Clinique Colour Pop Lipsticks in Bare/Punch/Cherry/Love and Berry Pop

We've been lacking a bit in colour recently on Get Lippie, so I figured instead of Lipsticks of the Week, why not have a Week of Lipsticks?  So here we are, showing you some of my favourite lipsticks of the moment.

Clinique sent me a few of their latest Colour Pop collection recently, and they are mega pretty.  From l-r we have Bare Pop, Punch Pop, Cherry Pop, Love Pop and Berry Pop.  Not only are they bright and pigmented, they apparently are a melding of both lipstick and primer, designed to make the colours last longer on your lips.  I don't really believe in lip-primers, now I come to think of it, I find them drying and don't really add much to the whole lipstick experience, to be honest.  These lipsticks, however, are incredibly silky and soft on the lips.

Bare Pop

 

Punch Pop

Cherry Pop

Love Pop Don't drop a lipstick right before you photograph it, folks!

Berry Pop

Wear time is normal, but the formula is beautiful, pigmented and easily wearable, non-drying, these are really gorgeous lipsticks, and hey!  I love the packaging.

I like that the bottoms of the tubes match the colours in the bullets.  They're easy to apply, mostly giving full coverage in one or two passes, except the shimmery shades, which are a little sheerer:

Bare Pop

Punch Pop

Cherry Pop

Love Pop

Berry Pop

These are gorgeously nourishing lipsticks, with a beautiful light texture, and for £16 each, they're pretty reasonable, too.  They'll be available exclusively from Boots from 27th March, and nationwide from April.

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Alpha H Instant Facial

This is a rather elderly bottle of Alpha H Instant Facial.  It's nearly empty, but I love it very much, and I shall be sad when it is gone.

Alpha H are the queens of glycolic acid, and their Liquid Gold product is - rightly - a cult, but I find it is a little too stimulating for my skin, so I don't use it very often these days.  Instant Facial is a lighter acidic spray designed to be used throughout the day for an immediate pick-me-up effect.

Personally, I prefer to use this as part of my cleansing routine as the acidic toner part of my routine, I spray a little onto a cotton wool pad and sweep over freshly cleansed skin, and then immediately follow with Serozinc and serum/oil, then moisturiser.  It gives me a light exfoliation effect, which is particularly noticeable if I've been neglecting my skin for a couple of days, and it does this without irritation, or too much tingling.

I find it an excellent addition to my collection of acidic toners, it is a little on the pricey side compared to Clarins exfoliating toner (less than £20), at £37 from Cult Beauty, but compared to my beloved Zelens PHA pads at £65, it's more of a bargain, I happily rotate Instant Facial with both of those.  Because of the spray, you use a fixed amount per use, and this product lasts and lasts and lasts, as you can probably tell from the scruffy state of my six-months+ old bottle.

What are your old but beloved products?

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Josh Wood Blending Wand - Dark Brown

It's hard work being a brunette sometimes.  Well, if you're a brunette over the age of 35 or so, it is, anyway.  Yes, I'm talking about greying.  I have been going grey since I was 18, actually, and it has ever been a pain in the backside.  I'm incredibly lucky in that my hair colourist (Jack Howard, currently at Paul Edmonds) is a genius, but he's an incredibly busy one, and I don't get to see him as often as I'd like these days, so, in between visits I have to cover up my roots myself.  It's fun!*

I've written before about Colour Wow, which takes literally seconds to use, and I really like it, but I do also use the Josh Wood Blending Wand in dark brown for when I need a slightly longer-term solution.  The blending wands contain a weak hair dye which actually works as a stain on the white hair, and this blends your greys in almost seamlessly

To use, you "paint" your white roots with the applicator after shampooing (whilst your hair is still wet) then dry and style as usual, there's no need to rinse, or mess about with different processes, you literally paint it on and dry your hair.  I find the brush is a little fiddly, and prone to falling off in my thick and wiry hair, but in those circumstances, I tend to just apply direct from the bottle and rub it into the roots with my fingertips.  You will need to wash your hands pretty thoroughly afterwards though!

Ostensibly, the stain will last through a wash or two, as it is NOT a permanent dye,  but I have found that it will fade hugely after the first wash, needing a second application, but I've never tried to use it more than three shampoos in a row. However, I do have to admit that it did leave me with PINK roots after the first wash the first time I used it, but I rather liked the effect actually ... your mileage might vary though!  My roots haven't been pink since, but the fading effect is intense.

I've used this once or twice a month for the last six months or so, and there is still plenty left in the tube, so for £12.50 this is a bit of a bargain, albeit one that comes with considerable caveats.  You can find Josh Wood Blending Wands in the beauty sections of larger Marks & Spencer stores.

How big a problem are roots for you?

*For a given value of "fun", admittedly

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Spring Fragrances with Elie Saab, Diptyque and DKNY

If you've been following my travails over on The Parosmia Diaries, then you'll know this post is a bit of a breakthrough - perfume reviews have necessarily been thin on the ground for Get Lippie over the last twelve months, but I think I have finally recovered enough of my sense of smell to offer at least a brief overview of some lovely fragrances that have crossed my radar over the last month or two.  So, as we swing into spring (at last!) here's my pick of the best warm fragrances to celebrate the passing of winter:

Elie Saab Resort Collection:

I love orange blossom, and orange blossom is the signature note of the entire Elie Saab range, which is an incredibly lovely, sheer and diaphanous range in the main.  Resort Collection, as well as being housed in one of the loveliest bottles this beauty blogger has in her entire collection, is a gloriously blossom-y scent, replete with fig, jasmine and frangipani.  To my nose it smells like sunbathing whilst wearing expensive suncream under orange trees in the spring.  Very lovely indeed.

Diptyque Florabellio

A powdery apple-blossom floral, with an intriguingly salty top note, and a slightly dark dry-down, this EDT is fresh without being too bright, soft and gentle and overall rather cheerful to wear.  It's a little more ladylike than I would normally wear - in fact, if this had been released this month instead of waiting till May to be on shelves, I'd have suggested it would be a fabulous Mothers Day present - it's delightful.

DKNY Delicious Delights

And speaking of delightful, DKNY have brought out their Delicious Delights range, which is a limited edition extension of the apple-themed Be Delicious range.  There are three scents, Cool Swirl, Dreamsicle, and Fruity Rooty.

All are fun, fruity and fresh.  Cool Swirl (green) has blueberry, violet leaf and coconut, Dreamsicle (orange - my favourite) has elements of orange, mandarin and raspberry, and Fruity Rooty (pink) has blackberry with hints of rose.  They are rather on the sweet side, which my new nose seems to appreciate, but they are also flirty and nice to wear.

So, there you go, not as in-depth as usual, but I'm hoping my nose will continue to improve so my reviews can too!  Happy Spring, peeps!


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An introduction to Tweezerman

Think of Tweezerman, and you think of tweezers.  Well, I do.  Just tweezers.  Well, it's sort of in the name really, isn't it?  You can imagine my delight, however, when Tweezerman recently sent me a parcel containing all kinds of goodies, and I was surprised, not to mention delighted, at just how extensive their range goes.  Basically, anything you need for your eyebrows and nails. Tweezerman has probably got it covered ...

 Fingernail and toenail clippers - I did actually knew they did these, but thought they were too expensive, but I simply hadn't realised how much better they are than the £1.50 jobbies I routinely buy and then immediately blunt with the toenails of doom, so suffice it to say, no more own-brand clippers in the Lippie Household for a while -  cuticle pushers and colourful nail-files galore.  I have to say that I am terrified of the gorgeously designed purple springy cuticle clippers though!  Being a bit of a cack-handed muppet, I fear possibly cutting a finger off ... Oh there's a blending/glossing block in the range too, which (being a muppet), I was too stupid to photograph ...

 But eyebrows and, to a lesser extent, eyelashes are Tweezerman's raison d'etre, and it shows.  From rose-gold plated eyelash curlers, to the classic slanted and pointed tweezers (of which I already own several pairs of each in various sizes, there isn't a makeup bag in my house without a pair of tweezermans in there, frankly), there are also eyelash combs and spoolies (which is the mascara-brush thingy up there).

But the best discovery for me, without doubt, has been the eyebrow scissors.  I had no idea you could buy these, and I've long known that the best part of any professional eyebrow shape has been the trimming of my long - my eyebrows grow long and thick and luxuriant - LONG eyebrow hairs.  Have you ever tried trimming your eyebrows with nail scissors?  I have.  Please don't be like me - it does not work!   I am rubbish at plucking my own eyebrows, depending on professionals for shaping, but still needing maintenance at home, I've found that by simply trimming the longest offenders I can look groomed in seconds without plucking at all.

Any surprising discoveries for you, here? You can buy any and all of these items from BeautyBay, who have an extensive collection of Tweezerman products, including a couple not shown here ....

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