I was shocked to read an article in the Daily Mail where their beauty writer Kay Montano confessed to just discovering mineral makeup. Just a little behind, perhaps! If you haven't discovered mineral makeup yet either, then LVF could be a great place to start.
I've tried several mineral makeup brands, including Lily Lolo, and LVF is now my current favourite (yes, even above Bare Escentuals). It could be because Ashlie, the fairest shade, was the closest match I've had to my skin tone yet, but there was plenty of other plus points to this brand...
On the left there, is a picture of Keira Knightley at the Venice Film Festival earlier in the week, looking, I might add, pretty damn immaculate. If only us mortals could do such a good smokey eye, hmm? On the right though, is my roughly photoshopped version of Keira, sans those incredible eyebrows. Makes a big difference, don't you think? She kind of reminds me a bit of Drew Barrymore with those skinny brows. It just shows how much your eyebrows really do frame your face and define your overall look. Pluck wisely!
Never since the nineties have I seen so much blue eyeshadow (please don't let this nineties thing turn into a full blown trend). The two most noticeable brands going down the blue route are MAC, with bluey hued eyeshadows Blue Storm, Stormwatch and Thunder making up part of their Blue Storm collection (out soon), and Laura Mercier, with her Stormy Collection Blue Sky Palette (out now). Both taking a cue from stormy skies, it seems (kind of appropriate considering the weather of late). So will you be going blue?
Us British are downright stingy when it comes to tipping. And although most of us will begrudgingly leave a tip at a restaurant, I don't know many people who regularly tip at the hairdressers. Personally I only tip when I actually like what they've done to my hair, what about you?
- I might not care about celebrity perfumes, but the rest of the country apparently does, as Kate Moss replaced Stunning by Katie Price as the number one selling perfume. Sigh. The video above is of Kate Moss at the perfume launch cut with shots from the ad. She speaks in it, too. [Female First]
- Bliss have extended their sale, and knocked down the prices a little bit more. Sadly, nothing is bargain basement cheap! [Bliss]
MAC's C Shock collection is close to extinct (only the pink shade of eye shadow - passionate, remains online), so if you're missed out because you're too late or you didn't have the cash, this GOSH Toucan palette is a pretty closely matched alternative. The eye shadow shades in the mock MAC palette on the left are in fact Going Bananas, Wondergrass, Big T and Bang on Blue from the C Shock collection - all sold out and priced at £40 if you bought all four. While on the left, the GOSH quad rings in at only £7.49 at Superdrug, and it's 3 for 2! The pigmentation won't be quite so good on the cheaper shadows, but I've tried it out, and for the price, you get plenty of colour.
Can you match your manicure to your celebrity? Have a go with these six anonymous sets of finger nails (click on the picture if you want to see them really big). Answers are after the cut - and if that doesn't entertain you for long enough, try last week's quiz: celebrity eyebrows...
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