Thursday, 1 September 2011

Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser

We all have our basics that we come back to time and time again, This is the one for me, fail proof, doesn't stir up my skin, does exactly what it says and has a great price tag on it.
Most of the time, my skin is pretty good, oily but not too many blemishes, and it's not too often that I get blemishes that are noticeable. Back before I started using this product I used to use harsh cleansers that irritated the hell out of my skin with the belief that 'the tingle means it's working!' (Get stuffed adverts! What the tingle really means your skin is crying out loud in pain.)
Red patches around my nose were a common feature, and I had no idea that they were because I was using harsh cleansers, so if this is a problem for you I'd recommend picking up a bottle of this, they also have a great mechanical scrub that is quite gentle that I use a few times a week.
The way I use it is once in the morning, and twice any time I have to take off make up, it's gentle enough to use on your eyes, (but I still couldn't recommend pouring it in them!) While it still takes off waterproof products with ease. Love it.

 Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Cleanser

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Tip of the day: Keep your eyecream in the fridge

This is a great tip for summer. Keeping your eyecreams in the fridge has more the one benefit, apart from feeling delicious when you put it on, it will work even better at deminishing puffy eyes. This is especially true with rollerball style eyecreams.
In addition to that, it will also keep for longer. So even though I know it's a pain, I still do it!

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Tip of the day: Applying Bronzer to sculpt

Finally a use for the heathenous duckface! You know the one I'm talking about, a certain Miley Cyrus is a fan, but there are numerous girls on the internet. the best way I can discribe it, is either extreme pouting, or smiling and pouting at the same time. Here are some examples, with eyes blacked out because even I'm not that mean:

duckface duck face sparrow face bikini girl

duckface duck face madonna piercing blond

duckface duck face girl next door

Wow ... now that I am super turned on by all the hotness, let me give you an actually good use for this face. Yes I want you to make it, at your self in the mirror.
If you smile and pout at the same time, it will cause a concave shape under your cheekbones which will guide you in where to apply bronzer to sculpt your cheekbones. Check it out on my wonderful and willing model below. (Actually, I think Kim Kardashian may be the one person on earth who can duckface and get away with it.)

duckface duck face kim kardashian

As you can see, if you apply your powder bronzer along this nook, starting from directly below where your pupil sits in your eye, and up towards your ears, you will get a lovely shaded cheek, then just dab some more bronzer on your temples, blend, and you're done. Add blush as desired.

Monday, 29 August 2011

Would you wear it? Slips as dresses

90's Style. Love it or hate it's in fashion. Men wearing cardigans, girls are getting about in crop tops, thanksfully not the levi's as well. But what I'm interested in talking about now are slip dresses, and weather they have a place outside of the house.
Slip dresses to me conjure up images of Courtney Love, and more recently the scantily clad (and underaged) Taylor Momsen of late, I'm not all together sure it's a flattering look. Can it be worn in a way that doesn't say trashy?


Taylor Momsen, rightio.
But of course.
Bring it out of the bedroom by wearing it with accessories and clothing that don't make you think bedroom at all. When it comes to items of clothing that normally scream one thing in particular (like how fedoras scream manly mafia) you need to turn it around with something that introduces it to a new genre, otherwise you can look like you've been pulled too far into one trend.
Hats do this quite well with slips, (do you wear hats in bed?) and bare legs, stockings take it back into the bedroom even if they're opaques. Chunky man style watches, Bangles, thick socks, or add a longline chunky cardigan or coat and you're done. It is a piece that realy blends in well with a kooky style of dress sense.
Another good tip is to wear a lighter coloured slip,pale pinks, nudes, whites and pastels will help it look more like a simple summer dress. I don't think this will work if you wear it in a blazing red, a black could be passable but is still in danger of slipping back into "I forgot to put my dress on top of this" territory.

You could also just take the inspiration into your wardrobe and try a dress with lingerie style detailing and features,
 Regatta Polka Dot Dress

So, would you wear it? What would you wear it with? Where to?

Sunday, 28 August 2011

Would you wear it? Tie Dye Hair

Recently it's been popping up in a few places, completely unnatural hair colour. A lot of celebs do it with wigs, while some have made coloured hair pieces their signature. It can actually look quite good, Rhianna looked great with her firey red hair a few months back:


I also read somewhere recently that Katy Perry has gone from black, to red, to blond recently, all in order to have her actual hair a rich violet colour:


To me, these two girls have shown exactly how it should be done, Otherwise a few removable coloured splices look good. What I'm not really liking is the below:



Nicki has been known to do some real out there stuff with her hair, but I'm really not feeling the blue tips on Kate Bosworth either.
What do you guys think? How would you wear it?

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