My hair has a mind of its own. It’s fine – but there is a hell of a lot of it – and it is by turns frizzy, wavy, flat in parts and curly in others, occasionally all of them at once, but the thing it most likes to be is ENORMOUS. I am always looking for ways to keep it under control. Since it […]
To say I’m a bit obsessed with orange blossom at the moment would be a mild understatement, so you might want to bear that in mind as you read this – basically, if it promises to smell of orange blossom, I’m bound to at least like it a lot. And if it delivers, as Diptyque’s Eau de Sens does (in spades), then it’s a full-blown […]
This is a public service announcement. Every year at this time my twitter and facebook feeds are full of my otherwise lovely lady friends showing off pictures of their blisters (seriously, STOP THAT) from their pretty summer sandals, and worrying about chafing (or chub-rub) in … intimate … places, and on every single post, I place this link: http://www.getlippie.com/2011/04/whoa-bodyglide.html I first wrote it five years […]
I live in a little sport-free bubble, and I love it very much, but I’m sheltered to the extent that when a bunch of Brazil-themed beauty products started arriving recently, I was a little confused. Then they launched Brazil-themed M&Ms, and my thought process went: “Hey there official food of athletes around the world! Man, is it the Olympics already? Aren’t they in South America […]
l-r Pandemonium (mega matte), Firebird (cream), Naked (cream) and Conspiracy (metallised) Urban Decay have finally launched their full range of Vice lipsticks in the UK, and they’re really lovely. With 100 shades in six finishes (sheer, metallised, cream, comfort matte, mega matte and shimmer), there’s truly something for everyone. I think the Gwen Stefani collection was really a taster for the new Vice finishes, so […]
A whole heap, is how much. Not so much a review, this piece, really (I’ve already reviewed Serozinc here) just mentioning in passing that Escentual (by far my favourite place to buy French skincare products in the UK) has these cute mini-cans of Serozinc in stock now, and they cost only £3 per can! Escentual is currently hosting its annual French Pharmacy event, and they’d […]
It’s been a mixed bag, fragrance-wise this week. It’s ostensibly summer, but I can’t imagine anything less summery than this dark and dank July we’re having so far! Like with the weather, my perfume choices have been a bit all over the place, too. Monday brought Tangerine Vert from Miller Harris, a herbal-fresh and zingy citrus that was perfect for blasting away those dreadful Monday […]
Yeah, it’s been a while … Turns out I like not blogging almost as much as I do actual blogging, who knew?! Anyway, for today at least, I’m back slaving away at a keyboard. I would have been back last week, but stuff happened, and I’m still wearing the bandage on the middle finger of my left hand, let’s put it that way. Anyhoo, skincare. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Summer’s coming! Summer’s coming! Well, hopefully it is, anyway! My tastes have certainly turned to the more summery this week, anyway. I started with Caron’s My Lang (which gave me and my husband a Woody Guthrie ear worm for several days), which is a sophisticated and creamy sun-lotion kind of a scent, which I really liked from first sniff. More about this soon. I’m also […]