The ghd brand has become so synonymous with sleek, straight, shiny hair that most women I know don't even use the word 'straightener' any more. Like hoovers and sellotape, 'ghds' has become an instantly recognisable brand leader and many of us have eventually caved in and shelled out £90+ on one of the ceramic stylers.
Well, start saving again folks, because the brand is branching out with the ghd Air (£99), their first ever hairdryer.
This couldn't have come at a better time for me, as Steph returned from an appointment with ghd creative director Kenna on the very same day my own cheap Argos jobby finally bit the dust. I was quickly dispatched with the ghd Air to see if I could do as good a job on my own hair as Kenna did on Steph's (above)...
(PS Don't forget to enter our competition to win a pair of ghd's and a signed poster of their ambassador Katy Perry!)
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This weeks contenders for Designer vs Dupe have a massive difference in price, but not much else - Urban Decay and MUA battle it out for the best neutral eye palettes!
On the left is Urban Decay's Naked Palette, and on the right is Make Up Academy's Professional Heaven and Earth Palette - as you can see they both have a wide, and very similar, collection of shimmery neutral eyeshadow shades... except that the Naked palette is £35, and the Heaven and Earth one is an unbelievable £4. Not a typo. To be fair, the UD version comes with a mini eye primer, but at £4 (still not a typo), and with highly pigmented and long wearing colours, you can't ask for better value.
Buy them here:
Make Up Academy Professional Heaven and Earth Palette, £4
Urban Decay Naked eyeshadow palette, £35
We love Lauren Conrad's beauty website - full of ideas and how-to's, including this great manicure she's done for Halloween, inspired by candy corn!
If you're unfamiliar with candy corn, it's a type of sweet from America that is associated with Halloween, probably because people give it out to trick or treaters.
So cute - we had no idea from The Hills that she was so creative! Check out Lauren's how-to here.
We've written about fish pedicures a lot on Kiss and Makeup since we first saw them back in 2008, so we were slightly alarmed to see them all over the newspapers this morning after it was revealed that the treatment could spread infections like HIV and Hepatitus C.
Basically, if a user infected with a blood-borne virus bleeds into the water, there is a chance that the infection can be passed on - don't panic if you've had one: the risk is low, although according to the Health Protection Agency, 'can't be completely excluded' and people with diabetes, psoriasis or a weak immune system are 'particularly vulnerable' and should completely steer clear.
An agency spokesman said: "We have issued this guidance because there are a growing number of these spas."
"When the correct hygiene procedures are followed, the risk of infection is very low," they added. "However, there is still a risk of transmission of a number of infections - this does include viruses like HIV and hepatitis."
MAC is once again bringing the glam with their Glitter and Ice Collection for Holiday 2011. The unlikely spokesman for the line is Johnny Weir, who you can see in the promo image after the jump. The press release boasts "shades that celebrate boys and girls blading in a winter wonderland." At first glance the collection can come off a bit too white-washed, but there's plenty of color to be had. Plus, if you're looking for that extra packaging punch for holiday gifting, there's shakeable snow globe compacts full of glitter. Yup.
Keep reading for full details.
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If you saw The X-Factor on Saturday and you watched Janet Devlin's performance, you might have noticed that she seemed to have tiny butterflies on her eyes - but actually the young singer was wearing a pair of Paperself paper eyelashes!
We think she was wearing the Small Deer&Butterfly ones (which are £10.50 here) and it was definitely a good move putting these on her - her intense, fluttery-eyed singing showed them off to advantage!
Check out more Paperself here.
I'm no stranger to semi permanent makeup, but as my last session had been over two years agoi, it was time for a top up. That's the beauty about using semi permanent makeup- the fact that it IS semi permanenent and you're not stuck with it forever. Yes, I know I'm stressing this point, but it's so valid you'll just have to put up with it.
Last time I had my eyebrows done, I visited the lovely Dunja Ghag at the EF Medi Spa, and I was so happy with Dunja's work that I'm seeing her again- this time at her new home at Lund Osler, Knightsbridge.
It's always a bit scary to have this done- even when you've had it before- so I'll talk you through the steps.My eyebrows had been overplucked as a child, and were a little sparse, so I wanted them filled out- goodbye eyebrow pencil!
First off, there's the consultation, where you discuss the shape you're looking for and have a patch test. This involves a tiny prick behind the ear and some measuring with what looks like a ten year olds geometry set, to get the facial proportions just right.
On the day of your treatment you go through what you'd like once more- longer, shorter, thicker etc, and then you lie down whilst a topical anesthetic cream is applied to the eyebrows.
The 3D® Brows Treatment is exclusive to Dunja and involves mixing a few shades together to create an effect that looks natural and multi dimensional. There's no single flat tone used in the brow, so they look very real and she uses feather light strokes rather than a solid line to create the impressions that the pigments used is actual eyebrow hair- it's placed as such.
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The ghd brand has become so synonymous with sleek, straight, shiny hair that most women I know don't even use the word 'straightener' any more. Like hoovers and sellotape, 'ghds' has become an instantly recognisable brand leader and many of us have eventually caved in and shelled out £90+ on one of the ceramic stylers.
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