Lancome Ultra Lavande Spring 2011 Collection Review

Following my review of (some of) the Yves Saint Laurent spring collection I thought I'd show you what I bought from the new Lancome collection. It's an absolutely gorgeous collection of spring shades (mainly pinks and purples), and includes an eyeshadow palette, a gorgeous powder blush, 3 new shades of special edition French Touch Absolu lipsticks, 3 new shades of Ombre Magnetique eyeshadows and some new mascaras, nail polishes, lipglosses and eyeliners. I don't have all the details of the collection myself, but I can show you all the lovely things I've bought.

They are:

Ombre Absolue Minerale eyeshadow palette in Warm Harmony

Butterflies Fever mineral blush in Ballerina Nude

French Touch Absolu lipstick in Berry Rose

Ombre Magnetique crease resistant eyeshadow in Ultra Lavande

Here they are in the standard silver Lancome packaging, which is as you can see, nothing special. Inside it's only the eyeshadow palette that comes in a special packaging with a pretty bow and butterflies on it. Sadly, the blush doesn't come in a special packaging, despite it having the same design on the inside as the outside of the eyeshadow palette.

Continue reading to find out details about the products and see some more photos including swatches!

Face of the day 17/01/2011

I did this look the other day and really liked it, so I thought I'd share it with you. It's nothing amazing, just soft grey smokey eyes and coral cheeks, but I think it's pretty nice and very wearable. I actually find that grey works really well for me and I like coral blushes a lot.

Here's what I used to create this look:

Eyes

Barbara Daly eyeshadow primer

Mac Silverthorn eyeshadow on inner and middle lid

Nars Tzarine eyeshadow duo grey shade in outer corner and crease

Mac Electra eyeshadow above crease and inner corner

Nars Tzarine eyeshadow duo lighter shade below browbone to highlight

Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliner in Gunmetal on lower lashline 

Diorshow Extase mascara in black

Mac Brow Set in Show Off on eyebrows

Face

No idea about primer and foundation, sorry

Mac Natural MSF in Medium

Nars Orgasm blush on cheeks

Nars Albatross highlighter on top of cheekbones

Lips

New CID cosmetics i-gloss in Honey Pot

See more pictures after the jump!

It's spring! Yves Saint Laurent Boheme Libertine spring 2011 collection review

Okay, I know it's not technically spring yet, but as far as the beauty brands are concerned, it is, because the new spring collections are all coming out and I have already indulged in a few of them.

First up I will show you my rather small (by my standards anyway) haul from Yves Saint Laurent. The collection consists of quite a few items (details can be found here), but only these three caught my eye (and I'm still wondering whether or not to cough up £39.50 for the eyeshadow quint - when did YSL get this expensive???).

I got the Pink Celebration Palette and two of the four Golden Glosses (#40 and #41). Pink Celebration Palette is a gorgeous light pink highlighter powder. It's not too shimmery, but it does give a lovely sheen. I didn't swatch this as I don't like ruining the design straight away, but I did swatch it at the counter and it is gorgeous. Golden Glosses has a wonderful texture, not sticky, not too thick, they are shimmery and are definitely one of my favourite lipglosses. I got Golden Impertinence (bright pink) and Golden Insolence (bright pinky purple). Both have good pigmentation, but are sheerer than they look in the tube. There's also a lighter pink and a coral gloss in the collection, but they felt quite sheer to me, so didn't get them.

Overall, I don't think Boheme Libertine is my favourite spring collection, but there are some nice products, and I definitely recommend checking it out. There are some lovely cream blushes that some of you might like too (I'm not a cream blush person myself) and the eyeshadow quint has some interesting shades (love the pink and green!). 

See more photos and swatches after the jump!

Guess how many lipglosses I have: video and giveaway!

*** THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! ***

I'd been planning on doing this video about my lipgloss stash and storage, and finally I've managed to record it, so here it is! And once you've watched it, be sure to take part in my giveaway to win some of my favourite high street / drugstore make up products!

To enter my giveaway and win the above goodies, all you have to do is answer this question: *** THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! ***

How many lipglosses do you think I own?

Anyone can enter, you don't have to be a follower and the giveaway is open worldwide, but you can only enter once (so be sure to watch the video, because otherwise you will not be able to guess correctly). Please include your e-mail address if you can't be contacted through your profile (entries without e-mail address won't be eligible). The winner is the one with the closest guess. If there is a tie, the earlier entry will win. Giveaway will close at 11:59 pm (GMT) on Monday 31st January. *** THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! ***

And here's what you can win: 

• Vaseline Lip Therapy Rosy Lips
• Barbara Daly (for Tesco) eyeshadow base
• No 7 Extreme Lenght Mascara in Iridescent Sapphire (sample size)
• 17 Ultimate Volume Lipgloss in Pink Ice
• 17 Fast Finish Nail Polish in Pink Grapefruit

And now, here's the video! Enjoy!

This is what £300 worth of make up looks like!

Don't get much, do you? This is my haul from Mac's latest collections: Cham Pale, Mickey Contractor and Stylishly Yours (plus one permanent item). Actually, strictly speaking this isn't quite £300, because I forgot to include I Get No Kick eye khol, but with that it comes just over £300. Crazy eh?

Wanna know what I got? 

From Cham Pale I got the two highlighting powders Chez Chez Lame and Rose Ole, all 4 new lipgelees, Caviar Dreams eyeshadow quad, all 4 new paint pots and I Get No Kick eye khol. From Mickey Contractor I got the two new fluidlines and Mehr lipstick. From Stylishly Yours I got the 3 new pigments (I already own Violet) and Style Curve lipstick. I also picked up Rubenesque paint pot. 

Sorry, no swatches at this time, but here's another photo for you. Did you indulge in any of these collections? If so, what did you get?

Quick update

Hello Everyone!

Sorry I've not been around much, but I wanted to let you know that I'm still alive (just) and I have a few posts planned, and hopefully I'll be able to do one or more tomorrow. The reason I've not been posting much is because I've not been well, I have laryngitis and throat infection, I've been on antibiotics and not been sleeping well due to lots of coughing. Also my children only went back to school yesterday and it's impossible to do anything much with them around.

I am planning some videos about my lipgloss and lipstick stash, I want to link one to a competition/giveaway too, but I need to wait until my voice is back to normal - otherwise the video will be full of croaking and coughing. I've also got some lovely products from the new spring collections to show you, including Yves Saint Laurent and Mac.

So bear with me and I will be back with some interesting posts and an exciting giveaway! Hope you're all well and your year's started well.

My first Bourjois lipstick! Sweet Kiss lipstick in Rose Pare

Considering the size of my lipstick stash you may be surprised to hear that this is my first ever lipstick I've purchased from Bourjois. I have a few lipglosses, eyeshadows, even a highlighter, but for some reason I never got around to buying any of their lipsticks. However, the other day I had 15 minutes to kill while waiting for a prescription, so I had a look around the cosmetics isles in Boots (as you do) and found this little beauty.

Bourjois Sweet Kiss lipstick in #47 Rose pare is a lovely slightly shimmery rosey pink coloured lipstick with a light floral scent. It's quite sheer, but goes on smoothly and evenly. It's quite moisturising, although I've only worn it for 2 hours, it's lasted pretty well. The scent is quite subtle, but it's very pleasant anyway, not like Maybelline's Colour Sensational lipsticks which really make me gag.

The packaging is a little different from usual, it has a little button on the side that you have to push downwards to get the lipstick out. Hope it doesn't break off, but it's not a complicated mechanism, so you should still be able to push the lipstick out with a needle or pen. I myself prefer traditional lipstick case design, but nothing's wrong with this either.

Bourjois Sweet Kiss lipsticks cost £7.99 and are available from Boots and Superdrug and other pharmacies and supermarkets too.

See more pictures and swatches after the jump!