This new blush from Clarins adds the perfect rosy flush to cheeks.Its soft texture reacts on contact with the skin, melting into the cheekbones to boost their natural colour and radiance, enhancing your own skin tone.

The slightly iridescent pink colour suits all complexions and is great if you need a new low maintenance everyday blusher which can carry you through from summer to winter.

As always with Clarins this product is suitable for even the most sensitive of skin tones and is not drying to the skin like other powder blushers can be.

Additionally this blush also doubles up as a lip colour, giving a lovely subtle sheen when applied lightly.

Clarins Limited Edition Instant Blush is priced at £16.50 and is available to purchase from the Clarins website.

We love painting our nails just as much as the next person, but what we don’t particularly love is the potent aroma of wet nail polish wafting up the nostrils.

Rimmel London have recently released a small collection of scented nail polishes, so wave bye bye to the smell of acidic pear drops and say hello to fruity loveliness. Though on the surface scented nail polish may send out babysitters club, sleepover and boy talk-esq vibes of our days as adolescents, we can assure you that they are in fact very grown up!

Though Rimmel press pictures seem to show a larger range, both their website and all of the stores we have raided only stock four colours: Apricot Punch, Cranberry Zest, Lemon Drop and Strawberry Fizz, all of which are aptly named to describe their scent and colour…clever indeed.

We were itching to try out Lemon Drop, after swooning over this seasons ice cream, pastel shades this pale creamy lemon colour was the first on our list.

Scent wise this polish definitely delivered a fruity lemon fragrance upon application and drying but after a day of wear it was very faint to almost non existent.

In our eyes this isn’t a negative as though we love the fruity scent on application, we would rather not have to fight the urge to lick our fruity finger tips.

After reading extensive reviews many have commented on the longevity of the scent, perhaps meaning it is something that differs from person to person from bottle to bottle depending on various factors such as how many coats applied and topcoat application.

For a completely non transparent colour Lemon Drop required 3 coats and though the finished effect was lovely we do have to report some minor chipping. Top coat next time!

We can’t wait to get our mitts on the other three colours and at just £3 a bottle will be stocking up on the remaining 3. Pop down to Boots or Superdrug to pick them up now.

Here at Beauty Resource we love a brand with a conscience and this is why we completely covet the brand Amazon Beauty. Founders Fabian Lliguin and Anna Ayers have made it their mission to ensure the beauty of the planet is preserved so work hard to ensure they are promoting sustainable beauty products.

In order to achieve this they send troops into the Amazon Rainforest to work with native tribes and nationalities to help protect intellectual property rights. All products are made from high quality natural ingredients which contain no nasty chemicals, parabens, sulfates, dyes or petroleum and are 100% vegan.

One product that particularly caught our eye was the Rahua Finishing Treatment which is already a favourite among celebrity’s Johnny Depp, Jennifer Lopez and Gwyneth Paltrow (who loved it so much she even mentioned it on her website Goop.com).

This is essentially a finishing treatment which is designed to repair and add shine. In terms of how to use, it is extremely versatile and can be used on wet or dry hair before blow-drying and straightening to prevent breakage and repair damage, or it can be run through wet wavy or curly hair and left to dry giving great shine and frizz control. This is also great for those who want to add a little texture to their hair and again can be used on ether wet hair before blow drying or on dry hair with a little applied to the root area before some teasing or mussing.

The treatment will strengthen the hair but unlike many others will not leave it heavy, clumpy, oily or crunchy but weightless and glossy instead. Apparently the key ingredient to this treatment is super-fine Rahua oil molecules, which deeply penetrate the hairs cortex to rebuild even the most damaged barnets.

This product is a real luxury and we can assure that a little goes a very long way and though the price point of £36.50 may seem a little steep remember that we don’t bat an eyelid when we shed out that much on a myriad of other beauty products so why should we treat our hair any differently? If you needed any more convincing then remember this is one of the most sustainable products around,is completely vegan and helps to preserve the Amazon rainforest, so sleep soundly…with gorgeous hair.

You can pick up Rahua Finishing Treatment from Liberty.

Despite spending a great deal of time wallowing in the bath and shower most of us spend very little time selecting our body wash. When it comes to body lotions, scrubs, fake-tan and make-up we can stroll up and down the aisle until we are blue in the face, yet when it comes to the item we use most many of us opt for ‘whats on offer’.

Well we believe that showering doesn’t have to boring and in fact can provide a lovely little snippet of ‘me time’ to ether wake you up in the morning, preparing you for the day ahead or to relax you after a long day at work.

The key however, is selecting the right shower gel and we believe we have done most of the legwork for you. Some of you may have been lucky enough to have sampled the delights of Philosophy’s deliciously scented but bank busting shower gels, well we have sniffed out an affordable alternative which will have you more excited about cleaning yourself than ever before.

Pink Cow is a small british beauty company which makes delicious smelling shower products which are very reasonably priced. Now all the sceptics out there will currently be raising one eyebrow wondering what the catch is. A compromise on quality or ingredients perhaps? We can assure you that Pink Cow products are made with high quality ingredients, are paraben free and are not tested on animals.

All of these shower products smell so delicious they come with a genuine warning they are not safe to eat…and even then it is hard to resist. Pick from Vanilla Biscuit, Stawberry Sundae or Lemon Cheesecake shower gels, all of which lather easily (even without a sponge!) and are super moisturising. Or peruse their other products which include Coconut Crème and Strawberry Sundae crème baths and scrubs.

All products mentioned are currently priced at £2 on special offer at Boots, pick yours up now while stocks last.

If you want your hair to look like you’ve just stepped of the catwalk then it’s definitely worth paying Hersheshons Blow Dry Bar a visit. This is a great way to transform your everyday hair into a dramatic evening look in just 30 minutes. Simply walk in (no appointment necessary), browse the eight fabulous styles on the menu and choose your favourite for the team of stylists to recreate.

The menu is ever changing but currently features 8 signature looks which you’ll have difficulty choosing between:

The Super Straight
Super sleek, poker straight hair for a sophisticated and sexy take on the modern goth. Inspired by fashion’s enduring style icons Carine Roitfeld and Jane Birkin.

The B-52
A tougher, up-to-the-minute interpretation of the classic Bardot. Forget the sex-kitten, this looser up-do adds a little boyish edge to any outfit.

The Marcel
Recreate the glamour of silver screen goddesses Rita Heyworth or Sophia Loren. These perfectly, polished waves pay tribute to the style legacy of French hairdresser Francois Marcel.

The Rick Rack Jack
Reworking an old school technique used to create frizz, this is a fresher version for anyone wanting to channel a retro, 1970s American vibe. A style that complements dressed up or down fashion.

The Classic
The references here are pure Upper East Side Manhattan. Sleek, polished and very groomed. For those who like their hair to scream ‘expensive’.

The Bardot
A lady-like elegance that pays homage to Hitchcock heroine, Tippy Hedren. Added height at the crown creates a retro glamour yet the look remains modern by ensuring the front and sides are kept flat.

The Wavy Gravy
A Hersheson classic which is undoubtedly the defining hair style of the Noughties. Touselled beach babe meets rock’n'roll. Kate and Sienna we salute you.

The Big and Brushed
Another look pushing the high-octane lifestyle. Similar to the ‘classic’ but with a bouncier, more fresher feel to hair that has a ton of movement.

You can ether visit the blow dry bar in the basement of Topshop’s Oxford street branch, or venture on over to the new and enormous Westfield centre in Shepard’s Bush.

All styles are priced at £22 and if you are concerned there is nothing on the menu to suit your style then note that the stylists are flexible and will taylor the chosen look to suit your style.

Visit the Hershesons website

Lovely LUSH have recently dived head first into the ever growing market of fake tan and we must say we are very pleased that there are finally some delicious smelling tanners on the market.

First up is their Charlotte Island Tanning Lotion (£9.99 per 240g), a subtle bronzing body tint which gives a sun kissed glow minus the harm caused by excessive sunlight. The lotion is made with an organic lemon infusion, organic oils and cocoa butter, all of which brighten and hydrate the skin without the smell of stale biscuits and roast chicken crisps.

A little really does go a long way with this product and though the colour seems a little daunting in the bottle it leaves a beautiful, even streak free colour and a wonderful almost chocolate like aroma, finally a fake tan which is a pleasure and not a chore to apply!

Next up are their body glow massage bars. If you need a glow but your on the go then the new solid body tints could be the perfect option for you. Available for lighter and darker skin tones Silk Stockings (£7.50 per 30g) and Black Stockings (£7.50 per 30g) are solid bars which are to be massaged into the skin to leave a subtle looking colour and can be washed off easily making dirty sheets a thing of the past.

Silk Stockings (for paler skin) is formulated with shea butter for its moisturising properties and jasmine for a sultry fragrance and application is virtually faff free in comparison to cream wash-on-wash-off tanners, which end up virtually everywhere but where you want it!

Black Stockings is intended as a body tint for tanned or black skin. The combination of darker colours makes for a realistic tan and evens out the skin tones. It is formulated with Pimento berry oil which is known to treat muscular aches and pains and cinnamon leaf oil which has a rich and spicy aroma leaving the skin tingling. Again the solid formula means that application is relatively mess free, it takes a little working to massage into the legs but in our opinion this much better than having tan dripping all over our nice cream carpets!

Lipgloss is many things, it’s fun, its flirty and it is a definite summer essential and though there will always be space in our make-up bags and in our hearts for the ever faithful gloss, it will never overshadow its sophisticated sister the lipstick.

We know that CHANEL’s Rouge Coco may be slightly old news (released in February) but it is extremely rare for us still be addicted to a product which is almost 6 months old. Rouge Coco has become a cult beauty classic just like the 2.55 has become a cult fashion classic. The highly pigmented lip colour is available in 33 shades which Coco would have worn herself and all of which sport wonderful names based on influential periods in her life, Mademoisselle, Paris and Cambon are to name but a few.

CHANEL chose to stick to classic and timeless packaging for this lipstick and as usual even holding it in your hand makes you feel like you are clutching pure luxury. The formula itself contains Hydratender complex which CHANEL claims gives ’8 hour hydration from a single application’. Now though the colour may not last eight hours it certainly try’s its best, lasting a minimum of four hours without showing signs of fading.

In terms of the colour itself you couldn’t ask for more, giving good coverage and a strong colour even from just one swipe. We adore Perle which is wonderful fresh coral and a fantastic alternative to nude. The shade Mademoiselle is the perfect feminine pink but if the thought of splurging your cash on a lippie is turning you weak at the knees then we suggest you opt for Cambon, a classic red which will be the best investment you’ve made in a long while!

CHANEL Rouge Coco is priced at £21.50 and is available from Boots.

The original Eve Lom cleanser has gained itself cult status within the beauty world for being the ‘do all’ product. The concept behind the Eve Lom cleanser is that it is the only product you need to use. Even though there is a small range of additional products in theory with the cleanser there should be no need for a plethora of different creams and cleansers.

You may be thinking why is there an additional/different cleanser if the original is so good? Well we asked ourselves the same question and set out to give the new one a try.

We found many noticeable differences between the two products, with the latest cleanser differing from the original first and foremost because of the absence of the muslin cloth which is used to apply and remove the original cleanser. The Morning Time Cleanser is also billed as being quick and easy to use and it is indeed a quicker and less laborious process than the original with application simply involving warming a small amount of cleanser between hands before massaging it in circular motions into dry skin. Leave for two minutes and then rinse off using water.

This product is fantastic, it leaves the skin soft, youthful and radiant and its formulation of natural exfoliant papaya and collagen boosting carrot oils make it a great product to wake you up in the morning.

Eve Lom have suggested using this product in the morning followed by the original cleanser in the evening but Morning Time works perfectly as well when used for both.

If you would like to purchase Eve Lom’s Morning Time Cleaner £35 you can do so from the official website.

With Glastonbury kicking of the U.K festival season this weekend we thought we thought we would give you a run down on some must have survival items:

Models Own Lip Cheek & Face Paint £5.99

Whats a festival without a few ridiculous costumes and neon face paints here and there? These pots won’t take up too much room in your rucksack and will provide you with hours of entertainment. Available in neon blue, neon orange, neon pink and neon yellow.

Piz Buin One Day Long Lotion SPF15 with heliplex £18.99

It may sound boring and expensive but this weekend is set to be the hottest of the year so far and unless you want to come back looking like a mixed grill you need to slap on the sun cream. This lotion smells fantastic and with almost a week without showers you are going to want to do everything within your power to smell mildly acceptable. Whats more this lotion lasts six hours without reapplication so in the event the beers are flowing and you become absent minded or if your tent is a 3 mile walk away from the arena then no worries, because once its on you’re off!

Ow! Day Tripper – Day Out First Aid Kit £5.99

All day alcohol consumption, tents, intense heat, music and excitement all rolled into one will probably lead to the odd bump and bruise. Here is a handy little first aid kit which will keep you smiling. The kit contains the following:

First Aid Leaflet
Insect Repellant Wipes
Wound Pad with Bandage
Safety Pins
Mini Grip Pill Bag
15ml Eye Wash
Blister Plasters
Assorted Washproof Plasters
Antiseptic Wipes

Batiste Dry Shampoo Blush 150ML £2.09

It is difficult to comprehend a life without dry shampoo and often women look back and wonder how we ever lived without it. This is an absolute must at a festival. Were certainly not saying its going to make your hair look perfectly styled and coiffed but it will tackle the grease at the very least and has the added bonus of a summery coconut fragrance.

Iridescent Glitterbug £3.65 per 30g

Not only will this massage bar leave your skin smooth, soft and flexible with its moisturising shea butters and cocoa, it will also leave you beautifully scented with rose, citrus and sweet vanilla and it will leave you looking like you’ve just been sprinkled with fairy dust.

Anatomicals Snoozers Are Losers Boost Patch £3.00

It’s no secret that at a festival you are likely to get very little sleep. If you feel your stamina is lagging and you are on the verge of creeping back to the tent for a little snooze then why not try one of these energy patches from Anatomicals. There are six individual patches in this kit to be applied to the upper arm for a boost. Within minutes they relieve tiredness and increase sharpness to get you back in the party spirit.

Growing ears from a piece of cartilage and creating blood vessels from stem sells may not seem very beauty-centric but its all in a days work for the scientists who created the latest must have hair product to hit the market…Frizz

Professor Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the man we have to thank for Frizz. After he and his team of researchers studied the plethora of straightening creams, sprays and gels currently available they set about creating a product to top them all, something which could keep hair silky whatever the weather, ideally working in 100 per cent humidity.

They came up with the Frizz range, which uses a man made water and oil repellent compound known as polyfluoroester. Lighter than silicone each strand of hair is coated preventing water from entering keeping the hair frizz free. It also has the welcome side effect of helping the hair to produce less oil, grease and dirt meaning it is likely you will wash your hair less often.

The range includes a number of sprays, creams and treatments for ether curly or straight hair and are to be applied after washing the hair. If you want to get in on one of the biggest beauty advances of the decade you can purchase the Frizz range from Space NK with prices starting at £18.