When I visited my parents over Easter, I did some scouting around for perfumes for a future post. There are many nooks and crannies in their house and the bathrooms in particular are a veritable trea...
I first heard about this mini Spring/Summer collection through my subscription to the Illamasqua e-newsletters, as they were offering customers an early shopping preview of the three nail colours. Od...
The name Omorovicza has been popping up on radar quite a lot recently. My perception of the brand was of luxurious skincare without any of the ridiculous claims that seem so popular these days. If yo...
This is the makeup I wore on Friday. Although the eyes are still quite neutral, I added a little summery colour with the coral pink cheeks and lips. I havent worn the Chantecaille Lip Chic in Zinnia ...
Revlons new Summer 2012 Escapism Collection catches Pammy Blogs Beautys eye this week. Check out what she got from the collection in her recent Revlon Drugstore Haul. Forget matching your shoes with ...
With the sunny weather weve been having recently, I thought it would be a good time to revisit this Kevyn Aucoin palette. I first tried the Lip and Cheek Palette in the corals a couple of months back...
I discovered Scandinavian crime drama, The Bridge on BBC Four, just as the last episode was airing and summarily spent last Saturday night and all of Sunday watching the series on iPlayer. It only ha...
Clinique are releasing 8 new shades of the Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balms to their existing line up next month. The shade I have here is Heaping Hazelnut which is a nice sheer, beige nude...
I was very kindly offered Rouge Bunny Rouge Umber Firefinch by someone who found the colour wasnt working for them. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity to get around my eyeshadow ban again and dul...
Along with my interest in taupe eyeshadows and MLBB lipsticks, I seem to have a fairly healthy collection of brown pencil liners. Ive never swatched them all side by side, probably for fear of spotti...
Its time for Marcia from Beauty Info Zone to share whats in her ??? Shes chosen her can or maybe we should say CANS! How could she possibly need a dozen cans? I think we need to click on the image be...
I woke up this morning, rejoiced because I have a day off and then duly set my mind to what to write today. Unfortunately, my mind was a total blank. This isnt especially unusual for me as Im not rea...
Its been ages since I shared a wishlist type post. I try hard to be sensible about my cosmetic lusts these days, I know that many are just passing fancies so I will try to wait and see if the urge pa...
I have been patiently bidding my time for the children to go to sleep tonight so I can enjoy a bit of me time. A combination of pains as I get used to running, walking to work and standing up for a s...
Crimson and Clover was one of the new Ilia lipstick colours released recently. I believe this particularly colour might be limited edition but it is still available on the Content Beauty website wher...
Its been a bit of a bad week at MB HQ. We had an abrupt end to the relaxing long weekend when Mr MB had a bump in his car on Tuesday morning. No one was hurt but the car took the brunt of it. Our ins...
Today I am very honoured to be guesting for Ruth on A Model Recommends. The subject of the post is a review of the Perricone MD Radiant Skin Collection pictured above, and includes my thoughts on the...
The Lancôme Rouge in Love collection was released nationwide at the beginning of April. There a total of 24 lipsticks in the collection which are sub-divided into three categories: Jolis Matins, Toni...
My apologies in advance for this being such a picture heavy post. I had a request for a comparison of Bohemian Waxwing and Solstice Halcyon, so I thought it might be useful to do the same for Olive V...
I thought this might be of interest to any of you involved in planning a wedding in the near future. BECCA are holding a special Bridal Event in their South Kensington Boutique this coming Saturday f...
I am far from model material but the Les Tai Tai Model Mirror has been a very welcome addition to my household. Ive mentioned before that I often have to apply my makeup anywhere and everywhere in or...
So after the feedback from my post on Saturday discussing my depotting dilemma, I decided to go for it and you can see the end result below. I know this wont appeal to everybody but I have put togeth...
For some reason, I had always assumed that Lancômes Erika F eyeshadow was a limited edition. I was aware of the buzz that surrounded the colour when it was released but I just presumed as I didnt get...
Its time for another Whats in my..? post from the Beauty Spotlight team. This week Older Girl Beauty shows whats in her Mums bathroom cabinet. Click on the picture below to find out more.
The idea of depotting my eyeshadows has firmly wormed its way into my head, so much so that I woke up this morning with a burning desire to take a knife to my eyeshadow drawer and start a Bank Holida...
Jo Malone have recently added some new products to their Home Collection. The Scent Surround Diffusers (£45) and Room Sprays (£34) are both permanent additions to the collection and come in the fragr...
I apologise in advance that this has turned into an epic two-parter. Ive got too many pictures to cram into a single post. Im conscious of the fact that most of the items Im showing you are currently...
Orly Star of Bombay is a gorgeous deep navy with pretty metallic blue twinkle. Its so dark in fact that is looks almost black and in overcast light (which weve seen a lot of lately) it can be hard to...
I was in a frantic rush to get everyone out of the house this morning and as a result, I went out without a scrap of makeup on and a cursory brush through my hair. Im not generally that bothered abou...
About a month ago I showed you Ilia Arabian Knights applied. I have worn this lipstick a lot since I purchased it. Ilia lipsticks have a nourishing balm texture which makes them very comfortable to w...
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