Pink Haired Princess

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. A quicker post today after the mammoth Hard Candy Eye Shadow Quartets last week. I had the optician's the other day, my first time out of the street in 2 and a half years and the first time I've been outside since a dentist appointment in January (exciting life I lead eh?) and I wore the HC Moody palette. I've fallen in love with those palettes all over again, so I couldn't resist. The green is so pretty; a soft muted colour but it has this sheen and brightness to it that make it stand out without being garish.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Should I tell you the story about photographing these three times?  I probably shouldn't!  I'd already previously photographed the gloss, but remembering I had the eyeshadow (green, I thought), I decided to take them together.  After doing that yesterday (I was awake from 5am because of the heat), I was convinced I really did have the green (I pondered if age had discoloured it, until I read the shade name and knew it had nothing to do with green), so rummaged further and did indeed find a green tube.  I don't remember owning two, but clearly I did! If I wasn't so fussy, I would've just added in some separate photos, but here we are (I even changed the background because I wasn't happy with it)! If you're new here, Flashback Beauty Friday is a look back at old discontinued or limited edition beauty items.  These posts were supposed to be a quick wee photo and description, but I get carried away wi...

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Don't yell at me, but I still don't have that post I've been teasing for weeks! I felt really unwell last night and I'd been busy during the day doing other things for the blog, so it's on hold again. It won't be next week either because if I can tease you some more, it's the brand I'm talking about today and I don't like doing the same two weeks running. It's one of their most iconic items if that gives you a couple of clues. Last time I shared the pretty Stila travel palette, Striking In South Beach if you missed that.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. A quick and easy one this week. Last time, I showed you one of the blush powders from the 2010 MAC Liberty Of London collaboration. I'm going back to the same year for this specially packaged Lancôme Juicy Tubes lipgloss.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Sometimes as I'm writing these posts, I realise I may have had more than the item shown from the collection, this is one such week, but more on that later. Last time, I shared the BeneFit Black Orchid eyeshadow in I Pretended Not To Notice. I forgot to mention that I thought the shade name was weird, but in a good way. Imagine someone asking what colour you're wearing and replying "I Pretended Not To Notice"! It may not be a good descriptor for the colour, but I'm sure the name would stick in your head. This week, I'm going back to an old No7 Summer collection. 

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Last week was the awesome Shangri-La Sheers Lipstick from a limited edition BeneFit collection and today I'm sharing one of my many Juicy Tubes.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Welcome to another trip down beauty memory lane. Last week, I shared a limited edition MAC Spring collection product from a few years ago and today I have some regular items from a long discontinued brand.

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. I couldn't resist choosing something from Boots budget friendly line, 17 , for Flashback Beauty Friday today, as they have just relaunched with a brand new look. 17 or Seventeen as they were sometimes known, were seen as the more affordable, trendy younger sister of No7. The brand launched in the 60's and were eventually discontinued in 2018 after 50 years. Much to my surprise, they've come back for 2022 with an entire new line up.  Starting from just £2, there's 170 items using vegan ingredients and as always, not tested on animals. My retro item today comes from a limited edition collection in 2011 and if you missed my posts last week, I was looking at one of the MAC Disney Venomous Villains products .

Post contains affiliate links and no PR gifted items. Aloha beauties! I feel a bit strange going back to 'regular' Flashback Beauty Friday posts after 2 months of special Christmas and New Year festive posts. It's probably worth reintroducing this weekly feature to any new readers.  It's basically a nostalgic look back at old makeup, especially limited edition or discontinued pieces and their packaging. I generally love reminiscing and am a massive hoarder, so I've amassed a large collection of beautiful products that I hope spark memories of items or brands you'd forgotten about or fallen out of love with.  It's intended to be fun but a little informative too.  Sometimes it's one item or a whole themed collection or like today, I have packaging evolution over the years. If you missed my final Lunar New Year special post last week, it was the NARS 2021 release .

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. I'm going to continue my Festive Beauty posts until the end of the month seeing as I intended to do 24 (until Christmas), but missed some last week. My last post was the Laneige skincare set from their 2021 Dream Land Collection and today I have an old MAC holiday launch. I think I told you about these photos previously, that I took them, then later that day thought the packaging seemed familiar in lipstick form (I'd only photographed glosses). I quickly found the lipstick and had to retake them to include that! Group shots of anything will be the death of me! My Irregular Choice Festive Footwear will be up later and I have my final advent calendar reveals too, which I'll hopefully get up here tomorrow.

Post contains affiliate links (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. Something brand new for you today, but if you missed yesterday, it was a lovely little cat print set from Paul & Joe in 2017 . My Irregular Choice Festive Footwear post will (hopefully, my head is pounding) be up later on The Shoe Girl Diaries and as always, check the bottom of the post for a little treat.

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. We're more than halfway through my Festive Beauty series now and I'm almost ruing the day I decided to do it, almost! No, really I enjoy blogging and makeup and shoes are things I obviously like talking about, but I do wish I'd been more prepared, because I'm struggling to keep up every day. My own fault for not starting in October! I did want to alert you that I've updated the Paul & Joe cream eyeshadow swatch from the advent calendar post. I know I mentioned yesterday the other bits I also have to update, but it's been a one-thing-at-a-time kind of day. So that's done. If you missed my blog post here yesterday it was...ooh, the No7 star highlighter , very pretty. My Irregular Choice Festive Footwear I've yet to post, but yesterday was the new Chilly Chimney Clutch Bag . As always, a treat at the end of the...

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. Yesterday we took a look at the Northern Lights inspired 2012 collection by YSL and today I have a very strange looking lipgloss from last year. Remember to read to the bottom of the post for my online offer and I've already posted my Irregular Choice Festive Footwear over on The Shoe Girl Diaries .

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. Day 6 of Festive Beauty takes us to 2012 and the wonderful Northern Lights collection by Yves Saint Laurent . Check the bottom of the post for my little treat and yesterday I shared the No7 Jewelled Eyes palette . My Irregular Choice Festive Footwear post on The Shoe Girl Diaries will follow later.

Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post.   I thought I'd do something special on the blog in the run up to Christmas, so will be posting daily beauty items, a bit like Flashback Beauty Friday but with a festive twist. I've already shown you several "holiday" pieces in those posts over the past year, but these posts will be exclusively limited edition, Christmas launches both old and new (and not ones I've previously shown on FBF). I'm pretty confident I have enough stuff...surely?! As you can tell, I've not been very organised with this, so in order to keep up, I'll probably not be going into great detail and will try not to stress myself if the photos don't turn out well. I'm going to post Irregular Choice Christmassy themed things (mainly shoes, but bags and accessories too) over on The Shoe Girl Diaries daily, so be sure to check that out too. ...

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Last week I shared the limited edition palette YSL released back in 2008 to celebrate 30 years of their beauty line. Today for Flashback Beauty Friday , I have a couple of items from a discontinued brand.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Hello gang, I'm back with one of those 'oddball' makeup items today, after the delightful (though some people will likely find that one odd too), cat shaped lipstick debut from Paul & Joe last week.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Hello, I hope you're all well. Today I'm sharing one of my absolute favourite glosses and I'm really sad these don't exist anymore.  Last week, I wrote about the Jonathan Saunders collaboration with 17 if you missed it, but read on for the gloss of my dreams.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. I'm back with another nostalgic beauty post. Last week, I shared the only Bloom lipgloss (I think) I own. Today, I have a brand more known for their fashion line than their short lived beauty brand.

Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Last week I shared the fabulous Lancôme shell eyeshadow compact from their 2008 Spring collection and today I have a lipgloss that for a long time was my absolute favourite gloss. I adored it!