Camilla

August 19, 2015

Review: MAC Warm Neutrals Eye Shadow Palette

If you follow us on Instagram you would have seen that I decided to treat myself to the MAC Warm Neutral Eye Shadow Palette a few weeks ago. This was not a spur of the moment decision, oh no, I had been wistfully staring at it for over a year before I took the plunge. The palette contains 15 warm toned (as the name would suggest) eye shadows, four of which are permanent and four of which are repromoted. There are three matte shades and twelve glitter/shimmer shades, all of which attracted me like a little magpie!

August 12, 2015

Dischem, Clicks and Foschini Haul

I had been itching to do a “drugstore” haul for the longest time, so when payday rolled around I decided to head to Canal Walk (all the best shops are there, even though getting there after work can be painful) and I even managed to convince my trusty sidekick Jules to accompany me. Here’s a quick whistle-stop tour of what I got (including a mini-review of the products I have already tried). Avène Rich Compensating Cream. I had been researching new day cream options and decided on this one from Avène as it fitted the “hydrating and mild” bill! I have…

August 5, 2015

July Favourites: Camilla

Marvala Nail Shield A few months ago my nails were looking seriously worse for wear and I thought to myself “I know, I’ll try Gelish for a little while and see if it helps”…in the words of Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman: big mistake, huge! Not only did Gelish not help, but it actually made my nails worse (not throwing shade at Gelish here, by the way, I think it’s bloody brilliant and I loved having glossy, chip-free nails for 2 months – if my nails were stronger I would absolutely have kept getting Gelish manicures). When my manicurist scraped the…

July 17, 2015

Review: Heavenly Spa, The Westin

A few weeks ago Jules and I were invited to enjoy a treatment at the Heavenly Spa at the The Westin, followed by a meal in their ON19 restaurant and a night in one of their suites. I don’t think we have ever accepted an invitation so quickly in our lives – as two busy working women, the thought of a pampering night away was positively dreamy. Jules and I both selected the Aspire massage, which is a 60 minute treatment (there is also a 90 minutes option) which uses aromatherapy oils specially tailored to how you want to feel. We…

July 8, 2015

Winter Bathtime Cocktail of Dreams

I am obsessed with bathing: always have been and always will be – come winter, summer, rain or shine: if there is an option for me to soak in a tub, I will take it. I have dabbled with various oils, milks, salts and bubbles over the years and I have recently stumbled onto a bath concoction that is so good, I felt it my duty to share it with you. First Ingredient: Epsom Salts I must admit I knew very little about the virtues of epsom salts until I read about Liv Tyler’s bath time routine on Into The…

July 2, 2015

Current Favourite Combinations

Whilst I am very happy with how all of my make-up items perform on their own, sometimes combining two (or even three) of them really amps up the effect and creates something you can’t get enough of. These are my current favourite combinations: Face: Clarins Instant Light Radiance Boosting Complexion Base in ‘Champagne’ + Bourjois Happy Light Foundation I can’t take credit for this one – I got the idea from Harriet from Harry Makes It Up. She used the Clarins Instant Light Boosting Complexion Base as a primer in her Flawless Skin Makeup Tutorial, and it made her skin look so…

June 17, 2015

Asian Skincare Haul

If you follow us on Twitter and Instagram you will have seen a post a few weeks ago featuring my haul from Peach and Lily, an Asian beauty and skincare site. I have been interested in Korean skincare for a while (all thanks to this post from She’s In The Glow), but felt quite overwhelmed by the product selection and didn’t quite know where to start. Enter, Peach and Lily. I first learned about Peach and Lily through Into The Gloss when they did a feature on the founder, Alicia Yoon (who, bizarrely, did an MBA at Harvard with a high school…

June 2, 2015

Spree 3-for-2 Beauty Sale // What I Bought

Spree is currently running an incredible beauty special on their site: buy any three beauty products and get the cheapest one for free. If you’ve never shopped online with Spree before, then I suggest you hop to it – they stock some of my all-time favourite brands, such as Stila, Bourjois and Max Factor, and their delivery is blisteringly fast so you get your goodies quick sticks! I love online shopping for many reasons but mainly because: a) I feel like I’m not really spending money because there’s no receipt to stuff into my purse (danger), and b) opening those beautifully packaged boxes makes…

May 29, 2015

May Favourites: Camilla

NYX Butter Gloss in ‘Angel Food Cake’ and ‘Tiramisu’ I am so thrilled that these are finally available at Clicks! If the ‘gloss’ part deters you, please don’t let it – this is not a traditional, sticky gloss. No, no. This is the perfect hybrid lip product: the subtle sheen of a gloss, the consistency of a cream, the hydration of a balm and the pigmentation of a traditional lipstick. They wear exceptionally well, and you can reapply all day without any gross build-up or worrying about the product sitting in dry patches or flakes. It’s kind of perfecting in the…

May 26, 2015

Upcoming Launches from Bourjois and Max Factor

Last week I attended the Cosmetiques de France press day to learn about all the upcoming launches from Max Factor, Bourjois, Bioderma and Noreva. There are going to be a lot of exciting new products hitting the shelves over the next couple of months, and I even though some aren’t going to be available for a while, I wanted to tell you about them anyway. I have decided to split the launches into two posts (Max Factor and Bourjois first, Bioderma and Noreva second) and I’m (rather selfishly) only going to tell you about the launches that I found most exciting. Bourjois Rouge…

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