Nothing Beats Your Full Potential! xx
Who said Hollywood’s Celebs don’t kiss and tell? Well, judging from the All Star line up of A-listers puckering up to tell us all about their favourite shade of Clinique Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine, I wouldn’t bet on it. 10 Hollywood vixens have virtually planted one here, on this very Blog, to reveal their favourite shade of Clinique’s newest range of colourful lip plumpers to enter into the Clinique lip gloss family. These lovely ladies are here to tell you all about the multi-purpose, high shine, non-irritating Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine!
Teen queens Amy Smart and Rachel Bilson keep it sweet choosing Sugar Plump as their favourite shade. Whilst Nicky Hilton, Rosario Dawson and Garcelle Beavais-Nilon choose Cherry Bomb as their handbag favourite.
Ginny Goodwin chooses Peach Plump as her must have on the set of House, as she prefers a more fruity lip fill.
Luscious Lilac is a favourite of Grey’s Anatomy’s Kate Walsh. While the inquisitive Kristen Bell, the star of Veronica Mars, chooses Play-full Plump.
It is no surprise that glamourous Desperate Housewife Marcia Cross chooses Glamourfull as her favourite shade and gorgeous teen star Michelle Tratchenburg prefers a deeper colour, selecting Voluptuous Violet as her Full Potential Lip shade of choice.
Clinique Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine is on counter now and available online in Blackberry Bloom, Cherry Bomb, Play-full Plump, Luscious Lilac, Pure Plump, Mimosa Blossom, Peach Plump, Sugar Plump, Voluptuous Violet, and Glamourfull.
BM!xx
Talk About Bang On.
How fab does this sound? You can frame your face with the hottest hair accessory this season: A clip-In Fringe (a clip-in bang for our beloved American beauties) made of 100% human hair! I’m am really digging the sound of this. There wouldn’t be too many of us who haven’t been eyeing off the gorgeous full fringes of the season. The Clip-In Fringe from Headlines Hairpieces clips into the front of your hair across the crown at your desired length. The Clip-In Fringe is available in Caramel, Light Blonde and Dark Brown and can, apparently, be colour matched by your colourist to your exact specifications.
“The fringe has been designed specifically for the girl who isn’t sure what she would look like with a fringe and therefore doesn’t want to risk having one cut into her own hair,” says Headlines Hairpieces owner and creator, Barbara Hatten. “Or for women who have never had a straight fringe as they have cowlicks or curls.”
“It’s designed to help women achieve the latest trends without feeling like they have sacrificed their current look, and to eliminate the tedious task of having to grow their fringe out when they are sick of it!”
I’ll be sure to post a review of the Clip-In Fringe as soon as I can to let you know if it’s real goer. Promise!
S. O. S…. Subdue Our Strands!
I just had to laugh at myself this morning. I had a strand of hair that was really all about doing its own thing. Since I wasn’t up for sporting wayward flyaways, I went for the Terax Gloss Finishing Serum with concentrated silicone and vitamin E. Terax Gloss did the job of subduing my rogue flyaways with great aplomb in two strokes flat. Yessssss! Not only did my hair simmer down, but was instantly shiny and looked nicely finished. Just how we like it.
?NB: Terax Hair Care - This bottle really does need to be fitted with a little super hero cape. It certainly did come to my hair’s rescue. Thanks Super Terax!
Quiet Achiever.
I thought it would have been remiss of me not to mention this pot of skincare gold: Living Nature Purifying Cleanser. Talk about a quiet achiever! I have been using this cleanser fairly regularly for the last few months and am absolutely certain it has kept my skin in good stead. Living Nature Purifying Cleanser appears as your run of the mill ecologically aware, friend to all product, but on closer inspection it is a whole lot more. Purifying Cleanser by Living Nature, has one of the shortest ingredient lists of any cleanser I’ve seen and that’s a great thing. The ingredient list is free from synthetics, preservatives, and parabens. Kumerahou, to naturally rebalance the skin’s oils and to gently cleanse, and Manuka honey to promote clear skin are the hero ingredients that quietly get on with considerately cleansing the skin and promoting skin clarity. The packaging is not only 100% recyclable but is packed in a positively loaded manner. Being positively loaded means that the bottle opens from the base and is gravity fed as a result. This method of opening protects the product from the effects of air, more specifically oxygen, which can be so degrading and will eventually spoil any skincare product, particularly ones such as Living Nature’s which are preserved without artificial interference. Living Nature is a New Zealand company that is distributed in over 12 countries worldwide. Living Nature Skincare products are proudly made of New Zealand. Purifying Cleanser does, indeed, live up to Living Nature’s aim to protect, nurture and enhance the lives of its users. Absolutely worth a look!
Slow Baked Beauty.
For a little while now, the word has been out on the street about Flashtronic, MAC’s latest collection featuring Mineralized Eye Shadows and Skinfinishes due to hit the counters on August 6th, 2007. Flashtronic is a LE collection full of soft, illuminating, ambient colour found in Lipglasses, Mineralized Eyeshadows, and Mineralized Skinfinishes. Just to ensure that you have the right tools to apply the mineralized gorgeousness found in this collection, MAC is making available the large powder #134 brush and the large #227 fluff eyeshadow brush.
I had the pleasure of meeting a couple of the Mineralized Eyeshadows and they are ridiculously gorgeous. The eyeshadows in this collection are quite special and unlike the ones previously released. They are much like baby Skinfinishes, with distinct colours swirled together in its intriguing veining. Lovestone, in particular, is indeed divine. This raspberry baked shadow with wine and copper veining is pretty personified. Not only does it work well as a stellar eyeshadow, but also as a demi-frosted ethereal blush. The image of Lovestone pictured below is true as it sits in the pan from my vantage point. Quarry is written up as a sky blue with olive, coral and beige veining and does look as such, but wore more reminiscent of shimmering fields of wheat. Not at all what I expected, but lovely all the same. Quarry makes a fabulous all over wash, brow highlight and cheek highlight as well.
As I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting the 4 Lipglasses or 3 Mineralized Skinfinishes as of yet, I will just have to try and manage my excitement for now. but I tell ya, it ain’t easy!
A Mod Tea Party!
I haven’t lost my mind for good this time, I promise. I have just found myself smitten with the most unlikely shade of nail polish from the latest OPI nail polish collection. Mod Hatter is absolutely lovely. Who would have thought a quaint shade of violet-y taupe would have captured my attention? I surely didn’t. (admittedly, my mind did at first fill with thoughts of beloved great auntie Agatha) Mod Hatter is one of the gorgy 6 new colours in OPI’s Garden Party SoftShades Collection. Any one of the scrumptious colours in this very elegant and modish collection is certain to be the perfect delicate accompaniment for an afternoon tea or any other romantic event. The coquettishly feminine, ultra flirty All Stars of this collection are:
Harts and Tarts- a beautiful blushing pink.
No Bees Please- a buzzy beige-pink.
Just Tea-sing!- a flirtatious shade of shimmering pink.
Funny Bunny- the cutest soft pink.
Mod Hatter- a trendy shade of violet-taupe.
I’ll Take The Cake!- an irresistible pale sugar rose.
Garden Party SoftShades by OPI are available from leading beauty salons from May 1st and from all David Jones from August 1st 2007.
Being Body Focused.
This month, The Body Shop has released a wonderful range of products that are absolutely chockers with natural active ingredients that are sourced from The Body Shop Community Trade Program. The Body Shop’s New Body Focus Range allows you to have spa calibre body treatments at home.
I’ve had the pleasure of having the Body Focus products applied to me in a swish spa and I have trialled them in my home. I am pleased to say that with the exception of having a gorgeous spa technician apply the products for me (I really did try hard to talk her home with me to apply, but no dice.) the products were just as effective, stimulating, and rejuvenating as when applied amidst the glories of a fabulous spa.
The Body Focus Range is compiled of 6 products that are powered by natural active ingredients and one incredible spa-like tool. The products are:
Cellulite Serum- A lightweight gel that contains an active complex with amino acids, caffeine, forskolin, Makandi mint, and vitamins B and C.
Cellulite Massager- A salon-style treatment accessory to enhance the performance of the Body Focus products (my fave).
Firming Lotion- A lightweight moisturiser with sustained release technology. Two of the key active ingredients in the Firming Lotion are seaweed extract and alginic acid (a protective film that forms on the skin’s surface to act as a protective barrier from damaging environmental elements).
Sculpting Body Mask- An effective all over body mask that delivers the ultimate salon treatment feeling while effectively improving the appearance of the skin.
Stretch Mark Improver- A light moisturising cream that includes rosehip seed oil, pumpkin seed oil, and Community Trade shea butter from Ghana.
Toning Soap Scrub- An intensive exfoliating soap which cleanses and stimulates the circulation and improves skin tone. Lemon and grapefruit essential oils are used along with finely cut lemon peel, ground apricot stones and Community Trade shea butter in this knobbly textured bar.
Toning Massage Oil- A fragrant body oil that contains six essential oils to boost circulation, improve the skin’s texture and appearance, whilst uplifting the senses.
Now you’re talking! Visit The Body Shop for this and other delectable goodies. You’ll be wrapped if you do.
