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Alright, Benebabes, we’re about to get REAL up in here. Sometimes, life just gets hard! Your boyfriend dumps you, your brows are NOT on fleek, the heel busts off your favorite shoe (as your walking by a major hottie, no doubt). We’ve all been there. But, girlfriend, you are not alone anymore! Thanks to the Benefit Cosmetics Flawless Friends Network, you’ll never be alone again!
How could anyone frown while Miss Cleo is telling them how flawless they are?
Even Joey Lawrence (WHOA!) calls in when he’s feeling low and needs a little bit of lovin.’ (Trust us, Joey, we’ll give you all the lovin’ you need ;).)
Shannen Doherty turns to the Flawless Friends Network when she’s feeling down ’cause her boyfriend gets a little bit too, errrm, into himself.
We know it’s the first place turn when that one friend (you know the friend, we all have one) starts getting into it again.
So why wait, gorgeous!? Miss Cleo is waiting for you!
Call the Benefit Cosmetics Flawless Friends Network NOW & let your flawless future begin!
The first proper pregnancy feature! I imagine that there will be lots of cheers, because so many of you have asked for updates and posts, but also a few little groans, because some would prefer all pregnancy stuff to be as far away from here as is humanly possible. I’ll let you into a little secret that should hopefully please everyone; I’ve been beavering away at another blog, recording all of my random thoughts and feelings in an online pregnancy journal. It’s not quite ready to look at yet, but there are a good few posts up so I just need to do some final adjustments and hit the “on” button. All of my informal, diary-style stuff will be over there and all of the big, proper pregnancy posts (or ones that are fashion or beauty related) will stay here.
And so, beauty-related pregnancy video: some skin changes, an overview of the products that I’ve been using since September and a couple of things that my skin has decided not to tolerate. The main gist of this video is that a) my skin has got drier, b) I can no longer abide the smell of Sunday Riley’s Good Genes, c) my skin doesn’t like glycolic acid at the moment and d), I seem to have gravitated towards using quite a lot of “natural” and organic brands. (Note that not all of the products shown are “natural” or organic, just that there seems to be something of a trend going on.) (Note, also, that I use inverted commas around the “natural” – I do this only because it is such a ridiculously vague term. But it suits my purposes for now, so it stays.)
My skin wasn’t too great for the first trimester; I think it was mostly just a reflection of how terrible I was feeling in general; tired, sick and miserable! I also struggled to eat healthily, because I developed an aversion to most foods apart from Coco Pops and bananas and Jacob’s Cream Crackers topped with Davidstow cheese, and that definitely did my skin in a bit. But a few weeks into the second trimester – it must have been at around Christmastime – everything seemed to perk up and now my skin, I have to say, is just about the best that it has ever been. This week, at least!
I’m still using my Olay Regenerist Luminous serum, alternated with the Vichy Aqualia and the odd touch of something completely new, because I can’t resist trying the launches that come my way, but my most-used pregnancy product has to be the MV Organic Skincare moisturiser that I’ve harped on about for months. It just has a very calming, soothing effect on my skin, though it perhaps doesn’t provide quite enough moisture if used without a hydrating serum first. I must experiment with the MV boosters that I have to mix into it – I keep meaning to, but it slips my mind. Like just about everything else these days!
OK, onto the vid – products are listed below it, if you want to cheat and skip to the info part, and if you missed my Affordable Skincare Routine one at the weekend, you can catch up on that here.
Products Shown:
Superfacialist Rose Calming Cleanser, £7.99: http://tidd.ly/8f7d458d
MV Organic Skincare Rose Moisturiser: http://goo.gl/BtXOUA
Pai Calming Day Cream: http://tidd.ly/8ff72c5a
First Aid Beauty Exfoliating Pads, £20.50 for 60 pads: http://tidd.ly/cc265b4
Zelens Pads: http://goo.gl/C0gcJP
In this video I am wearing the new Dior Nude foundation (review to come) with some Clinique contour powder and a little bit of mascara. My knitted headband thing was in the My Little Box subscription beauty box before Christmas – it was the special Fleur de Force edition!
It’s no secret that baubles and beauty make a great pairing, and that’s why we’ve been celebrating the BaubleBar x Benefit Cosmetics collab all month long! From pretty prophecies to the most adorable gift sets, we’re all about making your wishes come true. Speaking of which, if you’ve already picked up a baubles and beauty kit, we’re here to give you the full bauble treatment and complete each look…
Bold lashes and bold bracelets should be paired with a slew of stacked rings to create a, well, bold look. Since you’re already mixing metals, we suggest stacking a combination silver, hematite, rose, or gold rings… and don’t forget to top it off with a few midi rings!
You’re not afraid of a little glitz & glam, and that’s something we can get behind. Complement the rosy hues on your cheeks and on your ears by piling on a stack gem-laden bracelets. We’re all about the sparkle, and hey, more is more!
Rosy cheeks, long lashes, and a delicate pendant… you’re all about the essentials! But how about switching things up a bit? Your XO Pendant is 16″, so adding two more at 18″ and 30″ will give you a layered look that oozes style. Plus, we’d rather layer our pendants than sweaters this season!
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I’ve developed a potentially dangerous habit: snacking whilst Netflix-ing. I say “snacking” as though there’s a whole variety of snacks that I choose from, but – though I eat pretty healthily throughout the day – my evening snack is limited to one particular thing.
I’m loathe to mention what it is, because, quite frankly, I had expected Unilever to make me some sort of Magnum spokesmodel or poster girl by now and I’m pretty sore about the fact that they’ve completely ignored my hints. The amount of times I’ve mentioned their bloody ice creams on Twitter, good God! They’re missing a trick – I could totally do that seductive thing where they bite into the ice cream and all the chocolate cracks just so, and they take a bite and it all stays really neat, as though a robot has bitten into it. Actually I lie: I couldn’t bite into it neatly. Nobody can, because it’s nigh on impossible. To bite into a Magnum is to be sure that a) you are not wearing anything white and b) you have the senses of a sniffer dog when it comes to tracking down errant shards of fast-melting chocolate.
Anyway, I do have a low-level addiction to Magnums – if we have them in the freezer, I will think about the moment I can sit down on the sofa and unwrap one all day long. It’s terrible.
And the addiction is sort of twofold; I’ll only eat a Magnum if we’re watching something on Netflix (or Amazon Prime for Ray Donovan and Elementary; Now TV (Billions, Westworld); straightforward Apple TV (new film trailers); iPlayer (The Fall), 4OD (last resort) and if we really can’t find anything at all, we’ll bite the bullet and turn on normal telly) and I’ll only really want to watch something on Netflix if I know I have a Magnum to look forward to.
This makes it sound like we watch a lot of TV: we don’t. It’s just that we’ve got back into the habit of doing an hour or two most nights, to unwind, and for some reason this – for me, at least – goes hand-in-hand with chomping on a Magnum. My ultimate comfort duo. You’ll be pleased to know that I’ve downgraded to Mini Magnums rather than the gargantuan full-sized ones which take about three hours to eat and weigh in at around five kilos. And I don’t have one every night – it was just on Friday and Saturday nights, and I do try to stick to that, but. Y’know. People keep going on about kale and quinoa and it makes me quietly rebellious. Stick your kale, I’m off to Netflix and Snax!
*UPDATE: we’ve just finished Billions (with Damien Lewis – it’s excellent) and so no more telly for a while. I’m trying to get through The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennoxby Maggie O’Farrell and I don’t want any more distractions.
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Last week I bought you a little edit of things non-kittenish, this week I present: FULL-ON KITTEN. And owls. And pretty floral prints. Let’s start with Paul & Joe, shall we? They have something of a penchant for featuring cats in their makeup range and this season’s collection is no different. Girl in cat mask, tick. Little slips of pressed-eyeshadow papers, decorated with cats? Cat eye pencil? Tick. Cats cats cats. You can find this set, which includes a makeup bag, lip balm, cheek colour, eye pencil and eyeshadow sheets, at ASOS here. Apparently the sheets can be used up to 100 times – what a brilliant idea! Especially if storage is a problem, but even if you just want to be able to slim down your in-handbag makeup kit.
From cats to gorgeous printed packaging. We have Pai’s Rosehip Oil encased in a decorated carton, £22 here (the oil is exceptionally good, read my review here); Roger & Gallet’s hand cream cracker, £6 here, Ciaté’s Olivia Palermo Eyeshadow Palette, £35 here (the most beautifully soft and velvety eye colours, see below) and the amazingly packaged Kaffe Fassett-designed body lotion for Heathcote & Ivory. What’s inside the boxes, you ask?
Ding! Your wish has been granted. How lovely is the Kaffe Fassett design on the lotion bottle? This body lotion smells amazing, very heady and with a long-lasting scent, and the formula is nicely rich and hydrating. It’s £12 here. I’m going to try and use the Ciaté palette tomorrow, the colours are so posh and glimmery. Keep an eye on my Instagram.
Oh, I nearly forgot: owls.
I love everything about this sweet little Paul & Joe eyeshadow; the cardboard box that looks as though it should contain old buttons or spare bits of thread, the pretty owl motif and the swirl of impossibly flattering makeup inside. I must get a photograph of this shadow on my lids because it’s a great everyday brightening shade to just wash across the lids. You can find it online here. It’s £18, which was (for some reason) more than I was expecting, but it really is the kind of shadow you’d get a lot of wear out of. Hold the front page, I’ll get a pic of it for you asap.
I’ve just given myself at least two extra tasks to do when I’m supposed to be “on holiday”, but I’d rather be clarting about with eyeshadow than hoovering the house, so I’m not exactly complaining…. Continue reading →
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