Paloma Faith channels her inner Pirate Aunt Sally: Marvellous or Mad?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Wowza.

Paloma Faith always likes to experiment and push at the boundaries of convention when it comes to both maquillage and fashion, and is often found sporting some, well, interesting looks.

Not perhaps the sort of thing you’d wear yourself down the pub of a Friday night, but in fairness she does always look like she’s enjoying playing dress up.

Her recent outing at the Cervical Cancer Charity Concert in London was a case in point. Looking like the lovechild of Cap’n Jack Sparrow, Bosco, and Pierrot, Paloma sported a fetching tricorn pirate hat and clown-like blusher and mad eye make-up which competed with her metallic harlequin coat and polka-dot frock for attention.

Is this just another example of her delightfully quirky style or a full-blown make-up malfunction?

Dupetastic: Gosh Trio T R13 is a Dead Ringer for Lancome’s Erika F

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Erika F by Lancome is a bloggers delight: it’s one of those shadows that got adopted across the beauty blogosphere and it rapidly achieved best-selling status as a result. It is gorgeousI told you a little about it just after Christmas – and it’s a greeny-silvery shade with lots of intensity and a slightly golden, pearled, shimmered finish. It’s perfect for night-time eyes.

After meeting with the A Wear gals last week and making off home with a bag of swag, I noticed a little something. Namely, that one of the shades (un-named on the packaging, infortunately) in Gosh’s Trio Eye Shadow in T R13 Diamond Rock, is almost a dead-ringer for Erika F.  They’re facing each other in the pic above, and there are swatches on my hand right after the cut.

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Nice bit of Kit: Trish McEvoy Turquoise Python Petite Makeup Planner Collection

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Feast your eyes on that D.I.V.I.N.E little baby above. Isn’t it quite the nicest thing you’ve seen in oh, actually – ages? I haven’t Had It In My Hands or anything but I really have such a quake of want for it that I think queueing up at the Brown Thomas Dublin counter round about the 10th of March is going to be firmly in order.

Handily, my birthday is also next month so I may have some birthday money. I sense a plan.

The Turquoise Python Petite Makeup Planner Collection will be €102 and includes a lot of product for your outlay:

  • The planner case
  • One of Trish’s customisable petite makeup pages contains shadow in azure, arabian nights eye definer, a big crystal lame eye shadow, translucent finishing powder and a radiance three-colour trio
  • Eye Base Essentials in bare, deluxe travel size
  • Irresistible Petal lip gloss

So, this mention of petite. Is it, y’know, weeny? Nope, the planners are a decent size as are the pages. This is a gorgeous little bag that has room for your other bits and bobs too, and it’s perfect for traveling, bathroom envy, handbag real estate and lots more stuff besides.

There’s one more Turquoise Python piece of goodness after the cut.

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SS10: Pastel Perfection at Christian Dior

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

OH GWAD would you lookit that? Lets let Max, the Hart’s housekeeper at it again: GOIJUS.

I think, come summer, I’ll be rocking some Chanel-inspired heart-shaped pouffy hair, adorned with as many embellishments as I can cram on, plus the statement maquillage you see on those fine fillies above.

Too much? Ha! I laugh in the face, etc

Makeup maestro Pat McGrath was out in force in Paris for Christian Dior’s couture show and she designed a series of looks featuring pastel eyes and bold red lips. The purple and baby blue varieties set my heart a flutter, so that’s what I’ll be channeling. Oh yes.

This is quite a matte look: think a very clean base, soft brows, a true-red lip and for eyes, as much matte pastel shadow as you can pack on there – oh and take it well above the crease. If your shadow has just a smidgen of shimmer, then that’s ok too, but the ones to avoid are metallics, anything wet-look, iridiscent or super-shimmery if you want to pull this off convincingly. Lastly? A bit of winged liner and lots of mascara’ll finish this off to perfection.

And I cannot wait to try it!

SS10: Too Faced Eyeshadow Duos in Nice Neutrals

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

D’yiz remember I was banging on the other week about everyone needing neutrals in their kit and that they’re the very foundation garments of your makeup bag? Well, in case you didn’t want to shell out for those Nars lovelies on Strawberrynet, Too Faced have a few new things for spring, handily including that quartet of Eyeshadow Duos above.

At €17.50 each you get two shades for your cash in a mix of mattes and shimmers. The brand is good for shadow and payoff tends to be impressive. The four are, from left, Erotica Silk Teddy (oooer missis), Sexpresso Peach Fuzz (double ooer), Cocoa Puff Honey Pot and Teddy Bear Heaven. Cute, eh?

Sneaky Peek: Paul & Joe do Alice In Wonderland

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

I love me a bit of Paul & Joe for the (imaginary) dressing table, so I do, and I’m very much looking forward to the upcoming Alice In Wonderland fillum, so it’s no great shocker that I’m liking the look of Paul & Joe’s Alice-inspired releases. A duo of limited edition tins in either powder pink or light blue, the sets will contain a blotting paper wallet with mirror to control any pesky shininess, blotting paper refills, and a lip treatment to condition smackers while adding a sheer dose of colour and shine.

In the pink tins, your lip treatment will be, erm, pink (Fantasy, above), while the one in the blue tins will be – no, not blue – sheer orange (Daydream – check after the cut for a close-up).

The packaging is a mash-up of the usual gorgeous Paul & Joe flower motifs and Disney’s version of Alice In Wonderland, so it’s nostalgia all the way – the pink blotting paper refill features one of the little hedgehogs that served as the Queen Of Hearts croquet balls – and I love it.  I do not, however, much like the price tag. Each tin will set you back what I think is a fairly whopping £25.

Gulp.

Best just get one, then…

Paul & Joe’s Alice In Wonderland goodies launch at ASOS.com on 25th February.

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Bargaintastic: Essence Colour and Shine Lipstick Pencils

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Firstly, what a price: €2.49. I mean, you can’t buy a litre of milk for that (or, er, can you? Yeah, maybe you can). Ahem, anyway, point being, a cent under two fifty is pretty damn cheap, isn’t it? And while the name of this product is slightly misleading, as they’re far more like a sheer gloss than a lipstick, the four shades on offer are very pretty and wearable.

I’ve got that shocking pink, second from left, (it’s called Party Goer) and on the lips it’s a transparent pink that’s nice for day – you’re not getting anything like the intensity of a creme gloss or a lipstick, but equally you’re not getting a sticky, gloopy mess. It feels moisturising on the lips and has enough shine to be noticeable, but not so much that hair attaches itself to your pucker the second the wind gets up. Smells nice, too.

Naturally enough, this stuff doesn’t hang around for long, but the pencil is large and pareable, so that’s grand. Oh, and I mention the price? Yup, I did. Nuff said so – a decent purchase for a very wee outlay, I think.

Swit Swoo: Givenchy Printed Lips

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

I am totally taken by the idea of Givenchy’s new Printed Lips pens, €23 a pop. A lipstain in two shades, this appeals oh-so-much cos, y’see, I love lipstains. I adore Bourjois’ Rouge Hi-Tech versions and use them all the time – they’re incredible for getting long-lasting colour that doesn’t give a ‘product’ feel. There’s no gloop on your lips, just colour, which means that during this kind of cold weather, you can layer your lipbalm on top and not feel like you’re missing out on a nice part of the whole beauty buzz.

Givenchy have two on counter now in Pink Impression (left) and Rose Impression (right), and come payday, I will most likely to be found at a counter, making a purchase before I run off cackling in delight to scribble all over my face. Ah beauty, I how I love thee.

Mavala Double Cils/double lash: groovy to the max. Hopefully

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Here’s something kind of interesting.
Mavala, well known to us chemist lovers (am I right in thinking that’s everyone who reads Beaut.ie?) as purveyors of cheapie nail products in mini bottles have now expanded into eyes with their Eye Lite range, (Kirstie gave us a heads up recently). Eye makeup removers, mascara, primer and eyecream and lash curlers comprise the range in (sorry Mavala) uninspired blue and white packaging.

Normally products claiming to boost your eyelashes are expensive. From Talika Lipocils (read xgirl’s trial here) to prescription products like Latisse, we’ve found that they do work but you’d need to be forking out a bit of cash for them.

But Mavala offer a budget priced lash lengthening and thickening product that promises to bulk up lashes. Now it’s not new ( we first wrote about it way back in 2007) but you couldn’t get your paws on it in Ireland. Now you can though and at less than a tenner the temptation to see if it works is huge. And it sounds easy enough – even for lazy me.

It needs to be brushed on at night on clean eyelashes and then after a few weeks lashes should be maxed. Or will they? Reviews on the internet are mixed – some people see fantastic results, some see no difference and even worse some people find it irritates the heck out of their eyes.

I think we should test it for ourselves. I’ll give it a go and tell you how I get on.

SS10: Spring Additions to Benefit’s Velvet Eyeshadows

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Benefit have a whole rake of Shiny New Must Haves hitting shelves in the early part of 2010, and they’ll be ramping up their colour quotient for springtime with six fresh new hues in their Velvet Eyeshadow range, launching in February (though as per usual, available now on benefitcosmetics.com)

For the most part, these additions are oh-so-on-trend pastel shadows in sugar sweet shades – all are fairly sheer but buildable to create more impact, and are absolutely laced with shimmer.

Take your pick from Bo Peep (lily pink), Buns (golden sienna), Fancy Pansy (blue lilac), Mermaid (light golden khaki), Nice Melons (golden peach), or Shamrocker (iced mint – the exact colour of a Maccy D’s shamrock shake).

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