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26th March 2010

Nails of the Day – Nubar Risque Reds and Fortress Collections

Beauty Shed very kindly sent me samples of their new collections recently, so I drafted in a volunteer so I could swatch two colours for you this week!  First up, from the Risque Reds Collection, Torrid Red: Lovely red jelly with a glorious gold shimmer shot through,  it’s a little darker than it appears in these pics, and is all the nicer for it. Both […]

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25th March 2010

Avon Calling? Liz Earle joins up …

I don’t often regurgitate press releases, but there’s been a lot of talk on Twitter about this today, let me know your thoughts! *** The Liz Earle Beauty Co. announced today a new partnership with leading global beauty brand, Avon Products Inc. Co-founder Liz Earle, said of the deal “We are very excited to be joining forces with an iconic global beauty brand like Avon. […]

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25th March 2010

Lancôme L’Absolou Rouge Creme de Brilliance swatches

Surprisingly, considering my utter worship of practically any mascara made my Lancôme, I don’t own a huge amount of their colour cosmetics.  I have no idea why this is, but after their recent Pop Petrol collection, which I thought was really lovely (I ended up buying half of it for Other People, and have none of it for myself!), it’s obviously something I’m going have […]

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24th March 2010

Organic Wednesday – Organic Surge, the return

I’m delighted that another of my very favourite bloggers, Helen from the lovely Just Nice Things site has offered to guest blog for me this week. If you’re interested in nails – and other cosmetics! – then you simply have to make Just Nice Things a port of call on the internets!  Helen won my first ever blog giveaway way back in November last year, […]

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23rd March 2010

Kat Von D – swatches

I’ve been doing some swaps with my international readers, and last month, I managed to get hold (in return for a truckload of Barry M) of a set of Kat Von D shadows and lipglosses from Sephora. These are so pretty! I’m not sure if you can pick it up in these shots, but each of these pans has two different textures of shadow, one […]

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22nd March 2010

Eyeliner Masterclass featuring MakeUpByKaty

I’m always being asked how to do eyeliner, so, I thought rather than have you deal with my rambling thoughts on the matter, I’d ask an expert on your behalf!  Please welcome the astonishingly talented international makeup artist Katy, from Make Up By Katy, (who also blogs under the same name, which you can see here).  Take it away, Katy: *** Hi Girls, I’ve been […]

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21st March 2010

Mini Makeover – Ruth

Yes, it’s a mini-makeover again this week, mainly because I AM the world’s worst photographer, and I owe Ruth a massive apology as a result. Anyhoo, on with the “show”, as they say!  Please meet Ruth: Ruth is someone I’ve known virtually for longer than I care to remember, but up until her makeover we’d never actually met in the flesh!  Ruth runs Love it […]

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21st March 2010

Beauty Blog Link Love

 Over at theNotice, Rae shares an amazingly pigmented bright blue eye — done with shadows from the drugstore! This week, Louise gets an (almost!) exclusive look at a Lancome mascara that has them queuing down the aisles in Harrods, and promises better lashes in a month.   Yinnie Dances with the fairies with her fairy inspired EOTD.   Phyrra dishes with Britton from Haus of […]

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20th March 2010

Shameless plug!

One of my lovely readers – Nick, look out for her in a makeover soon! – has nominated me for a Little Blog award on the Dorset Cereals website.  If you click here to vote for me, you could win yourself a prize, too!

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20th March 2010

(Not Quite) A Hair Disaster …

Was at the hairdresser yesterday, and this is the fruit of their labours.  It’s beautifully shiny, and I love how they dried my hair, although it dropped quite drastically on my rainy walk to the tube, but … well, I did NOT enjoy my salon experience all that much. I’ve mentioned before that I find trying new hairdressers a bit stressful, particularly when it comes […]

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19th March 2010

Chanel Coco Rouge Swatches

  I make no apologies whatsoever for featuring Chanel’s latest lipstick offerings once again. Beyond gorgeous formulations, pigmented, light and beautifully moisturising, they’re everything YSL Rouge Voluptes should be, but aren’t (I’ll give you my thoughts on those another time). Since I unexpectedly picked up Cambon way back in January, I’ve since been out and bought two more, Mademoiselle, and Rouge Orage.  Cambon is a […]

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18th March 2010

My top ten brushes

(Okay, it’s not actually going to be a top ten.  It’s not even going to be a top seven, as pictured, it’s a top eight – I’m a photographic-doofus, sorry!) During Foundation Week recently, I mentioned my flat top kabuki brush a lot, and people on Twitter were asking me about my favourite makeup brushes as a result.  I’m not  a brush expert though, and […]