Monday, 6 June 2011

Review: Jurlique Picks.


A quick post about a couple of my recent favourites. I love the idea of natural products especially organic and those containing lots of antioxidants (which prevent damage from harmful free radicals). (Note: I'm not entirely convinced about products which are paraben free as I know first hand that cosmetics need preservatives in order to have a reasonable shelf life and to stay free of microbes.)
Jurlique are a skincare brand which use naturally-sourced ingredients in their products. I've tried the Rose Hand Cream and also the Rose Lip Balm and had to post about them.
The scent in both is gorgeous, not overpowering but quite a fresh, natural smell of roses (ie not that synthetic smell that some products have). The hand cream isn't at all greasy and the smell lingers just long enough in my opinion. It's the perfect size for travelling too.

The lip balm has the same clean scent, and has now become my "go to" lip product. It's very light, I may have mentioned before I only ever use Chapstick on my lips because I don't like the feel of anything heavy or greasy. Jurlique lip balm is my current favourite because it's extremely moisturising without having that heavy feeling like Vaseline or Carmex, which I personally can't stand. I put my Jurlique lip balm on in the morning whilst doing my makeup and it has my dry lips sorted by the time I'm done, ready and prepped for lipstick.
A definitely new favourite of mine, and I highly recommend! Any other Jurlique products I should check out?

Sunday, 5 June 2011

London.







train/nails/wired/hotel/cocktails/grum.

Back from a wonderful night in London! We were down for a friends birthday & also because Graeme had a gig. The gig was really good, I love going out in London - it's so busy and always buzzing! Never dull.
I wore this outfit out, I was planning to wear a dress but felt a bit overdressed so went a bit more casual. 

I feel a bit bad for not blogging so much recently, trying to get a few posts up today but I'm under the duvet watching TV so it's unlikely! 

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

NARS Blush in Gilda.




I don't feel like there has been enough love around the blogs for this gorgeous matte coral blusher. I have a lot of blushers with a sheen to them, so it's nice to have something that is matte every once in a while. Saying that, I do find matte blushers can be hard to blend, and can take some time getting right. No one wants two big stripes of blusher on their face.
One of my new favourite blushes, although no rival for the gorgeous Orgasm.