Above you can see the range shot for Illamasqua’s forthcoming Art of Darkness collection (look for it from the 16th) and it’s quite challenging, I think you’ll agree. There are lots of wearable bits in the collection though, like some new liquid liners with sponge tips, great loose pigments, a gold body dust and those polishes. They mix up with new primary metallic Liquid Metal shades, and yes, yes indeed, that IS a navy lipstick you’re looking at there.
A navy lipstick, well now, that’s nothing but throwing down the gauntlet. And so ladies, post-cut, you can see said lipstick, named Disciple and costing €17, on my very own smackers.
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Tags: AW10, illamasqua, swatch
It’s not the heavage I can’t take my eyes off in this pic. MY EYES! MY EYES!
Popularised by John Travolta, Tom Jones, Tom Selleck and other hairy Seventies idols, the low cut male neckline with perhaps a hint of gold medallion and a soupcon of Old Spice, positively screamed masculinity.
Those days seem to be making a comeback as the resurgance of this trend has been with us for a while now. Inspired by the likes of like Russell Brand and of course Simon Cowell, low cut necklines for men are firmly in again. Now this is all very well for the likes of worked out celebrity males (like Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) purrr) who rock the look – but what about your average dude on the street?
According to high street retailers like Debenhams sales of tight low cut tshirts are on the rise and stores can’t keep up with demand.
But honestly though – what do you think of heavage? Does it get you all hot under the collar, or are you filled with horror at the thought of males of your acquaintance flashing their chests.
Is this something you’ll be getting your Dad for Christmas?
Thoughts please!
Tags: heavage, horrible beauty
Beloved of the scaly and sensitive-skinned, E45 is launching a new version of its popular Endless Moisture body moisturiser that should find favour among anyone who likes a bit of shimmer in their life.
Endless Moisture Radiance promises to deliver all the long-lasting, hypoallergenic hydration of the original in the same lightweight, non-greasy formula, only fabulised with subtle sparkly bits. I love body lotions with a bit of a glimmer, me, so I’m intent on picking it up on my next Boots run.
If you’ve tried it already do let us know your thoughts on it in a comment below!
Tags: body lotion, body moisturiser, budget, e45
Echoing the colours of the glass produced on the island of Murano, Nubar’s three-free Venetian Glass collection for the autumn is an eight-strong collection of lit-from-within bold, glossy shades that’s a total departure from all the cremes we’ve been seeing for the past while.
Are you feeling a little over summer’s flat pastels? You’ll like this lot so.
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Tags: AW10, nails, nubar, swatch
Regulars’ll know I’ve been trying to get my hands on this for a few months and every time I entered a Boots, it scuttled off the shelf and hid itself from me. Well, it was either that or it kept selling out.
Probably the latter.
Anyway, I finally tracked a tube down and as Boots was doing an offer, it was only €10.79, down from a regular price of €13.49 for 100mls. While I get a lot of stuff sent to me for review as part of my job as a beauty writer, I’m still a total cosmetics junkie like the rest of you and will hunt high and low for stuff I’ve read great things about.
But I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure if I’d like it. I have been lucky enough to try and use some amazing products in my time, the whole way across the spectrum of price and brand. So while there have been so many rave reviews about this, I’ve got quite a bit of experience with balm cleansers and wondered if it’d stack up.
Recently I’ve put my trusty Eve Lom away to give myself a chance to see what else is out there. And this one is a very good substitute, as it happens. Lets talk a little about price before I get into its abilities though: at €13.49 full price for 100mls, I don’t think I’d get longer than about three weeks out of this with daily use, based on the instructions to use ‘a generous splodge’. I use maybe a 10c coin-sized piece of Eve Lom to effectively remove a face full of product and the grime of the day, and I’d generally get up to three months from a €70 pot. At full price, Fab Pore Hot Cloth Cleanser would cost €53.96 for the same period.
That probably won’t change anyone’s mind but hey, I like working these sort of things out.
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Tags: balm, budget, cleanser, Soap and Glory
Okay okay I know this post should strictly speaking be appearing as part of our Fantasy Friday series (which has sadly been on its holidays for a while*). But what the hell, we have no rules here at Beaut.ie do we? It’s like Fight Club round here due to the lack of rules. Well without the fighting. Unless Kirstie gets her paws on the new lust have mascara before me – then there’s plenty of sulking.
So it’s not really like Fight Club at all then is it? But you get the analogy. So it’s Fantasy Wednesday today and no arguments.
On to the business of fantasy. Any time I see offers or competitions that proclaim “Win a luxury beauty hamper!” I’m always interested to know what exactly is in the luxury hamper.
Sometimes it’s wow! Othertimes it’s meh.
But just imagine if you could construct your own Fantasy Hamper? Full of things that you actually lust after but cannot afford without making yourself destitute or living on baked beans for the rest of the year. You can splurge on skincare, buy the fanciest makeup and throw in a facial voucher if you want. Or maybe you’d blow the lot on a spa trip – or a short visit to the Creme De La Mer counter. Perfume your thing? – sure chuck in a bottle or two.
You have Five Hundred Fantasy Euro to spend. What’s in your hamper?
*Any Fantasy Friday ideas up your sleeve? Get emailing them to us! info@beaut.ie
Tags: fantasy friday, Money No Object
I’ve been slightly obsessed with the idea of silver nails ever since Lynnie posted about Chanel’s catwalk silver manicure back in February. I’m usually a fan of dark, glossy shades on my own nails, but the clean, futuristic look on the models’ nails drew me in. Sadly, the shade Chanel used was a limited edition that was no longer available and so the idea went out of my head.
And then I came across Gosh cosmetics nail polish in Silver, €8.50, as I browsed the shelf in my local chemist and that image from the Chanel show came back to me. Would I be able to pull off the smooth silver look with it? Well at that price I was certainly going to try.
I didn’t know if I’d be able to get the smooth, polished finish they managed at Chanel as Gosh Silver looks more metallic and textured in the bottle. I knew this shade was one where I’d definitely need a basecoat – metallics can be really hard to remove when applied directly to a naked nail. My first attempt involved two layers of Silver, but I’ve since decided this looked too heavy on my nails, so read on to see the results with one coat of Silver applied over a base coat.
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Tags: GOSH, metallics, nails, silver, swatch
At this stage, you hopefully have your tent organised, located and rinsed off your wellies after Oxegen (or Electric Picnic last year – ewwwww) and are just about set for EP this weekend. We’ve covered make-up inspiration and general festial survival on the blog in the past, but what about your crowning glory? Won’t somebody please think of the children gruaig!
Needless to say, dry shampoo is your only man when it comes to keeping hair (reasonably) fresh. Sure, there will be pop-up salons offering a wash and blow dry service if you’re arsed to seek them out, but mostly you should just forget about high-octane glamour this weekend. It’s all about looking half decent while keeping things as low-maintenance as possible so you can spend less time fretting about your hair and more time looking at bands or queuing for mojitos in the Bacardi Live Tent. Work with what you’ve got. And don’t go next or near those pay-as-you-go straighteners: GHDing dirty locks is just dis-gus-ting.
Cheap and cheerful Batiste is now available in different colours as well as different fragrances, so you should be able to find a version to suit. It’ll also give hair a bit of grip and volume so you’ll be able to tie it up out of the way with ease.
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Tags: electric picnic, festival beauty, Hair & Hair Removal
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