Color Club are a cheapie US brand that don’t seem to be afraid to manufacture some truly fashion forward shades! I picked Uptown Girl from the Spring 2010 collection ‘cos I’m a sucker for purples… and even more of a sucker for dusty purples!
The brush is neatly cut, but one of those older fashioned small round shaped ones that take 5748957894 strokes to cover your nail. If I ruled the world… all nail brushes would be flat and wide. Because of the brush it did mean that I had to be careful of streaking… 3 thin layers of polish ensured a smooth, even finish.
I’ll definitely be heading back to eBay to pick up some more Color Club shades, but there’s so many to choose from – I’m a little bit overwhelmed!
Ordinarily… not a lot… a bag of Twiglets and a can of Rio Tropical.
But log on to Wahanda today, ‘cos they’re changing all that!
If you’re lucky enough to live near London, Birmingham, Manchester or HOT new Wahanda location LEEDS, then you can bag yourself £20 worth of treatments for a measly £2!
None of the links above are affiliated… though if you’d like to use my personal link to sign up (it bags me a £5 Wahanda voucher, you can do so here).
I’m going for this deal, I need my roots doing… with the voucher, it’ll cost me £10! Could I love Wahanda’s Mob Deals any more? Seriously…. I’ve never experienced such indulgent pampering in my life!
Fake Bake have introduced a new range instore at New Look designed to appeal to High Street bargainistas!
Four paraben-free products to fulfill your self-tan needs, the new high street range incorporates:
Pasty to Tasty wash off instant-tan £6 Rough to Buff perfectly smooth body polish £5 Dull to Delicious oil free moisturiser £5 Bland to Tanned sun-kissed self-tan £10
The packaging is not a hit with me it has to be said. I might be partial to the odd high street bargain, but I’m not 7 – which incidentally is probably the last time I dotted my I’s with hearts.
I’ve had a busy couple of weeks with an even busier few coming up and you may have noticed that my posting rate has reduced to a couple of posts a day from the usual torrent of makeup related diarrhea that sprouts forth from my keyboard to your monitors.
It gets worse (for me!) ‘cos I’m once again unsure of the quality of the mother-in-law’s internet status. Last time it was dial up. I felt like I’d driven 325 miles to emerge in 1996. If I can’t leech onto a neighbour’s internet connection, I’m coming home.
And if there’s snow like last time (admittedly, unlikely in July) I’m refusing to go further north than Watford. What can I say? I’m a soft Southern chick!
One of my favourites, it’s a sheer… which meant that I didn’t like it for about a week when I got it. Until I discovered how easily it layered… and THEN discovered how easily I could use it as a crease colour without giving myself Panda eyes!
A cool toned violet/brown taupe with a hint of shimmer. Urgh, even just describing it makes me wanna take it out and wear it right now (it’s 2am and I’ve washed my face already).
It’s my versatile friend that makes it possible for me to do subtle smoky daytime looks. Without it, I’d be screwed. I’m not being melodramatic, stop looking at me like that.
After my rubbish experience trying to snaffle a bargain but effective gentle cleanser, BeautyBay.com generously stepped up to the plate and offered to send me something that they claimed was a personal hero product.
How could I resist?
Priori is a brand that’s new to me but I was interested to discover that the CEO behind the brand is more than just an expert in the field. He actually developed and launched the world’s first glycolic acid (AHA) product in 1983 – frankly, that’s good enough for me.
Do we know what AHA’s are? They’re generally considered as the slightly harsher big sister to Fruit Enzymes but essentially they’re doing the same job. Exfoliation. Obviously, I didn’t wanna use anything harsh on my skin that’s undergoing laser treatment… but at the same time, I’ve fallen for this method of exfoliation in a big way.
So that was my main concern when I was first reading into and looking at the Priori Gentle Facial Cleanser. The clue however, is in the name. Gentle.
I’ve been using this creamy cleanser nightly for over a month now and I’m pleased with it. No tingling, no irritation, no hint that I’m being exfoliated other than that my skin that is remaining soft, supple and fresh day after day.
The formula is great, one pump dispenses the perfect amount of product with no waste and the cleansing cream glides over my skin without foaming. It also rinses away instantly leaving no residue behind. I’m not a huge fan of the scent which is practically impossible to describe (trust me, I’ve been sat here trying for the last 10 minutes). It’s quite a clinical smell that stops short of being chemical if that makes any sense? I think I might prefer my products to be a little more girly-scented, how tragic!
I’m finding the Priori Gentle Facial Cleanser non-drying (though I still always follow up with a moisturiser) and most essentially it hasn’t aggravated my skin or any areas of redness. This really does appear to be as gentle as it promises.
This kind of exfoliation can increase your skin’s sensitivity to the sun so as with any product containing AHAs or Enzymes, I’m being careful to ensure that I’m using a facial sunblock of at least SPF30 every day.
Priori Advanced AHA Gentle Facial Cleanser 180ml is priced at £21 and available from BeautyBay.com.
I like the look of the retractable Brow Shaping Brush (plus I’d totally use it for my lashes too), I can’t even tell you the number of times I’ve caught sight of myself in a shop window only to see this staring back at me.
Have you seen any of these on your local counter yet? What say you?
For a limited time only, Illamasqua are offering a makeup amnesty!
Pop along to any one of the following counters between the 17th – 31st July:
Selfridges Oxford Street, Trafford Centre, Birmingham Bullring, Fenwick Newcastle, BT2 Grafton Street Dublin, Debenhams Glasgow, Belfast or Cardiff (phew!) and simply take your old makeup with you.
You can exchange any old tatty bits of used make-up for a rather fabulous 25% discount on the entire Illamasqua range.
With my fine hair, I’ll happily admit that I don’t always use conditioner. I love how conditioner makes my hair feel smoother and softer, but I simply feel that with each extra product I use on my hair, the heavier my hair feels once dried. With my current hairstyle (a bob) – it’s important to get a bit of root lift to stop my hair looking lank.
Pantene Pro-V’s new Aqualight Range is designed with one thing in mind. Weightlessness. It achieves this with some clever technology which I’ll try to summarise as well as I can.
1. Slimmed-Down Silicone. The Aqualight Range has re-evaluated the amount of silicone needed in products for those with finer hair. Simple no?
2. Clean-Rinse Technology. Making the products as water-soluble as possible means that not only will the product rinse away faster, it will also leave less residue on the hair.
There were other sciencey things that involved molecules and the way in which they break apart, but I’m not gonna pretend to you that I understood it enough to explain it in layman’s terms!
There are 4 products in the range:
Pantene Pro-V Aqua Light Shampoo – New Clean-Rinse Technology allows the products to be rinsed fast meaning hair feels cleaner and lighter. RRP £2.19 (250ml), £3.69 (500ml)
Pantene Pro-V Aqua Light Conditioner – New “Liquid Conditioning” ingredients which stay liquid at room temperature and provide optimum conditioning levels without excess deposits. RRP £2.19 (200ml), £3.69 (400ml)
Pantene Pro-C Aqua Light Spray Rinse-Off Treatment – A clever, ultra-light intensive hair treatment for extra nourishment without weighing hair down. RRP £3.99
Pantene Pro-V Aqua Light Leave-In Treatment Spray – A lightweight nourishing spray to style and refresh your hair between washes. The clever “dual phase” formulation contains nourishing ingredients at the top and detangling refreshing ingredients at the bottom. RRP £3.99
First impressions from my samples are good. Better than good! After washing and conditioning, my hair feels gently nourished yet light. But where I really notice it making a difference, is after styling.
I shampoo, condition and then style with a root lifting product and the lift seems to last far longer than normal. My idea of ‘styling’ is the rather lame “pointing the hairdryer at my roots and hoping for the best” trick, but I’m delighted with the results all the same.
I’m in love with the Aqua Light Rinse-Off Treatment too which is seemingly doing wonders for my dry ends. Ok, they’re still splitting (need a haircut STAT!)… but they feel smoother and less rough when I roll them between my fingers. Completely unscientific testing going on here! I’m a bit unsure about the Aqua Light Leave-In Treatment Spray though. The whole range smells beautiful and this is no exception.. but I just can’t get it to ‘refresh’ my hair. It gives it a touch of gloss… but at the moment, I’m not noticing much more than that.
Honestly, I’m always seduced by new hair products that work fabulously well for a couple of months before they simply stop working, so I’ll be sure to come back and update this post if anything changes as I work my way through the products.
I think the Aqua Light range has been out in parts of Europe for a little while but I’ve spotted the shampoo and conditioner online at Tesco last weekend, so I look forward to hearing what you guys think about the range too!
Before you go, I’m curious! Would you lovely ladies mind letting me know if I’m alone in shunning conditioner in preference for more ‘swishable’ hair?
Do you use conditioner every time you wash your hair?
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