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AWear Launch A/W ‘10 Collection NEWS 3: FASHION BUZZ Product Review – L’Oreal Matte Morphose Soufflé Foundation Eyes Wide Open with Falsies! Cellulite. Dimples are so cute! 2 Week Manicures Ask the Expert: Spots After Lip Wax Beautiful Beach Hair A Quick Look at Gant’s Winter Collection A/W Ring Collection at Accessorize Maybelline’s A/W Make-up Trends One for the Guys: Invigorating Shave Gel Top Tip – Want Pain Free Tweezing? A Peek at Topshop’s A/W Collection Bikini’s Worst Enemy
 
AWear Launch A/W ‘10 Collection

AWear Launch A/W ‘10 Collection

If you are following us on twitter you’ll know I was lucky enough to have a sneaky peek at this collection last week and let’s just say I was very impressed.  Working girl meets 60’s is how to best describe the collection with some pieces looking more high end than high street – yay!  They’ve [...]

NEWS 3: FASHION BUZZ

NEWS 3: FASHION BUZZ

Paris Hilton’s Drug Bust; Last Hoo-Haa Before Turning Thirty? Paris really hasn’t been in the media much over the past few years.  Her reality TV show Paris Hilton’s Best Friend wasn’t great and the British version was an out-right joke.  The 29 year old heiress is currently facing charges of cocaine possession after the Las Vegas [...]

Product Review – L’Oreal Matte Morphose Soufflé Foundation

Product Review – L’Oreal Matte Morphose Soufflé Foundation

As a person with oily skin I was excited to try out this product as it claimed to leave your skin Matte but luminous at the same time.  It sounded far too good to be true, as I usually have to load my skin with a brushing of powder after I apply my foundation. But, I [...]

Eyes Wide Open with Falsies!

Eyes Wide Open with Falsies!

It has to be said ladies, the ultimate cherry on the cake for your make up has to be the false eyelashes.  Whether it’s for a party, wedding, girls night out or your debs, the false eyelashes will top off your gorgeous look and will make you stand out from the crowd, unless everyone has [...]

Cellulite. Dimples are so cute!

Cellulite. Dimples are so cute!

Not the ones I have.  The dreaded cellulite.  90% of women suffer from it and would do anything to get rid of it.  Bad news ladies, you can never completely get rid of that orange peel skin, but there are a few things you can do to dramatically reduce its appearance. Here are some things that [...]

2 Week Manicures

2 Week Manicures

This one is for all you ladies who like to have perfectly manicured talons at all times and would rather be caught dead than with a chip in your polish.  It’s a new craze to hit the world of beauty, 2 week manicures!  The brand I am aware of are called Gelish but there are [...]

Ask the Expert: Spots After Lip Wax

Ask the Expert: Spots After Lip Wax

Q: I always get little spots on my upper lip after my monthly lip wax.  Have you any tips on how to prevent these nasty little lumps? A: Firstly, I would recommend that you have no makeup or cream on the area before you head in for your treatment. Your therapist will sanitise the area anyway, [...]

Beautiful Beach Hair

Beautiful Beach Hair

Ever wondered how those gorgeous models get that fabulous sun kissed beach blonde hair?  Balayage is a hair colouring technique thought to be originally from Paris in the 1970’s.  The word ‘Balayage’ is French for ‘sweep’, a reference to the way this technique is performed.  It is designed to create very natural-looking highlights which grow [...]

A Quick Look at Gant’s Winter Collection

A Quick Look at Gant’s Winter Collection

Here’s just a very quick look at what GANT have to offer this Autumn/Winter.  The collection is in part inspired by first lady Mrs. O, hence the elegant feel.  The designers stayed Stateside for inspiration taken from Georgetown, winter nautical and Santa Fe. Vintage American sports wear influenced their Rugger collection. The two favourites picked out [...]

A/W Ring Collection at Accessorize

A/W Ring Collection at Accessorize

Metallics and colour are big as is chunky.  Chunky jewellery is the way to go this Autumn/Winter and a great way to update different looks in your wardrobe without over spending.  Accessorize is a great place to pick up a couple of bits and bobs that can change a whole look from bib necklaces to [...]

Maybelline’s A/W Make-up Trends

Maybelline’s A/W Make-up Trends

Maybelline New York have sent us their Autumn Winter 2010 make-up trends which should help keep us up to date without breaking the bank… After a month-long merry-go-round of catwalk shows, the Autumn/Winter 2010 collections are over!  Autumn’s brand new beauty trends are blissfully straight-forward and universally flattering.  Not everyone can afford fashions newest It items [...]

One for the Guys: Invigorating Shave Gel

One for the Guys: Invigorating Shave Gel

I, as a beauty therapist, am fanatical about skincare and Dermalogica in particular.  Love it, love it, love it!  Their range has something for everyone and I recommend it to all of my clients.  My power of persuasion is so good, I have even got my caveman of a hubby to try out some of [...]

Top Tip – Want Pain Free Tweezing?

Top Tip – Want Pain Free Tweezing?

Are you looking for pain free tweezing?  Look no more… Here is a great top tip to try for all you ladies (or indeed gents), with extremely low pain thresholds.  Before you go to the salon for your biweekly brow tidy, try applying some bonjela to the area that is about to be treated. YES, BONJELA!  [...]

A Peek at Topshop’s A/W Collection

A Peek at Topshop’s A/W Collection

As always we can rely on Topshop to offer us all the trends at budget friendly prices, or fast fashion as we like to call it.  The theme for their Autumn Winter collection incorporates a mix of peasant chic with prairie style skirts and dresses, switching to the opposite end of the scale hinting towards [...]

Bikini’s Worst Enemy

Bikini’s Worst Enemy

Do I even have to elaborate?  Yes, you guessed it, the dreaded in growing hair.  It is the bane of our otherwise perfectly groomed bikini lines.  But, I have discovered a solution!  Avon solutions plus Total Radiance Skin Refining Clay Mask.  Yes, it was originally intended for use on oily, spotty skin.  But as I [...]

Ask the Expert: Spots After Lip Wax

Ask the Expert: Spots After Lip Wax

27 August 2010

Q: I always get little spots on my upper lip after my monthly lip wax.  Have you any tips on how to prevent these nasty little lumps? A: Firstly, I would recommend that you have no makeup or cream on the area before you head in for your treatment. Your therapist will sanitise the area anyway, [...]

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Beautiful Beach Hair

Beautiful Beach Hair

26 August 2010

Ever wondered how those gorgeous models get that fabulous sun kissed beach blonde hair?  Balayage is a hair colouring technique thought to be originally from Paris in the 1970’s.  The word ‘Balayage’ is French for ‘sweep’, a reference to the way this technique is performed.  It is designed to create very natural-looking highlights which grow [...]

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A Quick Look at Gant’s Winter Collection

A Quick Look at Gant’s Winter Collection

25 August 2010

Here’s just a very quick look at what GANT have to offer this Autumn/Winter.  The collection is in part inspired by first lady Mrs. O, hence the elegant feel.  The designers stayed Stateside for inspiration taken from Georgetown, winter nautical and Santa Fe. Vintage American sports wear influenced their Rugger collection. The two favourites picked out [...]

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A/W Ring Collection at Accessorize

A/W Ring Collection at Accessorize

24 August 2010

Metallics and colour are big as is chunky.  Chunky jewellery is the way to go this Autumn/Winter and a great way to update different looks in your wardrobe without over spending.  Accessorize is a great place to pick up a couple of bits and bobs that can change a whole look from bib necklaces to [...]

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Maybelline’s A/W Make-up Trends

Maybelline’s A/W Make-up Trends

23 August 2010

Maybelline New York have sent us their Autumn Winter 2010 make-up trends which should help keep us up to date without breaking the bank… After a month-long merry-go-round of catwalk shows, the Autumn/Winter 2010 collections are over!  Autumn’s brand new beauty trends are blissfully straight-forward and universally flattering.  Not everyone can afford fashions newest It items [...]

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One for the Guys: Invigorating Shave Gel

One for the Guys: Invigorating Shave Gel

22 August 2010

I, as a beauty therapist, am fanatical about skincare and Dermalogica in particular.  Love it, love it, love it!  Their range has something for everyone and I recommend it to all of my clients.  My power of persuasion is so good, I have even got my caveman of a hubby to try out some of [...]

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