Eyes

Premium Pick: Clarins Instant Definition Mascara

December 10, 2012
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It was quite a few months ago I was given a sample size of Clarins Instant Definition Mascara to try. Having a few mascaras already open, I left it sealed until I could justify opening a new one. Why did I wait? I’ve been missing out! Every now and then I’ll come over all “whuteverrr” about mascara, and then I’ll try a good one and it will blow my mind. Like Lancome Doll Eyes, sometimes when a product is good, it’s really good. Clarins Instant Definition Mascara is brilliant. It’s a combination of a really excellent, deep black bold formula which builds up in no time to make lashes longer and thicker and generally epic, and a unique brush. Lots of brushes have this idea, but this is the best execution of the idea I’ve seen. The short bristles at the end of the brush make it incredibly easy to capture even short…

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A Study in Purple: Eyebrows

October 23, 2012
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As a beauty enthusiast, finding a new place to colour in is always pretty great. Discovering that colour can go on lips, nails, eyelids, cheeks, lashes, skin, lashline, waterline, browbone, highlight, has all been accompanied with the fun of discovery and trial and error. It was with great excitement I discovered that yes – there is yet another thing I can colour in! Not limited to the shades of nature, eyebrows can also rock exciting colour! I can’t believe I haven’t tried this before This little task is yet another job for the brilliant Collection 2000 Extreme Waterproof Eyeliner Pen which is already one of my favourite eye products. I applied it as I would a pencil, smudging a little with a cotton bud to blend any lines in. My first experiment with it, I went for using the purple on both eyeliner and eyebrow as follows:  Too Purple But I…

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What Would Bee Buy: Poundland Picks This Week

October 1, 2012
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Poundland have some nice cosmetics this week and I didn’t think you’d just want me to tell you about it so I had to buy them so I could show you, yes? Any excuse! There are a couple of different eyeshadow quads from Vita Liberata “Me But Better”. I can’t find out anything about this range online, but they’re pretty colours and nice formulas, excellent for £1 each. I love the colours in this blue/green quad. I couldn’t resist trying out the pinky/mauve one already. The applicator has a brush and a sponge and it seems to be of a nice quality. Do you know anything about this range? I’m wondering if Poundland will have any more of these products – I’ll be looking out for them. Poundland have Revlon nail polishes again. I chose this one – “Princess” which is a pale blue with a very similar formula to “Gold Coin” .…

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New Clinique Products: Even Better Eyes

September 22, 2012
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Image source A couple of weeks ago I went into Boots in Oxford for a “Brighter Eyes” consultation with the lovely Kerry. I’d been really keen to try the new “Even Better Eyes” treatment. As you know from my endlessly going on about it, my under-eye dark circles are my  main beauty bugbear. I could really live without them! When I first read about Even Better Eyes I was intruigued. It’s designed to lighten the colour of the dark areas over time, as well as visually hiding them from first use. It’s a totally different kind of product from Clinique’s “All About Eyes” which I have tried several times but just can’t get to sink in somehow. Even Better Eyes also comes in a nice tube with a cooling metal applicator which helps it feel cooling and de-puffing. I booked in for my mini-eye makeover. Kerry did a great job…

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A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice A Day

September 12, 2012
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Hey guys! Company magazine is a fashion magazine aimed at …hmm… young, fash-happy females? Younger than, say, me! This month it’s even youthier since this issue has been put together by fashion graduates rather than Company’s regular perky young staff. But I love a fashion magazine and this month it’s just £1 so I picked up a copy.   Look at the things that are in fashion at the moment Wolves? Haunted houses? Dancing in circles? Wait… what does that word in the centre say??? It says Goth! Goth is in, ladies! Cast off the pink floral dresses of opression! Fetch the fur and velvet! Cheap knock-off designer gothness making it’s way to high street fashion stores right now! Be still my blackened, undead heart! Also… Baroque! Baroque is in! Velvet as far as the eye can see, baby! Embellish everything!   It’s also lovely to see this in a mainstream…

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Irresistible New Range of Eyeliners from Boots 17 – Buy One Get One Half Price

September 11, 2012
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There’s probably not much I love more in my make-up bag than a great, reliable black liquid eyeliner. Of all my cosmetics, I think black eyeliners get used up fastest so I  suppose I shop for them more often than any other thing. Imagine my delight when I spotted that Boots 17 have brought out a whole new range of black eyeliners! Not one eyeliner in several colours, oh no, a suite of black liquid or gel liners, in different formulations for different lining needs. I WANT THEM ALL!! Lucky for me and my wallet, they’re all priced between £3.99 and £4.99 and they’re part of a Buy One Get One Half Price offer on 17 cosmetics at the moment. I wasn’t sure if I was being impulsive or restrained, but I bought two! I might go back for the others… Above – 17 Lacquer Liner, Wet Look Finish Aaargh!…

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Face of the Day: Autumn Photography Fail

September 6, 2012
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Hai! In a different season, this would be a proper photo of my face *Sigh* It’s happened, with the sun rising at about 6.30am now, it’s still coming in at a sidelong angle by the time I’m ready for work and taking Face of the Day shots. I may have to give up on them or save them for non-office days! I call this my “LIGHT BEARD” I took these pictures to share with you one of my favourite eye make up looks to go with my black hair. Thanks to the lighting, well, you can barely see it in these pictures but, it’s subtle. The subtleness… it’s hardly seeable, you see? Dim, shadowy… drat local weather conditions! This was going to be cool but I just look tired. For this make-up look I used YSL Touche Eclat Foundation, and Benefit It Stick Concealer. For the eye make up I…

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MUA Offer!

August 22, 2012
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Hey guys, I’ve just seen this on the MUA site, they have £1 off two of their best palettes (making them £3 each!) and their gel eyeliner and Every Lash mascara (making them just £2 each) until 28th August. I’m very tempted to cave and purchase the Undressed palette, which is  a shade-for-shade dupe of the Urban Decay Naked palette. I’ve liked the look of Naked and Naked2 but I prefer to spend money on brighter colours and the UD Nakeds seem expensive to me for subtle shades, just £3 for incredibly similar shades is an amazing deal though! Gel eyeliners are excellent products, part way between a pencil and a liquid liner. At £2 each, if you’ve been wanting to try one, this is a brilliant price. This post isn’t sponsored or affiliated, I just like MUA and wanted to give you the heads up! Do you own any…

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Face of the Day: Glory Palette and YSL Touche Éclat Foundation

July 18, 2012
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I love the eyeshadows in the Sleek MakeUP Glory Palette so much I might do a post with each shade (eventually!). This one is about the green shade “District” in action. It’s such a strong, lovely green colour. So easy to apply, buttery and pigmented, stays where it is put without noticeable fallout. Excellent stuff! I really love this eyeshadow. Even to the slightly mad extent of pairing it with red lipstick! What do you think – red and green? Just call me Mrs. Santa Claus I guess! I was trying to find a new facial expression (above) I’m not sure I pulled it off… As well as bright green eyeshadow, and bright red lip gloss, I’m also wearing the Touche Eclat Foundation that I reviewed a few days ago. This product is really growing on me as the colour is so lovely. It’s a characteristic of expensive foundations like the Chanel…

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Land of Sleek and Glory: Sleek Glory Palette Review

July 18, 2012
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I am absolutely thrilled with my purchase of the Sleek MakeUP 2012 Collection Glory I-Divine palette. It’s one of those times when I thought it was going to be good, but it was actually brilliant. Love when that happens It comes in a Britannia-themed box which I really like. The box shows medals in shades similar to those featured inside but doesn’t give much away about the brights concealed within. The back of the box – the ingredients are listed. They are mineral eyeshadows and they contain minerals, pigments and preservatives. Out of the box, the Sleek palette is the shape and size of the usual I-Divine palettes but it is a special edition so the design is slightly different. I love a special edition, I’ll admit it. I love tie-ins with the Olympics, the Jubilee, the Tour de France, whatever! Why? Well, I think it’s especially this year. As…

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