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21st September 2015

Christian Louboutin Velvet Matte Lip Colour in Survivita Review

Does the world need a £60 lipstick? More specifically, do I need a £60 lipstick?  Objectively, of course, the answer is no.  I have a bucketful of Guerlain Rouge G’s which were £32.50 each (though I remember when they were £28, and rather eye-watering then) and a drawer of Tom Fords, which are £38 each. However, when Christian Louboutin launched his super-luxe lip colour collection, […]

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20th September 2015

Skincare of the Week 20.09.15

Or, welcome to another week of what I plaster onto my ugly mug 😉  I’m still trialling Omorovicza Blue Diamond Eye Cream, and Zelens Intense Defence Antioxidant Serum, though I was thwarted a bit in testing this week through circumstances, as we’ll see.  This was Monday’s face, and I forgot to photograph the moisturiser … :sigh: I wasn’t made for Mondays. Tuesday arrived, and I […]

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18th September 2015

Flamingo Candles – The Melt Crowd

Meh.  I’m so over box schemes for beauty, I can’t even begin to tell you.  But there are so many other companies using the subscription-box model to send out interesting (and more useful!) things, that I couldn’t resist getting involved with this one.  Flamingo Candles do a range of funkily-scented candles and wax tarts to use in a burner, and now, for £10 a month, […]

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17th September 2015

Jo Malone Mimosa and Cardamom

As a result of losing my sense of smell last year, I’m attracted to smells that stimulate my trigeminal nerve as well as my olfactory one, and, from a perfume point of view, that means spicy fragrances are my friend, so when I heard about Jo Malone London Mimosa and Cardamom fragrance being launched recently, I was intrigued. The last fragrance I really took to […]

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16th September 2015

Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil

Has the hype died down yet?  Is it safe to emerge?  I’d been waiting for Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil to launch ever since I heard a little snippet on the grapevine about it last January.    It took AGES to get onto market, then by the time I got my bottle, the entire world and his wife had theirs, and they had blogged […]

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15th September 2015

Joan Collins Timeless Beauty Launch

  I don’t write about events (rather than products) very often, but I was invited to Claridges last week to have cocktails with Joan Collins (JOAN COLLINS!) and, as it was an offer I very much couldn’t turn down, I didn’t.  I even took a day off work to attend (okay, it was mostly to get my roots done by Jack Howard, but lets not […]

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14th September 2015

Lipsticks and Perfumes of the Week 13.09.15 #LipsNSpritz

I’m mainly to be found over on Instagram at the moment, I love it.  Part of it is having a new camera, of course, but I’ve enjoyed finding different ways to show off products when I don’t have enough time for writing during the week.  I’ve started a new hashtag series “#LipsNSpritz” (named by the glorious Katie from Lady From A Tramp) to show off […]

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13th September 2015

Skincare of the Week 13.09.15

Last Sunday was a very stressful day, so I ended up giving myself a mini-facial in the middle of the day.  Oskia Renaissance Cleansing Gel was soothing with its rosy softness, then I slathered myself in Aveda Intensive Hydrating Mask for the rest of the day.  I love this stuff, oil-free, it is instantly cooling and soothing (I keep mine in the fridge.  That reminds […]

Lips Makeup Uncategorized
9th September 2015

Burberry Kisses Gloss in 77 Tangerine and 97 Plum Pink

There’s no joy much more fun than a brand new lipgloss, and, as I love a bit of Burberry, and a bit of lipgloss,  so when a couple of them were included in a recent delivery from the now-iconic British brand, I was happy indeed. The perspex tubes that make the glosses look like test tubes, and the lovely pewter packaging all add up to […]

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7th September 2015

Joan Collins – I Am Woman Review

  Early last year, I was obsessed (and I do mean completely obsessed) with this perfume to the extent that I carried both the eau de parfum and the fragrant essence around with me, and forced all of my perfume pals to smell it at every available opportunity.  I was so happy and delighted to have found a beautiful, and clever, celebrity fragrance at last.  […]

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6th September 2015

Skincare (and other stuff) of the week 06.09.15

Because I’m knee-deep in the middle of a proper skincare testing period, the only things I’ve really been changing around at the moment are my cleansers, and the four in these pictures this week really are amongst my most favourite cleansers of all.  From the slightly minty-fresh (but not overpowering or drying) balm of Zelens Z Pure Cleansing Liquid Balm to … The fragrance-free, industrial-strength, […]

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31st August 2015

Laura Mercier Lip Parfait Creamy Colourbalm – Raspberry Ripple and Cherries Jubilee

There’s one trend not going anywhere at the moment, and that’s the seemingly never-ending launches of sheer lipstick formulations.  Now, don’t get me wrong, I do like a sheer lip colour, but I also like a lot of pigment, and the two aren’t always that compatible.  The new “creamy colourbalm” from Laura Mercier may have tickled my fancy, however. Housed in the signature brown livery […]