Guerlain Rouge G Le Brillant B64 Bee

As part of their holiday collection Guerlain have released a new limited (?) edition shade to their line of Rouge G de Guerlain Le Brillant lipsticks. The new shade is called Bee (#B64) and it's an intense violet shade with subtle sparkles. The Le Brillant range of Rouge G lipsticks tend to be much sheerer than the original Rouge G formula, but in this instance, Bee is certainly not what I would call sheer. It is a beautiful dark (but not too dark) violet shade, with subtle multicolour shimmer. The formula is lovely as usual, very smooth, buttery, but not slippery, fairly long lasting and moisturizing. 

As with all Rouge G de Guerlain lipsticks, you get the beautiful luxurious case that once the lipstick is pulled out, opens to reveal a mirror. (In this case you also get a bee printed on the mirror which follows the design of the rest of the collection.) This is an absolute masterpiece and the lipsticks are priced accordingly, currently retailing for £27! I have been able to purchase a lot of the permanent shades on eBay as testers for as low as £6 (do you remember this post?), but if you want the case as well, you really have to fork out.

Interesting fact, all Rouge G de Guerlain lipstick names begin with a G, and all Le Brillant shades are named after female names beginning with B. I think this is really quirky and I always wonder just how many names they can come up with (they have 60 or so G names already).

Overall, if you like Guerlain's Rouge G lipsticks and like darker, vampy shades, I recommend you check out Bee.

See more product pictures and swatches after the jump!

100 followers giveaway: your chance to win Urban Decay goodies! *CLOSED*

Giveaway is now closed, please do not leave comments! 

As I promised a few days (weeks?) ago, I would like to hold a giveaway to thank all my lovely followers for reading my blog. It makes me so happy that there are people out there who are interested in what I have to say. So without further ado, let me show you what you can win:

The prize is: Urban Decay eyeshadows in Shattered and Ecstasy (1.5 g each) and Urban Decay Big Fatty Mascara (trial size - 7.5 g). All brand new and unused.

How to win: 


One person will win the above goodies. You have to be a follower of my blog to win! If you're not yet one, please click on the Follow button on the right and follow the instructions. Then leave a comment below and tell me what your favourite eyeshadow is (doesn't have to be Urban Decay). Please note: you have to leave a comment if you want to enter, you will NOT be entered automatically even if you're already a follower! Please make sure I can contact you via your profile, if not, please leave your e-mail address in your comment. One entry per person only!

To double your chances of winning, please post a link to my giveaway on your blog and make sure you let me know the link in your comment. 

The giveaway is open to all readers WORLDWIDE! The giveaway closes at 10pm (GMT) on Sunday 31st October 2010. Winner will be selected randomly and notified via e-mail within 48 hours of the giveaway closing. I do not accept responsibility for the prize items getting lost in the post.

Good luck everyone!

FOTD: Look created with Bobbi Brown Black Velvet sparkle eyeshadow

A while ago I reviewed Bobbi Brown's new sparkle eyeshadows (in this post) and now I would like to show you the look I created with Black Velvet eyeshadow.

In this look I used:

• Bobbi Brown Pink Oyster cream eyeshadow as base
• Bobbi Brown Black Velvet sparkle eyeshadow (all over lid and in crease)
• Bobbi Brown Moonlight sparkle eyeshadow* (above crease)
• Bottom (pink) strip of Pink Oyster** shimmer brick (to highlight)
• Mac Intense Pearlglide eyeliner in Industrial Purple on lower lashline
• Givenchy Phenomen'eyes mascara in Black
• Guerlain 4 eclats blush in #05 Rose Plein Vent
• Bobbi Brown Pink Oyster** shimmer brick
• Bobbi Brown Crystal Rose*** glitter lip balm

* From the Shadow Options palette

** Asia exclusive from The Beach collection (details over here)

*** From the Glitter Balm palette

I really like Black Velvet sparkle eyeshadow, it goes on very smoothly and holds up really well. There was hardly any fall out and the look held up for 10 hours before fading. Very pleased!

See more photos after the jump!

My Mac mineralize eyeshadow collection details & close ups

As promised, here's a detailed look into my Mac mineralize eyeshadow collection. Firstly, the follow up video (for some reason the video won't appear for me straight away, but if you click on Read more, you will be able to see it):

See more details and pictures after the jump!

My Mac mineralize eyeshadow collection

I had a few hours to myself the other day and decided to make a short video about my Mac mineralize eyeshadow collection. Hope you enjoy watching it. Details of eyeshadows to follow soon!

Looks featuring Frontcover eyeshadows

As promised, here are some looks I created using my Frontcover palettes.

First one:

For this look I used:

Plovers Egg + Nine Iron duo eyeshadow from Frontcover To Go (all over lid (PE) and crease (NI))

Powder Puff domed eyeshadow from Frontcover To Go (to highlight)

Azimuth domed eyeshadow as liquid eyeliner (mixed with Shadowline) on upper lashline

Mac Pearlglide eyeliner in Industrial on lower lashline 

Givenchy Eye Fly mascara in black

Mac Dainty mineralize blush

Givenchy Sunset Pink lipstick

See more photos of this look and two other looks created with Frontcover eyeshadows.

Frontcover To Go palette review

I first heard about Frontcover cosmetics 2 years ago when they first released their Rainbow Eyes palette and as I'm a sucker for anything colourful, of course I had to pick it up. Since then they have released several palettes and kits, usually for Christmas, but this year they also had a few palettes in the summer too. (You might remember I showed you their Mermaid Dreams palette here.) They have also made their Rainbow Eyes palette permanent and in my opinion it is probably their best palette to date, so well worth checking out. Frontcover palettes are available from Boots, boots.com and frontcovercosmetics.com. I believe they also deliver worldwide (not Boots though unfortunately).

Today I would like to tell about their new palette called Frontcover To Go. I apologise for being late with this, unfortunately I didn't get around to posting this sooner, but there was a great deal on this at Boots just this last week. It normally costs £35, but it was reduced to £16, but it's also part of the 3 for 2 gift promotion, so you can still save on it. And you never know, it might be reduced again before too long. 

Frontcover To Go contains 20 eyeshadows, 13 of which are domed and 5 that are split in 2. The pans aren't huge, so working with the split ones can be a bit tricky, but not impossible. There are also 2 flat single eyeshadows. The great thing about this palette is that the individual pans are removable and you also get a small palette with 4 spaces to put your eyeshadows into, so you don't have to carry the whole palette around. Which is just as well as this is very bulky. You also get a double ended brush and a pot of Shadowline, which is basically a mixing medium that you can use to turn your eyeshadows into eyeliners. There is an applicator wand inside which is very good for lining your lids, it's pointy, but soft enough so you don't poke your eyes out with it. 

The shades in this palette are mainly cool, you get blues, greens, turquoise, silver, gold, pinks, but there are some warmer shades too. The colour payoff is okay, the shadows are at their best when applied wet, but they work fine dry too. I apologise, I didn't swatch them, but I have created a couple of looks with them which I'll be posting later.

One more great thing about this palette and other Frontcover palettes is that you also get look ideas and instructions on the inside and the back of the box, and they are easy to follow and pretty helpful.

I'll leave you with loads of images of this palette and also my collection of Frontcover palettes and kits, hope you enjoy looking at them. I will be back soon with some looks I've created using this and other palettes.