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    Kett Cosmetics Airbrush Foundation, but not as you know it!

    Foundation. The bane of most women’s lives. We hunt for the one that will make us look 10 years younger, as though we have smooth, pore-less skin, and could step into a photo shoot with Vogue and not look back. Ah, the elusive product that in reality doesn’t really exist. You need a lot...

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    Creating a Spa at Home

    I don’t know whether it’s self-indulgent, sheer luxury, necessity or just a little bit of heaven, but creating a Spa in your own home is a must-do in Winter. I love my baths, it’s quite well documented on here, and luxuriating with gorgeous scented water, beautiful candles, and a glass...

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    This Week’s Loves October 15th 2012

    This week has been a really neutral week.  Not very inspiring, but really elegant and simplistic. Old Favourites, mixed in with a few products that are new to me, these are this week’s loves!     BM Beauty Foundation in Stripped.  Effortless, this buffs up really nicely, particularly...

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    BB Creams, are they really all that?

    Never having been one to be swayed by products that claim to be doing two things at the same time (that’s you, tinted moisturiser…), I haven’t yet been persuaded by the BB cream claims. I’ve tried a couple of asian ones, the originators of the whole Blemish Balm concept, but the...

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    This week’s loves

      This week, I have been loving – Clinique Superbalanced Makeup.  Forgotten how beautiful this makes my skin look. Estee Lauder Colour Changing Lipstick in Gunmetal Luminiser.  New to me, this gives lipstick a new edge.  Gunmetal deepens lipstick with a little shimmery twist. Elemis Pro...

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    I is for Innovation… And?

    We see a lot of products bandied around in press releases and write ups as ‘new and innovative’ but what does that actually mean? Well, new is fairly obvious, but innovative?  It’s a difficult one, so going to Dictionary.com I got the definitive answer.  To Innovate is “to introduce something new; make changes in anything...

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    Concealing with light layers – Bare Minerals

    Just a couple of days ago, during the new twitter #BeautyChat on Monday nights, I suggested as a pro tip, that a few light layers was the best way to conceal, and to get makeup to stay in place for longer. And looking at my list of articles to write up, it reminded me to

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    Gold Medal Winners

    So we’ve done Bronze and Silver, now for a round up of gorgeous Golds!   Denman Brush D3 Diamante Gold     Nazila Nail Glitz in 140 Gold Carat     Sienna X Express Tanning Mist     Molton Brown Naran Ji Fine Liquid Hand Wash MMXII Limited Edition    ...

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    The Bronze Medal Winners

        There’s nothing better than a selection of beautifully packaged products that put you in mind of Britain at it’s very best. With the recent Olympics, and the current Paralympics, and Britain doing it’s very best to get as many medals as possible, we’ve put together...

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    Clinique Superbalanced Powder Bronzer & Cute Bag!

    For a limited time, when you buy the brand spanking new (and particularly lovely!) Superbalanced Powder Bronzer from Clinique, you can get this oh-so-very cute pucci style drawstring bag! Perfect to keep the bronzer in, but even better to have a few grabby makeup bits in your handbag! It’s not available...

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