Lippie Loves: Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover

Another one in my occasional series of Lippie Loves, and this time it's hardcore:

Launching later this month,  this £3.99 sponge-filled jar deals with even the toughest of nail varnish in seconds flat.  It's not quite the one second that it claims on the bottle, but it's pretty damn close.   The black nail varnish you see in the picture - that I wore purely for testing purposes - was dealt with in around 3-4 seconds per nail, with no mess, and no waste of cotton wool! 

Best of all, it smells great on your fingers too, but please don't stick your nose in the jar, you will regret it*. It's acetone-free, and contains sweet almond oil to nourish your digits whilst it removes the polish.  I freely admit I have no idea how it works (for all I know, it could, in fact, actually be magic), but it does work, and works astonishingly well at that.  Oh, and the sponge is black, so you can't tell just how stained it's getting from the polish, unlike other nail varnish remover jars available on the market ...

Buy some.  You'll never regret it.  Lippie loves it, and so will you.


The Fine Print: possibly the best PR sample I've had this year.  So far.


* I do these things so you don't have to, people!


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Makeover: Sharon's Wedding.

It's been ages since I did a makeover, eh?  Well, this one is from a while ago too, but I thought I'd show it to you now.  Sharon's appeared on the blog a couple of times since it started, and she's a good friend, so, when she asked me to do her wedding makeup last year, I couldn't really say no.  Then, when I found out she was getting married at the Houses of Parliament, and there was going to be a beauty editor of a national daily newspaper present, I had an attack of the collywobbles, I won't deny it.  But, I bit the bullet and got on with it, despite being a little out of practice, and here are the results:

I wanted her to glow, with beautiful, flawless skin, and to look like all she'd done was added a slick of red lipstick to her lips.  Sharon doesn't normally wear much makeup at all, and I didn't want her to look too "overdone". 

Thank you, Sharon, for letting me share the photos of your special day.

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Natural & Organic Products Show 2012

I spent yesterday at the Natural and Organic Product Show, and had a great time, this is the third year in a row that I've been, and I thought I'd share my day in pictures with you:

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Lovely cosmetics from Terre d'Oc

Nice to see that Lavera have expanded their cosmetics range too.

Yes To Carrots/Tomatoes/Cucumbers/Blueberries

I featured 100% Organics on my blog a couple of years ago, it's really good to see them going from strength to strength.

BM Beauty - lovely cosmetics from an ex-Pussycat Doll.  Very interesting to see that they've shunned airbrushed images in their advertising, too.

Melvita are bringing out a new range of rose-based products, they do roses exceptionally well.

Water-based nail varnishes, and a (scent-free) gel nail varnish remover from Suncoat.

Pretty, refillable palettes from Essential Care cosmetics.

Entirely natural nail varnish remover, based on a coconut solvent from Eden, can't wait to try this one!

Suti is a brand I already know a little bit about, and they have some great products coming out this year.

Balm Balm (one of my favourites) have a range of pre-blended balms for therapists out this year, they smell delicious.

Absolutely adore the packaging of Blend Collective - about as far from the "hippy kitchen" image of most organic skincare ranges as you can get.

Also love the bottles from Napiers.

Lovely new gift sets and tinted lip balms from Pacifica.

Rollerballs from Pacifica too!

I first discovered Pai at the show two years ago, and it was great to see them back this year.  They're doing amazing things lately.

Another shot of Pai.

Tropic Skincare, the brand from former Apprentice contestant Susan Ma.  It was recently announced that Alan Sugar has invested in the range.  Wonder if he uses it?

 Hmn, I wonder ...

Pukka's new range of organic skincare has also really got the packaging right too - and they're good products.

Beauty Without Cruelty have also upped their game lately - I remember them from about 20 years ago, when they had brown eyeshadow, blue eyeshadow, tangerine blush, and frosted pink lipstick, and that was IT.

Samina makeup is very pretty too.

Organic fragrances from Florascent.

 I've got a sample or two from some of the ranges featured, and I'll be bringing you reviews of them when I'm done.  See anything you like?


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Ooh!

I've just noticed I'm on 1,299 followers on Google Friends Connect, that's amazing!  I think I'll do a little giveaway when I hit 1,300 ... let me know what you think would make a great giveaway in the comments below, and I'll see what I can do ...

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Antipodes Saviour Skin Balm

 Some products claim to be mult-purpose, and some products truly are, Antipodes Saviour Skin Balm is beyond amazing, moisturising, nourishing, and soothing.  And how cute is that tin?

I've used it on cuticles, feet, lips, on MrLippie's disgustingly dry elbows, on zits, burns and cuts and scrapes (what can I say, we're an accident-prone pair here at Lippie Mansions).

It's a thick, golden balm, the smell of which takes a little getting used to (but it's not a patch on the scent of, say, Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream, which is vile), but it wears off quickly, and just leaves smooth healed skin behind:

I do occasionally struggle to get the lid off, to be honest (but I struggle to open a lot of things these days, I suspect it's one of the first signs of old age that no one warns you about), but it's usually worth the struggle

The pot costs £28.99 from Nutribeauty, but this pot (more than double the amount of other organic balms, for less money) will last you for months, if not years,  and you'll be finding uses for it that you never expected ...


The Fine Print: PR sample
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