Month: February 2015

25th February 2015

Vichy Liftactiv Supreme & Liftactiv Serum 10

Regular readers will know that I don’t really shop for my skincare in the likes of Boots or Superdrug as a rule. Being a bit of a skincare snob means SpaceNK and Selfridges are more my jam, and I’ll buy my more mainstream skincare requirements from the likes of Debenhams before I hit the high street proper. That said, I do love me a bit […]

23rd February 2015

Anosmia Awareness Day: 27th February 2015

This Friday, 27th February is Anosmia Awareness Day.  Ordinarily, this is a date that would probably have passed without too much comment at Lippie Mansions, but this year is different. Very different.   Most people think not being able to smell is just a little thing, but please let me tell you that it is not. When I lost my sense of smell last year, I […]

13th February 2015

Erborian CC Creme

I’m fairly hard to impress these days, particularly when it comes to skincare, but at a launch event for Erborian recently, I came away with a shopping list as long as your arm, and an URGENT desire to try EVERYTHING. That never happens. Amongst the things I was desperate to try was this CC Creme, and I was delighted that it was in the goody […]

12th February 2015

Lipsticks of the Week/Month/Quarter [Delete as applicable]

By Tindara   It has been a while since I detailed the lipsticks I’ve been wearing regularly. As Louise herself said recently in a Lippie missive, we may as well start calling it Lipsticks of the Quarter. But if you bear with me, I’ll let you know about a few new discoveries I am excited about. I’ve been watching quite a few Beauty Vlogs recently […]

11th February 2015

Benefit Roller Lash Mascara

Hot on the heels of They’re Real, Benefit are shortly launching their new formula mascara, Roller Lash.  Lighter and less claggy (and easier to remove!) that They’re Real, Roller Lash features an innovative new brush:   Much smaller, and without the spiky ball on the end, the Roller Lash brush has tiny hooks on some of the bristles to catch and curl your lashes.  Let’s […]

10th February 2015

Hourglass Modernist Palette in Exposure

 Not so much a review this, as basic eyeshadow porn.  Hourglass have recently released their Modernist palettes of five eyeshadow shades pressed into a single pan.  They’re beautiful. Packaging is the basic metallic brown, in a similar size to their multi-powder palettes, but it is inside where the magic happens: A blend of shimmering champagne, satin dark mauve, metallic taupe, satin blackened purple, and a […]

9th February 2015

Get Lippie in The Scented Letter

If you’re already a VIP subscriber to The Perfume Society, then you may already have read the February edition of the The Scented Letter, which has this article in it.  Half a love letter to my husband – it’s the “Love & Scents” edition, after all! – The Smell of Love is … Gravy is also an account of my struggle with anosmia, phantosmia and […]

6th February 2015

Triple Dry Anti-Perspirant

You may or may not know this, but I have a bit of a smell problem at the moment. No, not like that, but my parosmic condition means that I can’t smell myself (I can’t smell you, either, don’t worry), and not only can I not smell myself, I can’t smell any of the smells I produce, either.  Any of them.  Not a one.  No, […]

4th February 2015

La Roche Posay Serozinc

I was talking to someone about my skincare routine the other day, and I realised that whilst cleansers come and go, whilst acids wax and wane, and whilst moisturisers pass in and out of fashion in the Lippie household, one thing has remained constant for the last three or four years, and that is Serozinc from La Roche Posay. It’s rather unprepossessing, really.  A mix […]

2nd February 2015

Sunday Riley Artemis Hydroactive Cellular Face Oil

At this time of year, I always think a decent facial oil is an essential rather than an optional ingredient in your skincare regime, they add an extra level of protection to your skin in the wind and the rain and the cold, and they are a godsend on chapped and sore skin.  I have a few that I rotate (Clarins is an exceptional source […]