This palette from YSL is fast becoming my favourite makeup item of the upcoming season. The shades are just spot on, for me: classy neutrals with a hint of fine shimmer and then that slate grey-blue that provides a bit of contrast. You may remember how much I fell in love with the Marrakech Sunset palette a few months ago…
I have a new little Instagram feature and it’s a “face of the day” kind of thing, except that I’ve bunged a great big circle of words around my face so that you can see, at a glance, which products I’ve used to create the look. Like it? You can follow me on Instagram here,…
Some highly scientific makeup testing has been going down chez moi – I’m pretty sure that Boots or L’Oreal or even NASA will be banging on my door, pretty soon, to try and copy my methodology. What I did (and I’ll put this in layman’s terms) is I dipped my finger in all of my favourite…
Can we ever have too many nude makeup palettes? I think not. This one from Wild About Beauty is a very nice pick for the summer-into-autumn months – the tones are richer and slightly more sultry than the natural shades you’d get in your average palette. I also love that there’s a mixture of cream and powder…
I have to say that I was more than a little surprised to find, one day, a whole heap of people leaving comments on my Youtube channel about how much they loved this little eye-cream-concealer hybrid from Dior. Surprised, because usually very expensive beauty products get quite a negative response and this one (£29 for…
There are some brilliant things launching from By Terry this Autumn – most of them are actually already on sale at SpaceNK. Gorgeous, pigmented lipsticks that are moisturising and easy to apply (deep, rich shades for the cooler months – the one shown is “Be Red”) and some great eye crayons and kohl pencils that…
The new Revolution lipsticks from Urban Decay are just absolutely gorgeous. I know that most beauty brands are intent on formulating the ultimate “long-wearing-yet-ultra-moisturising” lipstick but I really do feel that Urban Decay are near to the winning line with this range. All of the twenty-two shades are soft, moisturising and glide on easily, yet…
I think that this is a perfect daytime makeup look – more intense than I’d usually go, but not so heavy that it looks OTT in the sunlight. Forgive the pics – I’ve taken some stills from a video edit so I’m not posing or smiling! Not that most people pose or smile when they’re…
I’ve had a chance to take a good look at Chanel’s summer makeup collection, l’Été Papillon, and it’s really beautiful. In all honesty, as quite a “nude” makeup wearer, the bright butterfly colours didn’t instantly appeal to me but the campaign images were so gorgeous that I was prompted to take a closer peek! For…
I really like the new(ish) cream shadows from Benefit. Smooth, non-creasing and great either worn alone or as a shadow base. My favourite shades are Bronze Have More Fun and No Pressure – both leave a gorgeous sheen on the lids, though Bronze is far richer in tone. You can see what No Pressure looks like in the photo below –…
Possibly the worst of the summer skin problems is having to deal with excess shine. Shine either brought on by overactive oil glands or by sweating or both. Not the most glamorous of subjects, I grant you, but you’re talking to the woman who wrote a whole post about toilets with faraway doors, so this…
This is a glorious little collection, is it not? Tom Ford’s lineup for Summer 2013 is very rosy-gold indeed! My favourite products are the lip gloss and the cream shadows – the liquid highlighter and cheek colours are lovely, but very subtle; the cream shadow in Pink Haze and the gloss really give a huge shot…
Last week I dashed over to Paris to attend an amazing party that celebrated the launch of the Alber Elbaz for Lancome makeup range. You can read my post about the makeup here – I called the post Lancome in Lanvin’s Clothing, which I thought was incredibly witty at the time! I filmed my day in Paris and…
I recommended the YSL cream blushes to death earlier on in the year, so it’s only fair that I show some love to the lightest, coolest cheek colour on the market: By Terry’s Hyaluronic Blush. You’ll be no stranger to By Terry if you’ve been reading my reviews and watching my videos; their foundations (Sheer Expert…
For those who were asking about a tutorial on my TWO Magazine cover makeup – it’s out. Sam from Pixiwoo actually filmed the tutorial on the shoot itself, so it’s a nice behind-the-scenes kind of video, as well as being instructive. I say instructive, but there’s also a lot of chit-chat going down! If you can’t see…
About two weeks ago I posted up a video showing my luxury makeup treats for the summer (link below) and there are a couple of products in particular that I wanted to pick out and review in more detail. Dior’s Nude Tan Paradise Duo is the first of these things. The standard, permanent Nude Tan powder in Sunlight is…
A smoky eye with hints of purple is fast becoming my “summer makeup look”. I have no idea why, because usually I can’t stand purple shadows! I think that perhaps it’s because the purple has been mixed with quite a warm, rich brown and so it makes blue eyes bluer – I’m never going to argue with…
I have upon my desk some early-release makeup samples from the new Lancome Alber Elbaz collection. They are very pretty indeed. You’ll no doubt have seen a few teasers for this on the internet over the last few months – gorgeous little illustrations and quirky video clips – so it’s nice to be able to finally have…