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September 2012
Beyond Beauty Paris Finds
Beyond Beauty in Paris is a huge beauty show where brands show their wares and hope to attract new buyers and clients. I’ve been once before and it was brilliant…
Urban Decay Christmas 2012
Urban Decay is looking very colourful for Christmas 2012. I don’t have samples to swatch yet but as soon as I do I will. In the meantime, the highlights of…
Beauty Right Now: Stuff You Can Buy Today.
These have just launched for £4.99 each on the Superdrug website (and probably in store too) – look out as well for a Hello Kitty Mascara, £4.99 and Hello Kitty…
ButterLONDON Holiday 2012 Gift Sets
The Sparkle Sparkle Lip Trio Set in Frilly Knickers, West End Wonderland and Rosie, £27 More loveliness from butterLONDON in the form of gift sets. Holiday Remover Kit, £16 Holiday…
British Beauty Blogger Is Away
Okay so I’m heading off for a couple of day’s R&R but I’ve scheduled a couple of posts over the days that I’m away so there will still be something…
MUA Pro Brow Kit
I’m over the Nail Constellations before they’ve even begun really but loving that they’re £3 a bottle – it’s exactly what nail bloggers have been saying – there’s no need…
Vogue Japan & Marian Newman Nails
As far as wow nails go, I don’t think you get much wow-er than these! Created by Marian Newman for Vogue Japan, the theme for the shoot was luxury and…
Cruelty Free Cosmetics: Neve
This cruelty free Italian make-up brand is coming to http://www.cutecosmetics.co.uk/very soon (try 1st October) and looks pretty good for a cruelty free range, which sometimes can look rather apologetic. Along…
MAC Marilyn Monroe
You know when something turns out much better than you ever thought it would? Well, that, with the MAC Marilyn Monroe collection. I have a couple of swatches to show…
Lancome Advent Calender
Once again, Lancome are bringing a whole new meaning to advent! This year, the Advent Calender contains 24 mini sizes of Lancome lovelies, including La Vie Est Belle EDT and…
Final Instalment from Asia! Lactacyd White Intimate
Okay so now Tamara has got to the nitty gritty of her finds in Penang – remember the bleach for your bits scandal from India? Well, here’s something to whiten…
Colour Mania
If you can resist a purple streak in your hair no longer, then look out for Colour Mania, little pots of hair colour (without harmful chemicals) that mean you can…
Fragonard Eaux Naturelles Set
Anything ‘small-size’ and I am pretty well smitten so this boxed set of 5 x 7ml fragrances from Fragonard are totally perfect. I still do my mum a Christmas stocking…
POP Beauty Blushbeams
Pop Beauty Blushbeam in Bloombeam Two brand new and very pretty blush/highlight combos from POP Beauty launching at ASOS next week for £12.50 each. POP Beauty Blushbeam in Bare Beam
butterLONDON Holiday 2012
butterLONDON Christmas 2012 How lovely is this line up for the festive season from butterLONDON? There isn’t one shade in here that I wouldn’t wear. From left to right: Fairy…
Maybelline Master Shape Brow Pencil
I raved about this eye brow pencil when I tested it a couple of months ago – it’s now launched and I think it is excellent value for £2.99. Find…
More Notes From Asia
Okay so now Tamara is in Penang and she’s finding a definite trend.. for Sheep Placenta. I’ve been doing a bit of internets checking and even Victoria Beckham has been…
Sleek i-Divine PPQ Shangri-La Palettes
Oh my gosh! I am so all over these palettes for having the best shimmering burnt orange shade (Arethra Orange) that I’ve ever seen! The palettes are all about soul,…
Sephora Disney Cinderella Collection
Midnight Hour Eyeshadow Palette So, this is totally up there with the prettiest ever collections. This is the Sephora and Disney Cinderella Collection collaboration and it’s one of the best…
BIOEffect 30 Day Treatment
BIOEffect is the skin care I choose to use but I’ve taken a little break recently to try other products and brands on my skin. Gorgeous as they’ve been, they…
Passionata Satine Lingerie Range
Okay, if I’m honest I don’t think satin underwear is something I’d rush out of my way to buy – I have too many bad memories of a pair of…
Youngblood Lumious Creme Blush
I’ve definitely got my eye on these creme blushers from Youngblood Mineral Cosmetics. I can’t convert back to actual powdery blushers any more – they just look all wrong on…
Pixiwoos Two Magazine
I met Sam Chapman (one half of the Pixiwoos duo) a year ago outside Harrods to see the Chanel World exhibition; I was embarrassingly fan-girl but genuinely thrilled to meet…
Phyto Subtil Elixir
Another big, fat yes from the weekend is this gorgeous hair oil from Phyto. The absolute genius of this is that it is a pre-shampoo oil so you can condition…
Mineral Flowers
I’ve had a busy weekend of trialling products and this is one of the stars of the show. Mineral Flowers is created by Uri Ben Hur who also created the…
Beauty Notes from Singapore
I have a friend in Singapore at the moment who has been papping peculiar beauty finds. Thank you Tamara! Hmm.. we’re not sure if this is targeting ‘offensive cellulite’ or…
Too Faced Little Black Book of Beauty Secrets
I love this www.beautybay.com exclusive with some gorgeous shades packed inside. One highlighter, one bronzer and two blushers sit on one site, while twelve eye colours and a lip cream…
