Occasionally a collection comes along where I just want to hoard it away in a drawer somewhere, only bringing it out to ‘ohh and ahh’ over and never actually use it. Please tell me I am not the only one who feels this way?? When I saw the Dior Splendors Collection for Holiday 2016, I…
Welcome makeup lovers, addicts, enthusiasts… whatever you might call yourselves. If you’re like me, you probably already have a handful of highlighting powders that promise to illuminate you in a way that makes you look angel sent from the heavens above. You probably also still feel the need to try each and every new one…
Several years ago I fell in love with Guerlain’s Lingerie de Peau Foundation. The formula was silky smooth and glided over the skin like butter but it had two major flaws: the shade selection was dismal and the formula oxidised like nothing I had ever worn before. So naturally when I saw it was being reformulated…
NARS has always brought it when it comes to holiday launches and the Sarah Moon Collection for 2016 undoubtedly holds up those expectations! This is one of the most wearable, beautifully curated, and all round damn pretty collections the brand has launched in a good long while. I have a handful of pieces from the launch to…
Something I have come to realise over the years is that I am a bit of a luxury cosmetic snob. I almost always subscribe to the idea of: “You get what you pay for” and usually find drugstore standout products are few and far between. Of course, that isn’t to say there aren’t some total GEMS…
When I first saw Too Faced’s Holiday 2016 “The Chocolate Shop” Collection, my initial thought was, “whoa, that’s a lot of shadows to pack in one palette!”. With 21 shadows and 3 cheek powders, I worried that the brand might have erred on the side of quantity over quality – something they have been guilty of…
I am a huge fan of Laura Mercier’s eyeshadow formula; The mattes are buttery smooth and the shimmers are pigmented. Since falling in love with the Artist Palette, I’ve wanted every palette released! When I saw the brand had launched the Eye-Art Caviar Palette*, which is inspired by the shades from their much loved Caviar Sticks,…
Last week I spoke about Tom Ford’s surprising choices for a winter collection, and it seems Chanel has gone down the road of straying from the norm as well, which I am totally here for. We’ve season after season of dark reds, plums and purples, but Chanel Collection Libre goes beyond what we know with…