Don't Touch my Face...

4/06/2021 04:12:00 pm

I've never liked people touching my face. It's so foreign to me, and something I had to overcome to actually become a make up artist. It's so intimate to touch a face, and I'm not ready to have that kind of relationship with just anyone! Hence I've always disliked facials. I've had two, and I just can't relax - give me a massage any day. However, I know so many of you love your facials, and that...

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A Mist a Day..

4/01/2021 06:32:00 pm

Coming out of what we hope is the tail-end of the eye of the pandemic, more of us than ever are taking better care of our skin. Whether it’s the time we’re saving commuting, the real need for sensorial experiences, or the tiny habits that keep us sane, it appears that skincare is back for good. Things that were well out of our reach in an office, are suddenly intrinsic parts of our new-found working...

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Building a Skincare Wardrobe

11/25/2020 01:37:00 pm

Let's start at the very beginning,A very fine place to start.-The Sound of Music It's been a while, quite a while in fact, and what better way to return than with the ultimate effective, but simple skincare routine.Celebs will have you thinking they either use every lotion and potion on their skin, or that they use absolutely nothing, and it's 478573853 litres of water that keeps their...

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Curated | The Ordinary

6/29/2017 11:10:00 am

The Ordinary has taken the skincare world a little aback – after years of the purest active ingredients only being available in complex, expensive formulas and brands, single active ingredients are now available to the everyday skincare aficionado. Having used the brand every day for a good few months now, here is my curation of my top picks. Let’s start with my skin type – pretty clear,...

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Reviewing | Becca Lowlight/Highlight Perfecting Palette

10/27/2015 06:30:00 am

There comes a point in life where tasks and processes just become part of one’s routine: we forget to savour the process, to appreciate the end result. A rut, if you will. And a rut I did enter when it came to contouring. Once a wonderful, unique idea, contouring just became much of a muchness. It happens. Product just fulfil their job spec, indeed they do it very well, but a little freshness, a...

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Tippex and Highlighter | Nails

10/09/2015 06:30:00 am

A peculiar thing has passed over me lately – the necessity for nails that look as if they’ve been tippexed or highlighted. Clean, bright, white. Offensive, obnoxious, yellow. I blame those Kardashians – specifically I blame that Kylie and her envy-inducing one day white, next day yellow, always-pointed, hawks talons. I just adore them.  Fascinatingly, they both bring within them a shed-load...

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The One I didn’t need | Naked Smoky

10/07/2015 01:57:00 pm

This was the stuff that dreams were made of – I was beyond convinced that this would be the answer to all my palette prayers, and that my life would be made better by the mere inclusion of it within my make-up routine. Alas, this was not to be. Beautiful as it may have been, and there is no doubt that Urban Decay have refined their presentation – tortoiseshell hard case – and the tools they now...

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