heart not my head that God’s heart breaks more overDiwani’s past than mine ever could. It’s this understandingthat makes it possible to put my trust in God for healingand provision. THE FUTURE I had never encountereddomestic violence before I had met Diwani. At times thechallenges we face seem insurmountable. The damage isreal and the effects are tangible. What I find though aswe continue on the road to healing and restoration is thatDiwani’s worth is not defined by her past experiences. Sheis not a victim, she is not damaged goods. She is worthy ofall of my love, exclusively and faithfully.Written by : Lachlan CraneJULY 2014 17

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workshop//THE LAUNCH 1TO SUCCESSMBA MAGAZINEFROM AN IDEATO REALITY SARAH & ROZZI CEO Milk & Sugar Events We were so blessed to have Milk & Sugar Events donate a table of lollies and goodies for our amaz- ing guests. Milk & Sugar Events provide event management and Specialise in High Teas you can contact Sarah at www.milkandsugarevents.comAmyLee and her team workedtirelessly to create the LaunchParty that many are stillraving about today!> AmyLee Hands22 JULY 2014

2 3Mission Beautiful Australia Magazine It was looking good for donations and Thank youLaunch March 1st 2014 was a huge we couldn’t wait to see how much to Stephaniesuccess! money had been raised. Carmichael and Christina Fern forThe night began and the amazing What was even more incredible was running a flawlessStephanie Carmichael co-ordinated the the amount of people willing to speak evening, these girlsnight from decorations and music to up about their experiences living with rock!the clean up after wards, with guests Domestic Violence in their lifetime.arriving on time and flowing in rapidly For one night there was no shame, nowe quickly filled the venue, GPO Hotel stigma or feelings of worthlessnessFortitude Valley, to capacity! between all of these amazing people whom have lived to become heros andAnthony Peiters preformed using share.his skills as a speed sketch artist towow the crowd, sketching 3 amazing Their stories of triumph and love forportraits for our auctioneer to sell off, themselves, my heart grew at leasthis art alone raised over $1000! double it’s size.Niki Teljega Designs put on an amazing This journey has been an amazing onemini runway show with the crowd going for me, as I have witnessed it growwild over her dresses and apparel. from it’s birth of an idea to the fullThere was a couple of formal speeches reality it is today. Every person that Ibefore we went to auction, lots of bids spoke to that night was so enthused toand everyone purchased a copy of the support this cause and help me to getfirst issue of the magazine! the word out there to raise awareness and help educate the mass community about this epidemic almost everyone has had some experience with. JULY 2014 23

We didn’t expect to fill the GPO Hotel, it was what I had created a little under a yearbreathtaking to look around the room and ago is definitely needed and I had finallywitness a revolution happening around me. It found the path I was born for.left me speechless, Thank You With so much happening around me that night it felt like a weird wedding function as in it was like a blur. I was in shock that so many people I didn’t even know would come out to support us and stand up for this cause! Humbled doesn’t even begin to describe it A guest came up to me and said “Don’t ever stop doing this AmyLee, don’t ever stop” And I won’t, I will never stop creating this magazine and building from it. One future goal is to open an empowerment centre for abused people, men, women and children. I also plan to make an App to help save people in dire situations. Monthly meetings for survivors is also another project I am working towards. So how much did we raise and where does this money go to!? On the launch night we raised just over $4000! In total over the past 3 months for the Manly Warringah Womens Resource Centre and Mission Beautiful Australia Magazine, we have been able to raise $15978!!!! Once we have the final amounts pledged we will present the Shelter with their funds and we know that it will go to good use saving families across the country. Thank you so much for all of our amazing supporters and donations without you this wouldn’t be possible.Photography: A massive thank Speaking in public doesn’t comeyou to Julie Willis Photography naturally for me but I did my bestfor donating her time and talent and spoke my truth about Domesticto photograph our event 1 March Violence...2014 I have to add that was pretty hard to do without shedding a tear, looking out to that sea of faces whom had come from far and wide not only to be part of the Launch night, but to donate their hard earned money to help us help them, that being shelters and worthy crisis centers. I’m very passionate about helping the people on the ground and at the front lines of this as we all know the government doesn’t put a lot of money, IF ANY, into shelters, crisis care and the like. As the night went on and donations rolled in I started to truly believe that24 JULY 2014

Everyone turned out for a NIKI TELJEGAfantastic night of laughs, music, DESIGNSentertainment and awareness,including Niki Teljega Designs. Niki Teljega’s models strutted their stuff to lighten the evening with some beauty and poise. You can find Niki on Facebook by going to www.facebook.com/ NikiTeljegaFashionLabelAMAZING SUPPORTIt was so good to see so many gentlemen attend the event and bid onauction items and mingle with so many of our guests listening to theirstories and encouraging them to continue to love themselves A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Thank you to all of the awesome supporters whom came out that night for our special launch and continue to support us tirelessly into our next journey and charity dinner at the Palazzo Versace Hotel. I look forward to our future and what else we can do together to bring and end to Domestic Violence in our country. JULY 2014 25

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Nicki‘s Guide To Health and FitnessBeginnersGuide To Health & FitnessThinking about getting in Most people start out on the Web shape, cleaning up the diet and search ‘how to get fit’ and or just want more energy find endless websites promising but not sure where to speedy results with minimal effort,begin? Perhaps you have tried to well I’m here to tell you that theregive it a go before but just haven’t isn’t an easy fix solution to gettingbeen able to commit for one reason fit. It is all about the effort youor another? Maybe you couldn’t put in and the little things youfind something that you really can do right now and I’m going toenjoy enough to want to continue? show you how to begin the mostCould it be you are just like me and rewarding journey of your life!find yourself ‘self-sabotaging’? It feels good to be healthy Live a clean lifestyle andyour body thanks you, your mind rewards you and just start:yourfamilybenefitthemost! youreallystartto 1. Set Your Goalsbelieve your worth, making it hard for anyone to 2. Find Your Inspirationtake advantage of you again ! 3. Get Support30 JULY 2014

Goal Setting dreams, TIME SENSITIVE. This is one of the most important factors►Identify what you want to come true because without a deadline we achieve. To start anything don’t have any real motivation toyou need to know what you want The first step is the hardest change. If you don’t give your-to achieve, what results you wish but once you take it, the rest self a specific date to end youto get out of your efforts. SMART becomes just another step, will most likely put it off. So yourgoal setting can be an extremely some easier than others but time sensitive goal may be topowerful tool for enhancing ‘start walking Monday, Wednes-motivation by focusing attention worth the effort. day and Friday’s for at least 20and effort on the end result. mins each week for the next 4SMART goals are: SPECIFIC. A “All You Have weeks’.specific goal is well-defined and to do is start”focused so instead of saying ‘I Setting these SMART goalswant to lose weight’ you would the steps to achieving that is: doesn’t necessarily mean yousay ‘I will lose 5kg of body fat’. won’t experience setbacks butHaving specific goals creates • Making sure you plot out the it does give you somethingfocus and the moment you focus days you wish to walk concrete to work towards andon a goal it becomes a magnet, increase your chances of stayingpulling you towards it and the • Make time to go for the 20 min on track and being successful.more focused your energies the walk Even if you do ‘fall off the wagon’more power you create. it’s OK we are all human and • Have the correct footwear, sometimes life gets in the way.YOUR FAMILY DESERVE YOUR HEALTH clothing, ipod etc all the things Be kind to yourself acknowledge you need to go on that walk your shortcomings but don’t letIt‘s not about being skinny, it‘s about them get you down, take timebeing healthy from the inside out, you • Set out a path for the walk. to celebrate the achievementsdeserve your best life. you have accomplished so far REALISTIC. It’s no point saying and remember how far you havebuild your goals I’m going to run a marathon come. Go back to your goal listeveryday but you’ve never run a day in armed with the learning from your your life!! That certainly doesn’t past mistakes and power forwardIt becomes a magnet, pulling you mean that you will never run a again. You can do it!!!towards it and the more focused marathon it simply means thatyour energies the more power you have to look at where you Yours in health & fitness,you create. MEASUREABLE. are right now and starting fromA measurable goal provides a there. So if it’s a marathon you Nickibenchmark for you to check if wish to run you would startyou are on track to achieving plotting the course of action with KEYS TO YOURthat goal. So you might say ‘I small realistic goals for example, NEW LIFESTYLEam going to lose 5kg at a rate you may start with walking 20of half a kilo a week for 10 mins 3 times a week, then pro- Three important keys toweeks’, plot it out on a chart and gressing to intervals of walking changing your life are:mark it off as you reach each and running and moving forwardmilestone. This can also give you in little steps from there. 1. Goal Setting – Identify whatmotivation along the way as you you want to achieve.reach these mini milestones. 2. Inspiration/Motivation – WhyACHIEVABLE. Can I accomplish do I want to achieve this andwhat I have set out for myself? how can I?You really want to set yourself upfor success so your goals should 3. Support – Having others helpbe something you can feasibly you along the way to achieveattain. Here you can start to write your goalsthe steps needed to achieve yourgoal, your goal might be to walkfor 20 mins 3 times a week so JULY 2014 31

article// NEW UNIQUE ARTISTTWEETSPOSTS ANTHONY PIETERS (Artist)LETTERSLOVE Last night performing was one of the most humbling experiences. My artworks raised over $700, contributing toEveryday we get lots of love from so- provide safety for women & children experiencing domesticcial media, here is a snippet of what violence. Still taking all of it in. ‪#missionbeautifulaustralia‬you said. ‪#art‬ ‪#artist‬ ‪#drawing‬Victoria C Doyle 6 May · Edited · Would be great to support this beautiful Cause, if anyone is interested, please let me know,and we can enjoy a fun day out and doingsomething great as well. Love and blessings! xoMission Beautiful AustraliaDior Wilkinson-Mission Beautiful AustraliaMagazine 29 April · You are enough!!!#MBA #MissionBeautyAustralia #AmyLee#DomesticViolenceJan Milne shared Sandy Hobley’s photo.4 March · Thank you Sandy, for your most kindwords. We had the best evening raising moneyfor this important cause. AmyLee has workedtirelessly for months photographing the models,survivors, make up artists and publishing themagazine Mission Beautiful Australia. This will bea yearly subscription and we highly recommendsubscribing so you don’t miss out... SELFIE FOR AWARENESS POST A SELFIE Everything that you are doing to help us overcome this issue is absolutely amazing, thank you for bringing this out in the open. Let’s post a selfie showing the world we believe we are enough with your tagline #YOUAREENOUGH! Thank you again AmyLee for being brave enough to hit this topic head on so one day this will all be left in the dark ages. <332 JULY 2014

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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER DEAN AGAR Model: Cecilia Kauhanen Hair & Make-Up: Andrea Mizzi Dress Label: Damsel In This Dress Photography: Dean Agar Photography Creative Direction/Set Design/Props/Styling: Moka Creations34 JULY 2014

Model: Cecilia Kauhanen Hair & Make-Up: Andrea Mizzi Dress Label: Damsel In This Dress Photography: Dean Agar Photography Creative Direction/Set Design/Props/ Styling: Moka CreationsQULOEESNTDean Agar Photography is a photographic studio, run by Tenneco Automotive, and the Queensland Government.renowned photography team, Dean & Karen Agar and After travelling the world, Dean decided to make beautifulshooting glamour, artistic nude, fashion, boudoir, pinup, Queensland his home over a decade ago, where he metcouples, fantasy, pregnancy and portraiture. Sydney born Karen Hill. Changes were about to happen inClients from all over Australia, and as far away as Brunei, every way.come to our beautiful home studio for our exquisite pho- The desire to make a mark in photography never wenttography and the pampered experience of shooting with away and by 2006, “something simply had to be doneus. about it, and Karen was that something.”Born in England, Dean was 10 when he began looking to In 2009, Dean Agar Photography began and very soonthe numerous artists in the family, his career inspiration, and the dream of creating beautiful people photography was aso followed a 30 year journey to today, through 4 years of reality, and the journey to be one of the leading studios inart training, and then 4 years of design, photography & film Queensland and Australia was underway.study. “This isn’t a real job, it’s what I’d do if I had the choice to doAfter graduating, and despite a lifetime love of photogra- anything with my life. I’m very fortunate to be able to sharephy that almost caught Dean in 1991, design and advertis- that choice with our clients, past, present and future.”ing took Dean for the first 17 years of his career, working www.deanagar.com.auon ad campaigns and design for companies such as Nestle, JULY 2014 35

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THAT OLDHOLLYWOODGLAMOURHair & Makeup: Alana Hart From Make-It Up Gold Coastwww.facebook.com/hartsmakeitupModel: Toni Woodswww.facebook.com/toni.petersenmodelPhotography: AmyLee from AmyLee Photographywww.amylee.com.auLocation: Plum Source Clevelandwww.facebook.com/plumsource42 JULY 2014

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fashion article//KISS PROOFLIP WEARThe age old turmoil, whether to wear asmashing lippy and risk it running like For-est Gump when you take a sip of wine, or evenworse, having both yourself & your datewinding up looking like the late Heath Led-ger’s The Joker!> Samara Nilsson 1This is something that comes up a lot withmy brides, especially with vintage wed-dings being so on trend at the moment, Iguess everybody wants to rock a red lipand not have their groom winding up look-ing like they have come off second bestwith at a Zooper Dooper eating contest.So I tested a whole lot of different lipcolours! Ranging from high end cosmeticsright down to stuff you can purchase in apharmacy, I have here my top pics of whatwill last the distance, so that next time youare out, your wine glass isn’t wearing morelippy then you are!Lime Crime Velvetines Australis Velvet Lips Maybelline 24 hour Colour StayThis is by far one of my most favourite These are on par with Lime Crime Velve- This lip colour range is very extensive; itproducts. Actually, it is a steep claim, tines – and are half the price! Again, they has 35 colour varieties and the range frombut I am going to say ‘Red Velvet’ is my go on glossy and come out matte. When matte to shimmer to gloss finishes. Myfavourite red lipstick. I have worn it out trying these out I had a bunch of swatches only concern with the range is that someand I just don’t mean out to dinner, I mean on my hand – no joke I came out of the of the colours bordered on being a littleout dancing.. swaying.. bopping.. leaning shower and they were still there. They too pearly, which means you can run theagainst a wall trying to stay vertical, com- also have a bit more of a range in colours; risk of teleporting straight back to the ear-ing home at 3:00am and crash out with I particularly love ‘Par-ee’, which is a matte ly 90s. Also they smell delicious, deliciousmakeup on - out. And at least my lippy nude lip. lips are always a positive! Even smellingsurvived, which was absolutely fabulous my hand now, about 10 hours later after Ifor my white sheets. My top hint with when applying these is to applied it, it is smelling nice. use a lip brush, it will just make your linesI’m not entirely sure how it works, but it a lot sharper and make for a cleaner finish Structurally, they are half lip colour andgoes on as a gloss, but dries matte. It’s for the lip. Use the built in applicator for half lip balm touch up. The lip balm isthe work of some sort of makeup god. The touch-ups once you have your line work actually a really cleaver idea, I have foundonly down fall of this product is that it can right. that most ‘colour stay’ lip products tend tofeel a little dry on. I guess you can’t have make your lips feel a little dry, so it is greatit all! they are addressing that concern.46 JULY 2014

1 - LIME CRIME Pink A Little Velvet Bit Extra 2 - LIME CRIME Velve- IN THE RED LIP PICTURE I AM tines Suedeberry WEARING LIME CRIME ‘RED VELVET’ 3 - LIME CRIME Velve- tines Red Velvet IN THE PICTURE OF ME IN THE PINK I AM WEARING 2 NAPOLEON PERDIS ‘MAUVE MYNX’ PENCIL WITH LUCAS3 PAW PAW MY PICKS: OVER ALL PRICE AND QUALITY - BUDGET AND AUSTRALIS VELVET LIPS $8.99 FAVOURITE RED LIP LIMECRIME ‘RED VELVET’ EASY APPLICATION LIP PENCIL AND LUCAS PAW PAW LIP WEAR READY NAPOLEAN PERDIS $28 LIP PENCILS $28.00 (NAPOLEON PERDIS)Lip Pencil and Lucas Paw Paw MAYBELLINE $21.95Keep it simple with this easy combination 4 MAYBELINE 24 HOURthat keeps your lips silky smooth and COLOUR STAY $21.95moisturised. (PRICELINE)This has a really great effect and is quick LIME CRIME $20and easy to apply. First apply a light layerof Lucas Paw Paw, especially if your lips LIME CRIME –are dry, this also gives a little moisture VELVETINES $20.00for the pencil to mix in with. The trick is (WWW.LIMECRIME .COM)to buy a high quality lip pencil, I reallylove the Napoleon Perdis ones – they are AUSTRALIS $9lovely and soft and give a lot of pigment.Then don’t just line the lip, colour it in! To AUSTRALIS VELVET LIPSfinish off, just go over the top again with $8.99 (PRICELINE).Paw Paw. The great thing about using thepencil as a base is that it’s waxy texture PAW PAW OINTMENT $4.39makes it particularly resilient to moving.All you have to do is top up the Paw Paw. LUCAS PAW PAW OINTMENT $4.39 (PRICELINE) JULY 2014 47

superhero//Healthy Love DoesExist, Will youRecognise it? > Amy-Lee Hands48 JULY 2014 Models: Tom Wooler & Milly Ewens Hair & Make-Up: Alana Hart from Make-It Up Gold Coast Photographer & Styling: AmyLee Photography

We all seem to be highly attracted topeople whom treat us badly, or withoutto much care. The ones who show usthe most kindness and love seem to bethe ones we ignore, AmyLee shares herexperiences.If love is real and everyone is capable of love than why is it thatthroughout my life I have always seemed to fall for the person I can’thave, who’s not interested or just plain takes me for granted? I havea theory about this common theme amongst young women and mentoday. That is it starts from a young age, a very young age. We aretaught to believe via our parents, the media, school and the worldthat we must always strive to be better than.... But better than who?aren’t we all the same, made up of the same flesh and bones, bloodand sweat? Either your parents constantly told you that you aren’tgood enough with the proverbial slip of the tongue calling you an idiot,stupid or leave me alone, causing you to forever seek their approvalfor anything you do in your life or you watch TV, read magazines andlisten ot social media where EVERYONE seems to have a better lifethan you do.It’s all a lie, a big fat unhealthy LIE! The fact is that you alone areenough and when you know that like you know your name the deepNEED for approval and that fantasy love will no longer be there. Yesyou will still want to be loved and love someone, but instead of a needit will be a want, and that makes a hell of a difference.JULY 2014 49

50 JULY 2014 Models: Tom Wooler & Milly Ewens Hair & Make-Up: Alana Hart from Make-It Up Gold Coast Photographer & Styling: AmyLee Photography