Chanel Aqualumiere Lipshine
Okay, I know that in a previous post I declared my ongoing war with lipstick; how I can’t be bothered to keep reapplying it, how I hate the way that it gets on your teeth, how it smudges and ‘bleeds’....
View ArticlePaw Paw Madness!
The lovely make-up artist on my job today was totally Paw Paw’d up to the max: as well as the standard and much-loved Lucas’ Ointment (red tube) she had Simmons Paw Paw Salve (yellow tube) and Pure...
View ArticleElizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream
OK, so I know that this stuff isn’t new – everyone goes on about it, magazines feature whole articles about it’s uses (lip shine, cheek shine, sunburn, etc etc) and hardly a week goes by without a...
View ArticleRouge Dior Haute Couleur
At the weekend, I decided to test-run one of Dior’s new Haute Coleur shades – this one, 435, was a pale corally tangerine. Sorry if that means very little in the world of colour descriptions, but it’s...
View ArticleFestive Lip Love!
Oh ho-ho! Experimenting with festive red lips, I came across this little beauty of a product: Pixi’s Lip Blush in ‘Love’. Check out the intense red pout above! This felt-tip pen lip stain is so easy...
View ArticleThing of Beauty: Clarins Gloss Prodige in Crystal
There are few things as satisfying, beauty-wise, as a pristine, crystal-clear lipgloss. It’s the cosmetic equivalent of fresh, untrodden snow. It’s virtually impossible to keep a transparent gloss...
View ArticleNuxe Reve de Miel: Non-Sticky Weather-Proof Lip Balm.
Ah, good old Nuxe Rêve de Miel. One of my first “backstage” beauty discoveries – and possibly one of my first French Pharmacie purchases too. Rêve de Miel, Nuxe’s Ultra-Nourishing Lip Balm, has quite...
View ArticleA Gloss I Can Love: Chanel Rouge Allure
I mentioned in last weekend’s Chanel Spring 2015 post that I’d come back to you with my verdict on the Rouge Allure Gloss and it’s a definite yes from me. I’m not a habitual gloss-user; they get on my...
View ArticleSummer Lipstick Shades: Take Your Pick! #ad
Many of you will know that I make videos for the brilliant Beauty Recommended* channel – lots of you follow it and comment and ask questions, which is great. I very much enjoy the challenges I get set...
View ArticleWhat a Difference a Lip Line Makes…
A while ago (it may have been last year, or even the year before that), I mentioned that I had been comparing recent and old photographs of myself and trying – in a highly scientific and objective...
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