ELLE X MAC Viva Glam
A few weeks ago I was invited to spend a few hours in the ELLE Beauty Closet with MAC Viva Glam; an invitation I wasn’t about to turn down! The format was a style challenge, and I was asked to put together two looks (day and night) to complement the new MAC Viva Glam Miley Cyrus Lipstick and matching Tinted Lipglass. As someone who dresses for comfort rather than style, this was a little intimidating, but I stuck to what I know and pulled some of my old favourites out of the cupboard. These included my everyday ripped denim jeans,…
May Favourites: Jules
This post should really be called “my most used travel products” as they were all on heavy rotation while I was away for most of last month. I completely overpacked (as usual) and even though this meant I had plenty of skincare and make-up options, I still used the same small set of products almost every day. Here are the highlights: Benefit Porefessional Face Primer The dinky little miniature of this world-famous primer came in really handy in the sweltering heat of New York. My make-up was literally melting off my face but a layer of this underneath my base…
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 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…
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…
Some New Skincare from Dermastore
A few weeks ago I wrote about the launch of Dermastore, an online skincare boutique founded by the Webster family (read the post here). If you read that post you will no doubt be aware of how fantastic I think the concept is, and I really hope that you have all visited the site and, at the very least, completed a Facial Skincare Assessment. I recently ordered a Neostrata moisturiser from Dermastore, and then Dr Webster’s wife, the lovely Sandy, sent me a few bits from Exuviance to try (Sandy has worked alongside Dr. Webster for the past 22 years and has…
Retail Box Redken Giveaway {CLOSED}
The lovely ladies at Retail Box recently got in touch with us to arrange a giveaway for All Dolled Up readers. We were told we could select a few products from the website and they would then speak to the chosen brand (we chose Redken) to see which of those products they would be willing to donate to the giveaway. Jules and spent ages trawling the site, compiling an epic list of products (on the assumption that Redken would only agree to a few) and sent it off to Retail Box. You can only imagine our delight when Redken not…