Archive for the ‘Make-up’ Category

Could it be magic?

Monday, January 10th, 2011

Benefit’s Magic Ink liner is a liquid formula which is perfect for eyeliner junkies who want to achieve the perfect cat eyed effect. Though I’m usually a fan of slightly thicker sturdier brushes, the super thin brush that comes with Magic Ink gives you the option of deciding whether you want a thin sleek line read more »

Online Beauty Bargains

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days you will have seen on the news the hoards of people who have braved the post Christmas sales, with some fearless shoppers even queuing overnight so they were first in line for the opening of both the Harrods and Selfridges sales. If like read more »

Does YSL Touche Eclat have a dupe?

Friday, November 26th, 2010

The title of this post may appear laughable to some. After all, the world famous Touche Eclat by Yves Saint Laurent (£24) has been the make-up bag holy grail to women for years. It’s been coined the ‘Eight Hours of Sleep magic wand’ by make-up artists and beauty lovers alike, banishing tired looking eyes and read more »

For eyes that ‘smolder’

Monday, November 15th, 2010

Here at beauty Resource HQ we are currently lusting after the new eye palettes from Bobbi Brown. ‘Smoldering’ (£34) is our palette of choice for the festive party season, full of versatile colours which allow you to step away from your old faithful neutral or smoky eye looks and create something a little different. The read more »

MACs Venomous Villains Collection

Friday, October 8th, 2010

Bad has never looked so good… MACs limited edition collections have been so frequent, lacklustre and troublesome to pick up of late that we had actually began to lose interest in all the gimmicks and have instead been focussing our attention on the very underrated main line. Well it would seem MAC read our minds read more »

e.l.f’s Autumn offerings

Friday, October 1st, 2010

Lipstick lover’s are in for a treat this autumn because our favourite low cost, high quality brand e.l.f (eyes lips face) have just pre-launched their new lippie range (limited stock available). If you are yet to cross paths with e.l.f they aptly describe themselves as a ‘revolutionary new beauty company’ who launched back in 2004 read more »

Perricone MD No Foundation Foundation

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Dr. Perricone is a leading dermatologist who we are told has a rather impressive client list. He has long since been creating lotions and potions in a bid to rewind the wrinkle clock and one of his more recent creations is the infamous No Foundation Foundation. Now, to begin there has been many an internet read more »

Body Shop – Baked To Last

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Baked To Last is the new collection of eyeshadows, bronzers and blushers from The Body Shop, all lovingly handmade in Italy by local artisans who bake the products in small batches for 24 hours to ensure the pigments are bound together meaning intense colour and deep coverage. The collection offers two blushers, a pink toned read more »

Yves Saint Laurent – Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Though summer is barely over many of us have already confined our pastel nail lacquers and pale lipsticks to the bottom draw to make way for the darker and more dramatic autumn winter make up palette. Yves Saint Laurent’s new Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick with SPF 15 is currently only available at Selfridges and is read more »

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Mascara

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

How many times have we read ‘longer, fuller, lusher lashes’ on the packaging of the latest mascara & shamelessly skipped to the tills to buy it, only to find unsurprisingly that it makes absolutely no difference to our lashes? We have all succumbed to the advertising monster at some point and are slightly ashamed to read more »