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Lancome Spring 2012: La Roseraie des Délices (Lots of Pictures)

Check out a few beautiful pictures from Lancome’s spring collection! The trend this spring is pastel colours, and this is right up that alley. The colours are inspired by the garden and the boudoir. The pretty compact you see below … Continue reading

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Kenzo Flower Tag Review

Kenzo Flower Tag is the latest flanker for the original and iconic Kenzo Flower perfume.  The “Tag” refers to the underground graffiti artist practice of “tagging” which is leaving your symbol everywhere.  Why Kenzo felt that this particular sub-culture reference … Continue reading

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Swatch: Dior Holiday 2011 Exquis

Dior’s Holiday 2011 polishes from their Merveille collection has something for everyone. It has neutrals, brights, and a dark vampy colour too!  Each shade has very fine gold shimmer in it which barely translates on the nail.  You’ll see it … Continue reading

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More Gorilla Perfumes from Lush!

Gorilla perfumes at Lush are my favourite, because they remind me of old-school perfumes.  Each one smells earthy with variations of floral, fruit, or woody notes. Now they have 9 new scents so that Lush lovers have even more to … Continue reading

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Swatch: Taupe Polish

Taupe polish is this season’s mainstay colour. It goes with everything and is fast-becoming a neutral. Here’s a swatch of Yves Rocher’s Taupe polish. Believe it or not, this was just one coat. One coat gave me rich opaque colour … Continue reading

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Biotherm’s New Body Butter

Biotherm launches a product just in time for the winter season: an all new body butter that is seriously top of the line. Rich yet fast-absorbing, chock full of ingredients and so smooth, this is a must have for anyone … Continue reading

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CND Plum Truffle Swatches

The CND Plum collection is launching this holiday season and it’s one that will suit a wide range of skin tones. The colours – Plum Truffle Colour and Plum Truffle Sparkle Effect – are nice wine colours that are so … Continue reading

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Preview of Madonna’s Perfume

Madonna has paired up with Coty to launch a fragrance named Truth or Dare. The scent will launch next April in the U.S. and will be available globally in May. Apparently the scent will be a mix of floral, woods, … Continue reading

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Clinique Turnaround Overnight Radiance Moisturizer Review

I have had the Clinique Turnaround Overnight Radiance Moisturizer sitting in my drawer for a while now, but other products seemed more glamourous to use, so I just didn’t get around to trying it. Then a friend who used to … Continue reading

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New Fan di Fendi Perfume Review

Fendi’s new perfume smells exactly the way you think an Italian person would smell. The scent is brash, loud, but feminine. It only works if you’re used to crowded Roman cities, and if you take cobblestone roads and crumbling architecture … Continue reading

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