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Max Factor Lipfinity Long Lasting Lipstick

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Max Factor Lipfinity gives upto 12 hours long lasting lipstick. An ultra long lasting and vibrant lip duo that together creates a smooth, sheer finish that lasts upto 12 hours!

Max Factor Lipfinity has a semi permanent colour and a shine boosting, moisturising topcoat there’s no need to reapply, even after eating and drinking throughout your day- no matter how long it is your lipsticks still on!

How to Use

Max Factor Lipfinity has a revolutionary 2 step lipstick system that gives long lasting colour plus moisture.

Step 1: apply the colour once first thing in the morning and it will last through coffee, lunch and afternoon tea – you really can forget all about it!
Step 2: apply the moisturising top coat for moisture and shine.

Weekly Window Shop: Too Nice To Burn…

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the best luxury candles

Every week I develop some sort of online shopping obsession; sometimes it’s a glitzy dress that I’m on the hunt for, other times it’s rubbery protective corners for the edges of my tables and shelves. (Watch out, crazy baby on the loose!) This week I’ve been rounding up the best, most decorative candles. You know, the ones you’ll never want to burn because the jars are so beautiful and the wax is so gorgeously scented and the thought of getting to the bottom is just unbearable…

interesting candles

First on the lust-list: anything from No.22 Candles. I love the cable knit effect on the outside of the jars and this warm, homely aesthetic is continued into the scents too – Bookshelf, Laundry Room, Woodstove. Very different, very new and there’s a bespoke service available, if you want something absolutely unique… You can find No.22 online here and at Liberty here.

interesting luxury candles

Bella Freud’s Ginsberg is God candle – one for the sleek, cool interior. I adore the Fig Leaf and Tomato scent; it’s green and earthy but slightly sweet at the same time. Very evocative of my childhood years, for some reason, though I can never quite pinpoint why. Maybe my Grandad’s greenhouse. At any rate, it’s amazing and the glassware would make a great brush or eye pencil holder once the candle has burnt out. £40 at Cult Beauty.

fornasetti ortensia candle

Fornasetti’s Ortensia Rose, Iris and Orange Blossom candle is more than just a candle, it’s a small work of art. The scent is absolutely beautiful, but it’s the decorative ceramic holder that you’ll want to show off. Fornasetti create the most striking designs – they are always a talking point. And that’s before you’ve even put match to candle wick and released the fragrance… Fornasetti candles are £115 here.

baies diptyque giant candle

If Batman had a scented candle (I love my Batman beauty fantasies – hairbrushes, nail polishes, lipsticks, I can imagine him with all sorts of things) then it would be this whopper of a Baies candle from Diptyque. Who an earth wouldn’t want this gracing their garden patio or outdoor terrace or bijoux balcony in the Marais? Baies is a classic Diptyque scent and the jet black earthenware holder is just unutterably chic. Better get saving if you want one of these, it’s sort of the ultimate candle indulgence, though it does weigh in at one and a half kilos! It’s £180 here.

mrs todd candle figs in the forest

Finally, a delectable fig scent from Mrs Todd’s candles: Figs in the Forest. I wrote about my friend’s start-up business here, but since then things have gone from strength to strength for Mrs Todd and there’s even a website to browse. Figs in the Forest has had nearly every visitor to my house asking what the gorgeous smell is – and the candle they’re talking about hasn’t even been lit! You can order scent samples and browse the candles online here. The luxury candles are handmade and cost £28 each.

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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Whatchoo Lookin’ At?

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Mr Bear giving me the evil eye. He doesn’t like to be photographed during his private moments (when he’s drinking water from the tap, eating whole prawns, on the toilet – not that I would want to take a picture of him in his toilet, though he does sometimes look very funny and human with his head sticking out of the top of his litter box!) and this is his best “whatchoo lookin’ at?” face.

Beauty catch-up: Five Makeup Tricks to Look More Awake…

It has been a funny old week; I went out to work (filming for The Telegraph) for the first time without the baby. I had been quite anxious about it, but actually it was really nice to have some time to myself. Before we started shooting on the first day I had a spare twenty minutes and got to sit about in the Green Room eating my Pret yoghurt and “Vitamin Volcano” smoothie. God, it was so relaxing! I even read a bit of Stylist magazine. I felt like a proper adult again, though I did have to spend some of the time expressing milk with my portable breast pump (oh the glamour) to stop my right boob from exploding.

I must dash and do some tidying because look:

ruth crilly shelfie

the window sill in my en suite. Luckily Mr AMR doesn’t ever set foot in there because he has a thing about mess. So do I – it actually makes me feel physically nauseous – I just never seem to be able to stay on top of it. I started sorting my bathroom cabinet two weeks ago and so far nothing has made it back inside, so today is the day. That and clearing up the clothes in the nursery so that we can move the baby’s cot in…

If you’re interested in my 8 Month Baby and Body Update then you can read that over on my blog The Uphill – if you’re not then I will be back tomorrow with a new post. Have a wonderful Sunday.

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Sunday Tittle Tattle: New Shirt, Murderous Stare

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ruth crilly model recommends

Look, I know a new shirt isn’t big news, but I have to be honest: not a lot has happened this week. That I want to write about, at any rate. The quick dip into my local H&M was a definite highlight (as was the chocolate and salted caramel milkshake from Five Guys I downed whilst perusing the aisles) and the fact that I managed to nab myself such a pleasing bargain makes this prime weekly news fodder.

New shirt alert! What’s printed with palm trees, has a soft feel and only costs £7.99? The Light Pink/Palms Jersey Top from H&M! I’m off to get another one of these first thing on Monday – I see online that they have the same cut in different prints, too, so I may have to grab a few alternatives whilst I’m at it.

Excuse my murderous stare in the photograph – this particular picture was never actually supposed to see the light of day, it was just a quick test to try out a new background. I even have one eye more shut than the other, which isn’t ideal, but it’s the only photo I have of the shirt in question and I’m writing this in bed at 11.30pm on Saturday night so there’s no way I’m dragging myself back up to take a better one!

Anyway, if you like your tops with a relaxed fit, sexy neckline (not too revealing but in no way demure) and soft feel, you can’t go too far wrong with this H&M number. Not at that price. Find it here: H&M

l'occitane 40th anniversary giveaway

In other breaking news, well done to the following FORTY people who I am pleased to announce are the winners of the l’Occitane giveaway. Please hold tight and the brand will be in touch via email to get your prize choice and postal address!

Lorah, Natasha (hollisn), Rebecca Burslam, Stephanie (stephcxh), Michelle Atkins, Katryna (katlmc), Clare (cprakel), Rebecca (@dunelm), Lottie (flareaforte), Lily (lhartdyke), SV (vannsd), Shelley (shelley.g), Jess (rbf2010), E Nicholls (enicholls73), Min (owenwall), Rachel Flounders, Anna (annahope97), Simon (si.jo.leaver), Claire (@mileshayler), Ria (riahickman), Sofi Paige, Bella (claire.jones2409), Sinead Hagen, Lu (lu82.lu), A Davison (angsplace), Tara Lynne Woolley, Jacqui Littler, Ali (@bacon), Amy (amybu), Josephine R Hetherington, Liv (vixen_25), Amanda (atghome), Nicola (nicola_dcmcg), Tiffany Ye, Stephanie (vampireblood69), Beth McLaughlin, Sarah (si2004), Zabiba (zabiba_kohli), Nikki (nicola_pile), Tamara (tamaravoituron).

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Yours, Mrs Relaxed.

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ruth crilly beach walking

Dear Readers, I am too chilled out to even raise a glass of water to my face, let alone write a proper post. Daily schedule has been: wake up, breakfast, lie by the pool with my Kindle, lunch, lie by the pool with my Kindle, nap, lie by the pool with my Kindle, shower, dinner, read my Kindle, bed. I have been having a marvellous time! It seems I have finally learnt to switch off – aided, no doubt, by the fact that I have had my iPhone locked up in the safe and it has run out of battery.

I’ll be back full-throttle next week, but may surprise you with the odd coherent post in the meantime – I have some burning issues to discuss with you all. (Wasps, Cormoran Strike and the longevity of Barry M nail polish, to name but a few.)

Yours,

Mrs Relaxed.

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