BOYS & MAKE UP - BOBBI BROWN

A very quick post tonight but I thought I would share with you on of the sweetest things the boy said to me a few days ago which was make up related.

We were on the plane home from Barcelona and he turns to me and says:

"Mew, this isn't Bobbi Brown the singers make up line is it?"

Bless! I did one of those "OMGosh how cute are YOU!" looks and told him that it was indeed not. He still can't get his head around my make up obsession and has told the "sephora NYC" story to many people, friends and strangers alike. I spent a lot...

On a slightly different subject, but very much related, I will apologise now if my blogging is sporadic and infrequent over the next few weeks. I've had a bit of a shock to the system and am trying to get my head around everything at the moment. It's very sad but I have hope that things will work out. I just need that stiff upper lip thing us Brits have going and I shall be ok.

Please bear with me.x

NYX IN HARRODS

So am back from Barcelona and have lots of reviews to blog about!

I shall write a little post about m Barcelona experience but tonights post is most definitely about make up!

I made a little trip to Knightsbridge today and purchased a few make up goodies, one being a product that supposedly removes blackheads in one application...we shall see and we shall blog!

Also went to Harrods to check out the 10% thingy they were having.
I'm not very fond of the make up department there but did browse a few of the departments (shoes!) and also the 4th floor fashion bit. Now just as I was about to head for the Kurt Gieger section my eyes got distracted...an NYX STAND!Woo!

Naturally I made a beeline to it and had a good nosey! Unfortunately they don't have the round lipsticks but they did have the jumbo eye pencils :)
I bought a couple of them as well as a jumbo lip pencil.
The prices are a fair bit more than the US; £4.95 for a jumbo eye pencil...but if you've never tried the products (like me) and want to see the range in person then I think it's worth checking out.

Check out the photos to see what's available:














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OFF TO BARCELONA!

Quick post...am off to Barcelona literally now!Back on Thursday!
Will try to blog when I am there.x



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BLOG REEL SUBMISSIONS!

I've been meaning to do this for AGES...really rather bad of me to only just get round to it now...BUT ANYWAY!

I am going to start adding a blog reel to my erm blog, so if you have a beauty blog and would like me to feature it on the side panel of my blog, please leave a comment with the name of your blog and the url!

Depending on how many I get I shall try and add them all but if I get a fair few I shall do monthly features *nods*

SO yes! Let me know!

SUPERMARKET OWN PRODUCTS: waitrose

I was down Oxford Street this evening & decided to do a bit of food shopping in Waitrose (basement of John Lewis).

I've never really paid much attention to the waitrose own brand beauty products as my local supermarket is a Sainsburys, but yeah! My nose was really liking what it was smelling!

Their products seem to favour the more natural scent as oppose to that awful synthetic scent I absolutely detest. Having said that there wasn't much variety so am thinking they just stock one line of their brand.


Anyway! I decided to buy their body lotion and I will let you know if it passes the 30 second test. However, I think next time I will get their spicy bubble bath & their conditioner, both of which smelt DIVINE!

What's your favourite supermarket product? I'd love to know!


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REVIEW: STEAM CREAM (I am a sucker for packaging)

It was pouring on Saturday so the boy and I took refuge in Selfridges for a good while (what better place eh?!).

Of course, being in one of London's most premier department stores also meant that I was drawn to lots of pretty pretty things...and naturally I perused the beauty department and came back with a pot of "steam cream".

Yes...the packaging suckered me in! How could I resist a cute bunny motif? The cream is available in several limited edition designs so there is one to suit everyone! I think they would make cute Xmas gifts too (note to self: write a gift guide post!)

As for the cream itself, it's actually really rather good. It reminds me quite a bit of Lush's Dream Cream and the ingredients are quite similar, so think lots of nice natural ingredients and it's vegan friendly too. It definitely passes my 30 second test" and isn't in the slightest bit greasy...YAY!
However, you do get more bang for your buck with the Lush cream...but having said that you do get a super cute tin with the Steam cream...*ponders*

If you're curious to find out more visit the website here: www.steamcream.co.uk

CRYSTAL NAIL FILES...WHAT'S THE DEALIO?

It's been a while since I last did a nail related post so yeah....high time I wrote one!

Crystal nail files...been on the market for a while now but really what is the big deal?

Actually...there are quite a few!

I first bought a crystal nail file about oooo 5 years ago and the first time I used it it felt like running my finger nails down a black board *shudders* Needless to say that pretty much put me off them good a proper.

Well so I thought at the time at least...

As you know I am in the regeneration stage of growing my own nails back after a brief (but so not worth it!) stint of gel nails.

One of the things I invested in was a crystal nail file. There are loads on the market, a giant whopper of a file from Ruby & Millie, a Leighton Dinny one that comes in a ridiculously large case, and a few glass ones here and there.

Anyway...So I've purchased a few. The mini Bourjois one (loved it to begin with as it didn't have that blackboard effect, but has since gone blunt!)...a Sephora glass one which I picked up in NYC (nice but yeah...black board effect and only has one side for filing)...and lastly an Essie one. Hands up we have a winner!

Essie crystal nail files rocks! I'll asmit you do get the blackboard effect for a bit at the beginning but after the second go it's great! love that it gives my nails a nice smooth finish and I haven't had any split nail issues since using it (the smoother crystal surface is much kinder to your nails than the sandpaper effect ones!).

So yes...if you've been put off crystal nail files in the past I would defnitely recommend the Essie one. It's on the pricey side (£12)but it will last a lifetime!

REVIEW: BOOTS EXPERT BUILD UP REMOVAL SHAMPOO

So as some of you may know I have been suffering from pretty grim hair at the moment. I can't decide if it's the boy's shampoo or if it's genuinely because there is something wrong with me. *ponders* I am quite happy to go with option one me thinks *snickers*

So yes...suffering from oily, greasy hair is not the most attractive feature to deal with on a daily basis; so I have taken a leaf out of Zoella's blog and purchased Boots Expert Build Up Removal Shampoo with the hopes that perhaps it's just the awful silicone conditioner build up....

Anyway..WHATEVER it is...it seems to have gone after using this shampoo! HORRAY for none greasy, oily hair. Begone oh so grim roots!

If you purchase now it's buy one get one free so I would highly recommend you try it out if you are suffering from the same terrible condition...it worked for me!

AM STILL ALIVE!

Apologies for the lack of posts this week. It's a bit of a testing month for me but I promise to write a post tomorrow...been trying one of my NYC products and really LOVING this one!

Tune in tomorrow for the review!

Before I leave...here's a parting shot of my beloved little brother:




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NOTD: OPI CALL YOUR MOTHER (with a blingy twist!)

I'm trying my very best to work my way through the masses of nail polish I bought in NYC (and I really really need to do a haul entry eh?).

One of the many taupy nail polishes I bought was Sephora by OPI's "Call Your Mother".

You see we don't really get many taupe coloured polishes here in the UK, so when opportunity knocks I tend to stock, and this was one of those shades I had read a lot of great reviews on.

Me? "I don't think so!" (I'm listening to a song called "Crash" by Feeder...it's influencing my sentences!)

I digress...I apologise.

Nope..."call your mother" just didn't really do much for me. It's just a tad boring..it was screaming "meh" to me so I decided around 11.38pm to bling it up with a with of swarovski crystals!

Check it out...it's delightfully tacky and I love love LOVE it!

LUSH BATH BALLISTIC...IT'S GOT POPPING CANDY INSIDE!

So I really really LOVE Christmas at Lush. I love the anticipation of seeing what's new and also being reunited with old friends such as my beloved Snowcake soap (buy in bulk!).

During my lunch break yesterday I tottered over to Lush to check the collection out...and immediately I was drawn to a bath ballistic called "Cinders". A quick sniff determined that it was indeed a spicy one so in the basket it went.

Now this ballistic also has popping candy in to give it that fire crackling effect...so yes I was curious to see if this was actually going to happen.

Chucked it in the bath this evening and low and just as I was about to declare it a dud...low and behold by bath starts crackling! Yes ladies and gentlemen it was fantastic! Off the candy went and there I am lying in the bath tub in awe. Lush do come up with some funny ideas and I am particularly loving this one!

Give it a go...go on...it crackles!

RECENT BLOG AWARDS *blushes*

Big thanks to Clearly Beautiful and Sarah-X for awarding me with blog awards! Thanks SO much *blush*

I can't think of anything decent to write for my 7 interesting facts (I did a few not long back!) so yeah...

You can view Clearly Beautiful's belicious beauty blog here: clearlybeautiful.blogspot.com

I also got a lovely award from Sarah-X and you can view her fab beauty blog here: macalicious-iheartcosmetics.blogspot.com

I would like to nominate everyone I am following but special heads up to Mo...he's not a beauty blogger but he does write some interesting musings. Check his blog out here

REVIEW: SHADOWLINE BY FRONTCOVER COSMETICS

Ever wanted more choice in your liquid eyeliners? Sometimes I really quite fancy a teal green, or a bright in your face kick ass red...but then I can't find what I want on the make up counters...Boo.

SO I was really excited to try this new eyeliner called "Shadowline".

It's basically a clear liquid eyeliner which you sweep over your favourite eyeshadow and it turns it into eyeliner...woo! Needless to say the choice are endless now and I immediately stuck mine into a bright metallic indigo...ooo yeah!

You need to do a few coats if you want a nice even line but once it's set and dry it stays put :)

Check it out:


The shadowline costs £6.95 and you can purchase it from the Frontcover cosmetics website: www.frontcovercosmetics.com

MORE HALLOWEEN PHOTOS (including GOGO!)

You asked for it so here are my photos from last year's Halloween!

I went as Gogo Yubari from Kill Bill...unfortunately it's not the best photo of my outfit but meh! I made the outfit myself, got someone on Etsy to make my school patch, bought a boys navy blazer, the red school tie I bought in Tokyo...and...the Pièce de résistance...my weapon!

It took me forever to make, comprising of a fancy dress ball and chain, a cut up rubber punk dog collar, a plastic belt, a bottle top to a shower gel, two metres of diy chain, the handle of a brush and a ton of matte silver spray paint!

Whilst I am still in the Halloween mood, here are more from this years:

I paled my face with the Ben Nye wheel I mentioned in my screenface post, and I set it with pale powder.
On my eyes I have Mac's Carbon and gel eyeliner in Blacktrack.
The lashes of course are uber fake...I LOVE lower lashes!

HALLOWEEN 2009!

So how was everyones Halloween?! I decided to go with the bloodied nurse idea in the end and unfortunately didn't get round to even attempting to use the scar wax as I only had half an hour to get ready! So yeah...here is my costume :)


Lastly here is a wig I tried on in the fancy dress shop...I really want it!