A Makeup & Beauty Blog – Lipglossiping

CEW (UK) Awards - The results are in and the winners are...

Forget your usual beauty awards that announce crap like roll-on foundations as being the best thing since airbrushing or Maybelline’s ‘no lash’ (you know the …

Pop-Up Beauty FTW!

Cult Beauty Pop-Up Store! From today until Monday 31st January, Cult Beauty is launching a pop-up shop exclusively in that beauty mecca otherwise known as …

Life's a peach!

It’s the peach polish parade! This was Leila’s idea – I asked her to pick out some of her favourite shades amongst my polish drawers …

China Glaze & Hunger Games Collection: Colours from the Capitol (Agro and Dress Me Up)

The soon-to-be released Hunger Games collection from China Glaze has been setting the nail polish blogs alight with swatches and banter about the names and …

Tea with Bea...

Afternoon Tea at Beas of Bloomsbury was a real Christmas highlight.  I’m not in the habit of paying £60 for an afternoon of tea-table frivolity …

Christmas Gift Guide-a-palooza: The Sparkle & Glow Set

From top-to-toe, let’s face it… Christmas is all about sparkle, shine, glitter, and glow (I’m a poet, DontchaNo).  It’s the one time of the year …

High Street Haulin'

I’m sure I was a peeping tom in a past life because I love to see what other people have in their baskets when I’m …

NYX Lipsticks Swatched

I’m loving the quality of these NYX lipsticks, and I shall definitely be hauling some more shades soon… Ceto: Chaos: Darling: Rea: Hmm… after seeing these, …

5 things I wish I'd never bought...

… so I sent out a 2am cry on Twitter of “I haven’t blogged anything for tomorrow, please send me some inspiration!” and moments later …

Precision Nails R03 – VIP Very Important Polish

Looking for something vampy, glossy and with just a hint of purple? Precision Nails in shade R03 VIP Very Important Polish might be what you’ve …

Hello? Is this thing on?

Phew, that was a little unexpected. For those of you who haven’t had the misfortune of reading my hand-wringing tweets and woe-ridden facebook updates, let …

Big savings on French Pharmacy brands, win my Escentual.com top picks!

I’m of the firm opinion that for the money, French pharmacy brands offer some of the best solutions for diffcult skin-types. Escentual.com have long been …

Win it! 3 EcoTools Bamboo Bronzer Brushes to win!

I’ve written about these before, you know I love them, I want you to love them too! So why not have a go at winning …

FOTD Busting out of the comfort zone!

You may recall my bitter moans last week about how when presented with a rare opportunity to spend an indecent amount of time playing with …

Dear Obesity...

We have been together for over 20 years, our lives so entwined that I’ve never been sure how to live without you.  I would like …

Urban Decay The Black Palette - Photos & Swatches

The soon-to-be-released Black Palette from US eyeshadow maestro’s Urban Decay is an altogether darker affair than the recent Naked set… The Black Palette includes 6, …

Urban Decay 15-Year Anniversary 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil Set

This here post be ALL about the pictures… The Packaging… The Pencils… The Swatches… The Thoughts… Urban Decay’s 15-Year Anniversary 24/7 Glide-On Pencil Set* is …

The Johnson & Johnson Beauty Care Journalism Awards…

…were held earlier in the week at a swanky ‘do’ in London. Attended by some of the country’s best journalists and writers, the awards recognise …

Leila is two today!

My beautiful little girl Leila turns two today.  I’m sorry I don’t have a ‘normal’ post lined up for today but I spent all weekend …

Win a £100 voucher to spend at Zalando!

Well now, hasn’t February been a gloomy month so far? At least in January, we had the promise of a fresh new year… well, that …