tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1912205068898202562011-07-07T22:02:37.619+01:00Seeking out non cliché truths for Women of Colour…lotionspotionsandmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08751757808016498508noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191220506889820256.post-4117677168080703822010-03-30T11:54:00.002+01:002010-03-30T12:03:49.828+01:00

Second up on the face map/body theory is taken from Dr Gillian McKeiths book called “You are what you eat”.Now this is a book that was given to me a few years ago by a friend but somehow I have always found it hard to read. I think I was put off by her obsession with peoples toilet activities as seen on the TV show, and every time I look at the list of foods to eat, it always sends me running to

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I am so sorry about my lack of posts recently!! I was trying to catch up on everything post being ill and have also been swamped with life things in general…. But im back now…so moving on to todays postI don’t know if this happens to anyone else but over the last few months I have noticed that I have been breaking out along my chin area, and they don’t seem to be your average typical spots but

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Hey Lovelies,I’m finally back….OMG I feel like I have been sooo out of it and now I have so much to do and to catch up on – my blog included!! I really hate being ill!!!! I was terrible for about a week and then last week was a mix of feeling better for one day, at which point I would go into work overdrive because I had so much to catch up on. This would then result in me feeling quite bad the

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I was recently sent some skincare products from Inlight Organic Skincare which I have been using for the last month or so to see how they work. The skincare line was developed by Dr Mariano Spiezia a medical doctor, homeopath and herbalist with over 30 years of scientific research to his name. The brand is certified by the Soil Association and is 100% organic and wholly plant based.First up is

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Hey loveliesI am so so sorry about going awol last week, but I have a good reason…. I have been ill and still am. You see, first up I got a stomach bug and now I have the flu! sob, sniff and cough! I tried pushing through it for a couple of days and that only made it worse – which is why I am now under strict bed and rest orders…..The reason for the title is that only a couple of weeks ago I was

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Today’s bag spy comes courtesy of the lovely Zara from KissandMakeup.tv kissandmakeuptv , I met her at the NARS press event and we just clicked and immediately got chatting about beauty products et al. After Zara had suggested a number of fantastic tips and products for me to try out, I just knew I had to get her to share a bag spy…Bag Spy: Zara Rabinowicz from Kiss And MakeupHi, I’m Zara from

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Oh my goodness! I’m so excited I can barely write!!! A friend of mine just cane back from the States and brought back a makeup DVD for me and it’s not just any DVD…it’s, wait for it – Fine: The Basics of Beauty by celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine!!! Now for anyone who might not know who he is, I will try to contain my excitement and explain for a minute. Sam Fine is the legend that is behind the

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You might remember my recent post about Bobbi Brown's new collection called Makeup Facelift. The collection was designed to give women all the tools to look well-rested and bright eyed – in five minutes flat!Well I was recently sent the Tinted Eye Brightener in Dark Bisque from the collection to try out and I am so in love with it! I tried it out yesterday morning after a late night out on

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Other looks I love from the SS2010 trend report areDerek Lam This was very colourful with a tribal and carnival rainbow of colours. The focus was very much on the eyes and I just love the playful use of colour in greens, purples and pinks.To recreate the lookFace:· Blend NARS Sheer Glow Foundation· Apply NARS Nico Blush to highlight· Dust NARS Desire Blush onto the apples of the cheeks· Layer

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So last week I attended a press event with NARS Cosmetics to launch their SS 2010 collection and the much awaited Orgasm Illuminator. It was hosted by NARS international makeup artist Jane Richardson and lets just say I was in NARS heaven! I also knew I wasn’t the only one in a NARS heaven state of mind, as when the Orgasm Illuminator was introduced, a collective Ooooh literally went round the

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Hey everyone,If you combine Contemporary Photography + Superb Makeup Artistry = Amazing Images of you whilst supporting HAITIJust wanted to let you know about a fantastic event that is taking place on February 6th 2010 from 9am-5pm in North West London called Pose for Purpose: Haiti. A group of creatives including makeup artists, photographers and hairstylists have all gotten together to offer

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I've got a feeling ...ooohh, that today's that Friday Feeling (lol - cheesy i know :o) but it will make sense as you read the post, I was getting into character.So today marks the beginning of a new section called That Friday Feeling! Which essentially translates to me talking about anything and everything that takes my fancy…hmmm maybe I should have gone with fanciful Fridays as the title?So

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So after seeing this tag over on Yinka’s blog vexinthecity I thought it was a fantastic idea, and here is my tag post on 10 products I would like to try this year.Touché Eclat I have heard so many fantastic reviews about this product but for some reason I just haven’t gotten round to trying it out. My eyes have recently started sporting a few shadows so this is a need to getRevlon ColorStay

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I’m sure this isn’t news to many of you – but I just had to share my little two cents of excitement! What do you get when you combine Tim Burton, Urban Decay and Alice in Wonderland? Well you get an absolutely gorgeous 16 colour palette that comprises Urban Decay's best sellers renamed in honour of Alice. The 3D pop up decoration depicts Alice's journey through the Mushroom Forest.For anyone who

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Ok I feel really caught in the middle here – on one hand I have to stand up and clap for Mo’Nique who won Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes for her role as Mary Jones in Precious – where she played an abusive mother (I have heard fantastic reviews about this film and although I expect it has a few harrowing scenes, I can’t wait to see it) she looked incredibly chic and elegant in her

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One of the things I love about beauty is that it brings us together – we all have something we can’t live without, we all want to be beautiful in our own individual way and most of us have a beauty bug bear or question. I received an email a little while ago from a reader who wanted to find out some information about breakouts and scarringQuestionI’m on warfarin so I bruise easily and lately I

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Bobbi Brown is launching a collection called Makeup Facelift which is available online now and is coming to stores next week. It was designed to give women all the tools to look well-rested and bright eyed – in five minutes flat! Check out the collection here bobbibrownI love Bobbi Brown products especially the foundations and I find that they work really well with most women of colour. I also

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So one of my main beauty resolutions for this year is to sort out my skin and improve its look and feel. One of the way’s in which I want to do that is to fade away my post breakout scarring and even out my skin tone.That is why I am so excited about the two products that dropped through my door recently. Here is a little info about the products that I have taken from the press release. I will be

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Today’s Bag Spy comes from the ever so lovely Stephanie from the Aquahearts Makeup Obsession blog (you should check her out aqua-heart. Stephanie is a makeup artist and cosmotologist and her blog is fantastic because she offers honest reviews and information about makeup and beauty products. She also offers some makeup looks and a breakdown of all the products she used for you to be able to try

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Hey Lovelies,You might remember me disappearing for a week sometime in December – well I basically got commissioned to make a wedding cake – yep a wedding cake!! Now bearing in mind that although I absolutely love to bake and at times fancy my self as a “cake goddess” – this was still a big leap for me as I usually just bake for friends and family and am quite lazy when it comes to the decorating

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Hey lovelies,Happy New Year!! I am so glad to be back to the blogging world and missed you all over the holidays.Wow it’s the end of another year, decade …and personally I am so pleased to be starting a new year as while last year had some great moments – in general it wasn’t quite the year I wanted for so many reasons. So moving on to this year, I have an amazing feeling about this year and what

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Hey Everyone,Just wanted to do a quick post and say Happy Holidays! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas day and I wish you love, joy and happiness for the year ahead. Thank you so much to everyone who takes time out to read my blog and comment – it really means a lot and thanks to the lovely PR’s and other bloggers in the blogging world who have made me feel so welcome. I hope 2010 brings us all

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A little while ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a press event which featured a Q&A session with Dr Nick Lowe – an internationally renowned dermatologist and skin specialist who has been at the forefront of new skin treatments and technology for over 30 years. You might have seen his skincare line in Boots which launched in 2007 and has received rave reviews from beauty editors and women in

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Drumroll please!! Today’s Bag Spy come courtesy of journalist extraordinaire Ateh from atehjewelbeautyinsider. An award winning beauty journalist who regularly writes for a list of well known and respected titles such as Vogue, Grazia, Sunday Time Style, In Style Magazine, The Telegraph's Stella Magazine, and Red Magazine to name a few, so to say I was honoured when she agreed to do a bag spy is

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How Exciting!!! Thought I would let you all about a new beauty boutique called Blush that will soon be opening in Nigeria. Prior to the launch which will be happening early next year, Blush will be hosting a pop-up boutique called "Dare to Blush" to provide you with a little taster and to showcase exclusive products and treatments.Taking place on 5 December 2009 at Piccolo Mondo, the brands

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So you guys might remember my recent rant on the general rudeness and unhelpfulness of beauty Sales Assistants? Well it seems one assistant has decided to fight back…..Meet Juliet from the ReVive Counter at Liberty.It all started on another one of my beauty exploring days, I found an unmanned counter which following my last beauty shopping experience, I was obviously beyond ecstatic that there

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I have always harboured a secret desire to be a stylist and to be able to style people and outfits. I remember being quite religious about dressing up as a child and ensuring that my dolls looked just as hot as I did… Ok I will even confess to dressing up my dog who was called Elmo and was male btw…in my defence I was about 6 and thought Elmo must be feeling both sad and frustrated at not being

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Hey lovelies,So today’s bag spy comes courtesy of a good friend called Abi who by the way has the most amazingly clear, glowy and completely even toned/blemish free skin! All I can say is that if she wasn’t a friend – she would be one of those girls that you love to hate!!!. Only kidding Abi – you know I love you. What I also love about Abi is that she is really into skin and she doesn’t just

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I'm so sorry for my lack of posts recently, I wasn't feeling too well for a few days but i'm thankfully much better and have finally crawled out of my duvet!! I promise to be back this week.Xoxo

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Today's bag spy comes courtesy of the very lovely Laura from The Beauty Edit. I was uber excited when Laura agreed to do a bag spy for us, as with over 20 years of working in the beauty industry (she was a beauty director on Company magazine and a beauty editor at British Cosmopolitan as well as working on other publications) she is an amazing source of beauty information, knowledge and secrets (

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So, you might remember I have been testing out Rodials LA Facelift for the last week? Just as a little reminder, the LA facelift is a starter kit that is offered as an alternative to surgery and the kit contains the following.a-list cleanser 20mlglamtox peel 10mlSPF 15 glamtox eye light 5mlSPF18 glamtox 10ml glam balm 8mlWell 7 days into using it and I am very impressed. I guess the big question

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Today’s Bag Spy comes from the lovely Clearly Beautiful from the ClearlyBeautiful blog (you should check her out). I love her blog because she offers honest information/tips about beauty and products as well as some fantastic DIY beauty recipes for you to try at home. I caught up with her to find out a bit more about her blog and of course to spy in her bag…Clearly Beautiful is a blog devoted to

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So, remember how I was moaning about my skin misbehaving last week? Well it seems my cry for help was answered as what should land on my desk but a shiny gorgeous silver and magenta package called LA Facelift from cult skincare brand Rodial (and no, before you all get cheeky I do not need a face lift!) what I do need though is a miracle in a jar to bring my skin back to life and this range

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Beauty Sales Assistants!?! What are they feeding them?I recently had one of my beauty exploring days where I hunt out old and new beauty gems. First up, I wandered into House of Fraser and literally had to run for cover from the attack of the perfume girls! 10 minutes later following a session with the tissues in the ladies to try and clear my nose from the perfume onslaught – I thought I would

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Ok I need to find a new face cream! With the turn of the weather my face is suddenly looking really flat and dull. I was actually trying out Olay’s Total Effects after being swayed by an offer in Boots and unfortunately my face has decided it really hates it. I have only been using it for a couple of weeks but have realised that my face is speaking out in protest – a mini rash has started to

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I don’t know about you guys, but for me finding the right foundation has always been a bit like looking for the Holy Grail, essentially impossible to find. I can never seem to find the right colour or the right tone that doesn’t end up looking grey, ashy, mask like or change colour halfway through. The other problem that tends to occur is that, I hear about some new foundation that apparently

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There were a couple of interesting and annoying bits of beauty news I picked up last week First up in Friday’s London Lite Newspaper – there is apparently a new lipgloss that goes all detective on you to spot if your drink has been spiked. Well not the lipgloss exactly, but the special test strips included with the gloss. When the strips come into contact with a drink that has been tampered with

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So as the days get shorter and winter approaches (brrrr i'm shivering just thinking about it) I find myself being drawn to all the darker hues of nail varnishes. I’m still yet to find the perfect black but right now i’m loving the berry shades which are a key trend for autumn winter (as seen in various shows from Gucci to Dior). I recently tried out a Nail’s Inc polish called Piccadilly Circus –

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Hmmm, so following a recent session of breathe in deeply while putting on your jeans, and now quickly do up the button, I have finally come to the realisation that lack of exercise + loads of carbs (mainly rice) + copious amounts of cakes (big weakness of mine) = an expanding waistline and generally feeling unfit.Looking at a picture from the weekend where I thought, goodness is that my mum? (ok

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I feel like a child in a candy store as new to the market, is B Never Too Busy to be Beautiful's collection of Foundations, Cover Up’s and Tinted Moisturisers, designed exclusively for Black and Asian skin tones. Based on their best selling ranges the four brand new shades means there is now a colour match for every complexion.Now then, I did mention that I felt like a child, so you can imagine

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Hey ladies,So this week I have a couple of new beauty obsessions and they are all related to makeup removalFirst up is the humble Vaseline – yes ladies you heard right. Now then I know many of you have a tub of Vaseline somewhere in your bag, car or at home – its one of those things that a lot of women of colour seem to carry around. I have seen a few friends pack their handbag and it usually

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I am so, so sorry for my lack of posts recently. To say things have been busy is a bit of an understatement! I am back now though, yay!! And will try my best not to pull a disappearing act again.So my post title today is all about fresh starts – well ok a slight exaggeration, but it is a bit of a fresh start for the blog. For those of you who have been with me from the beginning – you might

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Oh dear – Another one bites the dust! Just when you think the economy is improving you hear something like this! All over blogosphere is the news that come 31st January 2010 Estee Lauder will be closing down Prescriptives! Apparently the brand was underperforming and Estee Lauder didn’t feel its longevity was viable with the current market environment. For a brand that has been going for the last

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Drumrolls please......yesterdays bag spy was with the very talented makeup artist, Alison Cameron, and here is the second part with her personal interview.1) Tell me a bit about yourself personallyMy name is Alison Cameron, I’m a freelance makeup artist and I’ve been doing makeup for about 4 years starting my career out at MAC Cosmetics.2) What led you to become a make up artist? Who or what

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Today’s Bag Spy is the extremely talented and fabulous Alison Cameron. Alison is a professional makeup artist working in both the Fashion and Wedding industry. I came across her work through a friend and after seeing the work on her site …it was literally love at first sight! I was so blown away. When you look at her work, everything is very clean, precise and it looks so seamless/flawless that

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Women all over the world, regardless of race all share many of the same things. Be it dreams, aspirations, shopping, love, heartache or a love of chocolate but there is an area in which we differ greatly and that is with our hair.It’s funny how we women of colour, but black women especially are completely obsessed with our hair. There are always discussions about whether you have good hair or not

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So last Thursday evening I attended the launch of vogues fashion Night Out – a global retail event that saw the collaboration between the international editions of VOGUE and Designers, Department Stores, High Street and Beauty Stores. An evening extravaganza held from 6 to 11pm it included a whole range of activities from in-store events, inventive window displays, makeovers, workshops, live

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I absolutely love face scrubs, I love the fact that you feel like your whole face has been scrubbed clean of all the debris and dirt! Which is why usually I always feel that the more grainy or abrasive they are then the better they are – you would think so no?However for the last few weeks whilst working on my face overhaul I have found that all my grainy and chemical based scrubs have made my

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Oh my goodness! I think i'm in Chanel heaven! The lovely people behind Chanel have only gone and opened up a new fragrance bar in Selfridges. Now in case you guys didn’t know, I have a love for all things Chanel, be it perfume, clothes etc and I am coveting one of their quilted bags – believing that one day the Chanel fairy will bear down on me with a bag - as my reward for my love over the years

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Topshop has recently confirmed its plans for a makeup collection to launch in 2010 – but annoyingly everything to do with the plans are a bit hush hush and under major lock and key. The only information available is that it will be a joint collaboration with a well known makeup artist! I’m guessing they will be British, famous and a rocker of sorts. Any ideas anyone?Dita Von Teese will be

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Oooh is any one else excited about the upcoming film on Vogue’s The September issue being released here on September 11th? It’s a film that chronicles the nine months leading up to the printing of Vogues September Issue and is centered around the editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. It apparently boasts appearances from many A-List Fashion Insiders such as Thakoon, Karl Lagerfeld, Stefano Pilati, Vera

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Today’s bag spy is the very fabulous and talented Becks Buki who happens to be an amazing makeup artist and hair-stylist, so you can imagine how excited I was to get a chance to snoop in her makeup or rather luggage bag! I felt like a child in a candy shop. Being a makeup artist she has an amazing amount of makeup so this write up of her everyday essentials doesn’t even make a dent in the

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So over the last few weeks I have been trying out Phillip Kingsley’s Elasticizer- an intensive super moisturising treatment.They say it’s a highly concentrated moisturising treatment that’s suitable for all hair types and helps to improve suppleness, stretch ability, bounce and shine.You are meant to use it before shampooing by applying it to wet hair and covering it with a shower cap for 10-

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All rise please – the case of Nude Skincare Vs Stella Nude is now in session!Over the last few days there has been much debate and media coverage over the trademark infringement case of Nude Skincare against Stella Nude by Stella McCartney Ltd – so I thought I would get my own two cents in.The story thus far is this – Stella McCartney Ltd & YSL Beaute (part of L’Oreal) of which Stella McCartney

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Yay everything finally seems to be working again in my blogging world – there are no more blue screens or word fiascos…phew!So to finish off with my event posts for the week – last Thursday I attended the LGN fashion event at the exclusive Valmont Club in Chelsea. LGN stands for La Geneve North - an events company that specialises in organising fashion events for discerning clients. It’s run by

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Hummph!!I am having one of those blogging days where nothing seems to be going right! First up my computer showed me the blue screen of death, then word ate up the post I was typing (yes I tend to type in there first before posting it up), then I decided to write a post on the You’re Beautiful Woman Event – the black beauty event that I attended last Saturday but all my pictures are non existent

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Over the last week or so I have been to a number of fashion and beauty events which I will be posting about over the next week.First up is Frock & Rock, a fashion event which included beautiful vintage dresses for sale, a swap area for you to bring along any unwanted bits and swap them for something else and my favourite area – a design your own frock area either picking from the selection of

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Over the last couple of months my skin has been going through a dull, grey, flaky, oily but dehydrated phase, so I decided to road test a couple of skincare cleansers to see if I could find anything that would clean, nourish and brighten my changeable complexion. I have found and fallen in love with two of those cleansersFirst up is Bliss Steep Clean Cleansing Milk – described as being the

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There are certain products which on arriving through my door literally leave me buzzing with excitement. And Uzuri Anti – Tan Gel is one of them! Finally a sun protector specifically formulated for my skin type, which addresses the needs of many women of colour to maintain their natural skin tone and not go darker during the summer months.New to the market, Uzuri natural beauty is an anti tan

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Insert drum rolls please….today marks the first day of my new Monday post (well every other Monday) called Bag Spy: What’s in your bag? LPM would like to know what’s in your bag and will be asking fabulous women such as yourself as well as those who have some insider knowledge to turn out the contents of their toiletries or makeup bag and share your absolute essential beauty/make up must haves.

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I love cherry blossom trees - I think they are just the prettiest! So when I heard about the new Accessorize fragrance which is meant to capture the essence of Cherry Blossom as it blooms I was quite excited. Created by Azzi Glasser, a London based perfume designer (also responsible for the Agent Provocateur scents), the Accessorize signature fragrance takes its inspiration from Kitagawa Utamaro,

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I am so disappointed! Why you ask? Well I was in central London the other day and had a spare half an hour, so I thought I would pop into Trocadero’s in Piccadilly to finally check out the Vanessa Blake Cosmetics store. Vanessa Blake is a new makeup line for women of colour and their store opened up in February 2009 but every time I have tried to go down there something always seemed to crop up.

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Wow what a relief it’s finally over! My follow up treatment ‘bacial’ felt like a complete treat after the week I have been through and I literally ooohed with joy when I felt the wet sponge on my back. Was it worth it? It definitely was. The scars are not completely gone but my back is noticeably clearer, more refined and the scars are lighter. I will keep you all posted on the results and on if

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I’m quite excited I received a comment/question about my blog and about the green peel to be precise…..it means someone out there is reading, yay! I was going to respond to just the reader but realised it was a valid question that I tut tut should have written about in my first green peel post. The question was as follows“Sounds very interesting but as it is a herbal rather than chemical peel - i

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I’m in major itchy mode today, well to be honest it’s been since last night really – seriously my back itches like mad! You know what its like when you get a weave, and it seems to go through that itchy phase so you have to pat your head gently rather than dig at your scalp, just in case people start thinking that you have lice! – Well intensify the feeling by about 100!!! I eventually called the

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So today the million nails digging into my back have now been reduced to a bad case of constant pins and needles and I feel like itching my back (all the time!!!!). My skin is also starting to look quite dry but when I touch it, it feels really oily. I keep staring longingly at my long bristle brush which would be perfect for the itch…but no I’m strong and must persevere.See you all tomorrow for

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So today is the first day of my five day diary on my Green Peel - I will be writing about the process and results on each day. I arrive at the Rag & Beau Salon feeling slightly excited but extremely nervous. This trepidation only increases when my therapist Anna asks me if i'm ready and if I took any pain killers before arriving…..I immediately panic and think – OMG should I have done? And

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So I was sent some John Frieda Frizz –Ease products to test out and having tested them out I have to say that I really quite liked the range. The Straight Ahead Daily Shampoo and Style Activating Conditioner are said to have a straight defining complex which helps to smooth and tame hair strands and yes I agree that they did. While washing my hair it felt like the strands had been coated with

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Do 10 free tickets to a fabulous fashion and pampering event sound good? Thought they might. Do you remember my earlier post this week about the Buy My Wardrobe event happening this Saturday 25th July? Well the lovely people at Buy My Wardrobe have kindly donated 10 tickets for a giveaway! So the first 10 people who reply to my posting with either a comment under this post or by sending me an

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Soul singer Beverley Knight MBE will be launching her first cosmetics range, K By Beverley Knight this September. Created specially for women with darker skin tones, the range will include 15 products, from oil-free foundations through to eyeliners and highlighters and it promises to address all the issues that are currently overlooked for women of colour. It will be launched exclusively on the

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Somewhere in the heart of London, away from the crowd and bustle that is the high street comes the fabulous designer fashion recycling event! Yes Ladies, I’m talking about Buy My Wardrobe!! The brainchild of fashion designer Kal Kaur Rai, it’s the event that brings together 20 carefully selected Wardrobe Mistresses who sell the contents of their amazing designer wardrobes to discerning members of

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So it seems that beauty has entered into the diet arena….was bound to happen sooner or later……NEW from DeLuscious who teamed up with Borba, the nutraceutical skincare company is a new line of vitamin-enhanced oatmeal raisin and chocolate white chocolate toffee cookies to help your skin look flawless. Yep ladies you heard right – sinful goodies laced with skin care ingredients!The chocolate white

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This post is a tad bit late this week. Why? Well I was suffering from post holiday blues! I mean it was all sun, sand, sea, glorious food and sangria for a whole week…I came back and what did I get? Crappy weather and shed loads of work, happily waiting for me!!! And I swear the work had a smug look as if to say…hah!! You thought you could get a way didn’t you – well I showed you!! Cue evil laugh

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Hey lovelies,I'm off on holiday to Spain today!!! I sooooo can't wait....check, check, check for bikini's, suncream and the sunglasses....I'm away for a week and will be back with juicy details from my trip for you guys.Write soonXoxo

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It was my first year’s wedding anniversary last month – woo hoo!!! I can’t believe how the time flew by and I have to admit to still feeling like a major novice in all things marital! But the two big things I have learnt are that you are both always on the same side (yes even when they try to convince you that you don’t need the lovely shoes you just saw on sale!) and what you get out of your

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So about a week ago, I finally took out my weave and what can I say after 4.5 months of not relaxing my hair!!! I was rough and tough with my afro puffs hey!….. so I decided to pull out my afro power look for the week till I could get it done – yep I was all scarf wearing combined with my huge gold hoops and I have to say that after a series of incidents where my comb got stuck as I tried to

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First I have to apologise for my mini disappearing act, it was my birthday over the weekend and I got caught up in all the birthday festivities….. but I promise i'm back nowNow I know for some of you this might be old news but there are a couple of short films out there at the moment that are really rather delish!First there is the Chanel No.5 campaign mini-movie staring Audrey Tautou as the new

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Aaarrrgh OMG! I woke up the other day to a face that looked like it had been hit with mountain sized bumps and huge pigmentation patches …ok fine, I’m exaggerating slightly but I do have a rather unsightly rash all over my face, tiny whiteheads combined with huge pigmentation patches (seriously I have gone a couple of shades darker) Now Mr Lotions and Potions is trying to calm me down by not

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The heat is on and there is just something about summer time that makes me embrace my love of all things coral! Not that I need much encouragement, I have been known to beam and run towards anything coral – be it clothes, makeup or nail varnish, then need to be reminded about the number of coral items I already have! What can I say there is just something so pretty about it and there is always a

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Welcome to Lotions, Potions & Me (insert drum-rolls, trumpets and curtsey here) if you are looking for honest information on the big wide world of beauty, cosmetics, news and gorgeous new products then you have come to the right place! Why? Because I work in the fashion and beauty arena and I'm a complete beauty addict – but not just to anything and everything – no me I’m a lover of products and

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