Burt’s Bees Lip Colour review and swatches

I’ve raved about Burt’s Bees very wearable lip shimmers in a previous blog post, and I’ve included a tube of their excellent lip balm in my giveaway, but Burt’s Bees also have other products in their new colour range too! First off, for the timid, there are the tinted lip balms. These give a very sheer wash of colour, which …

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OPI Gwen Stefani Push and Shove swatch and review

I really liked the two polishes I’ve already swatched from OPI’s upcoming Gwen Stefani collection, but the polish I was really hanging out for was Push and Shove. There was a lot of mystery surrounding this one – the samples all had a blank nail for this shade, and they had an agonising slow reveal for the bottle shots. So …

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My hair’s favourite posh products

I’ve always been a user of drugstore hair products, but recently I’ve had the opportunity to sample a few salon brands. As I suspected, since my hair is pretty low maintenance, a lot of them didn’t perform that much better than drugstore products for me, but here are some that I think are worth the premium price: Muk Spa Argan …

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Bath-free Lush Christmas offerings 2013

I don’t take many baths – mainly because I’m never patient enough to wait for the bathtub to fill! Unfortunately, that means that I can only use Lush’s amazing bathtime goodies about 4 times a year (usually on holiday, in a nice clean hotel bathtub I don’t have to clean afterwards – score!). If you’re like me, never fear! Lush …

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OPI Gwen Stefani collection – review and swatches

I’ve never been a mainstream pop fan, so I’ve been lukewarm about the choices for OPI’s music collaborations so far (Katy Perry, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, and of course good ol’ concerned-selfie-face Biebs). But I’m a No Doubt fan from way back, so I was very excited when OPI announced that they were releasing a Gwen Stefani collection! In True …

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OPI Pure 18K White Gold and Silver Top Coat

It’s December already! As I mentioned in my gift guide a few days ago, OPI has a new collection out for Christmas, which includes a new gold leaf top coat, like The Man With the Golden Gun from last Christmas’s Bond collection. Here’s Pure 18K White Gold and Silver Top Coat, over Zoya Monica. It’s funny that it’s called “Pure”, …

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NYX Lippypalooza swatches and review

As many Aussies know, the long lusted-after brand NYX has recently hit our Target stores, so I thought I’d share some of my favourite NYX lip products. I ordered these from Cherry Culture during one of their regular NYX sales. I chose all of these based on blog reviews and swatches only, so I was very pleased when I only …

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