Tag: cosmetics

• October 19, 2020

  Vegan green tea hair shampoo bar recipe

  My love affair for all things green tea began long before I ever moved to East Asia. Being in Japan last year really cemented it. The rumors about Japan are true. They use matcha green tea for everything. In our hotel, the shampoo and conditioner were green tea. And they were phenomenal. So since lockdown, […]
• October 16, 2020

  Vegan hair conditioner bar recipe that you can even make in a campervan!

  I searched and searched the WHOLE DAMN INTERNET and none of it had a recipe like this. I wanted a recipe using natural, vegan ingredients, so I could make my own conditioner bars. I also wanted something that didn’t require expensive or bulky equipment to make it. I needed this recipe to make a bar, […]
• January 5, 2017

  Too Faced Naturals Pallette

  I wasn’t supposed to buy the Too Faced Naturals Pallette. I didn’t plan on buying this and yet I couldn’t leave without it because the moment I saw it, I fell in love with the amazing colors in this pallette. Price: £32.50. I got it from: Too Faced counter, Debenhams, Oxford Street, London. What you […]
• January 2, 2017

  Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer

  I am SO late to the party with this it’s unbelievable! What can I say? I live in a miserable backwater in the North whose only make-up counters are the ones aimed at the landed gentry, usually of the over-60s variety! While I was in London before Christmas, I was SO EXCITED to pick up […]
• June 8, 2016

  Concealer: Maybelline Age Rewind vs MAC Pro Longwear Concealer

  I decided to do the ultimate concealer comparison between the two most popular concealers available to cosmetics junkies: MAC Pro Longwear Concealer and Maybelline Age Rewind Eraser Concealer (which is also known as Maybelline The Eraser Eye Instant Anti Age concealer as it recently got re-branded for the UK, which is why it says this […]
• May 26, 2016

  Which is better: Studio fix style setting spray or hairspray (for actually setting make-up)?

  I did a fun beauty investigation over the past week to find out whether hairspray, setting spray (or nothing) is better for making your make-up stay put in a variety of weather conditions!  The video’s tests are hilarious but it’s asking a real and important question about a beauty product that most of us use […]
• May 19, 2016

  Review: Grande Lash MD vs Rapid Lash vs Revitalash Advanced (updated 2020)

  It’s time for my most epic review of this month; which is better, Revitalash Advanced, Rapid Lash or Grande Lash MD?? I used Rapid Lash for the first five months of 2015. I switched to Revitalash Advanced in May 2015 and used it through November 2015 (I stopped in mid November due to severe pregnancy […]
• May 17, 2016

  UN-favorites: Make-up decluttering and special visitor

  So this week’s video is of all my UNfavorites, as I clear out my make up drawer of products from the last couple of years that haven’t been bad enough to bin straight away, but haven’t really wowed me in any way either.  There is a special visit from a special visitor about halfway through […]
• May 10, 2016

  Emily the Strange Make Up Tutorial

  So I’m still waiting for the white hair to arrive for the Lily Munster tutorial, in the meantime, here’s another thing you can do with a black wig (or straight long black hair if you’re so blessed), white foundation and black eyeliner.  Enjoy:
• May 5, 2016

  The Kat Von D One Product Make Up Challenge: The 10 Best + Worst!!

  I did the Kat Von D One Product Makeup Challenge… 10 TIMES! The results are hilarious. The Kat Von D One Product Makeup Challenge is where you use only one product to create a full face of makeup. I took it one step further, trying to use the most random products I could think of, […]