A Makeup & Beauty Blog – Lipglossiping

Well… not really, but for the second Sunday in a row, you can find my post over at online beauty boutique Zuneta.

Today I’m talking about Japanese beauty brand Paul & Joe.

I’d be mighty grateful if you stopped by to have a read of my ramblings, there’s an Easter Egg in it for you!*

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*unfortunately, I’ve actually eaten the Easter Egg… but I know you’ll be pleased to hear that it was very nice.

Happy Easter everyone!

Whatever you’re doing today, do it with a light heart and a bellyful of chocolate or um… God, that picture has totally put me off my dinner now.

IN

~ Finally getting Lipglossiping onto Facebook!
~ Being able to see the floor of my office again
~ Discovering some lovely bargainous Loew Cornell paint brushes, great for lining!
~ Meeting a lovely MUA and Twitter friend this week
~ My Fyrinnae order blowing my mind
~ Finally being over the sickness bug that plagued us all last week
~ Planning for our New York trip next year (all tips welcome!)
~ Guest blogging on Zuneta

OUT

~ Being disappointed by MAC Viva Glam IV (which looks poop on me!)
~ Re-cultivating my Diet Coke addiction without even noticing – oops.
~ Leila waking up at 3am every morning, need to fix this!
~ My Summer shoes tearing my feet to shreds – need to toughen up those trotters!
~ Jealousy – My brother and SIL are off to Japan for 12 days today… green much?

and just because…

How’s your Easter weekend shaping up?

EVERYTHING!

But I can’t have it all…. so here’s a few key things that are currently making me go a bit weak at the knees:

Chanel Rouge Coco in Mademoiselle

It’s gonna make me look *just* like Vanessa Paradis. I know it. 😉

Figs & Rouge Rambling Rose Shower Wash

I am such a sucker for a prettily packaged product!

MUFE HD Blush in #5 Warm Pink.

Sephora needs to come back to the UK, right NOW!

Sephora Professionnel Mineral Powder Brush #45

Sephora, bloody Sephora – day trip to France anyone?

Beaute Weightless Lip Creme in Trace

I know, “baaahhhh” right? Don’t judge me!

Weleda Wild Rose Facial Toner

I’m really into my toners at the moment, find a good non-drying toner and it’s a fabulous partner to a cleansing oil routine.  I dunno if this is a good non-drying one… but I like Weleda and I like rose… so it’s on the list.

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What are you lusting after this week?

Thanks to a heads up from lovely regular reader Julia, I can point you lot in the direction of a great competition.

Simply become a Lancome Paris fan on Facebook by Friday night to enter and win lots of Lancome goodies!

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Whilst on the subject of The Book of Faces… yours truly has taken the plunge, jumped on the bandwagon and setup a ‘fan’ page thing.

I’ll be hosting my first ever Facebook competition VERY shortly, so if you wanna join in – come on over and keep a look out for updates!

Well, this here marks my 500th post…

Thanks for sticking with me, I’m having a blast – you lot really are rather special… sorry, I mean “special”.

I’m guest blogging over at online beauty emporium Zuneta today.  I think I’m talking about mascara, I’m not sure – I changed my mind over what I was gonna chat roughly 558 times last night and then decided to hit the bottle before passing out and hitting the send button on my email client.

If you’re lucky, it’s mascara… or it might be “What I had for my tea”.

So anyway, it would be lovely if you could take yourselves on over there and leave me a comment, say hellooo, let’s chew the fat!

Look what I got!

Check out my Q&A over at Eliza – Make Up Junkie – thanks for the award and very kind words Eliza!

No, not that one!

…well you know it’s bad when I only do ONE post a day (sad git that I am).

I’ve either been kissing boys I shouldn’t have been (highly unlikely) or eating things I shouldn’t have been (sadly, far more likely). It’s a veritable vomit-fest here at Lipglossiping towers (or, yano…. end terrace).

This is the first time I’ve been near the internet since bemoaning my poorly status VERY early this morning via my trusty iPhone and Twitter.  Apologies if you’ve emailed and I haven’t replied and even bigger apologies for not replying to the lovely feel better soon tweets, that truly made me feel a lot better.

I have to give props to @tsunimee via twitter who helpfully reminded me:

@lipglossiping Nothing like a gastro-e to kick off a diet, leave a plateau. A pain in the butt literally, messy, but handy…in the long run ^_^

Someone who can look on the bright side of gastroenteritis is OK by me.

Leila seems to be showing symptoms already, and it’s like Christmas all over again (this isn’t a good thing).  But she’s still her chirpy little self and it doesn’t seem to be affecting how much fluid she’s taking on…. so maybe she’s a little more robust this time round.  I hope so.  Much love for Mr. L who hasn’t slept for 48hrs and is trying to keep the 2 girls in his life clean, unsmelly and entertained whilst feeling dodgy himself.

I hope you like my post about sickness and diahhrea,  I didn’t want to change the format from my normal drivel too much.  You’re used to reading all kinds of crap (ho ho ho) here.  I’ll try not to breathe on any of you, promise.

…your Boots till spits I mean!

If you’re not a UK lady, let me quickly explain…

Boots have a rather fabulous promotional period every couple of months that goes something like this…

If you spend over £5 you get a voucher.  The voucher entitles the holder to £5 off Boots No7 or Ruby & Millie (a British cosmetic brand).

That’s it… no catches, nothing.  How lucky are we?

The current promotion runs out on the 28th March, which means that I have 4 days left to spend the 3 vouchers I’ve rescued from the bottom of my handbag.  Which brings me to my original question…

How do you spend yours?

As there’s nothing specific I want from either of the permitted ranges, I’m thinking of plumping for some of the following items – note, prices shown are after voucher redemption:

Boots No7 Eyeshadow Blend and Contour.

I have a few of these (ok, about 6) that I grab from my brush pot when I’m too lazy to go and wash my ‘good’ blending brushes but obviously don’t want to muddy my eye look.  They’re not the softest nor the most well constructed, but for £1.50, they’re pretty darn decent backups!

Boots No7 Quick Thinking 4 in 1 Wipes.

Love these wipes, they really do a stand up job at removing makeup.  I mostly use them to clean off swatched hands or if I’m playing with my makeup.  I prefer a proper face wash before bed!  These are great for travel too, but I wouldn’t pay the full price.

Boots No7 Ultimate File and Buffer.

You can’t get a better bargain than free!  I have one of these in the glove box incase of an emergency broken nail.  Don’t laugh at me, you’re not even a proper GIRL unless you have an emergency nail file set.  Go redeem yourself down at Boots immediately!

Boots No7 Eye Colour Brush.

I haven’t tried this one, but I used to pick up ones from the No7 range which looked simillar (except they had black bristles) and I swear by them for depositing a healthy amount of colour on my lids.  Unfortunately, they’ve been discontinued and I’m wondering if these are the replacement?  Anyone know the old ones I mean?  They used to come in little black cardboard boxes (usually found on the bottom shelf of the No7 stand), I think they were £5.75 each (before voucher redemption) so they worked out at 75p each after, total bargain!  Anyone tried these white bristled ones?

Ruby & Millie I-Liner Brush.

I haven’t been hugely impressed with much from the Ruby & Millie range and some of the brushes are (imho) pretty awful.  This one however, I like.  It’s great for pushing gel and cream liners right into the lashline slightly under the lashes.  Don’t try and line above the top lashes with it though… well, not unless you’re incredibly nifty with an eyeliner brush.

Boots No7 Radiance Boosting Hot Cloth Cleanser.

£3.75 for a Hot Cloth Cleanser and muslin cloth is a total bargain I reckon!  I’m currently trialling the original Liz Earle version (review coming soon) and I’ll be picking one of these up in the next few days for a bargainous comparison.  It’s worth noting too that this No7 version has clocked up no less than twenty 5 star reviews on the Boots website.  Having said that, if it’s anything like the Boots Time Delay Cleansing Balm (Eve Lom ‘replica’) then it’ll leave me in tears.  Literally.

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So, that’s my ‘picks’ for your £5 “till spit”.  What do you rush to stock up on everytime the offer rolls around?  Don’t keep your bargains to yourselves, did your Mama never tell you it’s good to share?

So this afternoon… I was eating my lunch, sipping at my diet coke and doing my usual blog tour… checking out all my fav blogs when I nearly choked on my cheese and pickle sandwich.

Clicking over to Kiss&Makeup.tv, I did a double take when I read their latest post:

I have great tips!  It was a perfect opportunity for a typo… but tips are fab too.

Please excuse this obscene display of self-indulgence, as a long-time stalker of Kiss&Makeup.tv… I feel like I’ve been featured on Oprah.

How’s your day going?

…a sneak peek at some of the posts coming up this week at Lipglossiping.com:

~ Beautiful new brushes and an exciting new online store opening!

~ I get to grips with hair volumising, can you achieve real root lift from a bottle?

~ I’ll be commencing a series sharing my highlighter collection and asking for some of your favourites.

~ Pigment pressing tutorial, including how to press those pesky BarryM Dazzle Dusts successfully!

~ Gearing up for longer days and (slightly) warmer weather, I wanna know what puts a Spring in your step!

~ The Beauty Blender, can a makeup addict get by on a pink funny-shaped sponge alone?

~ I trial a very ‘Rewarding’ face mask, and it doesn’t dry me out!

~ Here comes a new spring Nail collection for us to drool over…

~ Benefit Creaseless Creams are having a renaissance, I’ll be sharing some swatches from my collection.

Throw in a couple of NOTDs, some interesting press releases (if I get any) and it’s gonna be a busy week!  I hope you come along for the ride xx

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Oh, while I’ve got your attention, I wanted to give my good friend VexintheCity a shout out, I’m sure you’ve been missing her updates as much as I have since her PC retired to computer heaven.  But check it:

The lady’s got herself a new laptop, (purdy aint it?) and I for one can’t wait for her to get back in the blogging saddle and embark on some legendary rants whilst sharpening my desires for beautiful blushes (the chick has a blush ADDICTION).  Anyway, go check her out!