Friday 25 June 2010

Bobbi browns latest colection

Bobbi Brown Beach 2010

I have already tried these products and I have swatches I just have a huge backlog of posts to do in front of this.

These are all super shimmery cream eyeshadows but its actually glitter
The color is sheer
only 1 is a full bodied colour and is matte

Swatches and full review coming soon . . . .

I never would have guessed it but . . .

OPI have collaborated with SHREK!


I did tweet just a few days ago (from user raspcherry) to say that I have heard that this will happen. And, today it has.

I think the Blues, and purples bright and pastel shades are gorgeous and the green shrek colour remids me of my MAC sweet and punchy eyeshadow from MAC to the beach collection, feel free to do a search for my look of the day based on and named after this shadow.

Thursday 24 June 2010

A sneak peak at some of my OPI collection

OPI is a salon brand I think its an American brand originally but its in almost every country that retails high end cosmetics
I have been using OPI for years now.
I think each bottle retails for £10 - £11

I think the best way to describe OPI nail lacquer (never call it a polish or varnish or Lena White the owner/founder will slap your hand) as being very similar to MAC Eyeshadows or Lipsticks
Available in a huge assortment of colours, finishes and consistencies and new limited edition collections every season

If you dont know what colours are on trend you can safely follow the OPI collections

OPI also collaborate with various 3rd parties similar to MAC to provide special limited edition collections.

Previous collaborations include
-Legally blonde
-Alice in wonderland
-Breast cancer care

I think theres a shrek collection coming up soon -lol

Wednesday 23 June 2010

Review: Lancome Hypnose Drama, Le crayon khol, Bi facil, Art liner

I have used both Lancomes Hypnose and Hypnose drama
Both are great
The difference between the two are subtle when it comes to effect but the drama has a huge brush
I only like mascaras that give length and volume
the whole point in me wearing mascara is to enhance my lashes
I dont care if I look like I have mascara on just that my lashes look huge
I have sensitive eyes and This mascara is non agitating
I can use this from root to tip and not have a problem
even the wand is a good size and shape that really lets you comfortably apply your mascara
The actual tube is shaped to get a comfortable hold using either hand
it is abit pricey but if you are looking for a high volume none agitating mascara from a luxury brand then try this one and let me know your thoughts


The picture also shows Bi-facil eye makeup remover which is a bi or dual phase makeup remover for the eyes. Which is an award wining eye makeup remover.
It really has stood the test of time, and has had many brands follow this formula
-again pricey 0but if you are looking for a eye makeup remover from a higher brand I give you the thumbs up

Lancome le crayon Khol
This is a really good eyeliner one of the few that I recommend
and one of the very few that I can use on my inner rim without agitation
You can get a good precise line with this, or smudge it for a smokey effect its pretty long lasting and does not need a scourer to take it off

Lancome Art liner
I have been using Lancome artliner for years now
these are a felt tipped liqud eyeliner
probably not best for beginners
the felt tip is smooth and are great to get a medium line and my famous signature flick
I usually get both black and brown -The brown has a gorgeous bronze shimmer
the Loreal liquid liner is an affordable dupe of this






Fantastic fashion goodies

I was just shopping in town
and had to pop into the new Select store that has just opened
as I used to shop there in my teens
(when I was skinny back in the days - aahhh the memories)


I picked up a pair of jeggings to wear with my summer dresses, long tees and Kurta tops or kaftans
A gorgeous gold bag that reminds me of my Louis Vuitton speedy 25 that is now too small for me as I have to carry alot of toddler things though I can down size but I dont want to spoil my bag with baby foods and toiletries etc
I actually bought this bag to take to my trip to Southall as there are alot of pick pocket-ers and I dont want any of my expensive bags spoilt or damaged

Sorry -I didnt realise the pic of these earrings came out so bad :(

2 of my favorite semi precious stones are Rose quartz and Turquoise
although these are cheap fashion earrings they go very nicely with my semi precious jewellery

I am also a huge fan of big earrings

and also a fan of hoop earrings

I like both earrings equally -do you have a favourite?

Blog sale bags

Blog bag sale
So, if you think im overindulgent with my makeup you should see my fashion collection especially shoes and bags
mostly labelled, designer and high street
I am having a clear out as fashion takes up too much space
UK P&P is inc
overseas please contact me

£100 Nine west luxury bag brand new not used inc free matching mini purse

£100 used abit genuine DKNY bought from john lewis or house of fraser

J norman £30
Calvin Klein £100 used a couple of times

Kipling ltd ed red velvet bag £100 dupe of louis vutton speedy 30 bag but with better organisation has pockets inside and out plus ltd ed robot monkey charm from hip collection

Sunday 20 June 2010

Birthday Haul (pic heavy)


MY HUGE COLLECTIVE BIRTHDAY HAUL
for your eyes only

Bobbo brown Gel liners

Benefit Brows a gogo and confessions of a concealeaholic

Clinique ltd ed summer 2010 palette

Nars ltd ed lipgloss set

Ltd ed gift from Lancome bag designed exclusively for Lancome

Frederick Fekkai ltd ed hair kit for Coloured hair also good for dry/damaged hair

Ltd ed Soleil tan de Chanel Bronzer base and liquid illuminator

Spring summer 2010 ltd ed lipgloss by YSL
Summer 2010 ltd ed bikini peach lipgloss by chanel
My regular purchase Chanel lipgloss aqualumiere


Dior Nude compact,
Dior Beige lipstick (regular purchase)
Diors new lace beige lipgloss just launched

Bobbi brown concealer kit in warm beige (regular purchase)
Bobbi brown stick foundation warm beige for palette
Bobbi brown gel liner black and brown (regular purchase)
Bobbi brown gel liners -blue, purple, green
Bobbi brown creamy lip colour -newest fave and repurchase in baby

Mac Brush mini set
Mac trip dazzleglass set
Mac eye set
all ltd ed from CCO

YSL ltd ed collectors kit in YSL case
Faux cils mascara
Touche eclat -regular purchase
and lisse expert -purchased seperately -regular purchase

Lancome ltd ed Genefique beauty set in case
(individual products are regular purchases)

Lancome ltd ed Hypnose drama set
Lancome cleansing oil

HUGE Lancome haul
Serum, moisturiser, foundation, concealer, eyebase,
Eyeshadow, Blush, Eye palette,
Lipstick, lipgloss, juicy shimmer lipbalm
Nail lacquer
(the infamous £300 lancome haul I tweeted about lolz)

Well this was my birthday collective haul may/june 2010

Let me know your thought

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Raspcherry x

Sunday 13 June 2010

Discounts promotions and freeby Benefit Cosmetics


If you want to buy some new Benefit cosmetic products then use this promotion code
" GLAMJUNE " to get a 15% discount off of your order on
www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk
Courtesy of Benefit and Glamour magazine

also
Glamour Magazine are providing yo with a free gift with each magazine this month
Glamour is a monthly magazine with fashion, beauty and all the girly things we all need to know
The gifts are 'it stick' or 'Bad Gal liner' or 'eye bright'

If you have seen my 'actually I love benefit' video then you'll know these products already

also Debenhams is offering a mini bad gal lash in store when you purchase 2 products

and

Boots are offering a full size talk to the tan when you purchase 2 products



Let me know what you get x

Saturday 12 June 2010

My first Blog Giveaway


Ive been out searching for a good dupe of this amazing colour nail lacquer
The task was tough because I was looking for quality as well as a near colour match
and to be fair I wanted 1 for each of my accounts


Ive been out searching for a good dupe of this amazing colour nail lacquer
that I am loving so much right now that I am choosing what to wear and which makeup to wear around it!!
The task was tough because I was looking for quality as well as a near colour match
and to be fair I wanted 1 for each of my accounts
1 for youtube
1 for twitter
1 for my blog

The quality of this nail polish is fantastic !!

To enter you simply have to be a follower of my blog and comment on this post 'ENTER ME'

Winners will be chosen at random
you can enter more than one of the giveaways
(youtube, twitter, and here)
Anyone can enter!
I will contact the winners and will obviously need an address
If you are under 18 it is your responsibility to obtain parental or guardian permission

Depending on how well this giveaway goes I intend on having many more

Good luck and thanx for all of your support






Thursday 10 June 2010

Super cool minty ice cream nails for summer

Chanel ltd ed minty nail lacquer
in
Nouvelle Vague 527


Im absolutely loving this shade its so different to what I normally use (nudes)
This colour stands out a mile

It reminds me of yummy minty icecream

Definitely not the colour to use if you are colour shy
as this colour is getting alot of attention

What do you think?

Tuesday 8 June 2010

Swatches from the body shop lip stuffies

I really like these lip products
The lip treatment is gorgeous it tastes of Rubicon guava drink
very much like a Lancome Juicy tube


All the colours are peachy coral -super pretty and so in this season, but flattering for all seasons
These colours are amazing together or alone


What are your Favorite Body shop products, let me know
I love reading your comments
and Thank you for subscribing

Minty and peachy summer look

Minty summer look featuring MAC hello kitty ltd ed Too dolly palette


I wanted a fun look for my day out in southall which was a lovely day
I did some clothes and jewellery shopping and ate out at one of my favourite restaurants -Gifto Lahoree

the food there is super yummy, I had Gol Guppas, Kheema samosas, Kheema stuffed naan breads with Raita dip, topped off by yummy Falooda in a high glass with pistachio kulfi -yummy

Products Used
Face and lips
Chanel UV Essential
Smashbox foundation primer with demaxyl
Chanel Pro Lumiere foundation in 20 clair
Chanel bronze base and liquid highlighter to contour
YSL touche eclat under eye high lighter no1
Amazing cosmetics concealer
Dior nude powder in rose sable as highlight and contour
Smashbox face and body highlighter in Allure as blush
Chanel mat lumiere sable
YSL rouge volupte in 26 (lipstick)
Chanel levres scintillantes 257 Bikini peach (lipgloss)

Eyes (all MAC unless stated)
prep and prime followed by paintpot in Soft Ochre as base
Free to be shadow inner half of lid
Hey shadow on centre of eyelid
Too dolly shadow outer half of lid
Bamboo in crease to blend
Mylar on browbone
Gesso as highlight and inner corner
Brun in brows
Bobbi brown gel liner in black
Estee Lauder lash primer
Zoom lash mascara
Urban decay 24/7 eye pencil in Electric on lower lashline
Lancome le crayon khol in noir on lower inner rim

All using Sigma professional brush kit
except brow and liner brush both by smashbox
Contour brush by prescriptives
Kabuki by bourjois

Minty Chanel nails (not pictured)

I hope you enjoy this post

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Raspcherry x



What Im using march/april 2010

What Im using march/april

Shampoo:
(Modern Organic Products) Glisten Shampoo
Conditioner
: Mop Glisten conditioner C system restorative mask.
Styling products:
Glisten serum, Glisten hair spray, C system styling cream.
Shower Gel:
Philosophy Amazing grace
Body moisturizer:
Decleor Systeme corps Loccitane hand cream, loccitane foot cream.
Deodorant:
Dove go fresh in all 3 fragrances
Fake Tan:
Chanel Soleil tan de Chanel Bronzing makeup base.

Wash off Cleanser:
Liz Earle Cleanse and polish
Wipe off cleanser and Toner:
Gatineau serenite
Face wipes: no7 face wipes or/and simple eye makeup remover pads
Face moistuiser:
Decleor Hydra Floral and Decleor Nutri Delice
Eye makeup remover:
Gatineau Floracil
Exfoliator:
Benefit Honey snap out of it scrub.
Primer:
Smashbox peach foundation primer
Foundation:
Bobbi brown moisture rich in warm beige, or Nars Sheer glow in punjab or MAC select fluid.
Foundation brush:
Stippling brush or flat kabuki brush with MAC fix plus
Concealer:
MAC select cover up, Clinique all about eyes concealer, Clinique line smoothing concealer.
Powder:
MAC select sheer loose powder, MAC studio plus.
Blusher:
MAC mineralize in super duper natural, Nuance, Ripe peach, Springshine.
Bronzer:
Chanel Soleil tan de Chanel bronze universel makeup base
Highlighter:
MAC style blush as its a frost and looks more gold than coral
Eyeshadow base:
MAC paintpot in Barestudy (now finished) moved onto paint pot in Soft ochre
Eyeshadows:
Cargo essential palette, The balm Shady Lady, Benefit Celebutante, Benefit smokey eyes.
Eyeliner/liquid eyeliner:
MAC Tekhnakhol eye kajal in graphblack, various liquid and gel liners (see older post)
Eyelash curler:
I have ben using my blinc heated lash curler
Eyelash base:
Loreal Double extension renewal serum inside is a primer on one end
Mascara:
Loreal renewal lash serum, Loreal double extension lash -serum inside.
Lipstick:
Bobbi brown in brown no4, Chanel Aqua lumiere in 75 Samoa, Mac Creme d nude.
Lipgloss:
Max factor silk gloss in satin pink, Revlon nude lustre, Duwop lip venom, Estee Lauder pure pops
Nail Colour:
OPI let them eat rice cakes, OPI youre such a kabuki queen, OPI melon of troy, OPI Blonde date ltd ed from legally blonde collection.

Wednesday 2 June 2010

MAC to the beach beauty buys

MAC to the beach collection , haul and thoughts and bits that have snuck in from other collections


Eyeshadows
Firecracker
Sweet and punchy
Shimmermoss
Free to be -liberty of london

Lipgloss
splashing


Im such a baby I play with my makeup more than I use it
but you have to admit it looks pretty!


here you can see the limited edition packaging from both Mac to the beach and Mac liberty of london


The world famous Mac bag


From the above picture
I have 1 powder bronze
1 cream bronze
1 lustre drops
and I already have both brushes
the 130 is my fave foundation brush
and the 131 is what I use for my Chanel bronze universal
I didnt get the body oil -though I tried it in my hair -but it wasnt all that I prefer more natural hair oils such as nuxe all over oil which is available in plain and bronze shimmer

the Cream bronzer is in the orange packaging with a clear lid
and the powder bronzer is in the green packaging with a covered lid
the lustre drops in sun rush are a pretty peach gold shade and can be used in many different ways and are more travel friendly than my Chanel illuminator
The paintpot is a party crasher called coral crepe from the pret a papier collection


I pictured the bottoms not because Im a perve but so that you can see the details of the above mentioned products

I got these items online from the pro store

Im not a big fan of the colours chosen for the packaging they could have been prettier but they stand out and are easier to reach out to


I did not go for the pencils as they are not eligible for back to mac and I already have lots of liners for both lips and eyes

The beaauty powder is gimmicky as the sea horse is spryed on and its matte below and beauty powders last a long long long long time as you can use them forever and barely make a dent.

I bought both blushes in hipness an amazing coral and get away bronze a dark brown

I love the splashing gloss which is a perfect pink with gold pearls

I didnt like the green avacado nail polish it reminds me of the wicked witch of the west from the wizard of oz
the other coral shade one was gorgeous and is the same as OPI -your such a kabuki queen
I have featured it in a previous post

I bought 3 of the eye shaodws -I already have humid

I did like the lipsticks but I have too many the prettiest are the lustre light pink and also the bronze toned one -which Im still tempted to get

Tuesday 1 June 2010

Sweet and punchy look from mac to the beach

MAC to the beach
Sweet and punchy look

Face and lip Products used

Clinique even better foundation vfg 04 cream chamois
Clinique all about eyes concealer 02
Mac to the beach lustre drops as highlighter
Mac to the beach cream bronzer on cheeks and as contour
Mac to the beach blush in hipness
Mac liberty of london lipstick in hipness
Mac dazzleglass in smile :)



Eye products used

Mac brow pencil in stud
Mac shadow brun in brows
Mac prep and prime eye primer
Mac paintpot in soft ochre
EYESHADOWS
Mac gorgeous gold -inner corner and above crease
Mac sweet and punchy -all over lid and lower lash line
Mac Humid -outer corner upper and lower lashline
Bobbi brown green gel liner Ivy shimmer -upper lashline
Urban decay liner in covet -inner lower eye rim
Mac zoom lash mascara -upper and lower lashes


I really like this look not only are corals and green a hot look for summer but the colours have been used in a way that is subtle and easily wearable without looking gareish
I was able to wear this look easily on a normal day

FYI- If you have gorgeous gold you do not need sweet and punchy as the effect of the two are so similar on the eyes. as you can see you cannot tell where gorgeous gold ends and sweet and punchy starts I promise you its not just because Im good at blending my colours!

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