Lady Gaga MACs up
It seems any cosmetic brand that wants to be noticed has to have a celebrity endorse their products. With the market booming it is tough to get noticed and celebrity names can get you that! Chanel had Keira, Gucci got Rhianna and now MAC has landed the biggest star there is…… GAGA! Lady Gaga is promoting a new lipstick and lip gloss range inspired by her Bad Romance alter ego. At £13.50 it isn’t cheep but is attractively packaged, and if the advertising campaign is anything to go by its definately dripping with style!
Launched under the marque Viva Glam with all proceeds going to Lady Gaga’s Viva Glam HIV/AIDs campaign. For more info on the cause visit the site http://www.vivaglam.com/
(Lady Gaga Mac Make Up Endorsement)
Cyndi Lauper has also been involved in the campaign!
Best Foundation Finds (and worst)
Foundation is like a good pair of jeans, perfect once you find the right match but a nightmare finding it! Every girl has different taste and we know this from the hundreds of brands and shades out there on the market. So how is a girl to trawl and rummage through the mountain of testers and search through brand upon brand for the best foundation that will be the ONE! Every girl will depend upon her foundation to stick with her, though sleet, hale, and those first dates that require no faint hearted cover up!
Each time I sense that it is time to change foundation I get the inevitable dread of knowing a long search is ahead of me. But that dread is worse when it comes with the news that your favourite foundation has been discontinued!! This is exactly what happened last year when I went into John Lewis to buy my Clinique Gentle Light Makeup.
I used Clinique for 3 years and loved it so much that I didn’t even lose sleep at the £23 price tag. With no warning of it being discontinued I didn’t have a chance to stock buy or savour my last drop! Instead I was left wondering round John Lewis make up department looking for something to fill its super sleek shoes! To me Gentle Light was the Jimmy Choo of make up and I was now metaphorically speaking left shoeless! So after months of searching and pounds wasted I finally found the perfect foundation. It comes in the form of Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation! This has to be the best foundation I have come across yet.
From the months of trail and errors and countless wasted pounds I can tell you the best foundationsI found on the market today were:
1. Chanel Vitalumiere Foundation
3. Clinique Super Balance Foundation
And the worst:
1. Maybelline Dream Matte Mouse
2. Clinique Almost Make up (discontinued)
3. Benefit Some Kind of Gorgeous Make Up (this is with great sadness beacuse I love Benefit too!)
Although I read endless blogs and articles just like this for tips and tricks in the end its what you think looks best on you, no one can make the decision the for you when it comes to something as personal as foundation. When you dont have the luxury of a make up artist you have to become your own and that means doing the leg work, so I hope this article gets you there a little quicker.
Style by Lauren Conrad x
I knew I shouldn't have done it......its almost time for bed and if I sleep now I'll get my 8 hours but instead I find myself reaching for the latest Lauren Conrad book that has been on my window sill for the past few days. My younger sister received it as a Christmas present from her friend, and from the moment she brought it home I've been eager to sneak a peak..... My admiration for LC came after my first ever viewing of The Hills. Many people are critical of the show that made her a star, no one more than my boyfriend who is forced to partake in my Hills obsession. I however own all the DVD's and still watch the repeats on MTV Catch up weekends. As a Lauren Conrad fan I refused to watch the last two seasons when the narration was taken over by Kristin Cavallari and Lauren's last episode is still my favorite of them all!
So there you have it my guilty pleasure is laid bare.......... Back to my reason for this post. My sister had read Lauren's new book 'Style' and passed it on to me to read, reaffirming what I already knew of how great it is. So it has remained on my window sill for the past few days until that opportunity of being read in one sitting (after all how can I stop once I start)
When I started this blog I had hundreds of ideas of what to write about, what to post and pass on. Then I couldn't find the words that I wanted to write, I had hundreds of posts buzzing about my head but frustratingly unable to articulate them!?? Then tonight as I opened 'Style' and I read the first 6 pages I felt the kick, the recognizable urge to write. I don't know if it would have come eventually or if it was the fitting book I was reading but it happened. I'm only part way through the introduction and already I'm hooked, and maybe a little biased!
So bye bye sleep I am about to read a book I've saved for a perfect moment to read......that perfect moment just had to be 12.30am!!
Sweet Dreams
FM x
P.S. Lauren Conrad has just launched a new website, it's full of style tips, from clothes and hair to decoration and partys themes at http://www.laurenconrad.com/
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Yves Saint Laurent – Oh me, Oh my
My first experience of YSL was a Christmas present from my best friend in the form of their renowned Yves Saint Laurent Touche Eclat Radient 
Touch Highlighting Pen.
From the moment I took it out the expensive gold box I was hooked! The heavy, sleek casing ooze YSL chic and I passed the point of no return in the land of concealers. The smooth finish left my dark circles banished to sleepless night town and my skin glowed. Don’t ask me where I had been all this time that I never knew about this gift from the beauty gods but I’d found it now. 4 years later and Touche Éclat is a constant resident in my make up bag. The only draw back is its cost…. at £25 it is a bank breaker when you hear the last click of life but worth every penny.
A recent addition to my beauty regime (and a continuation of my love affair with YSL) is a product I received as a sample with the latest Touche Éclat purchase. It comes in the form of Flash Radiance Skincare Brush.
I used it after my moisturizer and immediately felt my skin smooth out. The next day my make up looked fresh and light. I suffer from the 3pm make up shift and expected no different so was really surprised when checking my reflection in the lift mirror at 5pm to find my make up in check and my mascara in place. So you could say I found new levels of appreciation for this product. Appreciation that even lasted as I handed over my bank card at the product counter to pay the £35 for a replacement! It lasts for 3 months so in my view a total of 40p a day, bargain!
For expensive beauty treats Boots has to be your first stop. With my advantage card in hand I watch my points rack up with the help of these beauties! There are 144 points for the Flash Radiance and 96 points for Touche Éclat to collect. See the Boots website to get your hands on an advantage card! http://www.boots.com/en/Advantage-Card/ You will wonder how you got by with out one x
OPI Nail Varnish!
I have a major weakness for OPI nail varnish it is my equivalent of some women’s chocolate!! (don't get me wrong I love that too!) I love everything about it! The sleek bottles, funky names of each colour and the results it gives!
So you can imagine my excitement when I read in the May issue of Cosmo that they have brought out two new shades in collaboration with Serena Williams just in time for this years French Open. The new lineup includes a tennis ball yellow/gold and a black shatter coat which produce an edgy, cracked effect!
My bank card started to quiver at the thought of these amazing shades. The cost is slightly pricey but worth it for the lasting, bottomless bottle! Their website offers a try shade section to show you what the shade you have chose will look like! http://www.opi.com/
Once you buy one bottle you will be an OPI convert for life! x