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March 2010
Love & Toast Comes To SpaceNK
If you’ve ever Googled Love & Toast, you’ll find an surprising amount of sites dedicated to toast before you’ll ever find the official Love & Toast site (www.love&toast.com). There is…
Jeanne Lanvin Fragrance: La Rose
I adore pretty packaging and highlight this fragrance as my personal packaging perfection. With a genuine Lanvin label adorning the bottle and two dusky pink tulle pompoms attached to the…
Philips Lumea Review
Hair removal..just one of life’s irritating essentials, but for the life of me I cannot bear a hairy leg or armpit. So, faced with waxing, shaving or sugaring, I tend…
Shu Uemura To Pull Out Of US
There are going to be some deeply unhappy US beauty girls who won’t be able to get their Shu Uemura fix since L’Oreal made the decision to pull their US…
Tom Ford Private Blend Lip Color Collection: Reviewed
Right, here we go – Tom Ford Lipstick as it really is. Twitter this morning was full of talk about whether £30 is too much to pay for a lipstick…given…
Less of Jonathan Ward?
In this instance, less is good. Let me explain. Candle artisan, Jonathan, did a spot of research among his most trusted clients (latest including Dannii Minogue) and discovered that £30…
Beauty Geek? Moi?
I’ve wanted to post about my little stash of Chanel make up for ages, but time got the better of me. Anyway, here are just a few of my favourite…
Chanel Limited Edition: Chanel Orient Extreme
Rumoured to be sold in Chanel Boutiques exclusively, this limited collection is based on The Terracotta Army originating from Xi’an in China. A gold and black manicure, gold and black…
Now This Is A Palette! Lancome Summer
Hot off the blogsphere at www.chicprofile.com a sneaky look at Lancome summer. This is the kind of make up that makes my beauty heart sing. Absolutely amazing.
More On Tom Ford Lipstick
When the 12 shades hit the shelves later on this spring, you can almost guarantee a sell-out. I’m loving the design; sleek and elegant in ivory and gold and like…
Vending, Vending: Body Shop Machines
If you can’t get enough of your Sweet Lemon Body Butter or Strawberry Body Polish, if you live in the States it’s no longer a question of tracking down the…
Guerlain Summer Colours 2010
Ok, I’ve found my ultimate summer eye quad. The Ombre Eclat Ombre Perlees (limited edition) shades are perfect, perfect for me and wonderful for working the nude look without looking…
Oh Dear, Daily Mail: Mixed Messages.
For once, Liz Jones has it spot on in her regular Liz Jones Moans column for the Daily Mail. She takes a pop at beauty adverts, in particular the TV…
Trish McEvoy Bronze Collection Summer 2010
I like small, edited collections like this – perfect for the beauty baffled. This is just lovely quality make up with no drama, gentle and wearable shades and easy application.…
How Is Your French? Une Cosmetics from Bourjois
I’ve only got the scantest of information about this new brand from Bourjois launching end of April/beginning of May, but it looks really quite exciting. The ‘natural’ range, with eco-packaging…