Hello - Could I please ask a few of you to peruse my new website and give some constructive feedback please.
I am self employed and run two aspects to my work. The main one being training and coaching the second one being holistic health and bridal makeup. I am in the process of dividing my website(s) so they are more professional and vistors will get the information that is relevant to their requirments for the site they are visiting.
The Holistic one is done and just needs some final tweeks so if you could check it out it would be much appreciated. www.elainembridalmakeupreiki.co.uk (http://www.elainembridalmakeupreiki.co.uk)
The coaching one is still being ammended and revamped but any feedback on that one would be welcome too although I still have lots I want to do on that one www.elainemitchell.co.uk (http://www.elainemitchell.co.uk)

cheers in advance sheppy

hi sheppy

RE: www.elainembridalmakeupreiki.co.uk

taking into account that you have used mr site to build it, i think its not bad. I have a few comments though.

1. i think the text needs a bit of work. the way you have styled it so that the important words are a lot larger than the normal text is very distracting. it makes me not want to read the rest of it. i can see that its an aim to make these words stand out but i think there are better ways of doing this so visitors still read the paragraph.

2. in the gallery, you have your web address written over your photos. this is always a good idea for an online gallery of work however the way you have done this makes it hard to see your work. it covers some of the faces/makeup. it may be better to choose more appropriate places on the photos for your web address.

RE: www.elainemitchell.co.uk
just having looked at www.elainemitchell.co.uk, my first comment about the text in the site also applies to this one.

I would also say that at this stage (because you say you have yet to finish work on this one) I am not too keen on the background and the banner on this one. I think you should reconsider your design. It doesn't look very professional or inviting.

hope that helps

The large highlighted text looks awkward and doesnt do anything. You should use header tags in a style sheet for more effect like <h2> and <h3> with your main page title <h1>

You could do with at least 3 images to draw attention to paragraphs to make it more of a palatable read.

I agree with the highlighted text, if you want those to be your main keywords then mention them in the title and description tags. Also, put them in a bullet list or mention them more often throughout the page.

One other issue, your first website has a very long domain name. You won't get many people communicating verbally and passing on the address as nobody would remember it.

Hi...
The site looks nice. It would be great if the colour is changed to a brighter one..
Good Luck.

Totally agree with the comments above - the mixed text sizes is really hard on the eye and the green background definitely needs changing :-)

Also, this is probably quite a minor point, but the cariacature of you on the "About Elaine Mitchell" probably doesn't give the best impression - not because it's bad or anything, just that if I was looking for a professional, I'd want to see a decent photograph, not a cartoon.

Hope this helps :-)

Anne