Makeup
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Summer Make-up: How to create a day, night and party look
Read more: Summer Make-up: How to create a day, night and party lookWhen I think of my ideal summer, I think of relaxing, maybe at the beach or at home with friends, children happily occupied, and yum snacks and perhaps a cold drink to hand on a hot day. How nice does that sound? I’m in my happy place now! This summer my drink of choice is…
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MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show launch party in Britomart
Read more: MAC Rocky Horror Picture Show launch party in BritomartDon’t dream it, be it. We headed along to MAC in Britomart on Tuesday 4th November for the most anti-ci-pated launch of all. Dammit, Janet! I love it: the brand new Rocky Horror Picture Show. The 40th anniversary of the 1975 cult classic tribute to sci-fi and horror films, set to music, was the perfect…
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Latest from M· A· C – Prabal Gurung, Heirloom Mix, and Keepsakes
Read more: Latest from M· A· C – Prabal Gurung, Heirloom Mix, and KeepsakesNEW FROM M· A· C In this column, we look at the latest from M.A.C with new collections: Prabal Gurung, Heirloom Mix, and Keepsakes. NEW M· A· C STORE Readers will know that M·A·C is opening this Thursday at Lot 3, 130 Ponsonby Road. This will be the cosmetic brand’s eleventh store in New Zealand and…
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Sweet makeup giftsets for Christmas from Benefit
Read more: Sweet makeup giftsets for Christmas from BenefitBenefit is famous for creative and charming packaging, often referencing retro pin-up girls, and vintage graphics. The Christmas season is the perfect time to buy giftsets with trial-sized products for friends – or, let’s face it, yourself – and the San Fransisco-based cosmetics brand has some of the best I’ve seen coming this season. Does…
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Bargain Beauty – new summer makeup from Designer Brands
Read more: Bargain Beauty – new summer makeup from Designer BrandsIn this latest Bargain Beauty column, we look at new summer makeup from Designer Brands – a cosmetics brand that’s incredibly well-priced. I hadn’t been aware of this brand until recently, and I was sent these new summer season products to try out and have a play with. I’m impressed with the look and how…
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Beauty review: Big Eyes, Color Tattoo, Nude Magique Blur
Read more: Beauty review: Big Eyes, Color Tattoo, Nude Magique BlurIn our latest beauty review we look at Big Eyes Eyeliner black/white and Buff n Tuff Color Tattoo eyeshadow by Maybelline New York, and Nude Magique Blur Cream by L’Oreal Paris. Big Eyes Eyeliner from Maybelline New York Ok, well I’m happy to report that the Big Eyes Eyeliner in white/black from Maybelline New York…
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New from M∙A∙C: Viva Glam Rihanna 2, Matchmaster, Brooke Shields
Read more: New from M∙A∙C: Viva Glam Rihanna 2, Matchmaster, Brooke ShieldsIn this latest beauty post, we take a look at what’s new from M∙A∙C cosmetics including two with celebrity faces – the newest incarnation of Viva Glam Rihanna 2, a brand new colour collection by Brooke Shields, and a skin-matching intelligent concealer called Matchmaster. First up: we look at M∙A∙C Viva Glam Rihanna 2 The…
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Hydro power
Read more: Hydro powerWe try: Neutrogena’s beautifully clean-and-fresh feeling moisturising range, Hydro Boost. This range actually came to to me at the end of winter, and it felt apt – a clean, fresh start that looked and felt like Spring was coming. The range has a very light and refreshing feeling but this lightness belies the fact that…
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Fall in lust with A Novel Romance by MAC
Read more: Fall in lust with A Novel Romance by MACI honestly smiled when I opened the press release for ‘A Novel Romance’, the lust-worthy colour collection from MAC that plays on trashy romantic fiction covers ala Fabio. It was under embargo when it arrived so now I can finally share how fabulous the visual campaign really is. Makeup brands can take themselves very seriously…
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The Simpsons makeup collection by MAC
Read more: The Simpsons makeup collection by MACSpike a Homer run in the brand new limited edition The Simpsons makeup collection by MAC Cosmetics! The collection which celebrates a quarter-century of Matt Groening’s hilarious yellow cartoon family is available from 4th September at select MAC locations throughout New Zealand. I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since I first saw it as…