Month: April 2015

30th April 2015

Clinique Aromatics in White

   First things first, the original Aromatics Elixir from Clinique is a fragrance I’ve been wearing for around thirty years now, if I were to ever have a “signature fragrance”, Aromatics would be it.  So, when Aromatics in White was released, I was intrigued.   It is difficult for me to do a direct comparison, as the original is just still a little too strong for […]

29th April 2015

Makeup Forever – Artist Plexi Gloss 102p, 406 and 209

I do love a lipgloss.  I don’t wear them nearly as often as I used to because very often they don’t allow a proper slick of colour, and they don’t last anywhere near long enough on the lips.  However when MUFE Artist Plexi Gloss unexpectedly popped through my letter box, I was really happy  because these are pigmented and they are properly colourful! This is […]

28th April 2015

Zelens Z Pure Cleansing Liquid Balm

  I’m on such a cleansing kick at the moment, it’s not even funny. Luckily there are some amazing cleansers around right now, and from some great brands too, so I’m actually quite happy about this!  I’ve been dying to try Z Pure Cleansing Balm, from one of my favourite brands; Zelens, since before it was released, and I eventually gave up waiting for my […]

27th April 2015

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipsticks – Walk of Shame, Red Carpet Red, Very Victoria

I was lucky enough to be at the annual CEW awards lunch on Friday, and when Charlotte Tilbury won two awards (Best New Brand – Prestige and overall Best British Brand) the cheering was insanely loud in the room.  It’s fairly safe to assume that they were incredibly popular wins!  I have really liked everything I’ve tried from the brand and thought it was time […]

22nd April 2015

Maison Francis Kurkdjian – Oud Satin Mood

I should probably preface this review with two facts: the first is that Oud Silk Mood by Francis Kurkdjian is one of my all-time favourite fragrances of all-time and this review will potentially be coloured by that, and secondly it must be made known that I am still currently parosmic  and as a result I’m not sure how much use a review written by someone with […]

20th April 2015

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipstick – Impassioned, Rebellious Rose and Dominant.

And we’re back to lipsticks! I’m genuinely not sure why these haven’t been on the blog before now, but the Estee Lauder Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipsticks are incredibly beautiful.  They feature intense, opaque colours, with a gorgeous feather-light texture, a hydrating formula, and a glossy long-lasting finish.  But anyway, they’re here now, and they’re beautiful.  Did I mention that? From left to right here […]

16th April 2015

Amazing Cosmetics Concealer in Light Beige

A concealer so good even my bathroom clock is smiling … I don’t really use concealer. There.  I said it.  I’m really lucky in that I don’t get zits very often any more, and that was all I ever really used to use concealer for in the past.  In the last couple of years, however, sleep issues alongside ongoing health and stress issues mean that […]

15th April 2015

Clinique Turnaround Revitalising Instant Facial

For me, Clinique are really knocking it out of the park at the moment – you might have noticed I’ve reviewed a fair few of their products recently – and they’ve just added an entirely new skincare range: “Turnaround”, to their line. To me it looks really interesting, as it is for skin with has lost some luminosity through stress or other factors.  Well, colour […]

14th April 2015

Elizabeth Arden Sunkissed Pearls Cream Eye Shadow Stylos

Now, if you had asked me recently what my favourite cream eyeshadow stick/wand/pencil/crayon/whatever was, I’d have answered the Laura Mercier Caviar Sticks I featured yesterday, but I was incredibly pleasantly surprised by these limited edition “stylos” from Elizabeth Arden when they arrived a little while ago.  These babies last.  And last, and last … it is safe to say I definitely saved the best for […]

13th April 2015

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick in Rose Gold

I’m still on an eye pencil kick I’m afraid, but I’ve saved my absolute favourites for this week.  This is Laura Mercier’s Caviar Stick in Rose Gold.  I may be wrong, but I think these were the first “cult” shadow sticks on the blogging circuit, and I’ve always had a soft spot for them. Rose Gold is a lovely easy to wear fleshy shade, perfect […]

10th April 2015

Charlotte Tilbury Colour Chameleon Eye Pencil in Amethyst Aphrodisiac

I’m on a lazy makeup roll this week, and a bit of a pencil kick too, which brings me to Charlotte Tilbury’s cult range of “colour morphing” pencils, the Colour Chameleon range.  They are gorgeous pencils, but I did find the “colour morphing” claims a little incomprehensible until I figured out that the colours that were “morphing” were your eye colours, not the pencil shades. […]

9th April 2015

Laura Mercier Lipliner in Plumberry

I’m not much of a one for lipliner, and I am definitely not much of a one for matching my lipliner to my lipstick, I much prefer to match my liner to my lips, after all, you’re not supposed to see lipliner anyway, are you?  My lips are a pale rosy mauve naturally, but I do have a fairly strongly pigmented natural lipline (particularly on […]