Month: February 2008
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Hot But Not Bothered
I found Jaily’s Intimate Beauty Wipes, £16.50, at a trade show in Paris last year. In her own very discrete French way, creator Valerie Myevs refers to anywhere below the naval and above the thighs as her ‘intimacy’. While in the UK we are not particularly open to discussing personal pongs, these wipes for the…
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Dotty Mixtures
RMK’s Spring 08 collection, ‘Shiny Mix Dots’ is innovative, quirky and extraordinarily clever. Using a scramble of three dots of colour for each Shiny Mix Eye Shade, £18 and Shiny Mix Cheeks, £16, the result on skin is a sheer, irridescent wash that’s bang on trend for going into spring. There’s some blurb in the…
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Stylish Upstart
At 22, Edward Bess has already dabbled in the world of modelling in London, before designing his uber-sleek Lipstick Wardrobe, $350, exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman. I know its a British Beauty Blog, but come on, it’s gorgeous, so let’s overlook the fact that it’s not here yet. Bess’s Deep Shine Lip Glosses, $26, are fig…
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Designer Wet Wipes
Loving the in-your-face luxury take on an everyday, utilitarian item. Prada Infusion D’iris Refreshing Mono Use Towels – could only find the $ price, so maybe they haven’t reached our shores yet ($60) – are a great example of crazy-beauty. But I still want them…. What next, though. Chanel No5 scented doggie-do bags? Hey…..let me…
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Deluxe Delovely Dior
This delicious Dior Spring Blossom Palette, £32, is exactly the kind of make up that keys into our shopping gene. You don’t quite know what it does, but you want it anyway because it’s gorgeous. If you’re baffled by how to use it, I suggest swirling a big fat blush brush over it to highlight…
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But What Does It Do????
Pet peeve coming up. Ren, fabulous skincare brand, known for it’s ‘clean’ ethics – no petrochemicals, sulphates, parabens etc, etc, have gone bonkers. Their latest anti-ageing cream is called Sirtuin Phytohormone Replenishing Cream, containing Sirtuin Activators, Perlecan Activators, and Phytosteroids. Gosh, and here’s me without a chemistry degree. It just doesn’t make any sense at…
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Is it, or isn’t it?
Can’t get to the bottom of the Sephora own brand coming to Marks & Spencer. The general view is that it probably isn’t – M&S talk to other brands all the time, and it’s rare to see anything other than own label actually on the shelves. However, watch this space until I get the definitive…
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Attack of The Self Tan
I’ve had my worst self tan experience to date recently. My body is now considerably more art intallation than holiday in St Barths, which will no doubt serve me right for trying to look like I had a luxurious winter break. Actually, my face was the only part of me that the tan settled evenly…
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Criminally Confused
According to the US National Retail Federation, the beauty products most likely to be stolen from stores and sold on Ebay are Covergirl and Oil of Olay. Thieves, have you no shame? There are much better brands………
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Fairytale Beauty
If you don’t have a good reason to throw on a faux fur and head to Moscow, here’s one. A hot new make up brand making its debut in Russia… Soon to arrive in France, it’s surely only a matter of time until we find it here. In fact, we will. I’ll make sure of…
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Sephora UK?
Heard today that fabulous beauty store – first stop in Paris or New York for me – Sephora – is making a come back to the UK later in the year! While it’s not as good as getting our own branch of the beauty mecca, Sephora are apparantly launching their own brand into Marks &…
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Laugh? Please Do…
More press releases heading my way on detox patches. People, they just don’t work. The ones I have promise to give you a radiant complexion – and yet, you stick ’em on your feet. Even I can see there is something topsy turvy about that. Interestingly, the claims that the dark sticky marks that appear…
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WonderWeb
There’s one site that I absolutely love and its turning out to be a real research resource – www.thebeautybrains.com. A group of cosmetic scientists who understand the intricacies and components of beauty products give the low down on individual products or answer general questions. The tone is light, girlfriendy and funny, but the essence is…
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Flirty Pretty Things
I love the candy aspect of make up – the prettier the better; the type of cosmetic canape that makes me want to buy it regardless of whether I’ll ever wear it…..and here’s a fabulous example of exactly what I want for an instant make up fix! Taking inspiration from exotic birds, Boots No7 Tropical…
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Addict – I know, everyone’s doing it.
Is there a lipgloss rehab? If so, I need to check in, and fast. Even though one of the single most annoying things for any girl is lipgloss hair – you know – the wind blows and your hair ends up coated, you can almost tell a lipgloss’s durability by whether your hair will blow…