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30th October 2015

Maison Francis Kurkdjian – Mon Beau Sapin Candle

Yes, yes, I’m having a bit of a candle moment this week.  But, you know, ’tis the season and all that.  This Christmas Francis Kurkdjian is treating us to a golden tribute to the balsam fir: Housed in a blingy golden container, etched with representations of fir trees Mon Beau Sapin is a smokey-pine-patchouli blend that definitely feels both foresty and wintry.  It’s really lovely, […]

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29th October 2015

Perfume, A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostrom

Lizzie Ostrom might be better known in perfume circles as the brains behind the glorious “Odette Toilette” website, which runs inventive and exciting perfume-themed events and excursions thoughout the year.  I’ve written about several of them here, having visited both the Osmotheque in Paris with Odette and been to the re-run of that event when the Osmotheque visited London earlier this year. That visit to […]

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28th October 2015

Clinique Aromatics in White Candle

I hoard my Clinique Aromatics Candles.  They don’t come out every year, and I always like to have one around, because Clinique Aromatics Elixir is one of my favourite perfumes ever.  EVER.  I have a couple of the originals around at the moment, and I’m saving them for when winter really, really sets in.   You can imagine how happy I was when I found […]

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27th October 2015

Pixi Skintreats Nourishing Cleansing Balm

I’m slowly working my way through reviewing (almost) the entire Pixi beauty skincare range, and this week it’s the turn of Pixi Skintreats Nourishing Cleansing Balm.  A gently rose-scented balm, this is great for makeup removal, and leaves skin soft and cleansed after use. A mix of almond oil, coco butter and shea butter fortified with vitamin E, this is a very soft balm, which […]

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26th October 2015

Cire Trudon Gaspard Candle

The coming of winter, and the turning back of the clocks is my favourite time of the year because to me that means blankets on the sofa, better programmes on the telly, and candles.  Mainly candles, admittedly.  The arrival of the Cire Trudon Christmas collections always makes me smile, and when I initially thought the new candle was called “Gaspode”, I was delighted*.  It’s actually […]

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25th October 2015

#LipsNspritz 25.10.15

  I love instagram at the moment, and one of my favourite things I do on there is cataloguing my daily perfume and lipstick choices via the hashtag #LipsNspritz. Lipstick and perfume are really the final finishing touches to any outfit, and, whilst no one needs to know how boring my eyemakeup and dress-choices are every day (cardigans ROOL!), perfume and lipstick do add life […]

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25th October 2015

Skincare of the Week 25/10/15

 It has been a long and busy week here at Get Lippie, and my lifestyle has shown a bit in my skincare choices, I’ve swapped to a more hydrating routine, and I’ve slipped a few new products in too.  I’ll be concentrating on some night-time routines this week.  More after the jump. Early on in the week, my skin was still a bit congested, so […]

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21st October 2015

Perfumer H by Lyn Harris

I spent a lovely afternoon with Lyn Harris at her new venture, Perfumer H, last week. In the stripped-back luxury of her Marylebone studio, we chatted parosmia, hyperosmia, the hard work that goes into making a life’s work look so simple, so effortless and so elegant, and, of course, we chatted perfume. The idea behind Perfumer H is deceptively simple; essentially a collection of five […]

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19th October 2015

How to deal with annoyingly frizzy and wavy hair

 My hair is one of the banes of my existence. It’s wavy, it’s frizzy, and it’s a bit curly.  This was it a few years ago when I attempted a quick blow dry, something I’ve not bothered even trying to do since.  It’s big, my hair, and not in a good way, it simply wants to fill the room with itself, and choke anyone who […]

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18th October 2015

Skincare of the Week: 17.10.2015

  I’ve been beauty blogging a long time, well over six years now, and in that time my interests have changed. From basically wanting to catalogue my lipstick collection (where the name came from), to learning to love (and grow) my fingernails, then COLOURS, COLOURS, COLOURS, and finally to where I am now, which is obsessed with skincare.  Mostly I’m too lazy to spend hours […]

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16th October 2015

Mary Kay Autumn Collection Competition

I love autumn, don’t you? And I love autumn because makeup-wise it means we move away from the (unwearable to me) pastels of spring, and the bronzers of summer into lovely berry shades and gorgeous sludgey shades of makeup, which I always find so comforting.  This coupled with snuggly blankets on the sofa, long evenings drinking red wine, and the prospect of Christmas on the […]

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15th October 2015

Cover FX Custom Cover Drops in P40

I was agnostic about Cover FX Custom Cover Drops, to be honest. I thought they couldn’t possibly work, and thought the hype about them “mixing with everything” was just that. I was wrong, and happy to be proved so to be, because Cover FX Custom Cover drops are ace, and I love them an impossible amount.  And, even though I have found something they won’t […]