It is no secret that Helen from Lola's Secret Beauty Blog long ago fell down the Rouge Bunny Rouge rabbit hole. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that she has loved their Succulence of Dew Sheer Lipstick in Murmurings since the first moment that she saw it! It is sheer lipstick perfection!
We all want that healthy glow, so does the new powder from Chanel deliver what its promises? Visionary Beauty shares her thoughts on the
Chanel Healthy Glow Sheer Powder.
Prime Beauty is crushing on Sam Fine. Originally formulated for women of color, EVERYONE needs to try Sam Fine for Fashion Flair Supreme Color Lipsticks. From nudes to deeps to brights, Sam's got you covered!
The MAC Matters Challenge Continues!!! See how Pammy Blogs Beauty is continuing to build her MAC Core Collection with (less than) $21 a Month!!!
Marcelle has a new mascara with a twist that Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed is only too happy to try out - is mascara getting too complicated? - come check out her Marcelle Twist Push-Up Mascara lashes and see what you think!
Beauty Info Zone is working on pretty hands and wants to help you with yours. Find out about Hand Perfection's newest products and enter to win one of them. This is open internationally.
Modesty Brown re-visits her Desert Island picks in the form of a face of the day.
London MakeUp Girl finally had her personal colour analysis. Which season did she end up in? Find out in her post on her SciArt colour analysis.
Christa from Perilously Pale shares why Giorgio Armani's new Maestro Fusion makeup feels more like an indulgent treatment than a foundation.
Does the new L'Oreal Miracle Blur look familiar? It did to Paula from Older Girl Beauty, so she compared it to her old favorite Avon Magix.
15 Minute Beauty has 9 tips for a great updo, start planning for prom and weddings now!
Sunday, 31 March 2013
Monday, 25 March 2013
ESpa 24 hour Replenishing Eye Cream update
I first wrote about this eye cream in November: ESpa 24 hour eye cream. This is a quick update to say I'm still using it and I'm very impressed with it.
I've been sent a couple of PR sample eye creams in the meantime that have had richer textures; I've used them for about a week and then switched back to the ESpa because it's better at keeping the delicate skin around my eyes hydrated and supple.
I'd thoroughly recommend this - I'm about to buy another tube. Although I don't think I am about to run out (it's impossible to tell with an opaque sealed pump dispenser) I really don't want to run out and be left without it.
It costs £35 for 25 ml, and I bought mine from Liberty.
Sunday, 24 March 2013
Beauty Spotlight Desert Island with Older Girl Beauty
Paula, from Older Girl Beauty, has been dropped on the Beauty Spotlight Desert Island to spend some time "disconnecting". We've allowed her to take 12 products with her so that she doesn't feel too cut-off from her beauty loves. Find out what she would take along with her to feel civilized by clicking here!
Friday, 22 March 2013
Bright Winter face of the day
I'm also wearing a scarf from www.mypashmina.com that is matched to the 12 Tones Bright Winter palette - there are matches from all the seasons/tones on the True Colour Australia blog www.truecolour.com.au/blog. I love this colour.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
My Sci Art Personal Colour Analysis
Yesterday was the day for my colour analysis with Nikki Bogardus of www.mycolorrx.com. I was reasonably sure I wasn't one of the true seasons, and I was not-so-secretly dreading being one of the Autumns my mother dressed me as when I was a child - I'm pretty sure that's her season, and now I know it isn't mine.
I was comfortable with Nikki right from the start. She's a huge personality in a delicate and sparky package, but then I'm no shrinking violet either. Interestingly we seemed to mirror a lot of our body language - expansive, lots of arm movements. Not a very loud voice (to me, anyway) but a very clear voice - precise. It's not a voice you'd ever have to ask to repeat itself to hear what she said, and that's me too. She felt familiar, even down to the style of clothing - slim trousers, a clean shirt, a neat v-neck pullover.
You sit in a room with bright lights shining on your face, no makeup, and your hair and clothes covered in a grey cape and cap. You can see the physical effects of the colour on your face, and sometimes it is painful. We started with the True season drapes. Brown was terrible - remember this lipstick? Now imagine that as a block of colour under my chin. Black was okay, although a little harsh. Silver was good, and gold wasn't completely awful either.
The reds come next to determine cool, warm or neutral. Neutral was the clear winner. We could take them quite bright and dark too...
Then the real work begins - comparing drapes against each other to zero in on the right season. Too dark dulled my skin, too soft made it grey, too light was insipid... but then we started moving towards better colours for me. No colour was too much in brightness. The shiniest sapphire blue looked comfortable...poppy red, bright violet, bright green, even icy yellow and peach - bring it.
After about an hour, we arrived at Bright Winter. It felt comfortable. It explains why I mute lipsticks; why colours that look pretty on other people look like nothing or muddy on me, and why a nude lip on me is literally corpse-like. I'd started suspecting I was a Bright just by a process of eliminating colours that don't work on me in lipsticks, and I bought a Bright Winter colour to try that seemed to work really well for me (the Dior Addict lipstick 865 Collection in this post). I still didn't completely believe that I was a Bright until I saw it with my own eyes, because to me I look so 'medium'. As Nikki said when I remarked on this afterwards, Bright Winter is quite medium - it's neutral in hue and value (it's lighter than the other winters because of the spring influence.) The only axis it isn't medium on is chroma, or saturation; and my contrast - hair/eyes/skin is quite high. My eyes and hair are both brightly pigmented against a fairer skin.
I loved the reveal drapes. There wasn't a single one I wouldn't wear, although the icy peach and the greens scared me before Nikki draped them on me. My love of blue is explained - Bright Winter has a lot of gorgeous blues right through the turquoise to indigo spectrums. The Bright Winter silver drape is the colour of the evening dress that even my Autumn mother thought looked good on me for a sixth form dance.
If I could magically chose to be any season, it'd be Soft Summer. I love the gentle elegance of the colouring and the palette, and I like the idea of the soft but determined personality. It's testament to the process and to Nikki that I know that isn't home for me, and why, and I love my Bright Winter colours. I am a special snowflake ;)
Here are a couple of photos taken after the draping and makeup, with some Bright Winter drapes.
Honestly, I can't recommend this enough to anyone who is interested in colour/style. You can get more details from the My Color RX website www.mycolorrx.com - Nikki is based in the US and visits the UK regularly.
I was comfortable with Nikki right from the start. She's a huge personality in a delicate and sparky package, but then I'm no shrinking violet either. Interestingly we seemed to mirror a lot of our body language - expansive, lots of arm movements. Not a very loud voice (to me, anyway) but a very clear voice - precise. It's not a voice you'd ever have to ask to repeat itself to hear what she said, and that's me too. She felt familiar, even down to the style of clothing - slim trousers, a clean shirt, a neat v-neck pullover.
You sit in a room with bright lights shining on your face, no makeup, and your hair and clothes covered in a grey cape and cap. You can see the physical effects of the colour on your face, and sometimes it is painful. We started with the True season drapes. Brown was terrible - remember this lipstick? Now imagine that as a block of colour under my chin. Black was okay, although a little harsh. Silver was good, and gold wasn't completely awful either.
The reds come next to determine cool, warm or neutral. Neutral was the clear winner. We could take them quite bright and dark too...
Then the real work begins - comparing drapes against each other to zero in on the right season. Too dark dulled my skin, too soft made it grey, too light was insipid... but then we started moving towards better colours for me. No colour was too much in brightness. The shiniest sapphire blue looked comfortable...poppy red, bright violet, bright green, even icy yellow and peach - bring it.
After about an hour, we arrived at Bright Winter. It felt comfortable. It explains why I mute lipsticks; why colours that look pretty on other people look like nothing or muddy on me, and why a nude lip on me is literally corpse-like. I'd started suspecting I was a Bright just by a process of eliminating colours that don't work on me in lipsticks, and I bought a Bright Winter colour to try that seemed to work really well for me (the Dior Addict lipstick 865 Collection in this post). I still didn't completely believe that I was a Bright until I saw it with my own eyes, because to me I look so 'medium'. As Nikki said when I remarked on this afterwards, Bright Winter is quite medium - it's neutral in hue and value (it's lighter than the other winters because of the spring influence.) The only axis it isn't medium on is chroma, or saturation; and my contrast - hair/eyes/skin is quite high. My eyes and hair are both brightly pigmented against a fairer skin.
I loved the reveal drapes. There wasn't a single one I wouldn't wear, although the icy peach and the greens scared me before Nikki draped them on me. My love of blue is explained - Bright Winter has a lot of gorgeous blues right through the turquoise to indigo spectrums. The Bright Winter silver drape is the colour of the evening dress that even my Autumn mother thought looked good on me for a sixth form dance.
If I could magically chose to be any season, it'd be Soft Summer. I love the gentle elegance of the colouring and the palette, and I like the idea of the soft but determined personality. It's testament to the process and to Nikki that I know that isn't home for me, and why, and I love my Bright Winter colours. I am a special snowflake ;)
Here are a couple of photos taken after the draping and makeup, with some Bright Winter drapes.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Beauty Spotlight Weekly Round Up 16 March
15 Minute Beauty shares her 8 essential products for a DIY pedicure
Pink Sith has managed to forge a connection between the new Lise Watier Power Pink Blush and the Groundhog Illuminati. Of course!
If you favor pinky peachy nude lips, like Helen from Lola's Secret Beauty Blog , then prepare to be dazzled by the new Chantecaille Lip Chic in Daphne and Luminous Gloss in Pink Melon. Their beauty simply cannot be overstated!
Anti-Aging foundation? Yes, please! Pammy Blogs Beauty tries out Paula's Choice new Resist Anti-Aging Foundation and Serum.
Do the new Dior Diorshow Mono Eyeshadows hit the mark? Visionary Beauty shares her views on Ribbon.
Beauty Info Zone has a lot more swatches to share for the Lush Emotional Brilliance collection. If you need some motivation or just a bubbly charming post, then this is the one to read.
London MakeUp Girl gives nail wraps a try, and finds that NCLA nail wraps are pretty much goof-proof. Have a look at her efforts with the very gothic glamorous NCLA nail wraps in I Am Your Muse.
Time for a browse through the archives: Modesty Brown's review of the lovely Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser is just as pertinent now as it was when she first wrote the post, more than a year ago.
Perilously Pale is excited to announce that she is part of Fashion Magazine's Beauty Panel! Check out her post telling you all about her first challenge as a member describing how she incorporates Pantone's colour of the year Emerald into her beauty routine.
Prime Beauty is a smooth operator with the new Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Lip Colours and right on trend too!
Paula, from Older Girl Beauty, tells us about her bad self-tanner experience and wants to hear yours, too.
Even with one stolen, Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed still has a couple of glosses to swatch from the new Benefit Ultra Plush lip glosses - check them out and see if you would have been tempted to be light fingered too!
SPAMATHON - Check out polish insomniac's swatches of the new China Glaze Hologlam Collection!
Pink Sith has managed to forge a connection between the new Lise Watier Power Pink Blush and the Groundhog Illuminati. Of course!
If you favor pinky peachy nude lips, like Helen from Lola's Secret Beauty Blog , then prepare to be dazzled by the new Chantecaille Lip Chic in Daphne and Luminous Gloss in Pink Melon. Their beauty simply cannot be overstated!
Anti-Aging foundation? Yes, please! Pammy Blogs Beauty tries out Paula's Choice new Resist Anti-Aging Foundation and Serum.
Do the new Dior Diorshow Mono Eyeshadows hit the mark? Visionary Beauty shares her views on Ribbon.
Beauty Info Zone has a lot more swatches to share for the Lush Emotional Brilliance collection. If you need some motivation or just a bubbly charming post, then this is the one to read.
London MakeUp Girl gives nail wraps a try, and finds that NCLA nail wraps are pretty much goof-proof. Have a look at her efforts with the very gothic glamorous NCLA nail wraps in I Am Your Muse.
Time for a browse through the archives: Modesty Brown's review of the lovely Pai Camellia & Rose Cleanser is just as pertinent now as it was when she first wrote the post, more than a year ago.
Perilously Pale is excited to announce that she is part of Fashion Magazine's Beauty Panel! Check out her post telling you all about her first challenge as a member describing how she incorporates Pantone's colour of the year Emerald into her beauty routine.
Prime Beauty is a smooth operator with the new Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Lip Colours and right on trend too!
Paula, from Older Girl Beauty, tells us about her bad self-tanner experience and wants to hear yours, too.
Even with one stolen, Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed still has a couple of glosses to swatch from the new Benefit Ultra Plush lip glosses - check them out and see if you would have been tempted to be light fingered too!
SPAMATHON - Check out polish insomniac's swatches of the new China Glaze Hologlam Collection!
Saturday, 9 March 2013
Beauty Spotlight Desert Island Beauty with Lola's Secret Beauty Blog
This week Helen from Lola's Secret Beauty Blog was dropped off on the Beauty Spotlight Team Desert Island, and was only permitted to bring 12 beauty products. Given her proclivity for skincare products these restrictions presented quite a challenge, and narrowing down her choices to a mere dozen was no small feat. Can you guess what she brought with her? Click here to find out!
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
NCLA Nail Wraps - I Am Your Muse
When a nail adornment product claims to be idiot proof, I am just the idiot to test it. I Am Your Muse is a NCLA special edition set of nail wraps from www.cultbeauty.co.uk. It's a blood red base with black lace overlay.
The set contains 44 nail wraps for £12.50 which will give 3-4 applications - the four extra are to take into account varying nail sizes. The process is to apply clear nail polish (not included) and let it dry, then peel and stick the wrap over it (they're like fine sticky backed plastic) before filing off the excess (a nail file for doing this is included in the pack). You can then top with clear varnish to seal. To remove, you just peel off - it takes off some of the clear polish underneath too, so it's important to apply the clear polish as a base. You don't want to remove a layer of nail with the wrap.
The effect of the lace and red gradation would show better on longer nails than mine, but I do like that the lace placement isn't the same on each wrap - the randomness of them appeals to me more than a uniform pattern. There are lots of wraps available in a variety of different styles/patterns; I like the look of the galaxy print and the wax print ones too.
Disclosure: PR sample.
Sunday, 3 March 2013
Beauty Spotlight Weekly Round Up 02 March
The new By Terry Hyaluronic Sheer Rouge Lipsticks take the coveted hybrid formula to a whole new level, and Lola's Secret Beauty Blog has swatched all 10 gorgeous shades for you!
The prettiest lip palette ever!!! Pammy Blogs Beauty falls for Le Metier de Beaute's Kaleidoscope Lip Kit.
The Pink Sith is finally back in good health, so of course her first post would be about a Taupe Eyeshadow! This one is from Real Colors and it's called Regal Eyes Embellished Eye Shadow in Poker Face.
Cindy over at Prime Beauty chose the colorful Entice Me Eye Shadow Palette from the new Smashbox Love Me Collection for Spring 2013 and Marcia from Beauty Info Zone chose the neutral Admire Me. Who chose best? You decide.
Modesty Brown reviews the Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Tinted Balm in SB02 and compares it to some other similar tinted moisturisers from her stash.
Worth the price tag? Visionary Beauty gives us her take on the new Tom Ford lip colour shines.
Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed had a chance to dress her lashes in all the different L'Oreal Voluminous mascaras to try and decide which one she liked best - check them out and see which one is your fave!
15 Minute Beauty has 10 easy anti-aging tips that are so easy to follow that anyone can do it!
Perilously Pale flirts with a lip colour choice for Spring from Guerlain that stands out from the usual soft pinks and peaches we are used to seeing for the season.
Jessika from polish insomniac has a wicked sweet tooth. Check out the latest Sweet Treats from Barielle that she has been sinking her teeth (and nails) into!
Have you heard of Joey Healy, the brow guru? Lisa from Beauty Info Zone shows you his amazing Elite Sculpting Tweezer along with his Oscar brow comments.
The prettiest lip palette ever!!! Pammy Blogs Beauty falls for Le Metier de Beaute's Kaleidoscope Lip Kit.
The Pink Sith is finally back in good health, so of course her first post would be about a Taupe Eyeshadow! This one is from Real Colors and it's called Regal Eyes Embellished Eye Shadow in Poker Face.
Cindy over at Prime Beauty chose the colorful Entice Me Eye Shadow Palette from the new Smashbox Love Me Collection for Spring 2013 and Marcia from Beauty Info Zone chose the neutral Admire Me. Who chose best? You decide.
Modesty Brown reviews the Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Tinted Balm in SB02 and compares it to some other similar tinted moisturisers from her stash.
Worth the price tag? Visionary Beauty gives us her take on the new Tom Ford lip colour shines.
Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed had a chance to dress her lashes in all the different L'Oreal Voluminous mascaras to try and decide which one she liked best - check them out and see which one is your fave!
15 Minute Beauty has 10 easy anti-aging tips that are so easy to follow that anyone can do it!
Perilously Pale flirts with a lip colour choice for Spring from Guerlain that stands out from the usual soft pinks and peaches we are used to seeing for the season.
Jessika from polish insomniac has a wicked sweet tooth. Check out the latest Sweet Treats from Barielle that she has been sinking her teeth (and nails) into!
Have you heard of Joey Healy, the brow guru? Lisa from Beauty Info Zone shows you his amazing Elite Sculpting Tweezer along with his Oscar brow comments.
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