Blush / Cheek Products
Smashbox O-Glow - my new obsession
Sometimes we have products stashed away for a while before we get a chance to try them, and then we're sorry we'd waited so long - like Smashbox's O-Glow blush - and it is amazing. I didn't actually read the outside when i...
M.A.C Semi Precious Collection
MAC have a few great looking collection's coming up, but the one that's caught our Magpie-like eye is the Semi-Precious Collection . The Semi-Precious Collection is a range of Mineralize eyeshadow, Mineralize Skinfinish,...
Victoria Beckham loves Stila Lip and Cheek Stain
Victoria Beckham getting a twitter has been very instructive - not only does she post pictures of her fit husband, but she's always dishing out little beauty tips . Today the designer revealed that she is obsessed with...
No7 Autumn Limited Edition Modern Minimalism Collection : The Best bits
No7 never fails to surprise and I'm happy to learn that their latest collection is pared down and perfect. The range is small and well formed, with lovely neutral shades and perfect primers to look forward too. I've been...
Benefit Cha Cha Tint is mango-licious
I'm a big fan of the Benefit range of tinted lip and cheek stains, with Posie Tint my favourite (hey, I have a fair complexion). Benefit Cha Cha tint is another in the same vein, a lovely mango coloured lip and cheek...
Sleek MakeUP's Avoir la Pêche collection
Sleek MakeUP have just announced the launch of a new limited edition collection for Spring, Avoir la Pêche . The peach themed collection (Pêche is peach in French just FYI) includes one of our favourite Sleek MakeUP...
Duwop launch Isla Sirena collection with Disney
Disney are really going for the make up promotion for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie, On Stranger Tides : as well as the line of nail polish they've made with OPI , they've also collaborated with Duwop...
Lancôme team up with BAFTA and Swarovski
You may have seen last week I showed you the Butterflies Fever Ultra Lavande Blush from Lancôme' s Spring Ultra Lavande collection, and I've just seen they're releasing a limited edition version to coincide with the...
Product Review: Benefit Bella Bamba Blusher
A big fan of Benefit makeup products I received the Bella Bamba blush with some trepidation. I love so many of their other blushers I wasn't sure Bella Bamba would be able to find a place in my collection. Was it a daytime...
Benefit goes 3D with Bella Bamba Blusher
Benefit 's blushers have become somewhat iconic, and whenever a new one is released I get very excited. It's not even just the product that excites me, it's the whole package; the styling, the name, they're always so fun ....
Lancome Ultra Lavande Collection for Spring 2011
How pretty is this blush palette from Lancome 's Spring collection? SO pretty. Part of the Ultra Lavande collection (so named because the overall colours in it are pinks and purples), the Butterflies Fever Ultra...
MAC's Wonder Woman Collection is AMAZING
I love MAC as much as the next girl, but I have never wanted a collection like I want their upcoming Wonder Woman line . Isn't is epic ? The collection will include compacts and cases in the character's signature royal...
Sale Watch: Benefit Powder Time Lover
This is something you're going to want to get your hands on quickly! Benefit are famous for their boxes of powder, so as a special treat for Christmas, they brought out a palette that incorporated three of their most popular...
Bella Bamba blusher from Benefit
A new product from Benefit is always exciting, as I am totally in love with one of their recent launches, the great Porefessional. They will be launching a '3D blusher' in February 2011, called Bella Bamba. The shade is...
The products behind Urban Outfitter's fresh-faced hipster look
Annoyingly ironic? Sometimes. On-trend and attractive looking? Always. The Urban Outfitters look book is either a treasure trove of styling inspiration or your own personal stylistic nightmare depending on your feelings on...
Product Review: Benefit Pore Professional
First off I want to admit that I don't struggle that much with large pores. Well, at least I think I didn't till I tried this product. It's not that my skin worsesned after use, rather that my nose area seemed so much...
Benefit New product alert! Two lush new goodies coming to you soon
I'm a big fan of Benefit products so the news that there would soon be two new additions to the range filled me with glee. One is the delightfully named 'Bathtina, Take a Picture... it lasts longer', and one is a kit...
Product review: Nars Orgasm Illuminator
Nars Orgasm is one of those products which has become so famous that even the most prudish can mention they enjoy it without sniggering. The Nars Orgasm blush revolutionized how we think about colour and led to women...
Meaningful Beauty: Review of Cindy Crawford's skincare range
Not so long ago I mentioned that I'd discovered that Cindy Crawford had released a skincare line called Meaningful Beauty. I've been trialing products for a few weeks now and am ready to give you my verdict on the line....
Product Review: Bare Escentuals All Over Face Color Pure Radiance
This is one of those products I've had kicking around my boudoir table for a long time that I've just never tried. I'm pretty sure it must have been a gift with purchase at some point, but today I decided to break out the...
Product Review: MAC in Lillyland hitting US stores tomorrow, UK in February
"A collaboration that feels like the best tongue-in-chic resort retort delivers that joyously bright and refined Key West bloom: new floral patterned Pearlmatte Eye Shadow and Face Powder, plus all the retro-modern colour...
Product review: Benefit One Hot Minute
One thing Benefit has always excelled at is presentation, which is one of the reasons it has so many devotees. One friend of mine is such a fan of the elegantly retro packaging that she continues to cart her products...
Behold Barry M's new blushers!
If you like your blusher bright and bold, Barry M is going to be a good choice this season. The party-loving range has just introduced some wild new colours to its range, and I had a bit of a play with one of the brightest...
HOW TO: Apply the alternatives to Blusher
Known as rouge back in the day, blusher was one of the first makeup products to go mainstream and has been an essential for women the world over for years. A sweep of powder blush and boom boom pow! A brighter, healthier...
St Tropez launches new cosmetics range in the UK
Sarah Fisher writes... With weather as unpredictable as ours this summer, the only truly safe and reliable way to get a golden glow is out of a bottle. And thanks to tanning geniuses St Tropez, there's no shortage of...
Offshore beauty - gorgeous MAC-a-like blush from Kiko cosmetics, Italy
Sarah Fisher writes... This morning I was thrilled to receive a package from a wonderful makeupalley.com swapper in Italy, who sent me some products from the Italian brand Kiko. I 've fallen for one item in...
MEMEME Poppy Tint - Copy Tint? Poppycock...
Ah, Spring. The flowers are budding, the lovers are blushing... or have probably at least faked it with some hardy blusher or cheek stain. Benefit's cult favourite Benetint is probably the first long-wearing stain to...
Gemma's favourite beauty finds part 3: Foundation, concealer & blush
1. Bare Escentuals Mineral Foundation (£24) & Mineral Veil (£21) Call me predictable, but Bare Escentuals gets my vote in the mineral foundation stakes. I've tried loads of other brands and though some come very close,...
Too Faced release three new cheek products in fab retro packaging
I'm a big fan of Too Faced as I find their packaging adorable and their products seem to last a really long time and are highly pigmented. I was excited to hear that they've just released THREE new blushes, all in...
