Month: July 2012

31st July 2012

Perfect Eyelashes – Lash Extensions

 A couple of weeks ago I was taking part in a top-secret project that necessitated getting some eyelash extensions (long story, don’t ask – seriously, don’t ask) done, and I was delighted that I had a chance to visit Perfect Eyelashes in Olympia, not least of all because it’s right on my doorstep! I love eyelash extensions, it has to be said, and Perfect Eyelashes […]

27th July 2012

Nails of the Day – OPI The One That Got Away

An oldy, but a goody, this one.  The gorgeous magenta shimmer with a multi-coloured glass fleck is one I love. It is perfect for cheering up a dull day, but on a day full of sunshine, this shimmers with an insane brightness and glow: My pictures don’t really do justice to the depth of this shade, but it’s flipping gorgeous.  I’m choosing to gloss over […]

25th July 2012

TightsPlease SkinKiss Fake Tan Tights

Regular readers will know that fake tan isn’t really my kind of thing. Frankly, I think life is too short to spend all that time exfoliating, moisturising, tanning, and smelling of biscuits, so I think I’ve had one tan in the last ten years!  When I got an email from TightsPlease suggesting I try their “tanning tights” I was a little amused.  Apparently, you just […]

23rd July 2012

L’Artisan Parfumeur Fragrance Profile Service

Nuit de Tubereuse by Bertrand Duchafour When planning a wedding, there are a million decisions to be made, some big, some small, and all seemingly important, at least to someone! Fragance is an important addition to a wedding, I think. I’ve known, almost since the moment we got engaged, what perfume I was going to wear to get married in. I’d picked out Seville A […]

16th July 2012

Wedding Hair

Wedding update: Done:   Bought the dress Found the shoes Printed the invitations Re-printed the invitations owing to original venue closing down Gone on the diet (a necessary evil, alas – if you’re wondering why you haven’t seen my face on the blog recently, it’s because all my photos currently scream FAT) Decided on the colour scheme (which is purple, grey and silver) Considered strangling […]

13th July 2012

Review Guerlain Rouge G L’Extrait in Luxure

I’m gonna gush.  You’ve been warned.  Guerlain, for me, are totally knocking it out of the park this year, the collaboration with Pucci earlier in the summer was beyond beautiful, and don’t think I’m not kicking myself for not picking it up, because I am.  Okay, I am drowning in Meteorites, but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t have used more … This August, Guerlain are […]

11th July 2012

Pure Gold Liquid Collagen Review

 A couple of months ago, I gave away a month’s supply of Pure Gold Liquid Collagen and promised to give you a full review afterwards.  Well, I’m not sure that this will count as a full review, but here goes. I finished my month-long trial with beautiful, glowing, clear skin, and, at the time, I put it down to the skincare I was using.  Now, […]

9th July 2012

Chanel Dragon Rouge Allure Laque

So, following on from my posts about Bare Minerals Upper Class Red, and Beaute Weightless Lip Creme in Masochist last week, I thought I’d show you what is considered to be the uber-red liquid lipstick, and that is Dragon, by Chanel. A classic red, both deep and bloody, and lightly glimmering with gold, this is an undoubtedly gorgeous lip colour.  Sadly, I don’t like it […]

7th July 2012

Dear National Magazines,

A journalist from one of you contacted me this week.  You said you wanted to interview me about my makeup collection (I’d responded to an RT on Twitter that I didn’t understand, and you emailed me to explain), and you invited me along to a photoshoot too. You said I was “perfect”.  I was the right age, had the right kind of collection, and you […]

6th July 2012

MAC Club Vs Bare Minerals Mirage

Club is one of those iconic products from MAC that most appear to have in their makeup bag.  Described as a “red-brown with green pearl” it is, in fact, a beautiful, and versatile eyeshadow that deserves its cult status. When I was sent the new Bare Minerals eyeshadow duo in “The Vision”, I thought one of the shades looked familiar, so I thought I’d do […]

5th July 2012

Beaute Weightless Lip Creme – Masochist

Let’s get one thing out of the way, it’s not out of focus, it’s arty, mmmkay? Beaute Weightless Lip Creme in Masochist was inspired by the works of noted fashion photographer Helmut Newton, who was, it might be fair to say, rather taken with images of red lips: Canadian brand Beaute Cosmetics, brought to us by makeup artist Beau Nelson,  specialises in feather-light lip products, […]

4th July 2012

Summery Coral Lipsticks from Clinique, Max Factor and Sisley

It’s summer – allegedly – and I normally swap to more coral-shades in summer.  Whilst the sun hasn’t really blessed us much this year, we do have some top lipstick shades around at the moment.  I picked up three at random, and thought you might like to see them: So, we have Clinique Runway Coral, Max Factor Bewitching Coral, and Sisley Sheer Peach, or, in […]