Spring Impressionist Nail Art with Estee Lauder!

 Estee Lauder Dilettante

 Estee Lauder Absinthe

 Estee Lauder Narcissist

Left to Right: Estee Lauder Narcissist, Absinthe, Dilettante

Hey Beauty Lovers! I was in the mood for some nail art using these beautiful pastel shades from the Estee Lauder Spring 2013 Collection. I'm not sure if these shades are still available as they were Limited Edition, but they are the perfect spring colours! When I started with this nail art I wasn't sure where I was going with it, but I have been told on a numerous occasion that it looks like an impression of Monet's Water Lilies, so I'll go with that! To create this impressionist nail art, I applied two coats of Estee Lauder Dilettante [cream mint blue], then using a fine artists brush I simply applied small strokes of Absinthe [yellowish cream green] and Narcissist [pastel pink]. I must admit, the more I wore this nail art the more I fell in love with it! It's really easy to create and you can go for any colour combo.

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Super Chic Evening Smokey Eye with Chanel Mirifique!

Chanel Illusion D'Ombre in 85 Mirifique

Estee Lauder Nail Lacquer in N4 Tumultuous Pink

Hey Beauty Lovers! This is the look I wore to the ELLE event earlier this week, it's a super chic smokey eye which is also very simple and quick to create. Chanel Illusion D'Ombre eyeshadows are fail-proof, and I always have them at hand when I want to look well put together and don't have time to experiment with make-up. Mirifique is a super chic black with sparkles, it creates that beautiful almost wet looking statement smokey eye without looking like you tried too hard. It's the ultimate Parisian smokey eye, effortless and sexy chic, like you just rolled out of bed and happened to look gorgeous...

Mirifique does crease on me [I have oily eyelids], so it depends what I'm in the mood for I either apply it straight to the eyelids for that slightly worn look [which I did here] or I apply it over a base to make it last longer. For extra depth I used MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline blending it together with Mirifique, also applying it onto the waterline. For this look lips have to be nude, I used Revlon Matte Lipstick in Nude, which is one of my all time favourite nude lipsticks. It has a hardly noticeable iridescence that makes your lips look sensual and full, for that perfect Brigitte Bardot nude lip. 

And on the nails I wore Estee Lauder Tumultuous Pink, which I believe is one of the new colours. Tumultuous Pink looks a lot deeper on the nails than in the bottle, it's a raspberry deep pink with a cream finish. Et voilà!

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Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Review!

Hey Beauty Lovers! Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair is the holy grail of skincare. Loved by beauty bloggers and editors worldwide it's a nightstand skincare must-have! I have featured this lux serum previously in my last year's Gift Guide. Advanced Night Repair is a powerful serum that works with the skin's natural cell turn-over that takes place during the so-called beauty sleep. This fabulous serum repairs the skin reducing main signs of aging, in turn making it look smoother, younger and more radiant! 

It has a barely noticeable but pleasant natural kind of a scent. You only need to apply a few drops to face and neck, once it dries it has a slightly sticky feel, if that bugs you just go over with your night-time moisturiser as you'd do anyway. Advanced Night Repair is suitable for all skin types and as it's an oil-free formula it's also great for oily/combo skin!

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Estee Lauder Sculpting Lipstick in Infamous!

Hey Beauty Lovers! Happy first day of Spring!! What could be a better way to celebrate this occasion than with a bright pink lip. I have already reviewed the new Estee Lauder Sculpting Lipstick along with matching nailpolish in the shade Impassioned, if you haven't seen it yet click here! Sculpting Lipstick range is a new addition to the permanent collection. The formula is super beautiful, these beautiful lipsticks are all about intense pigmentation, they have a glossy finish and feel moisturising on the lips. Another bonus point: they are long lasting, gently staining the lips they make the pigment last beautifully even when the shine starts to go a little you will still have a beautiful lip on. Infamous is an über bright cool-toned pink, it really bring a pop of colour to the face. And of course the packaging is rather lux, the lipsticks have a magnetic lid that falls into place!

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On-Trend: V-Day Red Nails with Studs feat Estee Lauder!

 Estee Lauder Nail Lacquer in Impassioned [new shade!]

Hey Beauty Lovers! Happy V-Day to everyone, hope you are having a super lovely day with or without a beloved on your side!! These are the nails I'm wearing today, I decided to create something a little more elaborate, which for a change doesn't have hearts or love written all over it... So I embellished the nailpolish I had on from last night and went for this tribal look. To create this look I applied two coats of the new Estee Lauder Nail Lacquer shade Impassioned, which is a super beautiful orangey coral red. I'm totally obsessed with this nailpolish shade, if you only buy one nailpolish this month make it this one!! Then I applied Cheeky silver triangle studs in this on-trend tribal manner. Et Voilà!

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Red Lip & Nail Combo feat New Estee Lauder Sculpting Lipstick!

 Estee Lauder Sculpting Lipstick in Impassioned + Estee Lauder Nail Lacquer in Impassioned

Hey Beauty Lovers! Estee Lauder launched the new Pure Colour Envy Sculpting Lipstick in twenty shades ranging from beautiful nudes, pinks, reds, and plums. To go with the lipsticks there are also five new Nail Lacquer shades that exactly match the lipstick shade: Tumultuous Pink, Impassioned, Envious, Red Ego and Insolent Plum. The Sculpting Lipstick has multi-faceted pigments that define the lips giving them a beautiful sculpted shape. And the intensely saturated colour creates that perfect statement lip! These lipsticks are super moisturising and long lasting. The shade I'm obsessed with is Impassioned, it's a super flattering coral red. This shade would suit most complexions, but I find it particularly flattering on blondes. And nailpolish in the same shade is just stunning, love-love-love!! What a beautiful combo to wear for the V-Day!

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V-Day All-Rounder: Beauty + Hair + Nails!

 Charlotte Tilbury The Rock Chick 

 Estee Lauder Signature Lipstick in Rose Amethyst [discontinued]

a similar shade would be:

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Long Lasting Crystal Lipstick in MOD Pink

BarryM Gelly Hi-Shine in Passion Fruit

Hey Beauty Lovers! If you are not sure what to do with your hair, what kind of make-up look to go for or what colour to paint your nails for the up-coming V-Day here is my suggestion: go for something pretty and innocent with a sexy edge! As a rule wearing too strong colours on the face for a date is not recommended, guys don't like too much make-up. So if you keep everything subtle and soft you than can bust out bright nails, which adds the sexy element to this innocent soft look. Do something cute with your hair, don't over work it yet do put some effort into it. This hair style opens up your face and regardless of what weather it is on the V-Day, you will still look sexy/cute! This entire look would go with a casual outfit or a tip-to-toe black number.

Beauty: This look is all about eyes so the rest is kept neutral. To create this smokey eye I have used Charlotte Tilbury The Rock Chick palette, applying the 2.Enhance eyeshadow shade all over and under the lower lashes and 3.Smoke just into the outer V and also under blending it under the lower lashes. Then I took Charlotte Tilbury Rock 'N' Kohl eyeliner in Bedroom Black and smudged the hard edges with the eyeshadow. And for the lips I chose Estee Lauder Signature Lipstick in Rose Amethyst just because it's a very special lipstick to me and I only pull it out on very special occasions. This lipstick was unfortunately discontinued, but any nude pink with a subtle shimmer will do. A similar shade from the core collection would be Estee Lauder Pure Colour Long Lasting Crystal Lipstick in MOD Pink.

Hair: Although this hair style looks quite elaborate it's actually very simple to create. To begin with separate hair into two halves each side. Then separate each side into three, do it softly so that you don't have harsh partings. Then loosely braid every part so that you end up with three thin braids on each side. Then take all the braids and pull them back and gently cross them over as though attempting to tie a knot, hiding the ends inside the cross over. Then you will needs lots of bobby pins to secure every braid into place so that it feels quite solid and won't fall apart.

And finally Nails: I'm absolutely obsessed with this BarryM Gelly Hi-Shine nailpolish in Passion Fruit. It's super bright almost a neon coral, and looks ah-mazing on every skin tone, pale or tanned! It's also one of those bright colours that you can absolutely wear both in the summer and winter, it brings the whole outfit together giving it that daring and sexy pop of colour.

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Luxury Gift Idea: Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair!

30ml £48

Hey Beauty Lovers! Now this is a bit of a special splurge skincare gift idea! Advanced Night Repair works overnight promoting the natural skin cell renewal, reducing the signs of ageing skin. It's a powerful serum that helps to smooth lines and wrinkles by intensively hydrating and plumping up the skin with Hyaluronic Acid, making you wake up to a visibly younger looking skin. While it helps to reduce the environmental damage caused to the skin, it also continues working throughout the day by protecting the skin against further damage. This little miracle serum has won the Elle Beauty Awards 2013 + Red Magazine Reader Awards 2013!

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NEW Estee Lauder Modern Muse!

Hey Beauties! Here is a new fragrance from Estee Lauder. It's been almost a decade since Estee Lauder launched a fragrance. Modern Muse is inspired by the modern and independent woman, a woman that is stylish, oozes confidence and is self-sufficient - that is the woman of today! The fragrance is feminine yet sophisticated and strong, this is accomplished by combining floral and woody notes. 

The main ingredient is jasmine, which I love so much! Two types of jasmine are used in this fragrance: Sambac jasmine and Chinese Sambac jasmine absolute, which create that luxurious sensual hint. The beautiful freshness of jasmine has a warm finish of the woody notes. The other notes are: mandarin, tuberose, fresh lily, honeysuckle, patchouli, Madagascar vanilla, and soft musk. Although it's a predominantly floral scent, it settles as a sensually warm and sophisticated scent, perfect to keep you feel beautiful and warm during the autumnal and wintry cold days and nights. And of course the packaging is super chic, a sleek bottle with a black bow and gold detail!

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October BCA Pink Lip with Estee Lauder!

 Chanel Precision Lip Definer in 58 Rubellite + Estee Lauder Pure Colour Lipstick in Candy = Heart

Hey Beauties! October is the Breast Cancer Awareness month and every year Estee Lauder runs a campaign to help raise money for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, which was founded by Evelyn H. Lauder in 1993. This year, BCA inspired, The Evelyn Lauder Dream Collection includes Evelyn Lauder Dream Solid Perfume Compact - full RRP £60 are going to the donation; Evelyn Lauder Dream Pin - also full RRP £10 are going to the donation; Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley Dream Lip Collection [you get a cute pink clutch, lipstick in Rubellite and lipgloss in Hot Pink] RRP £28 - £5 of every sale will be donated.

The lipstick I am wearing above is Estee Lauder Pure Colour Lipstick in Candy, which is the shade that was part of the BCA Dream Lip Collection last year. Candy is a frosty pretty pink, I love wearing it over a hot pink base - Chanel Precision Lip Definer in Rubellite [coincidental name choice]. I think this lipliner was limited edition, but both of the BCA Estee Lauder lipsticks the Candy and Rubellite are part of the permanent line.

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Summer Reds Beauty Trend with Cosmetics A La Carte!

 Nails: Estee Lauder mini from the Travel Exclusive Collection in the shade 09 Tempting Melon

Dior Rosy Glow Healthy Glow Awakening Blush in 001 Petal

Estee Lauder mini in 09 Tempting Melon from the Travel Exclusive Collection

Cosmetics a la Carte Outliner, Eyeliner & Shadow in Blazon

Cosmetics a la Carte Matte Velvet Lipstick in Tomato

Hey Beauties! As promised here is the Summer Reds look I have created with the beautiful Cosmetics a la Carte Matte Velvet Lipstick in Tomato and Outliner Eyeliner & Shadow in Blazon! I like this tone on tone look set off by the fresh pink flush on the cheeks. I'm a big fan of Cosmetics a la Carte lipsticks, the shade range is absolutely fantastic, I took a shot from the 2012-2013 catalogue of the shade range in my previous blog post so do have a look. The lipstick comes in four textures, Moisture Plus, Lustre, Matte Velvet, and Sheer Balm. The Matte Velvet wears really comfortably, without drying the lips and it lasts well! 

The Outliner, which can be used as an eyeliner and eyeshadow has a very creamy texture. When I swatched it first time I instantly knew it would be perfect for a lived in smudgy look. It does crease pretty quickly, and gives you that modern edge to the look. An eyeshadow that has a super creamy texture gives you that almost glossy/wet eyeshadow look which I think looks pretty sexy during the summer. I do love the shade Blazon, I haven't come across that many red eyeshadow shades. Blazon is a warm, sultry red with a bit of shimmer giving it a satin finish, it's a really wearable and beautiful shade. 

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Vogue UK JUN13 Kate Moss Beauty Look!

Hey beauties! As I was returning from the Soap&Glory SkinGenius event today I was driving through Hampstead High Street and there she was, Kate Mass walking with her cute daughter down the street. I realised today is day I should share the Kate Moss look I created last week! In last month's Vogue UK Kate finally was on the cover again. I loved the super summery issue, great images, fabulous fashion, and beautiful make-up. In some pictures she was wearing a more natural smokey eye look, but I particularly liked the glammed up version with the silver eyeshadow.

Silver eyeshadows can be very challenging to pull off. When I think of silver eyeshadow I instantly get reminded of that woman at my aunt's bday dinner, she was almost sitting across me, and I couldn't stop wondering what possessed that woman to paint her eyelids in silver... So yeh silver eyeshadows can look pretty dated... I like the Chanel runway platinum eye make-up look, but in real life it wouldn't work, it's definitely an editorial look. So when I saw this look on Kate I was really excited to recreate it, it's super beautiful and wearable! And I must say I absolutely love it, a great example of how a silvery eyeshadow can look chic! 

The key elements of this look are: 1. silver eyeshadow as an accent rather than statement, 2. making sure the edge of that silver eyeshadow is blended with a warm brown shade, 3. a lot of black kohl eyeliner smoked out, except for chocolate brown on the waterline! So here is how I did it - Face: there is strong sculpting and bronzing going on so I used Aerin Illuminating Powder in Pretty Bronze just in the hollows of my cheeks and a touch over the bridge of the nose, top of the cheeks and also over the temples, this warms up your complexion making you look sun-kissed! On the apples of the cheeks I applied Giorgio Armani Sheer Blush in 4.

Eyes: MAC Paint Pot in Groundwork as a base. The silver shade from the Shiseido Luminizing Satin Eye Color Trio palette in OR 302 applied just over the lid looking straight ahead taking the silver slightly higher up in the middle so that you can just about see it. Definitely avoid putting it into the socket! Then blending the edges of the silver eyeshadow with MAC Eyeshadow in Texture. Winging out the eyeliner in a straight line for a sultry look, blending it with a pencil brush. For this type of look the kohl eyeliner should be really creamy, I find Soap&Glory Kohl in Black perfect for that. On the waterline Kate seems to be wearing a dark warm brown shade, it's definitely not black, but still quite dark, I used Pixi Endless Silky Eye Pen in No.4 BlackCocoa. 

Lips: Kate is wearing a toffee-like lipstick shade, although quite natural it still has more colour than just a nude. I chose Topshop Lipstick in Rumour Has It. I have to say this looks is beautiful to wear for a special occasion. I never thought I'd be able to pull off a silver eyeshadow, and I'm so glad Kate wore this look. The silver shade from that Shiseido palette is stunning, it almost has a pearlescence to it, looks gorgeous on. I love this palette, fantastic for summer! I have also created a fiery copper and black smokey eye look with the other two shades from this palette, if you want to see it click here!

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