Month: April 2011
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LAQA & CO Nail Pens
It’s instant want with these gorgeous, high gloss nail pens from American brand, LAQA & CO. The thing I like most of all is that each shade uses a different young designer to embellish the packaging (and I love a good bit of packaging) so each polish is not only unique in colour, but also…
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Kate Middleton’s Wedding Fragrance
Kate Middleton, now of course, The Duchess of Cambridge, apparantly wore the beautiful White Gardenia Petals fragrance from Illuminum to wed her handsome prince. The scent begins with a top note of coconut bursting into a heart of ylang ylang, muguet (lily of the valley) and jasmine. Amber wood is the bottom note. In keeping…
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No More Waity, Katie – The Lipgloss
I know that lots of bloggers absolutely loved the butterLONDON No More Waity, Katie nail polish, but butter have sneaked in a Waity Katie lipgloss over in the States. Unfortunately, it isn’t available in the UK (oddly, since this is where it’s all at, Katie-wise). But, what I’m hoping is that it’s the first of…
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Eating My Words: Lumiere Byzantines de Chanel Limited Edition Palette
An eagle-eyed reader has pointed out the (currently) US only Lumiere Byzantines Palette just when I was bemoaning the fact Chanel haven’t done anything interesting in the limited edition stakes for a while. So, in a swift back-track, I’ll say that this puts them firmly back in the interesting stakes. It appears to be US…
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Gucci Guilty
A couple of weeks ago I was a guest of the Gucci Guilty team at the Fifi Awards that honours all things fragrant. It’s nothing short of embarrassing when you are hosted by a brand and end up not liking the product in question. Since I’d never even had a whiff of Gucci Guilty I…
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Jo Malone: The Cake
Head along to the Brompton Road windows of Harrods from today until 30th April 2011 to see the gorgeous designer wedding cakes, inspired by, ahem.. I wonder if you can guess? Anyway, the beauty folks are right on it and here’s a gorgeous commemoration confection from Jo Malone. You’ll also be able to spot cakes…
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Chanel Soliel Tan De Chanel 4 Facettes Bronzing Powder
Although I’ve had a little play with yellow Mimosa nail polish, the likeliest candidate for a summer sell out, I’m easily more swayed by this gorgeous bronzer. I just love that strip of ripe mango that livens it all up so beautifully. It’s part of the Les Fleurs D’Ete De Chanel Summer Collection arriving on…
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Japonesque Tweezers
Like lots of beauty lovers, I’m super-fussy about tweezers. However, I can’t say that I put any thought whatsoever into what goes into the making of them. Hearing a little bit of ‘behind the brand’ info though has made me look at tweezers in a different light, and also goes a long way to explaining…
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BB Creams Land At Sephora
A little while ago, I posted that BB creams were heading to the UK, with one big beauty brand devising their own for the UK market that will launch this summer. I’ve just been on Sephora.com and guess what’s listed as a ‘hot item’? BB cream – if any more evidence were needed that the…
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Rockalily Lipstick
I love the gorgeous Rockalily lipsticks from fab blogger ReeRee Rockette, whose blog is a homage to all things 1950’s and Rockabilly. With two blue-based reds (Rockette Red and Roulette Red) and one orange based red (Hot Rod Red) in the line-up as well as a blue-based pink (Pompadour Pink), the lipsticks are full of…
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Milk_Shake Glistening Argan Oil
I didn’t take many beauty products on holiday with me – I got by on Lanolips Lip Ointment in Sunshine, a sample of Benefit’s Cha Cha Tint, some black kohl for my eyes and a Bourjois khaki eye liner and that was pretty well it, make up wise. However, I did take a sample of…
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British Beauty Blogger Is Away
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Yesterday
Yesterday was such a full-on day of launches and press days, so a brief round up of the fabulous new things that I saw before I head away for a week: First stop was YSL and some brand new Touche Eclat. Somehow it had passed me by that there were ever more than one shade…
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Naked Truth by Dr Darren McKeown
I love a face mask, so was happy to try Darren’s Naked Truth Face Renewal Mask, which is priced at £21.99. It promised exfoliation, radiance boosting and soothing and lived up to expectations – exceeded in fact. While I’m not a big fan of ‘chunky’ exfoliators, the crushed olive stones did a nice, gentle job…
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Swirly Things: Stila and Gatineau
If you remember, back in March I attended the Cosmoprof event in Italy, where I saw technologies for face products that used suspended ingredients to create beautiful patterns in the formulations. Here’s what I saw: I’ve just noticed a couple of brands, Stila and Gatineau, are using this technology to great visual effect. See what…