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Beauty

Your daily beauty trend fix – from brand new beauty products to the hottest hair styles. Skincare, nail trends and the latest make-up looks – we try it all and share our thoughts with you! Whatever your beauty style and budget – from high street bargains to designer brands – we’ve got tips and techniques for creating the perfect look.

Tech Stars: Juno Makeup Mirror

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Without the perfect lighting, it’s impossible to apply flawless makeup. That’s where the Juno Makeup Mirror comes in. It’s the first intelligent make up mirror with auto sensing technology, so essentially it provides the perfect lighting for you to easily create the perfect make up look. WHAT IS JUNO? Are you still a little confused as […]

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Sheet Masks: trying the trend

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After reviewing the latest face masks recently,  Sophie found out that the latest face mask trend if you really want to be on it is sheet masks. What is a sheet mask we hear you cry?! Basically, it’s a bit of papery cloth to spread over your face – think wet wipe with face mask […]

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Clean like a Queen – StylPro Brush Cleaner

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Earlier this year,we wrote about the importance of cleaning your make-up brushes. We mentioned the funky new gadget, the StylPro, which claims to wash and dry your make up brushes in 30 seconds. Well, just in time for Christmas, Holly got her hands on one – and she’s giving us her verdict. You might remember […]

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Festive Fingertips

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’Tis the season to have the most gorgeous, dark, rich, sparkly festive nails the world has ever seen, right? We love a good Christmas-time manicure and have been searching high and low to bring you the hottest polishes this season. Perfectly polished: festive nails Whether you are off for a big family walk and a […]

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SensatioNail: gel nail kit review

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I don’t do “beauty”. I just wake up and wish the mirror had Photoshop. In search of my inner Zoella, this week I’m giving GEL NAILS a go… Alright, you’ve caught me: I’m a fraud. Yes, I write for a women’s lifestyle, fashion and beauty blog but I’m not actually good at those things… or […]

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Halloween Makeup Inspo

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It’s that wonderful time of year when you need to decide what to go as for Halloween. Will you opt for a simple scary Frankenstein or take on a creepy film character? For those of you who want to take your costume to the next level, we are here to help with some make-up inspiration. From creating […]

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Winter Bath Time Delights

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The darker nights are drawing in and advent calendars are already in the shops (REALLY?), so it must mean that winter is on its way. As much as we love summer, there is something super cosy about cuddling up and keeping warm inside, when it is icy outside. Suddenly, you aren’t opting for a quick […]

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Give them some lip!

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Whether you love to wear statement lipsticks or you not, you can’t deny that they are the height of fashion this autumn. You only need to look at Taylor Swift, Cara Delevingne or even lipstick style icon of the moment – Candice off The Great British Bake Off – to see that darker, berry inspired […]

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The Ultimate Face Mask Guide

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Sophie turns her excellent guide skills to a bit of face mask skincare. Much needed at this time of year with the changing colder seasons, annual onslaught of the office colds and sneezes, and central heating starting to dry out our skin. Read on… The Ultimate Face Mask Guide I tend to think face masks […]

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Fake it ’til you bake it

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Summer is over (sob!) but we’re not prepared to rock the pasty look yet. Similarly we don’t want to look like an Oompa Loompa in October, but a casual fake tan glow would be nice. Fake it ’til you bake it: our top fake tan products Our writer Sophie tests out some of the latest […]

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How to keep the summer glow

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We don’t know about you, but after coming back from holiday with a cracking tan we always make a tremendous effort to keep our summer tan as long as possible. This usually involves slathering on a ridiculous amount of aftersun, with all kinds of ‘tan prolonging’ claims and hoping for the best (but then giving […]

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Celebrity Makeup Ranges

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We aren’t ashamed to admit that we love celebrity makeup ranges. With the abundance of choice these days, we find it makes choosing which brand to go for easier if it has a reputable face behind it. We’ve taken a look at some of the celebrity makeup ranges out there at the moment and have […]

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