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Skincare: Body
As with my facial skincare [main and supplementary routines], the goal is to keep my naturally very dry skin moisturised without irritation, an especially tricky proposal in winter, so that I can then...
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Fyrinnae Swatches Part 1
I've arranged these roughly by colour groups, but disorganisation and short arms means there will probably be strays added on at a later date. Many of these are currently unavailable / have been...
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More Shu Uemura Prestigious Bordeaux Looks
Yep, still in love with this palette.The two looks I'm going to show you today both play into the rosy eyeshadow trend which seems to dominate this year's holiday collections (Lisa Eldridge has a great...
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Pattern Recognition: Winter Nails
Embarrassing as it was, my last experiment with this kind of collage post was really helpful in motivating me to pare down my collection -- I kept 20 out of the 53 items shown.So here's a nail polish...
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Past Imperfect
This post was inspired by Mary Greenwell's refreshingly relaxed approach (hosted here by Lisa Eldridge) -- passionate ease sounds vaguely seedy, but it's the best my lurgy-fighting brain can come up...
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12 of 2012
...Better late than never? Apologies for my longer-than-planned break, and the belatedness of this "best of 2012" year in review post; I'm looking forward to catching up with all of your picks (and...
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Prime Time
As today is the 150th anniversary of the London underground, what better time than to write about the undergroundings of my makeup: primers! Which, like the Tube itself, should be efficient and...
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Sunday Sundries: Signe Johansen's Tropisk Aroma
Key elements of the best chocolate cake ever: the most fragrant cinnamon you can lay your hands on [mine is from The Spice House, a gift from a beautiful friend], nutmeg, vanilla extract, good cocoa...
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Greysquale
I.e. a swatch round-up of all my Suqqu grey shades, very belated considering that my introduction to the brand (now one of my makeup staples) was and remains my favourite grey eyeshadow palette: Blend...
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Kiko Long-Lasting Stick Eyeshadows: Swatch and Review
Kiko is an Italian drugstore brand available in several European countries; in the UK they have an eshop as well as b&m locations in Westfield, London.Last year Claire of Aucuparia Brumalis got me...
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Kiko Water Eyeshadows: Swatch and Review
Kiko Water Eyeshadows are pressed, embossed powders designed to be used both wet and dry -- and for these I lay the blame firmly at the door of Ms Naz of Mascara Magic.Okay, and also because they...
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Two Looks with Kiko Water Eyeshadows and Long-Lasting Stick Eyeshadows
My choices of jewelled shades of Water Eyeshadow seemed to pair naturally with the warmer metallics I chose from the Long-Lasting Eyeshadow Sticks, so here are two looks highlighting each aspect.1....
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Guerlain Coup de Foudre Quad Swatches and Comparisons
Guerlain's limited edition Coup de Foudre quad is one of my first spring collection purchases this year. And based on Sonia's latest sweet makeup temptation, it definitely won't be my last.But in the...
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Two Looks with Guerlain Coup de Foudre
As mentioned in my review/swatch post, this is my new favourite toy and I have already amassed a hefty backlog of looks, some more successful than others. In an attempt to structure the blog a bit...
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Shu Uemura Smoky Velvet....s Swatch and Comparison
Not sure how I contrived wind up with double the Dora at the end of this holiday season (uh, not that I'm cramming this belated post into the last day of January or anything....) but hopefully this...
View ArticleSuqqu Spring 2013 Quads
...feature duochromes! Some early swatches courtesy of keely_姬 on weibo.For more product pics and swatches of the three Creamy Glow Moist lipsticks, hop over to Sweet Makeup Temptations.All items in...
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Enduring Loves: Sonia Rykiel Quatre Eyeshadow 09 and 10 Swatches
It's been a while since I've posted about this brand, but Sonia Rykiel Beauté is still one of my underrated favourites of Japanese makeup. In particular, two of the core eyeshadow quads, 09 and 10,...
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Coup de Foudre II: Shade / Smoke / Air
Three more recent Guerlain Coup de Foudre looks, which I'm grouping together for reasons because they shift the 'highlight' from inner corner to centre to outer edge in turn.Apologies for variable...
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Givenchy Le Rouge Swatches and 201 Rose Taffetas Comparison
I haven't explored Givenchy much -- the powder products tend to be too dry or crumbly for me, while the lip products wafted such a strong, sickly cough-syrupy scent that it drove all bloggy duties to...
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Stash Storage: Muji Pill Pots
As a spinoff of the last post, here's a closer look at the Muji pillcases (pack of 7 for £2.25) into which I like to depot lipsticks and the occasional cream blush.L to R: Chanel Darling, Illamasqua...
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