A few of my favourite things - Julie Hewett
on Nov 21, 2009 in Favourite things Julie Hewett This is the Rosie Cheekie, Goldie Shimmy, and Soiree eye palette.Soiree is a very useful basic palette - the shades are clay beige, chestnut brown, black and shimmery taupe.Rosie gives me a pink/red natural rosy glow (the texture is along the same li...

By Terry Ombre Blackstar 01 - Black Pearl
on Nov 19, 2009 in By Terry SpaceNK Holiday 2009 So, I was in SpaceNK at lunchtime, shopping for a friend (honest!) and happened to have another play with the By Terry Ombre Blackstar. It was as nice as I remembered it, and so I bought it. Applied to a bare lid, this gives a soft, smoky, sparkly ey...

Neon Nails from Nubar
on Nov 19, 2009 in 3 Free Nubar This is Hot Orange, from the Neon collection by Nubar. I bought this polish and Peacock Feathers from Beauty Shed earlier this week. It is that PMS time of the month, when my tastes become a little more avant garde than usual (remember Style Black?)...

20% off at Space NK from today to Saturday
on Nov 19, 2009 in discount code SpaceNK Space NK are offering 20% off everything online and by telephone order using the code FF201 from Thursday 19 November (today) to Saturday 21 November. I do hope this code works; you don't enter the code until you enter your credit card details, which...

Rococo Gold Leaf nail polish top coat
on Nov 18, 2009 in Nail Polish 3 Free SpaceNK It looks a bit manky over my bare nail (swatched today in SpaceNK), but try to imagine this Rococo gold leaf top coat over a deep red or any other dark shade. If you missed Baby Goth Girl, over a blackened red this will give a very similar (and I thi...

NARS Brousse eyes of the day
on Nov 18, 2009 in Holiday 2009 NARS As expected, Brousse eyeshadow duo is lovely; wearable and easy to work with. I'm wearing it over Lili Marlene cream eyeshadow (again!) with the smoky purple applied over the lid, and the bark brown in the crease and applied under the lower lashes. W...

Lipstick Queen Butterfly Ball now at SpaceNK
on Nov 18, 2009 in Lipstick Queen SpaceNK These were in the Covent Garden shop today, and they are all lovely. Moment, a sheer red, is a warmer version of Medieval (so good if you turn Medieval pinkish.) Float is a creamy beige nude (it's the nudest shade in a lipstick in the Lipstick Queen...

Sleek Storm palette giveaway result
on Nov 17, 2009There were 30 entries for the Sleek palette, and the number drawn by random.org generator was 24.If I was less technically cack-handed, I would do a screenshot for you, but the end number keeps defaulting to 100 when I try to do a grab; I do promise...

Clinique Even Better moisturiser and Even Better Corrector (serum)
on Nov 16, 2009 in Clinique I think my skin is pretty good for someone in her mid-thirties. I've used skincare since my teens, sunscreen consistently since my early twenties, and I've never set out to tan. My skin is quite clear and smooth-textured; my biggest issue is undoubte...

Seven Seas Femibion supplements for women
on Nov 16, 2009 in supplements I was recently sent a press release for a new range of supplements aimed specifically at Women by Seven Seas. It's called Femibion, a slightly strange name that makes me think of fembots. I assume that there was user testing research stuff done...