Yeah, some of the examples on my website are my own photographs and I've got some more examples on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amyread.
I love beauty photography and have just started getting my teeth into the photography studio at the Norwich School of Art and Design, (i'm a 3rd year Visual Studies student), which is really fun.
I think its important to be able to understand the technical ins and outs of photography if you want to be a retoucher.
Amy