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Lipstick of the Week - Mauve

2012-01-30T06:00:00.000Z

Yes, Lipstick of the Week is a bit late this week - I was having a little rant yesterday, instead - but, better late than never, I always say. I've been setting myself weekly challenges this year, and I won't lie, I found "mauve" a bit more challenging than I expected to. I genuinely thought I had more mauve shades than this, but hey! Shopportunity! Anyway, here's the line up:

In defence of Uggs

2012-01-29T13:53:00.000Z

I'm a bit of a magpie, and when Mr Lippie and I were passing the Ugg shop at Westfield yesterday, I got sucked in by some shiny sequinned "trainers" in violet with aurora borealis sequins. It was whilst I was cooing over them, that Mr Lippie spotted these: And, well, they came home with us, and I'm wearing them RIGHT NOW. I love them. They're warm, soft and comfortable, thanks to the

Free Forum Friday

2012-01-27T13:00:00.000Z

I get a lot of emails from my readers, and I love hearing from every single one of you. Sometimes it's people asking my advice on things (usually how to do flicky eyeliner, which camera do I use, and how to get "free stuff" but I tend to ignore the ones about freebies), sometimes it's people pointing out things I got wrong in my reviews, or letting me know about stockists for hard to find items,

News: She Said Beauty

2012-01-27T09:23:00.000Z

I said last week that I'd had lots of good blogging news lately, and I'm doling it out to you in dribs and drabs at the moment, sorry about that - but it's all worth waiting for, I promise! Can't wait to tell you what's happening next week ... but this week's news is that I'm delighted to announce that I've just joined the blogging team at She Said Beauty! Don't worry, I'm not banging on

New CID: i-glow and i-bronze

2012-01-26T06:30:00.000Z

I don't see an awful lot of New CID on the beauty blogs I read, which I think is a shame, because in my opinion, they make some of the best powder products available. Over the last year, I've acquired almost a full set of their face colours (three i-glows and one i-bronze), and I thought it was about time I showed them to you, too. From left to right we have Sirocco, Ice Pop and Coral

Nars - The Multiple G-Spot

2012-01-25T06:30:00.000Z

Okay, so last week I talked about how I love my muff, and this week I'm about to tell you all about my G-Spot. I'm just too good to you people, I really am. Fear not though, I shan't be telling you about my bowels any time soon, I promise. However, I'm slowly - very slowly - becoming addicted to a bit of NARS. I first saw G-Spot way back last August and it had been haunting my thoughts

Hourglass Cosmetics - Suede and Fresco

2012-01-24T06:30:00.000Z

I was in Liberty the other day and I got mugged. Mugged at the Hourglass counter. Okay, they didn't really mug me, but I did come away from them £50 lighter in the purse, and slightly dazed-looking. I've been reading about Hourglass a lot over the last while, and I thought it was time I tried them out for myself. I picked up their eyeshadow duo in Suede, and their lipstick in Fresco. I

Giorgio Armani Spring Summer 2012 - The "Luce" Collection

2012-01-23T06:30:00.000Z

The good folks over at Giorgio Armani sent me a surprise package last week, and it's a tiny bit special. Especially if your name is Luce*! I giggled a huge amount when I read the press release, it's not often a blogger sees themselves referred to as "Luce, the Armani light" ... Flattered though I am, I'm also slightly miffed there's no taupe ... Anyhoo, the "Luce" collection this spring

Lipsticks of the week - Pink

2012-01-22T14:53:00.002Z

It's that time of the week again, where I show you which lipsticks I've been wearing over the last seven days. This week the challenge was pink, and these were the pick of the lips: From left to right, we have: Tom Ford Pure Pink - The ur-pink of any lipstick collection, now sadly discontinued. Damn you, Tom Ford! Illamasqua Intense Gloss in Belladonna - an amazingly pigmented (if

GHD Deluxe Scarlet Collection

2012-01-19T06:30:00.000Z

GHD sent me a Christmas present this year - their "so gorgeous it actually hurts" Scarlet Collection Deluxe hair straightener set. Housed in an Art Deco box, the set contains: A beautiful red satin gift box, perfectly accented with fan designs. Inside that box you have: A glorious Deco-accented "handbag" that contains: A brand new GHD Styler, accented with red plates, and

Sensitive Scalp Issues

2012-01-18T06:30:00.001Z

I had been planning to do an entire week about haircare last week, but my scalp flared up, and I couldn't bear to think about haircare at all. You might have noticed last week was a bit short on posts as a result. I'm prone to seborrheic dermatitis, which is where you get flaky skin on your scalp (and sometimes your inner ears, I get it there too), it looks like dandruff, but it isn't - which

Marie Claire Blog & Twitter Awards

2012-01-17T13:36:00.004Z

"They"* say that good news comes in threes, and Get Lippie has recently had three mega bits of good news - the first one of which was the discovery that last week I was nominated for both "Best Beauty Blog" and "Best Beauty Twitter" in the Marie Claire blogging awards! I'll share the other two bits of good news with you as soon as I'm able to, I promise! I'm extremely excited about what's

No7 Beautiful Skin BB Cream

2012-01-17T06:30:00.000Z

BB Creams, you'll be hearing a lot about these this year, you mark my words. I've used a couple of BB (Blemish Balm - contrary to the name, they're not actually just to be used on troubled skin)-style creams already, and I haven't been that impressed with them to be honest, they've just been tinted moisturisers that someone has slapped the BB label on. BB Creams are meant to be an all-in-one

I Love My Muff

2012-01-16T06:30:00.000Z

Back in the day, Get Lippie used to be a big fan of Iron Maiden. Okay, that would be a slight exaggeration, it's probably more accurate to say that Get Lippie was a big fan of Bruce Dickinson. To this day, I have no idea why*, that fringe! Although, I've just done a quick Google search and he's ageing rather well. Ahem ... Trust me, this is all totally relevant. I'm totally going

Lipstick of the Week - Red

2012-01-15T18:16:00.000Z

Last week, I set myself the challenge of only wearing red lipstick for the next seven days. Here's how I got on: Clockwise from bottom: Smashbox Limitless Lipstain in Sangria - this is a beautiful deep, deep red stain that doesn't turn fuchsia on the lips, I love it, but wish it lasted longer. It's not a real stain in the way most others are. Chanel Rouge Allure in Flash - A limited

Slight Change to Lipstick of the Week ...

2012-01-10T06:30:00.000Z

Source It is so difficult for a blogger to get motivated in January, it's dark when you leave for work, it's dark when you get home from work, and the light is so horrific for photos that half the time it is not even worth taking any! So to brighten up my life a bit, I'm going to go through my make up collection a bit more, and do slightly different things with it. Last year, I started doing

My 8 Week Challenge with Phillips ReAura

2012-01-09T06:30:00.000Z

This innocuous looking bit of kit is a laser. Or, as Dr Evil* might have it, a "lay-zor". Actually, it's a home facial re-surfacing gadget from Philips, and it's called a Re-Aura. Retailing at just shy of £800, this has been in my beauty cupboard for the few weeks since it arrived. Because, I am, quite frankly, terrified of the flipping thing. But, I am a woman of my word and I went

My Holiday Makeup Bag

2012-01-06T06:30:00.000Z

I like to travel light when I go away - in December I was away a fair bit, and these were the bits and bobs I took along with me: Here we have Le Metier de Beaute eyebrow pencil, Tom Ford eyebrow pencil, Makeup Forever eyeliner No19, DJV Beautenizer Volume Lash mascara, Clinique Lip Smoothie, Becca lipstick in Giselle, Chantecaille lip chic in Tea Rose, Paul and Joe face powder, Nars blush

Tom Ford Nail Polish - Bitter Bitch

2012-01-05T06:30:00.000Z

I splashed out a bit before Christmas, and went a bit crazy at the Tom Ford counter - admittedly, going a bit crazy at the Tom Ford counter can be very hurtful on the old wallet area, but sometimes you just have to, don't you? I looked at the lipglosses, and simply couldn't decide which I wanted, but I knew I just had to have a nail varnish. I picked Bitter Bitch (in spite of the name),

By Terry - Rouge Terrybly 203 Fanatic Red & 304 Cherry Cherry

2012-01-04T06:30:00.000Z

First off, Terrybly is a dreadful, dreadful, dreadful name for a diffusion range of cosmetics. Especially a diffusion range that is, in actual fact, more expensive than the original line ... Right, that off my chest, lets have some lipstick porn, for these are the most beautifully packaged lipsticks in all of creation: These are gorgeous, weighty and glamorous to carry around,

Estee Lauder Cyber Eyes Collection

2012-01-03T06:30:00.000Z

It seems Estee Lauder are continuing their innovation in eyeshadows into the new year, and their first collection by Tom Pecheaux this year is Cyber Eyes, a collection of six "tribryd"* gelee eyeshadows, four mascaras, and six eyeliners. I selected a few to get a feel for the collection: Here you can see Cyber Copper, Cyber Pink and Cyber Green eyeshadows (the other available shades are

Haircare Gadget of the Year

2012-01-01T15:08:00.002Z

Haircare gadgets and I do not get along. I'm both a cack-handed muppet, and lazy. Very, very, very lazy. I do, in actual fact, own a hairdryer, but I've no idea where it is at the moment. In 2011, I practically gave up using all heated appliances on my hair (even my beloved Cloud Nine's have taken a little break over the last six months or so), because I'm both that lazy, and that cack-handed

My Lipstick Of The Year

2011-12-30T14:58:00.000Z

There has been one lipstick this year that I've reached for again and again and again, and it's this one from Tom Ford: Um, which one? Well, oddly enough, it's the one on the right - NOT the red shade. It's Indian Rose. Creamy, pigmented, and doesn't make me look like a corpse, I can't get enough of it, and it's practically a nubbin as a result. I might even get a back up. Yes, a backup

The Very Best Christmas Present For A Beauty Blogger

2011-12-23T15:02:00.001Z

Would be a lipstick named after them. It's been a while coming, but, very shortly after Daniel Sandler and I cooked up this shade back in May, the wonderful Lynne Sanders of Cosmetics A La Carte let slip to me that they were adding "Luce" to their permanent line, and I've been like a little kid waiting for Santa ever since! Imagine, a lipstick that real people can actually buy, named

Project Perfume - Aromatics Elixir Perfumers Reserve

2011-12-14T06:30:00.000Z

It has to be said that I can't resist Aromatics Elixir in any format (though my requests for a bottle of bath oil in this post from January fell onto cruelly deaf ears at Lauder HQ), but, when I heard that Aromatics was to be updated and "refreshed", as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the launch of Aromatics back in in 1971, I don't mind admitting that I panicked slightly. Even