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24th March 2011

Katie: My Beautiful Friends.

I was approached to write this piece, and it’s a little different to what I’d normally put on here – it’s certainly a lot more personal, for which I apologise in advance – so I do hope people won’t mind too much. On Tuesday evening, I sat and watched the Channel Four TV show Katie: My Beautiful Friends and found it extraordinary. Normally, I find […]

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23rd March 2011

Accessorize Molten Truffle

People were asking me recently to post more about affordable beauty products … well, how does £1.50 for one of the most beautiful eyeshadows I have ever seen* grab you? Wandering around my local Superdrug recently, I finally spotted the Accessorize makeup stand.  I realise I’m the last blogger on earth to have discovered the makeup, but hey ho.  I picked up the nail varnishes […]

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22nd March 2011

When Poppy King met No7

A brand new range of lip products were born:   I can’t deny that I have a bit of a fangirl crush on Poppy King, aka the Lipstick Queen,  she’s a stylish lady who is basically dedicating her life to lipstick.  Much like myself but, you know, with style and a lipstick company, and business sense and stuff.  I own something from practically every release […]

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21st March 2011

Public Beauty

 I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit squeamish.  Also, I like to keep my beauty routines strictly between me and the bathroom mirror (for the purposes of this post, my blog doesn’t count, mmkay?).  So, when I spotted a booth – and I use the phrase lightly – offering tooth-whitening for the bargain basement price of £135 in my local shopping mall, I […]

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20th March 2011

Giveaway winners!

Okay, it’s time to announce my winners, and random.org hasn’t let me down today, as I’m delighted to announce my two winners as  …. Winner No1 (Chanel) JoBetterDays from Music And Makeup Winner No2 (mystery prize) Rebecca from Oh Panda Congratulations, ladies!  Please drop me an email to let me know your delivery addresses, and I’ll get them out to you ASAP. Thank you to […]

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18th March 2011

A Week In Lipstick

I took these out of my handbag just now. It’s obviously been a pink lips kind of week! Man, I’m predictable …

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16th March 2011

Chanel Rouge Coco Shine: Shades 66, 61, 55 and 54

I’ve been waiting for these to be released for about six weeks now, so when I noticed they’d been released early – I thought they were out at the end of the month! – I had to snap up a couple. Or four… The shades I picked were (l-r): 66 – Bel-Ami: a lightly bronzed brown; 61 – Bonheur: a sheer berry; 55 – Romance: […]

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15th March 2011

The Bluebeards Revenge

Because, sometimes, you can’t keep a good man down … I present you, MrLippie! So… The world of male grooming is one populated by a mass of extreme soft-focus stereotypes, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, so it was with some trepidation that I examined “Bluebeards Revenge”, fearing the worst. I’d heard nothing about it prior to it arriving in Lippie Underground Headquarters (courtesy of […]

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14th March 2011

Project Perfume – Yardley

Ahhhh … Yardley.  It’s hardly the trendiest of perfume houses, and if you mention it to most people, they’ll sigh a little bit and mention how their grandmother used to wear Lily of the Valley talcum powder, or smell of English Lavender. And, truth be known, it’s because Yardley aren’t the trendiest of perfume houses that they’ve been around for so long. Not reliant on […]

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13th March 2011

Giveaway Time!

Okay, I’m nearly at 800 followers -where on earth did you all come from? – so I thought I’d giveaway a few bits and pieces to say thank you! Two prizes: One: a collection of three – count them, three! – limited edition Chanel Nail Polishes, including Particuliere, Paradoxal and one mystery polish … Two:  A mystery bumper bag of goodies from brands such as […]

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10th March 2011

Random Face of the Day – Diorskin Nude Foundation Test

Apologies for the fact that I’m fully dressed here, random Googlers! I’ve been trialling Diorskin Nude foundation for about a week now, and I don’t really have any hard and fast thoughts about it – yet – but I thought you might like to see how it photographs. Alongside the Nudeskin, I’m wearing: Sue Devitt eyeshadow in Lonely Splendour (a lovely taupe),  Illamsaqua  Precison Ink […]