Foundation Review: Lancome Teint Idole Care & Glow
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Foundation Review: Lancome Teint Idole Care & Glow

I think that one of my all-time favourite foundations has been knocked from its winner’s podium: I’ve finally found a longwear makeup base that I love more than Lancome’s Teint Idole Ultra Wear. It’s – wait for it – Lancome’s Teint Idole Ultra Wear Care & Glow. No, I’m not being facetious: this is an…

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What’s In My Makeup Bag? Summer 2019

I’ll start this post with a bit of an emergency bargain announcement, because it might not be around for long and you’ll kick yourselves if you miss it. The Rodial Airbrush, an amazing luxury foundation brush with a dome-shaped head and firm, densely-packed bristles is – at time of writing – £10 instead of £50….

Clarins Skin Illusion foundation review
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Foundation Review: Clarins Skin Illusion

(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) Well here’s a lovely new foundation for lovers of lightweight makeup: Clarins Skin Illusion Natural Hydrating Foundation. It’s a brand new makeup launch and it replaces Clarins’ original Skin Illusion, which came in a more traditional, pump-action glass bottle. I liked that…

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What’s In My Makeup Bag: Summer 2018

The title of this video should really be What’s In My Makeup Bags, plural, not Bag, singular, because – at last count – I have four different versions on the go. The first one (my special edition Swag Bag with Scamp & Dude – all profits go to my chosen charity, the Genesis Research Trust) is in…

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What’s In My Makeup Bag? Autumn 2017

Are we still in Autumn? It feels decidedly wintery, but I’m hoping that I can still just about slot in a warm, russety-toned makeup video before everyone starts wrapping up in faux-fur stoles and sprinkling their faces with golden glitter. Here’s what I’ve been using over and over again, all the way through Autumn. The things that…

Diorskin Forever Perfect Mousse Foundation Review
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Foundation Review: Dior Forever Perfect Mousse

There seems to be a bit of a thing for longwear foundation launches at the moment, and I have a handful of those that I’m testing on rotation, but I wanted to kick off this run of reviews with Dior’s new Diorskin Forever Perfect Mousse. Although it actually is longwear, longevity isn’t even this foundation’s talking point…

The Ordinary Colours: Serum and Coverage Foundation Review
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The Ordinary Colours: Serum and Coverage Foundation Review

Another foundation review for you. (Ambassador, you’re really spoiling us, etc.) It’s actually two foundation reviews in one; the Coverage Foundation and the Serum Foundation, both from Deciem brand The Ordinary. The Ordinary launched last year to a hugely positive reception from the beauty world; it’s a high-tech skincare brand with a no-frills, ingredient-led approach and incredibly low price-points. I’m not…

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Armani Power Fabric Foundation Review

I’ve been testing out Armani’s Power Fabric foundation – very thoroughly, as it happens, because I’ve been trying to film quite a bit of content for Youtube and so I’ve needed a fuller base. As you know, I’m not the greatest lover of high coverage, longwear foundations – I’ll usually grab something slightly more natural looking and glowy unless…

Chanel Le Teint Ultra Tenue Foundation Review
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Foundation Review: Chanel Le Teint Ultra Tenue

I feel as though Chanel are always going to be on a bit of a losing streak with me, when it comes to bringing out new foundations. And that’s not because they’re bringing out bad foundations (Chanel do excellent face bases); it’s because I’ve already found perfection (quite literally) in the form of their Perfection Lumiere…