Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette Review

Urban Decay - Naked Basics Eyeshadow Palette, £20 - Debenhams    The Naked Basic's palette is the newest release from Urban Decay. This is their very first matte palette and when I heard this, I knew I had to buy it and instantly put it on my wishlist. So, imagine my delight when I spotted a pile of the Naked Basic's palettes at my local Urban Decay counter - I probably let out a little squeal as I speedily ran walked over. This...

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Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm Stain's

Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm Stain's in 'Romantic' and 'Crush' - £7.99   Described as a 'pampering balm fused with a lightweight lip stain in an adorable, retractable chubby lip crayon'. After seeing the Revlon Kissable Lip Balm Stain's splashed across almost every blog I read and hearing that they were a dupe for the Clinique chubby sticks I knew I had to pick a few up. I wasn't particularly interested in the pink or...

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Dior, Clinique and Perfumes Club

Dior Bronze Matte Bronzer - Shade 1, £28.60 Clinique Anti Blemish Liquid Foundation, Fresh Sand, £19.35 Recently I was very generously offered the opportunity to trial a few products from the Perfumes Club website and feedback my thoughts on the website, delivery and cosmetics themselves. After having a thorough browse of the site, I decided upon the Clinique Anti Blemish Foundation - acclaimed to be brilliant if you have oily skin,...

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Instagram Diary

  1. 5 Things I'm Loving Lately 2. Soap & Glory's Whipped Clean Shower Butter 3.Tagliatelle Con Funghi 4. Pear and Walnut Salad 5. Sneaky presents I found hidden from my parents 6. I LOVE my onesie 7. Goodies from shopping in London 8. Pho - Westfields Shepherds Bush 9. Smokey eye with Mac's Cranberry Instagram: lisamichellexx If you want to see more regular updates from me be sure to follow me on Instagram, or on Twitter (GoldenGloww)...

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Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Pencils

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Pencils, £3.99   As soon as the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl's were released I rushed straight to Boots to pick some up. I'd intended on just getting 'Nude' as it looked like a great dupe for the Mac Chromagraphic pencils, but my mum (of all people) convinced me to get 'Taupe' and 'Black'. There are six shades available, including a silver, plum and electric blue. These pencils are incredibly creamy,...

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GlossyBox - November 'Stocking Fillers'

GlossyBox* - November   This months theme for GlossyBox was 'Stocking Fillers' - 'Pamper yourself and loved ones with these luxurious stocking fillers and be the first of your friends to get your holiday shopping out of the way'. In my GlossyBox I received the following products:   Sandalwood Face Cream, full size - £4.95, 200ml This full size product is a whopping 200ml's and claims to moisturise your skin without...

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Clynol Keratin Sleek

Recently I was chosen to be one of twenty Bloggers to take part in the Clynol Keratin Sleek competition. This entailed being sent four new products from Clynol's Keratin Sleek range and creating a smooth, obviously sleek style from it. As my hair is so long and I tend to use heat regularly the ends can be slightly dry so any products that help smooth the hair always catch my eye! The Keratin Sleek range claims to help turn frizzy, unruly...

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Kate Moss Matte Lipstick in '107'

Price: £5.49 Available: Tesco, Superdrug, Boots Don't you just hate those massive security stickers Superdrug puts on all their Cosmetics? Always awkwardly placed and leave horrible sticky patches on the packaging, urgh! Please excuse the shabby looking tube.. Today I bring you a quick review of this beautiful lipstick from the Kate Moss for Rimmel London collection in the shade '107', which is a gorgeous, deep plum red. At £5.49...

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Rimmel Match Perfection Cream Gel Foundation Review

Rimmel Match Perfection Cream Gel Foundation, Classic Beige - £6.99   Whilst browsing through photos on Instagram I found myself on a friend of a friends page who I'd always noticed had beautiful skin. In one of her photos she had shown an empty jar of the Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation, raved about it and underneath a few others had commented on how they loved it too. Needless to say the next time I was in town I popped...

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Soap & Glory Smooch Operator Lip Balm

*Soap & Glory Smooch Operator Lip Butter Balm, £6 - Boots    'A super-conditioning lip butter moisture & repair balm for dry, cracked lips. Ultra-moisturising, repairing lip balm stuffed full of soothing oils and butters. Includes wild mango butter, vitamin E, plus argan and rosehip oils to replenish, tone and soften lips sorely in need of affection. Special cooling, soothing formula.'    Since receiving...

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Mac Treats

Pro Sculpting Cream 'Coffee Walnut' £17.50 Amplified Creme Lipstick 'Girl About Town' £14.00 Everyone needs a treat every now and then, right? I'd had my eye on the Pro Sculpting Cream since I saw a photo posted on Instagram a good few weeks ago and when I finally caved and couldn't resist any longer I went to my local counter to pick one up. The sales assistant had reeled me in, sold me on the shade 'Coffee Walnut' and then just...

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Clarins Odyssey Eye Quartet Palette - Limited Edition

  "A collection of four harmonious, long-wearing eye colours with a silky-smooth, mineral texture. Multiple effects, apply dry for natural results or damp for a more sophisticated effect."   *Clarins Odyssey Eye Quartet Palette, Limited Edition, £30   How beautiful is this product?  This is the eyeshadow palette from Clarins Limited Edition Christmas Collection, it comes in a classic red Clarins box and inside...

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Clarins Skin Illusion Loose Powder Foundation

*Clarins Skin Illusion Loose Powder Foundation, 109 - Wheat, £28 Available in five shades from Debenhams, Boots, House of Fraser, Clarins.   Recently Clarins have launched their Skin Illusions Loose Powder Foundation. As a big fan of Clarins, I was incredibly excited to try this product out especially since I'd been meaning to try a mineral foundation for a while now. I'll start off by sharing with you a little bit of blurb from...

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Sleek 'Blush By 3' Palette - Lace

Available in Superdrug or from the Sleek website. £10.00 Comes in 5 colour combinations; Flame, Lace, Pink Spirit, Pumpkin, Sugar Recently the Sleek website was offering 20% off all orders in celebration of their new website design and not wanting to miss out I placed an order and brought lots of goodies that I'd been eying up for a while - haul to follow soon. I'd been wanting to try a Blush by 3 palette for quite a while after...

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Free Benefit with InStyle Magazine!

  Just a quick heads up in case you've been living under a rock and haven't heard about the free Benefit mini's with this months InStyle magazine. On offer is ChaChaTint, SunBeam and BeneTint, I didn't bother with BeneTint as I've already got a sample but the other two I've been wanting to try for a while so I had to rush out and grab them both! Try your local Tesco as InStyle is only £2.50, which is a bargain for a trial sized product...

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Neom Luxury Organics - 'Harmonise' Triple Wick Candle

'Out of clutter, find simplicity'  NEOM - 'Harmonise' Organic Candle* - £39.50, also available in travel size for £15.  100& Natural Wax and Pure Essential Oils. No synthetic scents, paraffin wax, black smoke or toxins. One of the latest products to launch from Neom Organics is their Harmonise candle, scented with Pine, Cedarwood and Eucalyptus with underlying green hibiscus and deep wood notes. All of their candles...

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Mac Mineralize Skinfinish in 'Soft and Gentle'

Mac Mineralize Skinfinish in 'Soft and Gentle' £21.50 'A luxurious velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish. Smoothes on: adds buffed-up highlights to cheeks, brows, anywhere on the body: provides an ultra-deluxe polish to the skin.' For the longest time I had absolutely no interest in highlighter. I've always had combination/oily skin but hated my skin to look dry and cakey so steered clear of setting my make up with...

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How To: Big Brows

  Let me start by saying I'm no eyebrow expert. These are just tips and tricks that have worked for me.. For years I over plucked my eyebrows. If you want an idea of what they looked like before, have a look at this FOTD which includes an awful up close shot - oh how I cringed when I saw it! I pretty much had 'tadpole eyebrows' which for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, means I had a thick section at the start...

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