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February 2010
You Pays Your Money: Beauty Vending Machines
The Sephora Vending Machines selling 15 Euro bottles of CK One in the Paris Metro stations are a great hit apparantly – certainly they’ve had plenty of press exposure. But…
Armani Face Fabric Radiance – Scoop!
I’m a big fan of Armani foundations, but have been slightly out of the loop of late. However, I’m completely loving their latest venture into the skin radiance arena. Face…
Speed Reviews: Bobbi Brown Johnson & Johnson, Biotherm, Estee Lauder, Jemma Kidd, Frederic Fekkai
Johnson & Johnson 24 Hour Moisturiser Extra Rich Body LotionI’ve been SO lazy all winter about applying body moisturiser so when I went to the launch of this, it was…
So Now What Do I Do? The Answer is Nothing.
Thanks to all the amazing and thought-through comments that have really helped to put a sense of balance on this. The journalist in me wants a story at any cost,…
So Now What Do I Do?
I’d love input on this, because I am in a true dilemma. A few days ago a new cosmetic range was launched to the press. But not beauty bloggers. I’m…
H&M Go A Little Bit Organic
This whole organics thing is a bugbear of many bloggers – and beauty writers – because the area is so woolly. Global brand H&M have announced the arrival of what…
Shu Uemura UV Underbase
Hmmm, not sure if these have launched here yet…I’m guessing not, but these new underbases come in a watery texture and are infused with Shu’s famous Depsea water and SPF20…
The Balm For Keeps Watercolour Lipstains
Loving the look of these lip palettes that launch at Harvey Nichols in the first week of March. Apparantly, they are the first ever lipstains to start as a powder…
Summer Sneaking Out: Dior Summer Beauty Collection
Addicted To Dior Limited Edition Gloss Golden Spotlight Eye Shadow Dior Nude Glow Complexion Enhancer The summer beauty ranges are starting to make an appearance on the beautyweb, with Dior…
Kate Garey Make Up Bag: Spring/Summer 2010
A very British summer time collection from Kate this time around with lots of 1950’s inspired bathing belles, strawberries and birds. This one’s my favourite, made with eco-friendly dyes and…
Guerlain Super Aqua-Eye
So while I was lying in bed this morning feeling especially un-beautiful, I thought I’d try these de-puffing eye patches from Guerlain. The Super Aqua range uses desert rose to…
‘Liggers With Laptops’
Oh, you gotta love Fashion Week! It’s almost more entertaining for the staggering quotes on bloggers than it is for the fashion – in fact, I would say I have…
Clinique All About Eyes De-Puffing Eye Massage and Clinique Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector
I seem to remember that the concept of a cooling metal roller ball for de-puffing products was pioneered by Creme de La Mer, but other than feeling pleasant to the…
Winter Olympics Curling Girls – You Rock!
Let’s hear it for the UK Ladies Curling Team – rocking it out on the ice in French manicures and full-on red nails, lipgloss and plenty of mascara! You don’t…
Jane Fonda Under The Knife
Jane Fonda Back In The Day Jane Fonda Now The 72 actress fronts a campaign for a L’Oreal Anti Ageing Cream, and yet has just admitted to going under the…
Speed Review: The Dorchester Spa, Mavala Nail Polish, Malin & Goetz Detox Mask, Melvita Argan Oil
At a recent visit with Laura Mercier at the Dorchester Spa (very white and floaty) I sneaked off track and found their manicure room… Mavala Nail Varnish in BerlinI’m off…
Blogs: The Heart of The Matter
I was just about to do a round of speed reviews when I thought I’d rather talk about what’s on my mind. A few days ago I had an email…
Illamasqua First Look: Illumine Dry Body Oil
Oh yummy! This dry body oil from Illamasqua is part of the summer Body Electric range out in April. In the bottle, it looks irridescent; flashes of violet and pink-blue…
Sisley Summer 2010
Okay, I have to admit these glosses from Sisley are the shimmeriest I have ever, ever seen. I swatched them on my hand and they truly do glisten and glimmer…
Clinique Summer 2010: Brandied Bronze
Loving this collection for summer from Clinique. The Colour Surge Eye Shadow Palette, £22.50,in particular is really versatile for creating different looks. Long Last Gloss Wear is available in four…
A Bathroom Fridge! Genius.
Well, who knew such a thing existed? Ever since I went to Las Vegas, I’ve lusted after a TV in my bathroom – seriously, one of the best things I’ve…
Nars Drop Dead Gorgeous Mini Nails
LOVE this set of mini polishes from Nars. I wish everyone would do small size polishes, because with the exception of OPI (and Mavala), not enough brands realise (or care,…
Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2010
D&G have gone very pink and purple for Spring – I’m not sure how to make the quad work in a modern way, but I do really like the duo…
MAC and Jin Soon Choi Collaborate Again….
One of the best ever ranges for nails from MAC was the collaboration with manicurist Jin Soon Choi. Apparantly she is brewing up some sumptuous colours for another collaboration: look…
StrangeBeautiful Collection 4: First Look
These gorgeously edgy nail polishes from cult brand, Strangebeautiful, owe their outer casing lucite cube design to 19th century writing implements, while the colours are drawn from a host of…
Mainly, They’re Very, Very Good, But When They’re Bad, They’re Horrid.
Here’s an almost exact replication of an email conversation I had with a PR recently that has still left a sting while I was trying in less then 16 hours…
Alice, We’re Done.
Unless a product actually has a picture of Alice, is officially Alice related or really does have some real connection to Wonderland, I can’t bear to see any more pretend…
Meaningful Beauty Glowing Serum
I was sent some samples of the Cindy Crawford/Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh range. Dr S has been Cindy’s dermatologist for years, and in fact, the Meaningful Beauty range has been on…
A Chanel First: Chanel Hydramax + Active Nutrition Lip Care
Otherwise known as very, very posh lip balm. I’ve got a little pot of this lush stuff that launches in April – impressively Chanel-y, its a gorgeous square pot in…
Oh, The News! Edward Bess Is Coming To The UK!
For as long as I’ve had this blog, I’ve been banging on about the fabulosity of Edward Bess cosmetics. I have tried twice to find him in person when visiting…
