Shop Til You Drop May 2012: front cover
Front Feature:
Neapolitan Dream
Focus on pastel colours like blush pink, lilac, mint green and sky blue.
Seen in eyeshadows, blushes, lip glosses, nail polishes.
Covetable brands/products
Illamasqua Cream Pigment ; MAC ; Estée Lauder Signature Hydra Lustre Lipstick ; The Body Shop
News Flash:
Skin Soothers: You Me & Everybody Sumptuous Skin Mousse, $14.99
Hair: Amazon Beauty Rahua Nut Voluminous Shampoo, $42.00
Memo from the Beauty Cupboard:
* Article about Napoleon Perdis products: working with neutrals. Start with a good primer and foundation. Combine different shades and finishes, matte with creamy, etc. Make sure brows are refined and mascara is defined but not over-the-top.
* Fragrance: Givenchy Very Irresistable Electric Rose.
Feature: Perfume to Suit Your Mood
Cheerful: Kenzo Flower Tag ; Vivienne Westwood Cheeky Alice ; Filles des Iles Amber Kiss
Inspired: Yves St Laurent Saharienne ; Rance 1795 Eau de Noblesse
Loud: Illamasqua Freak ; Tokyo Milk Dark in Excess ; Juliette Has a Gun Vengeance Extreme
Chilled-Out: Calvin Klein Sheer Beauty ; Creed Silver Mountain Water
Flirty: Fleurage Turkish Delight ; Gucci Flora Gorgeous Gardenia
Creed Silver Mountain Water, $259.00. I wish!!
Feature: Be A Mix Master
Wrinkles: fruit acid (i.e. glycolic acid) product in the morning, retinol (i.e. Vitamin A) at night. Vitamin C products also help.
Breakouts: glycolic and salicylic acid in the morning, benzoyl peroxide used sparingly at night. Only use a tiny amount of cleanser.
Splurges & Steals:
Splurges: Tokyo Milk Dark Body Souffle in Chance (fig and musk), $49.95 ; Estee Lauder Re-Nutriv Re-Creation Eye Balm and Night Serum Duo, $550.00
Steals: Butter London Nail Lacquer in Trout Pout, $22.00 ; The Body Shop Born Lippy The Stick, $10.95 ; Palmer's Cocoa Butter Eventone Perfecting Cream, $12.99
I love the look of Estee Lauder packaging: so 50s and glamorous!
NOTE: All images are from Pinterest.
