Posted by Chantelle on Mon 10th May 2010 at 07:24 AM, Filed in Beauty by Katie
Boots’ very own N°7 is 75 years young this year and to celebrate in true style their Creative Director and über make-up artist Lisa Eldridge has designed a collection to remind us of why we have always loved this iconic brand. The Decades collection is a bright and colourful display of the amazing palettes that we have seen in the last 7 decades and Lisa has created 7 looks, one inspired by each decade, to complement the collection. From the screen siren ‘40s to the monochrome ‘60s to the smoky lilac hues of the noughties – N°7 shows that it has always been there in the forefront of beauty trends and is keeping up with its higher end competitors just as confidently now as it was 70 years ago.
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Posted by Chantelle on Tue 4th May 2010 at 03:44 PM, Filed in Beauty by Katie
Did you know that by the teaspoon, honey is actually sweeter than table sugar? Did you know that whereas sugar rots your teeth and gums, honey has been clinically proven to help fight and prevent gum disease?
Honey has been used as a natural health remedy and beauty enhancer for over 5,000 years now but it is only recently that the number of British bee stocks is starting to dwindle. For the twelfth year now the Honey Association are holding National Honey Week to raise awareness of the plight of the bees and to reintroduce honey into people’s kitchens, bathrooms, make-up bags and medicine cabinets.
Here are a couple of my favourite little health & beauty honey sweeteners for you…
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Posted by Chantelle on Mon 3rd May 2010 at 06:07 AM, Filed in Beauty by Katie
Way back in 2003, L’Oreal launched one of the UK’s most popular anti-aging skincare ranges. Back then it was called ‘Wrinkle Decrease’ and since it has come to be known as the ‘Collagen Re-Plumper’ range. Nowadays, due to increased media attention, brands like L’Oreal can use Buzz words such as ‘collagen’ in their ranges and be sure that this will spark the interest of thousands, if not millions of consumers.
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Posted by Chantelle on Wed 21st April 2010 at 07:49 AM, Filed in Beauty by Katie
When it comes to hair, I go natural. I am a natural blonde (well, with natural looking highlights…!) I don’t straighten my hair, instead I prefer to leave my natural waves and kinks to their own devices. For this reason I am somewhat averse to using hair products that glare at you with their neon packaging and their chemical formulas. This has never held me back though – I stick to the natural products in Boots, which tend not to be too much more expensive than the slightly less natural hair ranges. However the one product that I have always had to compromise on is Dry Shampoo. I cannot live without it, so my well meant organic-herbo-back-to-basic-morals have had to be relaxed for this one necessity.
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Posted by Ruth Miller on Tue 20th April 2010 at 06:06 AM, Filed in Beauty by Katie
Amongst the ladies that lunch in Knightsbridge there is a well kept secret : Rita Rakus. Those in the know have been squeezing in a visit to this beauty guru in between their Harrods shopping sprees, claiming their youthful radiance is down to good genetics. No such luck. It’s down to an expert eye and some brilliant beauty science.
Known in the industry as London’s lip queen, Rita has been tweaking the rich and famous for over 15 years. Want Angeline Jolie pout? Check. Baby smooth skin? No problem. Fancy erasing those worry lines? Sorted. Bust that cellulite for Summer? Done.
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