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12th May 2010

Review – Le Metier de Beaute Anamorphic Mascara

I’ve been very lucky, and have been invited to a lot of beauty-related events lately, and I’ll be drip-feeding my reviews of some of the things I’ve been introduced to as a result of these events throughout the next few weeks, you know me, I like to test the heck out of stuff before I talk about it here. Recently, I was invited to Liberty […]

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11th May 2010

It’s that time again …

… Yes, I’m guest-blogging on Zuneta once again.  This week, I’m talking about being how I’d describe myself, which two words  aren’t synonyms, and there’s a mention of what I had for breakfast.  I’d love to hear what you think, so come take a look and tell me how mad and wrong I am. See you over there! Lx

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11th May 2010

Wysteria Lane – Free gift voucher!

Now, it may come as a surprise to some, but I’m not actually a very girly-girl.  I’m a pints and a packet of scratchings (ooh, lard!) kind of a girl.  Most of the time.  Sometimes, I think, you just have to indulge your more frou-frou cravings.  A great website for finding the girliest of girly items is Wysteria Lane – MrLippie should now please note […]

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10th May 2010

100 Years Of Hairdressing – Andrew Collinge

Two thousand.  At the end of the 80’s, that’s how many perms that were processed by Andrew Collinge’s salons every single week. When I point out that all the salons are based in (and around) Liverpool, you might understand why that particular little statistic brought a smile to my face when I heard it the other day. I grew up in, and lived in, the […]

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8th May 2010

Organic Weekend – 100% Organics

 A guest review for you this week, please welcome Charlie from Lady of the Lane: A little while ago Louise asked me if I fancied doing a skincare guest review for her and I jumped at the chance. 100% Organics products are all made by hand on a Cornish Farm. Every oil and extract used is naturally produced and  they don’t use processes that release […]

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7th May 2010

Guerlain Rouge G

Ever since I saw a swatch of Guerlain Rouge G in Geisha over at LondonMakeUpGirl‘s blog recently, I had to have one! But I was thwarted at every turn, it being apparently sold out at every counter I’d attempted to buy it from.  Most annoying!  But, eventually, I got hold of one and was so impressed with it that I immediately went out and bought […]

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6th May 2010

Chanel Ombre D’eau

I don’t see these very often around the blogosphere, and I wonder why that is? I find them very easy to use, and  60: Sand (on the right)is very often my default eyeshadow for applying a slick of over the lid for those “can’t be bothered” days.  If I want something a bit more sludgy, then I’ll pop a little of 100 Torrent over the […]

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5th May 2010

Waterproof eyeshadows: YSL and Estee Lauder

I had no idea YSL actually did a waterproof shadow until I found this little beauty recently! YSL Fard Lumiere Aquaresistant in #2 Amethyst Grey, which is actually a cool-taupe shade with just a hint of silver shimmer: This feels very different on the skin to my normal crease and budge-proof shadows (Benefit Creaseless Creams, for reference) they’re very cool, and more of a mousse […]

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4th May 2010

Givenchy Parad’eyes

Yes, they really are called that.  Oh well.  These are Givenchy’s latest liquid eyeliners, and I have to admit that they are very, very, very pretty: The long top forms the handle, and the smaller bottom portion contains the liner. I bought two recently, the blue one you can see above, and the nude shade.  I know, nude eyeliner, sounds crazy!   Take a closer look […]

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3rd May 2010

Armani Nude Contrast Palette – FotD

New for this summer, Armani have released two nude contrast palettes, one pink, one blue.   I was very lucky to have been sent the blue one to try recently. That said, some of you will already know of my dislike of pastels – in particular pale blue – and find those sorts of colours impossible to wear, so this one was rather a challenge for […]

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2nd May 2010

Makeover: Laura

Laura got married yesterday, but way back in February she asked me for some ideas for her wedding makeover.  Here’s what we came up with. Please welcome Laura: Laura was a little too young to remember Prisoner Cell Block H, hence the rather cheery “before” pic this week.  As always we start with the foundation.  Laura is very pale (and yet had been recently colour […]

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30th April 2010

New hair – new lipstick!

I had a spectacularly crappy day yesterday, so getting my hair done was a real treat, here’s the finished result: Have no idea what’s going on with my face there, but here’s the before and after: It’s a bit darker, but more of a coppery dark than previously, the layers have been recut, and I had a fringe cut back in.  I like it so […]