Month: September 2009
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MAC Baroque Boudoir Christmas 2009
Look what’s coming up for MAC fans in November! Fab USA blog, www.temptalia.com has more… In the UK, the range will be a Harrods exclusive.
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Beautiful Bourjois!
Just seen the new limited edition collection from Bourjois: Rendez-Vous A Paris. Teaming up with French artist and illustrator, Nathalie Lete, each pot of best selling eye or cheek colour is embellished with it’s own little picture representing Paris. The illustrations are directly on the lid of the packaging – no paper stickers here. They’ll…
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Whoop! Bring On That Bling..
I’m disproportionately pleased with these CC nail gems that came in the post today – every manicure from today will be blinged to the max. Is it classy? Who cares….? And you’ll see my photography skills haven’t improved!
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Festive Flowerbykenzo: Back to what good packaging can do.
The festive edition (see how I am resolutely avoiding using the yuletide word!) of Flowerbykenzo is absolutely gorgeous. Matryoshka Flowerbykenzo Winter Flowers will cost £45 – I want it without even knowing what it smells like – testament to the power of fabulous packaging.
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Packaging: Not as dull as it sounds…..
I love this pregnancy shaped bottle from Vivitas Woman, containing vitamins for expecting mums: it’s just really clever and innovative and bound to start a trend for body part packaging: only praying that Anusol doesn’t jump on the bandwagon….
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Review: Jo Hansford Intensive Mask
I’ve got quite thick, unruly hair that endures a daily battle of trying to wilfully curl despite my savage attacks with straighteners. I don’t always win. But, try as I did over the summer to go into straightener re-hab and wean myself off the hot irons, I’ve now found they’re merging back into my daily…
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Clarisonic Review
I’ve been using my Clarisonic for slightly over a week now, and I feel, well a bit ‘meh’ about it. I am in no doubt that it does cleanse skin effectively (using the same technology as Sonicare toothbrushes – and in fact, developed by the same team). There is a great review in the Daily…
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When Bloggers and Brands Collide….
It had to happen sometime; when things start going horribly wrong between bloggers and beauty brands. I’ve been watching a particular USA based company for a while now called Sunlove whose relationship with bloggers and YouTube reviewers has nose dived into abusive chaos. It’s happened for several reasons, not least because neither party has quite…
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New RBR Colours Launching Tonight
These four brand new shades launch on Zuneta tonight: they are – Grey Go-Away Lourie: slate grey semi-opaque;Blackpepper Jay: smoky black/brown semi-opaque;Papyrus Canary: pale creamy beige semi-opaque; andChestnut-napped Apalis: chestnut puree with hints of cocoa dust semi opaque.
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My Kind of Mini-Man
I always swore I’d stay on message and never post anything that wasn’t beauty related…but such is my Chanel addiction that I’m breaking my golden rule. The only non-beauty post you’ll (probably) ever see on my blog! This cute mini-me Karl Lagerfeld figurine (official name, Tokidoki) is 10 ins tall and all decked out in…
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Nars Autumn 09: Indian Summer Eye Duo
Almost by chance I reached for this today – more in the spirit of adventure than hope because the french mustardy yellow doesn’t inspire confidence! However, it is actually quite a surprise once applied. Using the frosty beige/champagne shimmer as a base, and the mustard shade over the top towards the outer corners of the…
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Dior Christmas 09
I think this is one of the very best pieces to ever come from Dior so far….every year there is a limited edition collectable item that people will go to the ends of the earth to get their hands on. The Cristal Boreale collection includes this stand-out item containing pink crystal gloss and using Swarovski…
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Je t’aime Cinq Mondes
On a spa tour yesterday (Sofitel SoSPA in St James – AMAZING (and I hate spas!) place), I came across a skin care brand that I think is completely new to the UK. Cinq Mondes was developed by Jean-Louis Poiroux, who, along with his wife, spent 10 years travelling the world, picking out traditional therapies,…
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I Heart You, Michael Kors
He may be New York’s darlingest fashion guru, but I adore Michael Kors for his dry, ascerbic and cutting comments on Project Runway: unmissably funny and light relief when Nina Garcia sits po-faced alongside him looking like she has a stick up her ass. Michael is making a personal appearance to co-incide with the launch…
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Bubbles, Dahling…
Fast forward to the new year, and the perfume name on everyone’s lips will be Maison Francis Kurkjdian. Fragrancer to the great and the good..Dior, YSL etc..Kurkjdian is coming to Liberty in London. He’s clearly thinking outside of the box already, producing a fragrance bracelet (that you’d actually want to wear) and these gorgeous little…