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I haven't had a picture of my face on the blog for a while, and there has been a variety of reasons for that, but I tweeted this - totally makeup free! - instragram picture of my mug the other day, and A Lot of people asked for details of my current skincare routine, so here it is.
From left to right, we have Nude Cleansing Oil, which is an old, old old favourite. Whilst I might flirt with other cleansers (and I do), I always come back to this after my skin has had enough of the others. I love it, even though the bottle is now only half the size it used to be.
After a long while of using very simple skincare, I'm adding back some active products, and these are my current picks:
111Skin Daily Orbit NAC Y2 Energising Youth Tonic (catchy title), which is from the new range very recently launched by Dr Yannis Alexandrides. Not - actually - a toner, this is actually a slightly viscous, highly moisturising liquid, that I use in place of toner, and as the start of my moisturising routine. It's cooling and soothing, and I love using it. Also, the range has been tested in space. How can anyone resist skincare that's been tested in space? It's full of peptides and antioxidants, and my skin loves this. I have a sample of the serum too, which I've not used yet, but I'll bring you a full review of both products when I have used it. 111Skin is available from Harrods.
Speaking of science and stuff, next up is Astalift Aquarysta, which is another very recently launched product, this time from Fujifilm. Yes, you read that right. FujiFILM. Astalift Aquarysta is a beautiful coral-red jelly, which is, again, packed with antioxidants and, this time also with collagen. Apparently collagen is a staple of the (non-digital) film industry, and Fujifilm has invested some of their years and years of collagen research into skincare. I've found that this jelly - used as a serum in the mornings - immediately smoothes and leaves skin feeling plump, soft and velvety. I love it. Time will tell if has any long-term benefits, but at the moment, this is unqualified love. I want a BIGGER JAR. Aqualift Aquarysta is available from Debenhams.
At the moment, I'm also trialling Kate Somerville Nourish Daily Moisturiser, I've literally just finished my jar of Kate's Goat Cream, but it was beginning to feel a little too heavy for summer, so I've swapped to this lighter, more balancing formulation from the range. It's cooling and refreshing, and doesn't leave a greasy film.
And finally, two nights a week, I've brought the Alpha H Liquid Gold back. I stopped using it last year, because my skin was going through one of its frequent crazy periods where nothing suited it, and I just got out of the habit. Now, I look forward to my "Alpha H nights", and I'm a-tingle with anticipation ....
What's your current regime?
The Fine Print: A hodge-podge of PR samples, purchases, gifts, and other stuff. Also, SKINCARE IN SPACE!!! Skincare! In SPACE!!!
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I don't know about you, but I can spend hours in the beauty hall of a department store, going from counter to counter, testing things, swatching things, desperately trying to avoid makeovers, sniffing products, touching products, poking things. Yes, I'm a bit of a beauty geek, I know.
But, when a department store has a special event going on in their beauty hall, I'm even more likely to pop along and poke more things! I didn't know this, but twice a year House of Fraser hold their "Beauty Confidential" event, which has some fabulous offers, events and wonderful competitions, both online and in their 63 stores around the country. This year's event starts tomorrow, 23rd April, and runs for two weeks up until 7th May.
What can you expect? Well, in their main offer, if you spend £50 in-store on beauty at House of Fraser, or on HouseOfFraser.co.uk, you'll get a whopping £10 off any of these beauty essentials:
1. Gucci Guilty Fragrance
2. Lancôme Visionnaire Serum
3. Decléor Baume Intense Relax
4. Clinique Moisture Surge Intense Skin Fortifying Hydrator
5. Guerlain Noir G Mascara (my favourite! And, at £25 instead of £35, an unmissable bargain)
6. Clarins Hand and Nail Treatment Cream
7. YSL Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick
8. Dior Forever Foundation
9. Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye
10. Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream
House of Fraser are also holding two competitions, both of which have completely wonderful prizes. Firstly, there's the Espa Day Spa package competition where you can win a day at the (completely beautiful) Spa at the Corinthia Hotel, worth £350. I've been lucky enough to spend an hour at the Corinthia spa before now, and I can promise you that this prize is not to be missed!
Or, if a spa day doesn't float your boat, you could try and win an overnight stay at the achingly trendy Babington House, which comes complete with a treatment from the wonderful people at Cowshed.
There's also a wide variety of in-store
events from brands such as Guerlain, Shisheido, Nails Inc, Creme de la
Mer, Thierry Mugler and Clarins, so keep your eyes peeled for what's
happening in your local store!
As if all that is not enough, make sure you follow @HouseOfFraser on Twitter, as they'll be doing a daily giveaway too, with their hashtag: #beautyconfidental Oh, and you might want to keep an eye on the House of Fraser Facebook page too, you never know ...!
What are you waiting for? Get shopping! Make sure you pick up a copy of their Beauty Confidential magazine while you're there, too.
The Fine Print: This has been a sponsored post on behalf of both the House of Fraser Corporation, and the Lippie Wedding bank account.
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My final giveaway this week is probably my favourite, to be honest. I'm giving away a full month's supply of Pure Gold Collagen supplement, which would normally retail at £107. I'm all about the supplements at the moment, and this is one of my favourites. Okay, that's mainly because it tastes absolutely delicious, but still, it's not a hardship to take a supplement if it tastes, good, right? I'm just nearly two weeks into my regime at the moment, so keep your eyes peeled for a full review once it's over! Collagen is absolutely essential to healthy skin, and this is an easily absorbed way to take it, alongside some more essential vitamins and minerals too, such as vitamins, C, E and, B6.
Pure Gold Collagen is a cult product that is regularly sold out on the Boots website so this giveaway might be the only way to get your hands on some, so get entering!
Important note: Pure Gold Collagen is not suitable for vegans.
As most of my readers will know, I'm not actually much of a one for fake tan, but this one struck me as a bit different. The main reason I don't much like fake tan is because I am lazy. Very, very lazy, and, well, fake tan takes a lot of effort to maintain, all that exfoliating, moisturising, applying and showering off for just a couple of days of tanned skin? Meh. Vita Liberata, however, has fixed at least part of that, with their new pHenomenal Tones tan, which promises to last between two to three weeks! For a lazy bum like me, that's something I'm willing to try.
Currently available at Boots in shades Fair and Medium, Vita Liberata are offering one lucky reader of Get Lippie the chance to try their pHenomenal Tones tanning mousse in Dark. It comes complete with a tanning mitt, so you won't get your palms dirty! The kit sells for £37.50.
Rafflecopter will take you through the rest, you get one entry for leaving a comment on the blog post, and if you decide also to like Get Lippie on Facebook, you get an extra entry.
Good luck, and happy tanning!
See anything you want swatches of?
And with flash:
And a better look at the palettes:
I could have bought a CAR for this ... :weeps:
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Beloved by celebrities such as Jade Jagger and Sienna Miller, the Sarah Jones London range of organic body and face products is rapidly gaining a following in the Lippie household too. They're luxurious, but not too budget-busting, and the Rose Kiss toner is what I turned to recently when I ran out of my beloved Darphin Intral toner. It's a real pleasure to use, and I'm looking forward to trying more from the range, ASAP. I love an organic range that doesn't look like it came from someone's kitchen, and this is a rather lovely range indeed.
Sarah Jones have very kindly offered to let one of my readers pick a product of their choice from the range to try for themselves, so go take a look at the Sarah Jones London website here, then let me know via Rafflecopter what you'd like to win (don't forget you get an extra entry for liking Get Lippie on Facebook, too):
With the changing of the seasons, sometimes it's really nice to get a change of look to your makeup too. I popped along to John Lewis on Oxford Street last week, and treated myself to a Bare Minerals "makeunder" tutorial, which I enjoyed very much indeed. Bare Minerals is new to John Lewis, and to celebrate, until the 27th April they're inviting people along to undergo makeunders of their own.
If you're new to to mineral makeup, or just need a new look, the format is excellent, the makeup artist will do half of your face in easy to follow steps, and show you how to recreate the look for yourself. The makeup artists are friendly, and easy to relate to, and won't leave you looking like a drag queen!
I opted for a blue smokey eye, which I adored - and for reasons beyond my control, which I can't show you here today, but I'll recreate it for you soon. Here's the products they used though:
If you want a "Bare Makeunder", then email: events_oxford_street@johnlewis.co.uk
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