Me and my mother came in for a makeover and photoshoot around two weeks ago. This came about as I was approached in a local supermarket to enter a ‘competition’ to win the makeover and photoshoot, which I then ‘won.’ The makeover and photoshoot itself was really good, the makeup artists were lovely and the photos looked amazing. However afterwards we were taken into a room and told that we would have to pay between £400 and £1200 for our photos on a disc. When my mum and I told the lady that we would not want to be purchasing as it was too expensive, she looked almost shocked. We were offered the first full body shot for free however this was the ‘test’ shot the photographer did at the start which wasn’t properly posed so it wasn’t the best picture. It is obvious that the ‘competition’ isn’t actually a competition it’s just a way to get people in the studio so they will pay copious amounts of money. While the experience itself was good and the people were very helpful and accommodating, I feel this is a little dishonest of the company, I have seen other reviews online of people being pressured into spending lots of money after having ‘won’ this competition. In fact, when I told my friend about this experience I couldn’t be believe it when she told me you had done the same thing to her and she is getting so many calls from Chique to say that she has also ‘won,’ which clarifies that this is not a competition it is just a way to hopefully get some money out of people. I understand that the women said over the phone that only the first picture was free, however while the woman on the phone was nice I also felt a bit pressured to go with it, I almost felt bad not to as at first I thought I had genuinely won so it would be rude to pass up the opportunity. I have read other reviews of people paying over £1000 because they feel pressured to. So while there was no lie involved, there is slight dishonesty in calling it a competition when it isn’t really. Overall, I give the company three stars because your staff were amazing and the photos were lovely. This would be a great experience for someone who wants to spend £1000 for gorgeous professional photos, however the competition cover up to get people into the studio is slightly dishonest, it is not a competition at all, you let everybody ‘win,’ in the hope that they will spend their money, so then the company can ‘win.’