Monthly Archives: April 2012

Buff Love: Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion Scrub

April 30, 2012
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I’ve been using the Body Shop Vitamin C Microdermabrasion Scrub for two months now so I thought it was high time I weighed in with my opinion on it. I picked this up as part of the Body Shop’s Buy-One-Get-One-Half-Price deal across make up and skincare. I bought the Brow and Liner Kit  (£10) and this scrub (£12) for a total of £17. Not cheap but they’re both likely to last a long time so it doesn’t seem too frivolous *looks shifty* hehe… In the previous few weeks I’d had a mad passionate skincare affair with Clarins Gentle Refiner Exfoliating Cream with Microbeads. I even posted despairingly when my 15ml sample size was finished. The Clarins refiner is probably the best microdermabrasion scrub I can imagine, and it seems to give supernaturally good results. However, it’s very much a premium product at £24.50 for just 50ml and I wanted an alternative at a…

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Guest Post: Hannah’s Wedding Make Up Part 2

April 29, 2012
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I’m really happy to bring you the second post in Hannah’s wedding make up series! Thanks to everyone who left comments on her first post  we love and appreciate all the comments you send. I’ll hand over to Hannah now for her update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello all, and thank you for all your kind feedback from my last post. Your tips have really helped me and having a second opinion is very valuable so again, Thank you! So, I haven’t been too focused on the wedding as of late. For those who don’t know me, I am very close to finishing my second year at University so all my time and effort has been going into that But, I have found a spare afternoon to sit down and try my second make up look for the wedding. Less than 9 weeks to go now so feedback, feedback, feedback please!!! I’m not going…

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Where have I Bee-n? Update and Rimmel Offer Picks :)

April 28, 2012
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I usually update every day, so it seems like ages since I posted anything (it was Wednesday!). Despite the not-so-long absence I’m going to explain myself anyway. I’ve been working on future posts! Not blogging because I’m too busy blogging you see? I’m really excited about the upcoming guest post from my talented and beautiful friend Jo. I just finished working on the photos for it, I hope she doesn’t mind if I share this gorgeous out-take with you all We’ll be bringing you her make-up story in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, it’s grayscale so as to avoid any spoilers! Jo is an absolute joy to work with, I’m really looking forward to her post. Apart from that excitement… I went to Superdrug (thrills!) ahh, I love make up shopping. It will probably be my last shopping trip for a while as we’re planning on doing an Austerity Thing at Togetherness…

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Super Radiance: Fave Day Cream Under £5

April 25, 2012
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Sometimes you look back on previous decisions and say to yourself “What the hell was I thinking?”  Every now and then you look back on previous decisions and say to youself “Past Me really had something going ON! Present Me, Why you not learn from her?” (Of course I talk to myself in pigdin LOLspeak I’m from the internet!) This second category of past decision is great when you have a beauty problem and a few minutes of thinking reminds you that you already solved the problem back in the early Noughties Ahh, creative juices saved for more pressing problems! So the problem is this: Since I switched to using Clarins Daily Energisers, my sad, sore skin has been happy and pretty and good. However, a small (30ml) pot of the day cream costs me £19 every six weeks. Ouch! If this is the only way to good skin, fine.…

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Bee Loves Links: Beauty and Blogs from Around the Web

April 24, 2012
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Orange hair is amazing and perfect for spring on CClare Bear’s blog It’s not  beauty related but it is a sharply observed piece on how our hobbies are petulant teenage selves within: Yarn Harlot’s Inner Knitter Pixiwoo make up artists are rightly famous for their excellent youtube videos, if you haven’t seen them before, check it out Instyle have some product suggestions for wedding make up Fenua has coloured contact lenses in styles I’ve never seen before, super pretty! These sponge gradient manicures may be heart-stoppingly pretty, bewarned! From Makeupwithdrawal.com Another sponge gradient manicure tutorial, this one is from Ooohshinies Is make up an addiction? Is the use of make up a vital crutch for women suffering from other additions? Interesting post from The Beheld Free People Festival Paint looks pretty and fun on The Makeup Blogger   Busy busy so that’s all I have for you today, hope you…

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Step by Step: Experimenting with MUA Immaculate Collection

April 22, 2012
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So when my palette arrived yesterday, I had to try it out immediately. I used it with the MUA Professional Eye Primer I also bought and I was really impressed. For this look I’ve used all the blue and greeny shades in the palette, with the dark green/black (third on bottom row) for emphasis.     I’ve taken step by step images of each stage of applying the eye shadow. I was experimenting so there’s not too much logic to it, see what you think…   1. Turquoise base shade over entire lid   2. Greenish blending shade above crease, silvery highlighter up to  brow 3. Green/black shadow to add contour 4.  Stronger blue on centre of lids   5. Extra highlighting and shading 6. Eyeliner (Urban Decay 24/7 Waterproof Liquid Liner) 7. Finished!   With these freebies, you are really spoiling us! Here’s this eye make up as part…

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MUA: Bargains, Freebies and Lightning Fast!

April 21, 2012
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I ordered my MUA shopping at 8pm on Thursday, by 1pm on Saturday, I was gleefully unwrapping it!  Eeeexcellent, Smithers! Check it out! This is the palette that was free with my order – usually £8. I’ve had a go with it and it’s bloody brilliant for free, or £8, or just brilliant really – better than I expected even. The colours are really bright and strong and really flattering on my cool (pinkish) skin tone. There’s a mix of mostly pearl and some matte shades. The applicator is just a standard spongey one which is fine, though I used my brushes with it. The case itself is slim and not annoyingly big like some palette cases I won’t mention! I’ve taken a set of photos of various stages of applying these shadows for an eye make up look, I’ll post them soon So… what did I buy to get…

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Free Palette Alert! Free is my favourite price!

April 20, 2012
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Quick! If you shop at www.MUAstore.co.uk today you can get a free “Immaculate Collection” palette worth £8 with any order! I tried to resist, I don’t need any more eyeshadows, but free is just too good a price! 1. Add any MUA cosmetics to your cart (I got an eye primer for £2.50 and got a free eyeshadow with it) 2. Add the Immaculate Collection palette to your cart 3. Enter the code FB20000 at the check out 4. Discount will be applied! You pay the postage, which was £2.95, so my total order was £5.45 (saving £9 – bargain!)   If you buy – I really recommend MUA blushers, their nail polishes are great though the brushes are hit and miss, and their lip products, especially the gloss, are great. Basically I like everything they do except their  pencils, and getting 24 eyeshadows free with a £1 purchase is…

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One Lovely Blog Award

April 19, 2012
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How exciting! I’ve been given a “One Lovely Blog Award” by the lovely girls at RoeDY Beauty! How sweet! Thank you so much girls! It’s my first blogging accolade   From what I have seen of this meme, recipients post 7 facts about themselves, and pass the award on to 15 other bloggers. I love reading blogs and being recommended new ones so I can completely get behind this idea! First, seven facts about me.. In addition to spending way too much time and money on beauty, I’m a keen knitter! I knit this frog suit for my nephew Aww! 2. I love cats, and I have a very big and fierce one named Hermes, but I live in a flat so he lives with my Mum and Dad Hermes 3. When I was at school I really wanted to study Beauty Therapy at college, but I decided I should try…

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Face of the Day: Dark Tulip

April 18, 2012
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This weekend I dyed my hair with my favourite La Riche Directions shade “Dark Tulip”. Adding the deep purple rinse to my hair colour calls for a switching up of my make up shades to compliment the new tones in my hair. Once again I’ve gone for Collection 2000 shades on my eyes, I’ve used the Angelic Palette. I’m so impressed with these Collection 2000 palettes sent to me by my friend Katie from Snugglebubby.com - such a lovely gift thank you! This time I’ve used the green shade on the lid, the silver shade on the browbone and the blue near the lashline. The eyeliner is Collection 2000 Extreme 24h felt tip liner in Teal. There are three Collection 2000 eyeshadow palettes available, each with nine shades, at £4.19 each they’re an absolute steal! That’s less than 47p per shade. OK, you have to build them up a bit, but the…

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