I know we’re in Autumn and everybody is talking about berry, vampy lip colours (and I’ll get to it, that post is coming soon) but as much as I love them, I have a deep, passionate love for nudes. I gravitate to them, I hear them whispering sweet nothings as I pass a beauty counter,…
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Shine Bright like a Diamond: Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminator
Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminator – Starlight | £28 | Link |A lovely little email pinged into my inbox last week informing me that Cult Beauty was stocking the new Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminators. New. They were only released in the U.S. last month and us poor beauty lovers in the UK usually have to wait…
The Museum of Extraordinary Things – Alice Hoffman: Book Review
I picked this book up on a whim when I was browsing in Waterstones. I judged a book by it’s cover, it intrigued me and when I read the synopsis I knew I had to have it. ‘A tale of star-crossed lovers set against a creepy, gothic backdrop of freak shows, murder and mystery.’ Independent‘Entrancing…Hoffman has…
Mac Matte Lip Collection: Whirl and Stone
Mac Lipstick – Stone and Whirl | £15.50 | Link | Recently Mac added 12 new lipstick shades to their permanent collection. The colours are all Matte or Retro-Matte finishes and I had to pick up Stone and Whirl. The Whirl lip liner is constantly sold out due to the popularity Kyle Jenner brought to…
All About that Glow: Becca Cosmetics Highlighter Review
Becca Cosmetics is renowned for their Shimmering Skin Perfectors and it took me a while to get round to owning any. I’m a matte skin kind of girl so didn’t use highlighters a lot as I thought I’d end up looking too greasy.What the hell was wrong with me? As soon as I bought the…
Urban Decay Smoky Palette
| Urban Decay Naked Smoky Palette | £38 | Link |I’m finally getting round to posting about the new Urban Decay Smoky palette. I bought it on pre-release online but it arrived the day I went into hospital, so I had to wait to play around with it.I love the packaging of the Smoky palette,…
Kat Von D Beauty – Shade Light Contour and Eye Contour Palettes: Review
I jumped on these palettes when they were released at Sephora online. If there was a Sephora in the UK I’d definitely set up camp outside. I picked the palettes up months apart as the Eye Contour Palette came out at a later date. Everything about them is perfection; Kat Von D does packaging like no…
The Miniaturist – Jessie Burton: Book Review
The Miniaturist is Jessie Burton’s debut novel; it is a international bestseller and has been published in over thirty languages. ‘Haunting, magical and full of surprises.’ S.J. Watson ‘Fabulously gripping.’ Observer ‘Powerful and richly imagined.’ Sunday Times After reading reviews online, I decided to purchase The Miniaturist and see if it lived up to the…
Favourite High-End Concealers: Mac, Nars, Urban Decay Review
Urban Decay Naked Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer | £17.50 | Link | This is the newest concealer in my collection and it’s almost at holy grail status. I absolutely love it. It’s permanent to Urban Decay’s line and I highly suggest you head out and buy it now, if you haven’t…
Bare Minerals Compexion Rescue Review
Bare Minerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream | £26 | Link | I was on the fence about this, I like a medium to full coverage foundation as my skin can be quite problematic and I have a few acne scars on my chin. However, I read a lot of reviews and decided to pick up…