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26th May 2010

The Appliance of Science

“To not be afraid of one’s beauty is truly the rarest occurrence. To find it, is the most valuable gift” Words of wisdom there. I found them written on the side of a facecream I’ve just committed myself to using for the next six weeks. But more about these wise words shortly. Someone asked recently how do you know you’re trialling something properly, and how […]

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25th May 2010

Final Zuneta Post!

For the final time, I’m pimping my posts elsewhere out, and begging – literally begging! I’m not proud – for your input.  I’m having a rant this week about cosmetic companies.  At least, that’s what I think I was doing, why don’t you go take a look and let me know?

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24th May 2010

Guerlain Kohl Noir – Review and FotD

I cannot tell a lie, I was petrified of using this. It’s the stick.  Putting sticks in my eyes to apply my makeup just seems wrong. Pencils are fine, brushes are good, even putting my fingers in my eyes to wear my contact lenses is okay, but using a stick, just to apply eyeliner? Noooo…! I don’t mind admitting that I’ve been ignoring these beautifully […]

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23rd May 2010

Lippie Chat – Fiona Parkhurst of Amie Skincare

Another Sunday, another profile of someone I think is doing interesting things in the beauty industry at the moment.  This week, please welcome Fiona Parkhurst of Amie Skincare:  Hi Fiona, can you tell us a bit about yourself? Well, I am a ‘working mum’ of two teenage kids – Harry who’s 16 and doing A/S Levels and Samantha who’s 14 and beauty and fashion-mad! I […]

Nails Uncategorized
21st May 2010

Nail of the Day – Nubar Lustful Red

One from the Nubar Risque Reds collection that was released recently, I really like it.  A blue-red creme it applies smoothly (if a little on the thick side, but nothing that can’t be fixed with a couple of drops of thinner), and evenly. There is no shimmer, and no glitter I really like it for a dramatic old-school”Hollywood” nails look.  Pic above is two coats […]

Nails Uncategorized
20th May 2010

Nailgirls

I held a tiny Twitter competition recently, and invited one of my readers along with me when I went to check out the Nailgirls salon in Islington.  The adorable Lauren Marks was my companion for the evening, and we had a fine old time. As much a great place to hang out as it is your traditional nail salon, we had a great time, we […]

Giveaway Uncategorized
19th May 2010

Birthday Giveaway!

If you read my Zuneta post yesterday, you’ll know I’m about to have a milestone birthday.  In many ways the milestone birthday.  Eek! But, I thought I’ll make the most of it and share some of the wonderful goodies I’ve discovered over the last few months with you.  So, with that in mind, I’d like to offer you a chance to win all of the […]

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18th May 2010

Zuneta Tuesday

It’s that time of the week again, where I wander off and spread my pearls of wisdom on the Zuneta blog!  This week I’m blathering about something that’s been on my mind a lot lately.  Or something.  Go read it and see, please!

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17th May 2010

Chanel Limited Editions

I’ve picked up quite a few over the years, and these are my favourites. There are no reviews or swatches with these, but if you’d like to see any, please ask. And a closer look at each: This last is the newest addition to my collection (courtesy of the lovely Charlie at Lady of the Lane) I love how it appears to glow! I sort […]

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16th May 2010

Favourite Brands?

I get asked a lot what my favourite makeup brand is, and it’s such a difficult one to answer!  There are so many brands out there, and they all do something well that picking out just one for praise is almost impossible.  Well, for me it is, anyway. But, I guess, if I had to pick just one brand that I’d use for the rest […]

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15th May 2010

Organic Weekend – Une Natural Beauty from Bourjois

I do love me a bit of Bourjois, long one of my favourite High Street brands, I was delighted to find out recently that they were launching a new range of affordable organic cosmetics!  Already available in a few Boots stores around the country (London readers, you can find your nearest stand in the Oxford Street branch), it’s making it’s official debut on the Boots […]

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14th May 2010

Organic Weekend – Bulldog Eco-System Shave Gel

MrLippie’s been dying to get some more review action in, so it’s a double-whammy of organic goodness for you this weekend (I have something rather lovely to show you tomorrow, so stay, er, browsed!).  Again, this is a sample I picked up at the Natural and Organic Product show recently, and I made the boy change his shaving habits for a while to try it […]