Myleene Klass launches her second Cosmetics Range with Littlewoods.

The new collection looks striking in animal print packaging.

Brow Kit £23 To help keep your brows in good shape,  the brow kit includes eyebrow gel, tweezers, brow and lash groomer,  3 brow shadows , brow wax, 3 brow templates, brow pencil and mascara. All with an animal print cosmetic bag.

My Iconic Bronzer £12 – Looking wildly glamorous inside and out with an animal embossed bronzing powder to match the animal print case.  

Lip Glaze collection £15 – set of three lip glosses: Severine (pink), Dolly (deep red) and Hannah (natural)

Lipstick Collection £15 – a trio of lipsticks named after women closest to Myleene’s heart: Magdalena (after her mother) is a soft and subtle pink; Hero (nude) and Ava (red) are named after her two children.

Eyeshadow Collection £12 – contains six smoky shades to create an au natural look and an intense smoky eye. Colour can be layered for a more powerful finish.

Nail Polish Collection £19 is a set of five bold nail polishes all names after Myleene’s girlfriends: Lauren (red), Julie (pink), Vanesa (deep red), Katie (pale pink) and Natasha (rose gold).

Make up Brush Collection £30 including a makeup bag to hold them all in, the collection includes an eye shadow blender, an eyeshadow smudger, blusher brush and powder brush.

All available via http://www.littlewoods.com/beauty/myleene-klass/e/b/100159,4294922024.end

Dolce&Gabbana Make Up at Alta Moda SS14 – Full Video‏

Dolce&Gabbana Make Up for the first time since the launch of the Alta Moda Collection have created exclusive digital content based on the collection: a video tutorial to recreate the downy, fresh, rose bud like makeup from the Dolce&Gabbana Alta Moda Spring Summer 2014 collection.


Translating the beauty, innocence and timeless elegance of the rose, the queen of all flowers is not a task for the faint hearted. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana revelled at the challenge creating a rose inspired Dolce&Gabbana Alta Moda SS14 Collection, sumptuous gowns with applications, extravagant head dresses, and with the help of make up artist Pat McGrath also beautiful ethereal makeup to complement the looks.

Sugarpill x Amelia Arsenic collaborate to create Cold Chemistry eyeshadow to heat up the evening look

Sugarpill collaborates with designer Amelia Arsenic to bring out a seductive palette of evening eyeshadows  called Cold Chemistry
The palette  combines Amelia’s dark aesthetic with Sugarpill’s trademark velvet smooth formula. Price £8.50

Colours include Top left to righ:

Soot & Stars –smoky metallic gunmetal with  prismatic sparkle

Elemental Chaos –dramatic deep grape shimmer with iridescent blue undertones.

Subterranean – glamorous peacock green with navy blue undertones
Diamond Eyes – moonlight white with crystalline sheen. A great brow highlighter.

Available from

http://www.love-makeup.co.uk/sugarpill-cold-chemistry-collection-shadow-p-5922.html

Pretty Amazing Lip Colour by Bare Minerals

They’re helping you to achieve healthy looking and flawless skin with their bareMinerals SPF15 foundation and their new skincare products. Now they’ve turned their attention on to your lips.

Colour- Ambition

Suffering from dry lips, I feel like Goldilocks when it comes to lipstick, I struggle to find the right one. The long lasting and matt lipsticks are way too dry and lip glosses are far too sticky with not enough colour. The gloss lipsticks are almost just right but the colours don’t seem to last two minutes.

 So I am always eager to try out new lipsticks.

BareMinerals Pretty Amazing Lipcolor says ‘it combines the coverage of a lipstick with the high shine of a gloss to deliver full-bodied, velveteen colour with a comfortable longwearing finish.’

Colour - Bravado

So what’s the verdict?

First Appearances: From the package, it looks like a lip gloss and you apply like a lip gloss, but I’m happy to say that the consistency is more of a lipstick, creamier and thicker.

Initial application - I was shocked at the thickness, so I’d recommend that you go easy on the application, blot or smooth over with your fingers afterwards. It felt dry and the more neutral colours such as Free Will seem to accentuate the lines on my lips which was not a look I was hoping for. Luckily I restrained from wiping it off straight away and allowed it to settle for the lasting impression.

Lasting Impression: It only took a few minutes for the initial look to change to a more even and smoother look, and for my lips to feel moisturised.

 So only a little hiccup at first before turning in to a Pretty Amazing Lipstick.

Colour - Strength

And the Colours?

The names of the colours were chosen to help empower women for different situations. For example: if you had a presentation to give and felt a little nervous, then apply some ‘Courage’; or you may want to apply ‘Charisma’ to have them eating out of your hands.  

Just thinking of what you wanted to achieve and then choosing the lipstick by name brought a smile to my face and a positive attitude. Although I did consider cheating at the press day when asked to choose the lipstick by name and match it with how I wanted to feel that day.  Even if I needed strength to keep me going through the busy schedule of press events ahead, and although the vibrant bright red colour was gorgeous, it just doesn’t suit my complexion. But when they gave me the whole range of colours to play with and encouraged me to mix the colours, I was feeling Free Will with a touch of Strength was what I needed to get me through the day.

Colour - Bravado

 Here’s the full colour range:

AMBITION – fuchsia.  A hot hot pink, Great for those with high contrast colouring or dark cool skins.

BRAVADO –brick rose. A smooth rich rosy brown. Great for those with warm complexions, especially you redheads.

STRENGTH – vibrant red.  The glamorous Hollywood look for those with high contrast colouring or dark cool skins

MOXIE – bright petal pink. This bubblegum pink is light and flirty.  Great for those with bright and cool complexions –pale or dark

COURAGE – warm strawberry.  A warm strawberry with a hint of brown. More veering towards the warmer complexions, pale or dark, but it is a good neutral for the evening for any complexion.

FREE WILL – pink nude- Neutral with a hint of brown so a good neutral for the warmer complexions

CHARISMA – coral pink -Neutral with a hint of pink, so a good neutral for the cooler complexions.

FEARLESS – rosy mauve. A mauve pink, a good neutral for the darker complexions and a great statement lipstick for the paler complexions.

Colour - Ambition

Pretty Amazing will be available in the UK around June time and you will be able to buy them singly or in a presentation pack. Just think of the presentation pack as an artist’s palette and start creating your lipstick picture for the day.

For stockists details go to www.bareescentuals.co.uk

Mally Cancellation Concealer System at QVC

A look which is always on trend is the flawless skin i.e. no dark circles and blemishes.
You may be able to airbrush your photos but in real life you have to rely on healthy living and lots of sleep.
And if that doesn’t work or it is just not an option for your busy lifestyle, then opt for a concealer.

Mally has come up with the combination of a concealer to cover the dark circles under the eyes and an eye light setting powder which brushed over the concealer ensure it lasts all day long.

And why just stop there? - it's good to use on the area between the inside eye corner and nose if you suffer from shadows here, and the brush included with the set makes it easy to apply.
Apparently it’ll also keep on when swimming and won’t melt in hot climates - but must admit haven't been swimming or visited any hot climates recently so will leave it to you readers to let me know if it works. I could ask my avid swimmer friend to try it out but then I might not get it back so that's not going to happen.

The setting powder does appear to brighten the under eye area which is a big plus.

Shades are fair, light to medium, rich and tan. Included is a leaflet to show you how to apply both products and a few beauty tips.

Loving the packaging – it comes in a light dusty pink suedette travel pouch with a double ended brush and 2 pockets. The eye light setting powder is in a silver compact and the concealer in a pink compact (both with inside mirrors) – all very girlie and cute.

Mally Cancellation Concealer System is available from QVC on www.qvcuk.com and at the time of print was £28.25

Mally Citychick – Smokey eye kit

Soft focus Smokey eyes are going to be a big trend this autumn/winter – a hard look to perfect without looking as though you’ve just lost a boxing match to Amir Khan.

So how do you ensure you get the romantic Goth look without actually looking like the walking dead?
Answer: Obtain Mally’s Smokey eye kit.

Plum Chelsea

Mally not only gives you shades such as Plum Chelsea, Khaki Khaki and Tribeca Taupe which are not as harsh as black and more complimentary, but she also provides a little leaflet giving step by step instructions ( with illustrations) on how to apply the shades to get that soft sultry smokey look.

Khaki Khaki

The palette includes a cream base to set the eye shadows, keeping the look in place all night, and 3 shades: the lightest to be applied all over the lid up to the brow, the medium on the lid just past the crease of your eye and then the darkest on the lash line top and bottom.
Also included is a soft pencil liner in black (you sometimes have to have a bit of black) to add to the top near your lash line.

Tribeca Taupe

This kit isn’t designed to put in your handbag as a bit too big and heavy with no brushes included, however the cream base ensures you don’t have to touch it up anyway.
The large mirror inside the lid is a great size and frees you from having to use your bathroom or bedroom mirror, so you can apply your make up where ever the best lighting is - Mine is on my bathroom window sill.

Mally Citychick can be bought online on www.qvcuk.com





Mally products can also be purchased on Amazon

QVC's Beauty Sampling Day at Liverpool Street Station

Did anyone else get to sample QVC’s beauty pop up salon at Liverpool St station last Friday?

I was there like a shot and on that high stool before you could say QVC and ready to be made over by the lovely and chatty Zena McCarthy, international make-up artist.

So after all that exertion of travelling on the oven baking tube, rushing and elbowing my way through the crowds to bag my makeup spot my skin was radiant and glowing. Well that’s how I imagined it and willed it to look like, but Zena suggested she used Laura Geller’s Matte Maker Invisible Oil Blotting Powder to take away the shine. Applied with its own special fan brush, Zena brushed lightly over my own glowing foundation to achieve a flawlessly matte look with no dryness. It’s suitable for all skin types and the powder is clear so you’re own foundation shade is still intact.

QVC price £15.50.

Then Zena suggested she used Mally’s Portable Palette for the eyes. This compact set is great for travelling or just popping in your handbag. Includes 4 eyeshadows, 2 blushers, a mirror and 3 mini brushes all folded up in a pretty pink cover. There are two colour combinations: Working Girl and Party Girl. Guess which one I got? Yes Working Girl – story of my life!! But I had to admit the colour palette of greys and blues was the best choice for my cool and fair complexion. QVC price £43.02

Next came Laura Geller’s Glow Box to make my skin truly glowing with radiance rather than sweaty and shiny. It includes Ethereal Rose Baked Radiance Face powder and Baked Highlighter. Whilst applying Zena was trying to educate me in the wonders of baked face powder rather than normal powder. I’m afraid it went over my head (or just over my face), but Zena was enthusiastic over it so it must be good. The Ethereal Rose Baked Radiance Face Powder helps correct any unevenness in skin tone and the Baked Highlighter adds a subtle and silky illumination wherever you apply it. The box also contains a mirror and powder brush. QVC price £34.00

For my lips, Zena applied Laura Geller (I think me and Laura are going to be best friends from now on) Tropics Collection. This includes a shimmering Tropics lipstick in a firecracker coral shade along with a City Lights lipgloss. The lipgloss has this wonderful scent of tropical fruits transporting you to a dreamy paradise island and putting a smile on your face. QVC price £20.00

With my face all made up, Zena started on rescuing my nails using OPI nail lacquer. Asking what shade I’d like and suggesting the bright shade of Berry Daring, I just looked down at my nails sporting chipped nail polish. Knowing I’m too lazy to remove it on a regular basis, I asked for a pale colour (the chips don’t show as much). So we opted for the light pink shade (Isn’t that Precious) from OPI 4 Piece Softshade Mini Collection. The other shades are a shimmer pale pink (Pin-A-Doodle), medium pink (Think In Pink) and baby pink (It’s A Girl!). QVC price £14.00

The above is just a sample of some of the great beauty products available exclusively on QVC.

To purchase or view go to www.qvcuk.com

Check out Zena on www.zenamccarthy.co.uk

Written by Karen Grace, personal shopper for www.frumpytofunky.com

MAC Cosmetics autumn/winter 2010 makeup trend- Cashmink

Last but not least here is Terry Barber's (director of Makeup Artistry for MAC Cosmetics) 4th look he predicts will be a hot make-up trend for autumn/winter 2010. The 1st was red lipstick (blogged 1st June), 2nd satin eyes (blogged 3rd June) and 3rd Voile Veil (blogged 5th June).

CASHMINK

A combination of cashmere finishes and mink tones this look relies on texture, contouring and highlights rather than colours. However it is not the 80’s iridescent razor sharp contours and glitter highlights but a seamless complexion with slight contours and subtle highlights to create a plump dewy bare look. It’s sculpting with cream colour base and MAC’s mineralised products which add texture without being greasy. Warmth is provided by using shades such as minky toffee, caramel, tea, ochre and rust. On the catwalk Christopher Kane went for the sporty young look and Isaac Mizrahi for a frosty Siberian winter storm theme.

Lips are neutral shades to blend and tone with the skin or very “au natural” with just MAC’s Lip Conditioner

For the very brave, mascara free lashes brings a modern androgynous feel to this look.

So now you have them all- which look will you be wearing in the autumn?