Skincare
3rd July 2010

Guest Post: Less of your Lip

Today’s guest poster, Peter Jones of http://www.spogblot.com, explains why less is clearly more. Here are the items on the shelf in my bathroom: toothpaste, antiperspirant, aftershave. There’s also a tube of Hydra Energetic, Anti-Fatigue, Instant Action Eye Care. My wife bought it for me. According to the side of the tube I’m supposed to apply it morning and evening, gently patting it into the “eye […]

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2nd July 2010

Guest Post: Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy – Initial Thoughts

Long one of my favourite bloggers, I’m delighted to introduce you to Sirvinya from Confessions of a makeup Addict today, take it away, Sirvinya! *** Fyrinnae Pixie Epoxy – Initial Thoughts  Hi everyone! I must say I’m honoured to be picked for one of Get Lippie’s guest bloggers. While racking my brains for something to share today, I had been messing around with Fyrinnae’s Pixie […]

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1st July 2010

Guest Post: So what is all this mineral-makeup stuff anyway?

Please welcome the first of my guest-bloggers, today is the turn of  LiAnn, from Sparklecrack Central and she’s writing about one of her main passions, mineral makeup:   While the definition of “mineral makeup” can change depending on who you ask, generally it’s loose-powder makeup with minimal ingredients – most specifically, few to no preservatives. There is no government guideline or definition for what mineral […]

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30th June 2010

What’s happening on Get Lippie this week OR Bye, bye Barry!

This post is coming to you via the magic of scheduled posting, because as anyone who follows me on Twitter should know, I’m in hospital right now having a minor operation.  Nothing too serious, but I’ll be out of action for a good few days. Now, as I’m cranky at the best of times, I thought rather than subject my lovely blog readers to a […]

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29th June 2010

Urgh!

Sometimes, I can’t help gilding the lily: Had a perfectly good Rococo Utility manicure, and I went and added a layer of Inglot flakies to it, and ended up with this hideous mess. Both gorgeous shades on their own, added together just made me feel all “urgh” about it! Have you ever made any terrible errors of combination?

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28th June 2010

Nail of the Day – Mavala Mango Orange

Oh, this is just too pretty, it arrived courtesy of the Nail Varnish Fairy and I was wearing it within about 30 seconds of opening the envelope! This will explain – I hope – the rather messy application … Housed, as always in one of Mavala’s mini-bottles, this gloriously hot metallic orange shade is perfect for summer fingers, although I can see it working beautifully […]

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25th June 2010

He’s Baaaaaaack!

Yes, MrLippie is back reviewing again.  And I think he may have been drinking! Take a look at his latest post over on Ape to Gentleman, and don’t forget to let him know what you think.  All the filth in the final paragraph has nothing to do with me, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.  So there.

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24th June 2010

Ellis Faas: Ellis Eyes Lights Eyeshadows FotD

As you may know, my birthday treat to myself was a couple of Ellis Faas Ellis Eyes Lights shadows. I created a FotD with E305 – a rich burgundy brown with amazing green duochrome – at the time, but I’ve since got around to wearing the E304 – a shimmering lilac metallic – and this is how it looked under a variety of lighting conditions: […]

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23rd June 2010

Mannequin Hands? Precision Nail Lacquer P300 Kismet

A couple of months ago you couldn’t move for blogs with people showing you their “Mannequin Hands”.  Basically, a mannequin hand is one where you’ve painted your nails the same colour as the skin of your hand, making you look like you have longer, slimmer fingers.  Sadly, my hands are more sausage fingers than mannequin, but this polish – P300 Kismet from Precision – seems to […]

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22nd June 2010

Elf High Definition Powder vs Urban Decay Razor Sharp Ultra Definition Finishing Powder

You can’t move at the moment for High Definition cosmetics. I’m not – entirely – convinced that for day-to-day wear you need cosmetics that provide coverage designed for such a specific purpose (essentially a High Definition cosmetic is one designed not to look dreadful for digital photography), but some of them do have their uses. I’m a fan of HD powders, they’re a lot finer […]

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21st June 2010

Guerlain Kohl Swatches

I own four of the Guerlain Kohls now, I thought it was time to show you how they compare to each other: Here are the three darks, Noir is a rich, sparkly black, Mirage is a matte, slightly flattened grey-brown (it’s not quite a taupe, but it’s not as red, nor as sparkly as Guerlain’s “Brun” shade), and Oriental Metal is the most beautiful lightly […]

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19th June 2010

Organic Weekend – Madara Eco Cosmetics

Madara is Latvian for Cleaver  – a plant that features a great deal in Madara cosmetics.  Launched four years ago, Madara have released a capsule range of skin care and cosmetics concentrating on plant and herbal extracts which have weathered the short Latvian summers and  the long, long Baltic winters. Prettily packaged – a nice change for an organic range! So many of them you […]