Category: Face

7th September 2016

Murad Hydro-Dynamic Quenching Essense and Ultimate Moisture Review

 It’s hard work being a beauty blogger with sensitive skin, sometimes.  I’m a big fan of results-led, science-based skincare, and I have a clear preference for doctor brands that have a philosophy of really caring for skin, rather than just using skincare as line extensions for their other product ranges.  This isn’t to say that there isn’t good skincare coming from other more nature-based, or […]

5th September 2016

Niod Photography Fluid Opacity 12% Review

Niod has exploded over the blogosphere recently, and, whilst slightly intrigued by the good press they’ve been getting, the overly-complex names, and overly-simplistic product descriptions have been confusing the heck out of me, so I’ve largely avoided them.  However, a few people I know and trust on Instagram have had good things to say about Niod Photography Fluid Opacity 12%, so I figured I’d take […]

1st August 2016

GOSH Cosmetics Foundation Plus+ 002, 004, and 006 Review

GOSH Cosmetics are probably my favourite mid-priced range, and lots of their recent releases have set my jaded old heart pulsing – their last, with the lip oils, the foundation drops and those beautiful eyeshadow palettes and matte eyeshadow sticks, was one of the best thought-through collections I’ve seen in quite a while.  I was lucky enough to be invited to dinner with the brand […]

31st July 2016

Real Techniques Ultimate Base Kit – Limited Edition

I do love a Real Techniques face brush, or three (or four…).  For my money, there aren’t many brands that make better brushes for base products, and their blush brushes are magnificent!  That said, I do not love their eye brushes at all – in fact, I’ve not met one of their eye brushes that I’ve used more than once before giving it up as […]

15th June 2016

Delilah Pure Light Illuminating Powder in Aura

I’ve been waiting to get my hands on Delilah’s Pure Light Illuminating Powder in Aura ever since India Knight raved about it in the Sunday Times late last year! It sounded like it was the perfect powder, illuminating, not glittery, and she used the phrase “you absolutely do not look shiny, just lit from within”.  Well, who doesn’t want to look lit from within at […]

14th June 2016

Rodial Instaglam Compact Deluxe Banana Powder

  I do love a yellow-toned face powder.  For years, my default face powder has been Hourglass Diffused, and, after hitting pan on my third one, I thought it was time to possibly try out a few different ones rather than just blindly buying the same powder again. Enter Rodial Instaglam Compact Deluxe Banana Powder. A finely milled, soft yellow powder, Rodial are promoting this […]

13th June 2016

Erborian 0.09 Touch au Ginseng Creamy Powder Compact

   Sometimes I really shouldn’t be allowed out, you know. I was at a launch with the founder of Erborian a couple of months ago, and I got so excited by this product that all I could say for about 20 minutes was “It’s a jelly! But it’s a powder! But it’s a jelly!”.  This is, I suspect, why I’m not going to be challenging […]

28th August 2015

Josie Maran Bright and Beautiful Collection

You know those nights when you’re accidentally awake at 4am and find yourself mindlessly perusing QVC?  Well that happened last week, and two days later, I found the Josie Maran Bright and Beautiful TSV (today’s special value) on my doorstep.  I’ve been pretty impressed actually, and thought you might like to see it too.  Click to read more: The seven-piece set consists of one five-piece […]

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 […]

20th May 2014

A Lippie Team Post – Skincare Routines

We’re planning a number of these group posts, but we thought we’d start with the basics, so here’s how the whole team at Get Lippie looks after their skin: LOUISE (aka “Get Lippie”) My skincare routine has been kind of fixed for a while now – to the extent that one of the products is running out and I’m upset because current circumstances dictate that […]

23rd October 2013

Astalift Aquarysta and Indeed Labs Hydraluron

I went through a phase recently of extremely dehydrated skin thanks to a product that will remain unnamed. Once I’d identified (a moisturiser with built-in sunscreen – NEVER again) and eliminated the culprit, I needed to get my skin back to full hydration, but I wanted to try and avoid greasiness if at all possible.  I’d been trying – and failing – with Hydraluron for […]

10th October 2013

Guerlain Tenue De Perfection Foundation Review

It’s always a treat when Guerlain release a new foundation, and in fact, my review of their Lingerie de Peau formulation is still one of the most-read reviews on this site, which is astonishing for a three year old review.  So I was excited when an unexpected bottle of Tenue de Perfection popped through the letterbox.  It’s meant to be a “timeproof” formulation, so let’s […]