A combination of raging PMT and the four day Easter break has rendered me completely useless in the writing department; I’ve tried to draft this post seven times, now, and each version has been virtually incomprehensible.

So I’ll keep it short and sweet. I’m doing a new series of videos (New Way to Wear) all about finding bits of makeup you already own and wearing them in a fresh and exciting way. Digging out old stuff and giving it a new lease of life.

Take, for example, the classic red lipstick. I usually wear my red lipstick with a slightly heavier foundation and for some reason, the red always makes my skin look really pale. So in this first New Way to Wear video, I’ve bronzed up my skin and then used a tinted moisturiser instead of a foundation to try and keep things juicy and sheer. And I’ve used a bronzey cream shadow all over my eyelids with no hard lines around the lashline so that the look is rather more Ibiza than Old Hollywood.

I hope you like it – I’ll be following this video with other classic makeup finds, but if you have any requests or suggestions then please let me know. The idea is that the products used in the looks are the sort of thing you’ll have lying about already and that you’ll be inspired to have a muck about with your makeup and create something new. (You might not have a “bronzing base” like the one I’ve used below, but obviously swap it for a cream bronzer, liquid bronzer or non-shimmery powder bronzer if that’s what you have. Everything is “swappable”!)

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Vintage Bunny

I’ve been scouring the internet for sweet bunny stuff (my daughter was obsessed with rabbits when she was little so it’s stuck with me – I always associate anything rabbity with her) and it’s been quite the adventure. Let me tell you, there are some pretty awful rabbit representations out there! Mostly, jewellers try to do something a bit clever and the result ends up looking like freshly hung game around your neck, not a wholesome, cute.. and crucially.. LIVE bunny! Anyway, I love this first one best of all.. it’s a tiny gold representation of the Sylvac bunnies that were made in the 1930’s and are very collectable now. The price is from £100 (gold, rose gold and silver options) and you can get an initial engraved on the bottom. They’re HERE.

Bunny Necklace

This is the Alex Monroe version – a much more sophisticated bunny, all alert and ready to go. There’s so much detail in Alex Monroe jewellery – I have a beautiful bird necklace that I love. This bunny is £120 in silver or gold plate HERE.

Etsy Bunny

Finally, a little Etsy find – and I love this for being quirky and different. It’s gold plate and $27 (international shipping) but listed as only one left….. hurry! It’s HERE.

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Flamboyante

Actually, there are two shades of lipstick in the Chanel Plumes Precieuses de Chanel collection – Flamboyante above, and another shade, Volage, which is more of a peachy nude colour and nowhere near as show-stopping as Flamboyante.

Flamboyante

You can see from the swatch that it’s a real smack of red – I can’t detect any blue tones in this shade at all. The Rouge Velvet Allure is more of a matte texture than I like, but it’s a very smooth application that feels quite nourishing on the lip. However, if you’re after Flamboyante, I’d definitely ask for a swatch in store – I’ve a feeling it might do that yellow-tooth thing.

Or Blanc

The final item I have to show you is Stylo Yeux in Or Blanc (limited edition) – a white-gold eye liner.

Or Blanc

By taking the warmth and heat out of the gold and blending it with white, it’s a gorgeous match for Flamboyante. I’m thinking if you like that stark eye look, Or Blanc is perfect for achieving it.

Flamboyante will cost £26 (lim ed) and Or Blanc will cost £19.

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Oh, the Space NK Goody Bag: always sent to tempt us. This time, a slightly lower-than-usual spend threshold and perhaps a slightly lower value, though I am yet to tot up the contents. Hold on while I grab my calculatrice… I can tell you for a start that the minimum spend is £100, and inside the goody bag there’s a FULL SIZE Cleansing Oil from NUDE, worth £28. (Read about it on the site here.) Then there’s a deluxe sample of Sunday Riley’s Good Genes – equivalent value £28 (30ml costs £85 and it’s a 10ml tube) – as well as a gorgeous little box of Aromatherapy Associate Bath Oils (approx £17.50), some Eyeko eye patches (aarrrr, me hearties!), a miniature Becca primer and a little Algenist Eye Balm worth about £22.

If the sample of the Revive Even Skin Tone Cream seems a little tight, at 5ml, bear in mind that the full-size pot (50ml) is more expensive than a house. Kind of. At £175, it makes the sample pot, which holds barely enough to cover a gnat’s arse, worth a whopping £17.50. There are also some exfoliating pads from Radical Skincare – I can’t find these on Space NK so perhaps they are new, but you get fifteen of them so a good old stock to have a try with. And there’s a snazzy little makeup bag thrown in, too, bringing my total guesstimate goody bag value up to around £140.

Anyway, the value of the bag is definitely more than the required spend, so if you were in the market for a skincare/bodycare/makeup/candle stock-up then today is the day! My current Space NK favourites are  – just in case you are searching for inspiration – By Terry’s Ombre Blackstar eyeshadow pencil, any By Terry foundation (they are all lush), Living Proof Shampoo and Conditioner, the mammoth-sized Emma Hardie Cleansing Balm and Aurelia’s Miracle Cleanser. Phew.

No code needed for this, it will automatically be added to your basket when you exceed £100 in value. Once the bags run out, you’ll know, because it won’t add one to your order! This offer is for today only, and is exclusive to online shoppers. As always, open worldwide but excluding the US.

Space NK

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