New From Smashbox Cosmetics

Apr 15 13 under Base, Beauty, Lips, Makeup, New Releases | Leave a comment

Smashbox Limitless 15 Hour Wear Cream Eyeshadow. Such gorgeous formulations, well pigmented and creamy with no creasing. Sapphire on the left and Neptune on the right. Priced at £15 each.

New Halo Long Wear Blush. Great blushers and they really do last a long time, I really love this colour, its called ‘In bloom’ such a gorgeous stand out pink shade. Priced at £23.00 each.

Be Legendary Lipstick in ‘Mandarin’. Great shade and formulations are moistrising and long lasting. Priced at £15.50 each.

New Megatint Long Wear Lip Colour, this is by far my fave out of all the new bits released from Smashbox Cosmetics. The lipsitck stains so even if you forget this at home on a night out your lips will always have a pop of colour. Priced at £15.50 each.

Have you tried any of the new bits from Smashbox Cosmetics?

Review: ROUGE COCO HYDRATING CRÈME LIP COLOUR

Apr 9 13 under Beauty, Lips, Makeup | Leave a comment

I’m a sucker for packaging and Chanel really know how to package their makeup. The luxurious black and gold packaging get’s me every time. It’s definitely a lippie I am proud to show off in public

The texture is super smooth and very pigmented, I don’t have to apply it over and over to get the deep colour I want. Of course a few layers will give you a really intense colour and coverage but whats great about this lippie is that one swoosh is saturated enough. The finish is beautifully creamy with a healthy almost glossy look, mine lastED about 3-4 hours before needed a slight touch up. Another great feature to this lippie is the stain it leaves behind, I have actually worn this lipstick and forgot it at home and have topped up the stain with a little bit of carmex and it looks amazing.

ROUGE COCO HYDRATING CRÈME LIP COLOUR in shade 53 – £24.00 available at most beauty counters.

My New Fave Lippie” WOW By Calvin Klein

Feb 28 13 under Beauty, Lips, Makeup | Leave a comment

Found this lil gem in my stash the other day, opened it up and to my surprise it was the most gorgeous pink shade! I love it and it has become my current fave. CK ONE ‘WOW’ lipstick is £11 (ish).

Do you, like me loose track of what you have in your beauty closet.. if so tell me all about your fave finds!

Vaseline Limited Edition Lip Therapy – Blogger Challenge

Aug 31 12 under Beauty, Limited Edition, Lips, New Releases | Leave a comment

Vaseline are launching a Limited Edition Lip Therapy tin which will go on sale exclusively in Selfridges from the 5th September. Our blogger challenge was to guess the flavour with the hints provided and put our creative skills to play and decorate our very own tin.

The hints:

Champagne truffles, a balloon and a candle.

My Tin:

My Guess:

There seems to be a mixture of ingredients in this formula, I can smell a strong scent of rose with a sweet scent of pink champagne and some sort of citrus base like mandarin or grape fruit. Lets hope i’m right :p

If you want to find out more info and see the actual tin then you can visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/vaseline

Illamasqua: Naked Strangers

May 26 12 under Beauty, Lips, Makeup, Nails, New Releases | Leave a comment

Coming soon to a counter near you……

Bourjois Colorissimo Lip Palettes

May 23 12 under Beauty, Lips | Leave a comment

Bourjois have launched the ‘Colorissimo Lip Palettes’ just in time for summer. The palettes come in 4 different colour ways and are said to be super creamy in texture and extremely moist.

Lancome Rouge In Love Lipsticks

May 5 12 under Beauty, Limited Edition, Lips, New Releases | 1 Comment

Check out the new range of lipsticks from ‘Lancome’ called ‘Rouge In Love’. Cased in slick brushed metal tubing the lipsticks boast a balm like texture and have been deemed this summers ‘must have’ product.

Benefits :

• Comfortable, ultra-light texture

• Up to 6 hours of wear with striking shine

• Smooth and soft lips thanks to the nourishing and repairing oils

• Medium to full coverage

I’m a huge fan of makeup with benefits and think that more and more brands are jumping on this band wagon. The lipsticks do have a gorgeous balm like texture and feel like butter when applied however the coverage isn’t as full as you would expect.

As you can see from the swatches, the colours dont match completely to the colour you’d expect to get when you first open the tube and see the lipstick colour for the first time however the lasting power and colour you do get is more than sufficient.

The range includes 24 shades so there is definitely a shade for everyone. My favourite is 159B (swatched above) its a gorgeous timeless red with a hint of coral. Perfect for any season!

Here’s what Emma Watson had to say about the lippies -

I chose the colour that I wore in the shoots, and it’s my favourite colour, Rouge In Love 159B, which is a really bright red. It’s great because it’s a new take on a classic red which I absolutely love. There is a pigment in it which makes it really bright, so it really stands out. This is why it was the one I chose for the ad campaign, and it was definitely my favourite.’

– Emma Watson, Lancôme Ambassadress and face of Rouge In Love

Have you tried the new Rouge In Love lipsticks, if so which is your fave?

PR sample for review purposes

New Bits from Ellis Faas

May 1 12 under Beauty, Limited Edition, Lips, Makeup, New Releases | 1 Comment

Milky Lips £22.00, Creamy Eyes £23, Lights £26

Milky Lips

Creamy Eyes

Lights

Above are some new bits from Ellis Faas with swatches, my favourite from the 3 has to be ‘Lights’, its a gorgeous metallic shade of purple that that doesn’t crease easy and sits perfectly on the eyes

Have you tried anything from the Ellis Faas range

PR Sample

MAC Hey, Sailor Collection 2012

Apr 17 12 under Beauty, Lips, Makeup, Nails, New Releases | Leave a comment

Available from May 2012 from all Mac Locations

NEW MeMeMe Boho Balm

Apr 8 12 under Beauty, Lips, Makeup, New Releases | Leave a comment

June will see the launch of these uber cool cheek and lip balms from MeMeMe, I have to say I’m loving the versatility, great for the summer and handy to carry for touch ups all over it seems. Cant wait to try these out.

Available from Superdrugs and online on June 7th at the introductory price of £4.50 (usual price £6.50)