With flash Doesn't this look like the colour The Little Mermaid would wear? At the very least, this lovely creamy jelly is the shade Michaela The Drowning Giant would wear. It's very aquatic feeling, but not in a cold, distant way, more like sunlight through deep seawater. It's my first foray into ORLY polishes and although this one worried me with its initial...
I can be such a scatterbrain sometimes. Example - I had forgotten I had snatched up this gorgeous palette at a work beauty sale just before Christmas. I just found it today while looking for honey mustard sauce in my cupboard. I have no idea when my products started taking up residence in my food cupboards, but yeah, it seem like this is...
Isn't this the sweetest nail strip print yet? Love that it's an almost lime green gingham, rather than the obvious pink or blue. The always lovely Alison from Sally Hansen popped these on for me during my lunch break at my office (love that ACP sometimes has these little perks) and I was happy to see she applies them pretty much the same...
I used to hate coconut. Couldn't smell it, couldn't taste it, couldn't be around it from ages 17-24. That's seven years of nuttiness that I've missed out on there! This, kids, is exactly why you don't drink an entire bottle of Cruzin', which is a cheap knock off of Wipe-Out, which is a generic version of Malibu. Seriously, worst idea ever. Luckily I...
There's been a few Narciso Rodriguez flankers floating around since the original scent was released in 2003. I've mostly avoided them, because I get grumpy when given too many variations on a single fragrance (See Gucci's Flora for snarky evidence). As such, I've only tried the original (pretty and fresh in a musk-soaked floral kind of way) and the Essence Eau de Musc...
So it turns out that under my bed lies a portal to some kind of lipstick netherworld. I was kicking dirty laundry cleaning under there the other day and found a box of Innoxa lipsticks. They could be from a work beauty sale, or a swap or maybe a Priceline rampage, but I do know I've never seen them before. Actually, I don't...
Seems like I've been in a wee bit of a Lush frenzy recently, with their fab and affordable solid fragrances getting a lot of play (See here and here and here for dastardly proof). I've especially enjoyed being a total enabler to some of my favourite blogettes who picked up Lush's Gorilla Perfume in Vanillary after my rave (my original here) and let...
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Gucci The Flora Garden Collection Glamourous Magnolia, Gorgeous Gardenia and Gracious Tuberose - reviews
Another day, another flanker, right? Or in Gucci's case, another five flankers in a collection entitled 'The Flora Garden'. Okay, so to get all bias to the left, much like the haters, I'll admit that I'm not one for flankers after the original best seller has already spawned a couple of somewhat related scent kin. Flora has only seen the release of Flora...
Dammit, Priceline! As soon as I have way more stuff than I'll ever be able to use stockpiled under my bed/in the bathroom/in The Boyfriend's side of the wardrobe (please don't tell him!), you suck me back in with a sexy sale. This time it was 40% off all Garnier products, which c'mon, is me basically losing money if I don't buy a...
Dear Aesop Nurturing Shampoo and Conditioner, You have made my boofy, dry and wavy hair smooth, shiny and calm WITHOUT the aid of serum. How? Witchcraft most likely. However, I will accept your claim of grape, borage and fennel seed to cleanse, and tocopherol (sure sounds like a spell to me), sweet almond and shea butter for conditioning goodness. My hair is happy...
Another product from shu uemura's Celestial Garden collection (Creamy Dome Blusher reviewed by moi here) is their Nail Colour in Ray Green. While I'm familiar with shu's shadows, blushes and cleansing oils, I hadn't tried a polish yet, and thought this minty-lime green would make a great great to a collection heaving with red, black and glitter shades. Time to show green some...
Okay, so I know Valentine's Day was ages ago, but in all fairness I've been busy. Busy...uh...doing work and paying bills and being a real-life adult. One who doesn't eat cheese and condensed milk straight from the tube for dinner.* Not watching corgi videos. Nope, not me. Too busy being grown-up. Worky work stuff. This swap was organised by the wonderful Mystique from...
Not to generalize (yep, I'm totally going to generalize here), but all guys, everywhere and forever love Viktor & Rolf's Flowerbomb on their lady love interest. My extremely detailed research and expansive sample size (asking guys in my office, plus boyfriend, plus guy sitting next to me on bus) reveals that 100% of guys thinks Flowerbomb is just dandy. Don't even try to disprove me - it's...
Glossy black compact = dorky reflection Lancome have really stepped up their game recently with their palette design and presentation. I'd never been that excited to try a powder from them, until I saw this baby. Glossy black case, shimmery shades and a pretty floral imprint? Check, check and check, Lancome has just hit all three points on my lust at first sight...
