Category: Makeup

[unpaid/sample] This is the first glass case lipstick I’ve ever come across and super-impressive it is, too. CHANEL Rouge 31 is four years in the making not least because finding a master glassmaker to take on a diamond facet-like design for the lipstick wasn’t easy. The trail led to Japan which was where the glass…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Sometimes people say that my reviews aren’t as ‘spiky’ as they used to be – they’re right, they’re not and that’s because compared to when I began this blog, ‘bad’ beauty products are far less frequent than they used to be. I don’t take the ‘let’s just not mention it’ route – that feels…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Escentual have sent me a couple of bases to try – the first is Clarins Tinted Olio-Serum, a glowy oil serum with pigment. I’m trying to cast my mind back to any other tinted oils I might have come across but I can’t think of any so I’d say this is an unusual formula.…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I don’t get along with mattes – I just don’t understand why you’d miss an opportunity to shine but I know not everyone is as averse as me. The new Givenchy Le Rouge Interdit Cream Velvet Lip is, I would say, next level on formula. It’s whippy light – they call it ‘air kissed’…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve written before about the Hildun Beauty kohls – I love them. They’re as soft and buttery as you can get, while having the benefit of decent last. There are two new shades – Emerald and Pecan. There’s not much that I can say makes my beauty heart leap for joy when it arrives…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m both pleased and not pleased with the Embedded In Burgundy Palette from MAC. Are you noticing a burgundy trend emerging? The variations on plum, claret and maroon just keep on coming so I think we know how autumn is shaping up, colour wise. Wanna Chat? is the deepest shade in the bottom left…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think this is the last of my CHANEL posts for a while – they’ve had a lot of launches in a short space of time so I’m expecting a gap and also aware there has been a lot of CHANEL over the past couple of weeks. As I’m writing I realise I still…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I can’t think of a more appropriate collaboration than this – CT is all about the magic and so is Disney although just a quick reminder than Charlotte’s first collaboration was with photographer Norman Parkinson so that tells you a lot about how the brand has changed. Actually, I think it’s sweet – Tinkerbell…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you like a ‘my skin but better’ product, the Hourglass Veil Hydrating Skin Tint is going to be right up your street. Although a different ingredient list entirely, I am comparing it to CHANEL Water Tint in terms of coverage and maybe even a bit less than that. I’ve been waiting a while…

[unpaid/sample] et al is the new kid on the foundation block – and it’s a great entry into what is a very crowded market. The brand has managed to create a light to medium foundation that has the weight of a tinted moisturiser and in terms of skin comfort is truly exceptional. Going straight to…

[unpaid/sample] I posted about these blushers on Instagram yesterday and everyone was so surprised that Mary Quant make up was ‘back’, but to my mind it never went away. There was a Mary Quant shop at Duke of York Square just off the King’s Road only a few years ago and of course, the Mary…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m happy to see the new Vitamin Enriched Skin Tint from Bobbi Brown – it’s a product that could not be more up my street if it tried! On the Bobbi Brown website, there’s a brief FAQ section asking how the Vitamin Enriched Skin Tint is different to a BB Cream – honestly, as…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I can’t really recall when I last actively looked out a palette – I’ve got used to wearing far less make up that a palette seems like just too much effort. However, at £10 a shot, I’m drawn to these 10 shade palettes for giving me shades I don’t have in my (vast) collection.…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] The brand new lipsticks from Kure Bazaar are very much living up to expectations. I’m going to flag up my one and only criticism first – that the lipsticks themselves don’t have the colour names on the labels. They’re on the box but it’s a fantasy to think that they’ll always be kept in…