I just love make-up and am addicted to looking at all the beauty counters when I am out shopping.

We all have our favourite make-up brands, though, and I am no different from any other woman in that respect. 

Make-up is an art in its own right, and anyone who says different just doesn’t know what they are talking about!  I am pretty much a two brand woman, and in my images, I have used bare Minerals powder foundation mixed with a Maybelline (a L’Oreal brand) cream. My eye shadow and lipstick also comes from Maybelline. 

For everyday use, I usually use Bare Minerals because a close friend and beauty expert informed me it was best for my skin. I use powder from their “Ready” range which very, unfortunately, they discontinued a year or so back but I bought loads from eBay and still got a couple of years supply! 

Occasionally, I will use a Maybelline liquid if we are going out in the evening, it does give a more finished look but can also go shinny if I get too hot, so I am always careful what foundation to wear. I do heavily contour because I don’t like my square face too much, but equally, I know for a 68-year old I rub up reasonably well. For contouring, I use Bareskin from bare Minerals which they market as a concealer.  

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Steph Richards (she/her) is a 74-year-old human rights activist, intersectional feminist, and recipient of a 2023 Inspirational Women of Portsmouth Award. Holding a Gender Recognition Certificate and "post op", she is the founder and Chair of Translucent.Org.UK, which was named LGBT Organisation of the Year at the 2022 National Diversity Awards. Steph was also shortlisted as a Positive Role Model for Gender at the 2025 National Diversity Awards. Steph’s leadership spans political, healthcare, and community advocacy. She served as the Women’s and LGBT Officer for the Portsmouth Labour Party (2021–2024), co-founded the Women’s Action Network (Portsmouth), and is a former CEO of a women’s health charity. A passionate champion for women's healthcare, she possesses extensive expertise in baby loss awareness, actively defends UK abortion rights and is a member of "Women Against the Far-Right". Calling out VAWG, Steph has researched and written about 125 women and girls killed by a man. A prominent voice in national media and debate, Steph has been featured live on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Anti Social, Good Morning Britain, Times Radio, LBC, GB News, and Channel 4 News. In 2023, she debated trans human rights alongside Harvard biologist Dr. Carole Hooven at a prominent US university event.

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