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Festive Beauty 2022: Day 17

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Post contains an affiliate link (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. Every day until Christmas I'm blogging all-new beauty posts. Much like Flashback Beauty Friday but with a festive twist; everything featured will be from limited edition, Christmas collections, past and present. Yesterday I shared a Paul & Joe item from the current collection and today I have an update on one of my posts from last year. Over on The Shoe Girl Diaries I'm blogging my Christmas Irregular Choice shoes and at the bottom of each post, there's an online free gift or discount code.

Flashback Beauty Friday 88: BeneFit Gloss

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 84: Lancôme Summer 2007

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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...

Flashback Beauty Friday 73: No7 Sultry Nude Lipgloss

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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. 

Flashback Beauty Friday 67: Lancôme Juicy Tubes (Julie Verhoeven)

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 62: Pout Lipslick

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 60: 17 Miami Pop Lipgloss

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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 .

Festive Beauty: Day 19

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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.

Festive Beauty: Day 15

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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.

Festive Beauty: Day 13

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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...

Beauty Advent Calendars 2021: Paul & Joe and Barry M Part 1

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Post contains affiliate links (which can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No gifted PR products in this post. I said I would probably keep you updated on the Paul & Joe Makeup Collection 2021 (or advent calendar) as I opened it.  So here's my first part, days 1-8, I'm super impressed already.  Much like the last one I bought in 2019, there's been a mix of their makeup and skincare so far and something utterly adorable!  I also bought another beauty advent during Cyber Monday.  After including it in my list of 20 beauty advent calendars on the blog, back in October, I've been thinking I'd rather like it.  So read on for that too.   

Festive Beauty: Day 7

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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 .

Festive Beauty: Day 1

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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. ...

Flashback Beauty Friday 51: Playboy Lipgloss & Liquid Lipstick

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 47: Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 39: Too Faced Glamour Gloss

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 37: Versace Lipgloss

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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.

Flashback Beauty Friday 29: Givenchy Pop Gloss Crystal 421 Golden Chantilly

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Post does not contain affiliate links or PR gifted items. Sorry it's only been Flashback Beauty Friday posts lately. I've not always been in the mood for blogging and I don't like forcing it when I'm feeling like that, because it just feels a bit disingenuous when I'm making myself do it rather than enjoying it. Nothing's happened, I've just been in a bit of a funk. I do enjoy these posts though for the nostalgia. This week was hard, I couldn't quite remember the details and there's very little information on this gloss online (it's almost as if we didn't have the internet back then)! Last week, if you missed it, was the very cool BeneFit foundation in a vinyl record style compact .

Flashback Beauty Friday 24: MAC Venomous Villains (Cruella) Lipglass

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Post contains an affiliate link (which when clicked, can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made) and does not contain PR. Week 24 of our visit to an old beauty item and I couldn't resist sharing this piece today, after the launch of The Disney Cruella Collection by MAC yesterday. It's to coincide with the new live action film coming out later this month. I bought a few bits, so I'm hoping to get photos up once they arrive. Before we start, if you missed my post last week, it was the MAC Graphic Garden eye palette , MAC two weeks in a row, I know, but...!

Beauty Lately...

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Post contains some affiliate links (which when clicked, can earn the blog a small commission on purchases made). No PR gifts included in this post, promotional (gift with purchase) items are noted. Beauty Lately... is a selection of mini reviews; good, bad or indifferent of beauty products I'm currently using. If you missed it, you can find my post from last week here . Today I have a couple of new to me brands, a new season lip product and a rediscovered favourite nail polish.