Archive for the ‘Eyes’ Category

Paperself lashes – do they make the cut?

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Beautiful, elaborate and made of paper, Paperself false eyelashes come in a range of designs, from butterflies and stag horns to peacocks and horses. Inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cutting, Paperself claims to be starting a ‘paper revolution’. This is a big claim indeed, but one that really is beginning to take hold. The read more »

That’s why the lady is a…vamp

Friday, October 28th, 2011

With Halloween just a mere 4 days away and festivities sure to begin this weekend, we couldn’t resist another Halloween related post. If big orange pumpkin suits or white sheets with eye holes aren’t really your style, you can’t go wrong with some sophisticated old school vampire glamour – here are our top picks to read more »

Makeup trends for autumn and winter 2011

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

A new season calls for a new look. As winter draws in, the catwalks are filling with rich, autumnal colours, thick Mediterranean eyebrows and statement eye makeup. In chilly weather we’re forced to hide our fabulous outfits under bundles of coats and scarves, so this year we’re wearing fashion on our faces. We’ve compiled a read more »

Catwalk cat eyes with Dior

Friday, October 14th, 2011

If you are not steady handed enough to create the perfect smooth winged eyeliner flick then fear not, Dior have created a beautiful set of eyeliner transfers which will be the answer to all of your prayers. This is such an innovative idea. We recently blogged about Violent Lips lip transfers, which is exciting but read more »

Exploring new dimensions with LO’real Lash Architect 4D

Monday, September 26th, 2011

I began to lose my faith in cosmetics after beauty adverts became multi-million dollar mini-epics featuring strobe lighting, strutting models and obscure close-ups of things entirely unrelated to make-up. The mascara industry in particular is chockablock with examples of marketing campaigns that have seriously superseded the products themselves. When a small tube of black gunk read more »

No7 Lash Adapt Mascara

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Mascara can be one of the trickiest pieces of make-up to get right, and No 7 have developed a new mascara to try and combat the usual problems, such as clumps and lumps, with the No7 Lash Adapt Mascara. Available in two shades, black and brown/black, No 7 Lash Adapt Mascara is one which can read more »

ModelCo FIBRE LASH Brush on False Lashes

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Australian brand ModelCo has been big news on it’s home turf since its birth in 2002 but has only just made it’s way across the pond to the UK. The brand has a strong line of really innovative products, starting life on the back of it’s first product, the Lash Wand heated eyelash curler, which read more »

17′s Falsifeye Mascara

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Recently the mascara market has been awash with gimmicky rotating mascaras and double ended day to night contraptions which might be brilliant but are just far too much effort for my liking. As the saying goes, why try to reinvent the wheel? So, with that said I was pleased to see that Boot’s brand 17 read more »

Kate Middleton Wedding Day Make-up

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

What Kate wore… Last Friday the world went Royal Wedding mad with 34.7 million people in the UK alone watching some of the BBC’s coverage of Kate and Wills tying the knot. Of the millions who were watching I’m sure there were a fair few contemplating the design and designer of Middleton’s dress, how she read more »

Rimmel Flash Eyeliner

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

I have been wanting to try the Rimmel felt tip style eyeliner for quite some time now but was put off by bad experiences with the Maxfactor (high definition felt tip eyeliner pen) and Eyeko (graffiti eyeliner pen) versions which I found to be disappointing for various reasons. However, I decided to throw caution to read more »