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Monday, 9 December 2013

I'm back!

You'll have to bear with me whilst I deal with the post-honeymoon blues, but in the meantime, here are some holiday photos ...

The Maldives is one of the most beautiful places on earth, if you get a chance to go, take it. This was, without doubt, the best holiday I've ever had.

The sharp-eyed amongst you might have noticed that I've been having a bit of an unexpected break from blogging recently. Truth be told, it's been an extremely long, and busy year. A (very) happy one in the main, but frankly, I'm completely, totally and utterly exhausted. I've had no time off for six months bar one day last month, and I'm in the middle of the busiest period of the year at work so blogging has had to take a little backseat for a while. I've been keeping my weekends free for my tiny nervous breakdowns! Seriously, I'm that knackered, I can't even bring myself to do my usual drunk-tweets during X Factor ...

However, I do still have lots of things to write about, I'm still full of ideas for the blog, I'm just a little short on time and sleep right now, but I will be back!

Next month.

In the meantime, in a few days time I'll be here:

Finally taking my long-delayed honeymoon! Hard to believe I've been married the best part of a year already, and I'm only just getting my holiday! So forgive the radio silence for a week or two, and I'll be back, bigger, brighter and bossier than ever. Soon.

Eventually.

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Merry Christmas!

Shurrup, the clocks have gone back, haven't they? That means Christmas is right around the corner, in my world.

A few weeks ago, I innocently tweeted about my "Christmas cupboard", and it was picked up on by Tesco Mobile. We had a little twitter conversation, about the holiday season, and, whilst I fairly quickly figured out they were up to something, I couldn't figure out what. Turns out they had a big surprise up their sleeves! To find out more, click and watch the video below (it's pretty amusing):

We're still picking the glitter out of the soft furnishings ... but you can see what else Tesco have up their sleeves by following their #AnytimeUpgrade hashtag on Twitter ...

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Lulu's Time Bomb Complexion Cocktail

I've ignored Lulu's skincare up until now. I don't really know why, but I just find celebrity tie-ins rather gimmicky, and ordinarily I'd prefer to buy my skincare from certified skincare professionals rather than ex-popstars, but that's me being a snob, I guess.

Complexion cocktail is a lightly viscous pale pink liquid, which is packed full of hydraluronic acid and vitamin B12, it's designed for tired, dehydrated skins (which has been a bit of a theme this week if you've been paying attention) and I think it's a bit more of a treatment than a daily toner. I think it would be excellent for sorting out hungover skin. Which I never have, of course. EVER.

I use this after my Clarins Gentle Exfoliating toner, and it soothes cools and refreshes whilst adding a shot of moisture before I follow it with Hydraluron, Aquarysta and my normal moisturiser. I really like it. It's great for adding a shot of moisture when you need it, and if I could change one thing about it (besides the pea-green container, which is rather hideous), I'd put it in a spray bottle to make it easier to refresh your skin with the product during the day.

Lulu's Time Bomb Complexion Cocktail costs £24 for 100ml from the Timebomb website, or you can get kits containing a full size of the product from £35 on QVC. I might even investigate the range further, myself.

The Fine Print: PR Sample.

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Lipstick Queen Metals - Wine

It's always a thrill when Lipstick Queen releases a new range, and this is a slightly interesting departure for the brand: a frosted "metallic" finish. Three shades will be available when the lipsticks are released in November, a nude, a red and a wine. I'm a HUGE fan of LQ's wine shades (having worn both Saint and Sinner Wine to a nubbin this year), so this was a nice lipstick for me to get hold of. Let's take a look:

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Metal wine is a deep and cool, but bright burgundy shade, packed with tonnes and tonnes of metallic particles. It's not really a shimmer, and it's definitely not glitter, it's also not a chrome finish either. It IS quite metallic though, look:

I was a bit worried that the colour would look "frosted" on the skin, and therefore instantly transport me back to 1986, but I needed have worried. The lipstick is pigmented and rich (and unscented), and it is slightly more sophisticated than I would have expected from a metallic formulation:

Wear time is good, a full three or four hours or so before needing a touch up, but you will get the red ring of doom from this shade though. A bit, so it's slightly high-maintenance. I also find it slightly more drying than the regular Lipstick Queen formulation, so do make sure you prep with plenty of balm first. As you can probably tell from these shots, I didn't:

Metallics by Lipstick Queen will be on counter from early November.

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