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Beauty Counter // 25

marian — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:14:30 +0000

On the beauty counter this week….

Products that inspire that are both free from parabens and innovative.

Sophyto Super Skin Tocotrienol Concentrate
This product from the Sophyto line as founded by Karen Sinclair Drkae is in keeping with the brand’s anti-aging vision of fusing advanced phytotherapy with the holistic. Free from fillers, parabens, fragrance and colors, this 99% organic ingredient based tocotrienol skin concentrate is a formulation that contains four forms of Vitmain E; alpha, beta, gamma and delta.Currently on my beauty counter, it improves texture, repairs UV damage and nourishes skin. The Sophyto brand is perfect for this gluten intolerant being the first professional company to achieve gluten-free certification.

Available at Planetorganics.com

Mavala Delicious Collection
Perhaps the most apt name ever give to a nail lacquer collection. The shades in Mavala’s spring summer 2012 ‘Declious’ collection look good enough to eat! Their individual shade names are pretty appetizing too, from a zesty ‘Lemon Cream’, a cool ‘Blue Mint’, the sorbet akin ‘Frozen Berry’ (my personal favorite!), ‘Pistachio’, ‘Fresh Melon’ to the bubblegum ‘Candy Floss’ shade. Mavala’s nail range is popular because they are not only free from parabens, toluene, camphore, heavy metal, animal ingredients and cellophane but also keep their color innovative. I think this ‘Delicious’ collection is the perfect way to wear spring’s massive pastel and soft hued color palette trend.
Available here.

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Images via Mavala | Sophyto

The Nail Polish Files // Diego Dalla Palma Nail Collection Spring 2012

marian — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:18:51 +0000

Italian brand Diego Dalla Palma has put me in the mood for summer with their new collection. The raspberry and violet are just two of my favorites from what is a collection that is vibrant full-on color.

Available for £10 per shade exclusively from Tesco’s premium beauty concept store and online here.

Beauty Counter // 24

marian — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:15:06 +0000

On the beauty counter this week….

Products to get you in the mood for summer. It might be April outside but let your beauty counter take you into the heat of barbeques, sunshine and endless days.

Philosophy Summer Grace
Perfect for spring and summer, it carries an easy carefree mood that perhaps is the essence of summer.
Available here.

Bobbi Brown in Desert Plum
The name of this lipstick shade could not be more apt. There is something both nude and warm about its tones.
Available here.

Mavala Frozen Berry & Pistachio
The shades from the Mavala spring 2012 collection are good enough to eat. Pastel hued and muted does not have to mean boring. The lavender ‘Frozen Berry’ and green ‘Pistachio’ are my favorites from that collection.
Available here.

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Images via Philosophy, Selfridges and Look Fantastic

Blue Mascara

marian — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:48:09 +0000

The kids are alright…

Doesn’t blue mascara take you straight to pubscence of youth or is it just me? It always reminds me of the coolness of two friends; one in high school and the other in college. The latter, Simone, had an individual way with it. Wearing it just on the tips of each lash and I barely saw her without blue feathered eyes.

There is a naive youthfulness to blue mascara that is at once sort of high school in an innocent-I’m just beginning to explore-with-makeup meets a rock-n-roll whatever-happens-happens kind of way that i think is pretty awesome.

Images in collage via Style.com

Eco Fabulous // Super By Dr Perricone

marian — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:46:35 +0000

Crowning the Super by Dr Perricone line with the eco fabulous title. The phytonutrient-based skincare line by Dr Perricone (renowned also for his cosmeceutical range, Perricone MD) boasts a high concentration of phytonutrients (as extracted from superfoods), essential oils and science. What it lacks (actually a bonus!) is the pesky and harmful parabens, propylene glycol, mineral Oil, phthalates, synthetic fragrance and animal by-products.

Discover Super by Dr Perricone here.

Other eco fabulous brands and products.

Images via Super by Dr Perricone.

Techni Color Roots

marian — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:41:34 +0000

Funny how a little new placement of the old, creates for a lot of ‘new’.

For seasons now the turbulent storm that is the hair color trend has raged on. From cleverly streaks of hue, colored tips with an ombré gradient to full-on all over monochrome color.

The palette has been everything from sugary pastel (baby pink, sky blue, mint green, Easter bunny yellow and so on) to acid bright.

Just when I thought I had seen the gamut and been hair colored out then Jean Paul Gaultier brought something new to the table.

The placement of the color (in this case it was jarring, raw in primary like hue) at the roots of hair was fresh and brought newness to hair color on the catwalk.

Proof if there ever was any, of how much difference a little tweak can make. Method is everything.

Images in collage via Style.com

What Say Thou? //Mulberry Pout

marian — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:04:21 +0000

Rochas | Gucci | Bottega Veneta | Viktor & Rolf | Images in collage via Style.com

What is fall without a deep rich pout? Spotted at the fall 2012 shows of Gucci, Rochas etc was a brooding Mulberry lip.

It looks like a shade that suits a variety of skin tones. Is it a do or don’t?

Share your thoughts on other polls.

Sequins For Brows

marian — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:44:25 +0000

Images in collage via Style.com

It was a strong sequin brow (informed by the mineralogy inspired collection) at Chanel fall 2012 and somehow it manages to stays conceptual.

Beauty Counter // Winter Lip Care

marian — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:45:25 +0000

Winter need not ravage your lips with effective nourishing lip care products. Here are three of my current favorites.

Philosophy kiss me tonight: intense lip therapy
Kiss Me Tonight by Philosophy is deep conditioning treatment which promises to remedy the roughest of lips and reduce lines. The luxury intense lip treatment containing mango and shea butter, is perfect for winter.
Available at Philosophyskincare.co.uk for £16.00.

Ole Henriksen African Red Tea Exfoliating Lip Salvation
This lip moisturizer exfoliates as it nourishes and conditions with every use. Made with African Red Tea the emollient lip treatment has natural antioxidants.
Available at Lookfantastic.co.uk for £11.00

Clarins Extra-Firming Lip and Contour Gentle Exfoliator
Buff away the harsh effects of the cold weather with this Clarins extra-firming and contour lip treatment.
Available at Lookfantastic.co.uk for £18.00

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Images via Philosophy and Look Fantastic

Rooney Mara Fringe

marian — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 23:29:08 +0000

Versace fall 2012 | Images used in collage via Style.com

Rooney Mara was all over the Versace fall 2012 show. Or at least her fringe made an appearance in the form of the super high bangs models sported.

Razor cut, high above the brow and as blunt as it gets. The bangs could not be more Rooney Mara or rather her The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo character, Lisbeth Salander.