Face Makeup Uncategorized
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 […]

Face Uncategorized
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 […]

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29th July 2016

Triple Dry Fresh Anti-Perspirant

I’m largely recovered from my parosmia now, which is a huge relief.  However, one of the few “joys” of a life-changing smell disorder was that not only couldn’t I smell myself, I couldn’t smell anyone else either, which made travelling on the tube during hot weather a more pleasant place for me than it did for … “normal” smellers!  Ironically, even though I’m almost entirely […]

Haircare Uncategorized
28th July 2016

Shea Moisture Superfruit Complex 10-in-1 Multi-Benefit Shampoo, Conditioner and Masque

This review is so overdue that it’s a little embarrassing! However, since the Shea Moisture Superfruit Complex 10-in-1 Multi-Benefit range arrived, it’s definitely become a staple, and I’ve got through backups of everything pictured here.  It’s a great range. Long cult products in the US, I think there were lots of us UK beauty bloggers who were super-excited to see  Shea Moisture finally make it […]

Fragrance Uncategorized
27th July 2016

Jasper Conran Nude Woman

 Jasper Conran Nude Woman, the latest fragrance from the Jasper Conran range, is housed in a beautifully detailed bottle.  Hefty, but delicate, the carved column fills the hand nicely, and feels wonderfully tactile when you’re spraying it.  It’s supposed to evoke “contemporary femininity”, and I think it delivers that nicely. The juice inside the bottle is surprisingly enjoyable too.  A white floral that manages to […]

Haircare Uncategorized
26th July 2016

Silke London – Isla Silk Hair Wrap

 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 […]

Fragrance Uncategorized
25th July 2016

Diptyque Eau de Sens

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 […]

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24th July 2016

How to fight chafing and blisters in the heat with Bodyglide

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 […]

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15th July 2016

L’Oreal Steampod Brazil Fantasy Edition

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 […]

Makeup Uncategorized
13th July 2016

Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks Launch

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 […]

Skincare Uncategorized
11th July 2016

Serozinc, how much do I love thee?

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 […]

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10th July 2016

Finishing Touches: LipsNspritz of the Week 8th July 2016

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 […]