Posts Tagged ‘make-up’

New lippies from Karen Murrell

May 2nd, 2012

I’m a big fan of the Karen Murrell range of lipsticks. They feel lovely on, they’re a New Zealand product, and the packaging is eco-friendly, with tubes made from PLA (polylactic acid), “a corn resin based material that will start to dissolve back into Mother Earth within 100 days”, and boxes from 100% recycled and renewable sources using New Zealand paper with soy inks.


Ever since the first four lipsticks were released a couple of years ago (I have all of them by the way) I’ve been hoping she would release some more colours, and at long last a new range has hit the stores.



I’m particularly excited about Coral Dawn, having not yet added an orange shade to my collection. Carnation Mist looks very pretty and wearable, Fuschia Shock I will have to try before I buy because from the photos it looks like it may be a wee bit blue-based for my colouring, and Sand Storm is likely to make me look like I have a bad case of Mannequin Face (not a good thing, if you were wondering) but would be a lovely neutral for other skin tones. So that’s two, and possibly three, out of the collection I’m lusting after. What about you?


Karen Murrell lipsticks are available online, or a list of stockists around New Zealand can be found here.

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The three product challenge: what would you choose?

April 4th, 2012

I was chatting to a beauty obsessed friend recently who said to me “I would rather go out topless than go out without mascara.” Without thinking I immediately replied “I would rather go out topless than go out without foundation.” Now, in truth I may not feel quite that strongly and I’d probably prefer to keep the girls under wraps, but I definitely never leave the house without foundation. I have terrible skin, and I hate the thought of people seeing it undisguised.

Anyway, this got me thinking about my must-have makeup products. So here’s a challenge for you my pretties: if someone told you they were taking away all your makeup for a month, and you could only keep three things (with a free pass for any makeup brushes or applicators you may need) which three products would you choose?

After some very serious thought, here are mine:

Holika Holika Clearing BB Cream

 

Obviously I’d have to have a foundation to disguise my horrid skin, and this one does a good job of that, plus it has skin care benefits specifically targetted at acne prone skin like mine, and SPF30. A great multi-purpose product.

Lanolips SPF15 Lip Ointment With Colour in Dark Honey

A slick of glossy colour on your lips can take you from undone to pulled together in an instant, and this is a go with everything ‘my lips but better’ colour with SPF15 that does a fabulous job of moisturising your lips.

Lancome Hypnose Mascara in Black

No other product gives you instant va-va-voom in the way that a good mascara does, and this one is my pick. I don’t normally pay high-end prices for makeup, but no other mascara I’ve tried comes close to matching this for giving me drop dead gorgeous lashes.

So, those are my three must-haves, now it’s your turn.

All of these products are good enough to warrant their own review, which I will do in good time, but in the meantime you can purchase Holika Holika BB Cream from Bellogirl on Ebay, and Lanolips from Adore Beauty. And if you don’t know where to get Lancome from you need to get out more!

Fizz!

April 5th, 2010

fizz makeupRecently* we were contacted by Yasmine Allen, a makeup artist from Taupo who has created her own line of colours for eyes called Fizz. Fizz is pigment-based, free of talc and parabens, and so as a lover of bright colours, I was super keen to get my hands on some to try.

Yasmine kindly sent me down a range of samples in yellow (Aunt Daisy), purple (Purple Rain), green (Tiki), pink (Smooch), orange and blue (there are now four more colours). The picture to the right is from her awesome collection of photos to demonstrate FIZZ, but after the jump, I have a go with it myself…

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